On a big day for the SCCA® Time Trials program, the schedule for the 2019 Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour presented by Hagerty has been released, the new Time Trials website is being launched and there will be a Time Trials question-and-answer session on GRM Live! tonight at 9:00 PM — the Grassroots Motorsports weekly webcast.

2019 is the first year of the Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour presented by Hagerty, and it will kick off April 13-14 at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, California, visit Pittsburgh International Race Complex two weeks later and Carolina Motorsports Park in May. The summer stops of the tour are Portland International Raceway, High Plains Raceway and Heartland Motorsports Park in June followed by stops at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park and GingerMan Raceway in July. The 2019 National season will come to a close at the second annual Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals at NCM Motorsports Park September 27-29.

On the digital front, the all-new SCCA Time Trials website — timetrials.scca.com — creates a standalone space for drivers and officials of the program, becoming the home for Time Trials news, events, National Tour registration and Rules.

Included in the site are the proposed 2019 rules, which members and enthusiasts may comment on through January 10, 2019 and the updated Time Trial Rules will be made official at the SCCA National Convention in Las Vegas Jan. 17-19, 2019.

If you still have questions, SCCA’s Heyward Wagner is going on GRM Live! at 9:00 PM Eastern to answer your questions and talk about the continued efforts of launching the National Tour, the NATA Council, making NCM the home of Time Trials Nationals for 10 years and the final steps of the 2019 rules process.

GRM Live! can be found on the Grassroots Motorsports Magazine YouTube Channel or by visiting Grassroots Motorsports on Facebook.

2019 Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour presented by Hagerty is comprised of the following:

April 13-14: Thunderhill Raceway; Willows, California

April 27-28: Pittsburgh International Race Complex; Wampum, Pennsylvania

May 25-26: Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, South Carolina

June 8-9: Portland International Raceway; Portland, Oregon

June 15-16: High Plains Raceway; Deer Trail, Colorado

June 22-23: Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, Kansas

July 5-6: Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park; Thompson, Connecticut

July 27-28: GingerMan Raceway; South Haven, Michigan

September 27-29: NCM Motorsports Park; Bowling Green, Kentucky. (Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals)

The Sports Car Club of America®, Inc., founded in 1944, is a 67,500-member motorsports organization that incorporates all facets of autocross, rally, time trials and road racing at both Club and professional levels. With headquarters in Topeka, Kansas, the SCCA annually sanctions over 2,000 events through its 116 Regions and subsidiary divisions. Much of the SCCA’s activities are made possible with support from the following Official Partners: Chevrolet, the Official Truck of the SCCA; Hawk Performance, the Official Brake Products of SCCA; Mobil 1, the Official Oil of SCCA; Sunoco, the Official Fuel of SCCA; and Tire Rack, the Official Tire Retailer of SCCA. To learn more, please visit http://www.scca.com.

Creation of the new North American Time Attack (NATA) Council was announced last week during the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show. Sports Car Club of America®, GRIDLIFE and Global Time Attack are the three organizations that came together to create this Council, which aims to be a leadership committee dedicated to the development, evolution and success of time-based, competitive motorsport events such as Time Attack and Time Trials. A recap of the announcement can viewed at Autoweek.com.

Road & Track writer Jack Baruth took a more in-depth look at the creation of the NATA Council in another online article titled, “The North American Time Attack Council Is the Biggest Amateur Motorsports News in Decades.” His analysis at RoadandTrack.com noted the development as a major moment in motorsport history.

“What does this mean to you, the would-be amateur time-trial driver? Quite a bit,” Baruth wrote. “You’ll be able to choose from a wide variety of events using a single competition license, although each sanction will remain free to charge its own membership and entry fees. You’ll have a clearly defined set of steps leading you from wide-eyed rookie to Global Time Attack winner.”

Review Baruth’s entire breakdown of the NATA news in Road & Track’s story found here. For the SCCA perspective, tonight at 9pm Eastern, you can tune in to GRM LIVE, to hear SCCA Director of Experiential Programs, Heyward Wagner’s take and what this means for the future of motorsport.