Jason Miller has been trying for a championship for 30 years, first coming to the Runoffs® in 1996 in a D Sports Racer. But this year, at the 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco at Road America, the resident of nearby Plymouth, Wisconsin, finally made his dreams a reality. With two second place and three third place Runoffs finishes to his credit, this was his first time atop the podium
Prototype was the final race of the first of the two Hagerty Race Days, and the Prototype class was grouped with Formula Atlantic® for the planned 13-lap or 40-minute (whichever elapses first) race. In the ordinary way of things, these classes are fast enough that the time limit never comes into play, but that’s not the way it worked out at Road America’s 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit today.
The Tire Rack Pole Award winner was Lee Alexander, driving the No. 48 Stohr WF1 Kawasaki. On the outside front row was Lawrence Loshak in the No. 111 Elan DP02 Mazda. Between the two polesitters, there were seven prior championships and three additional podium finishes. Jason Miller occupied third position in the No. 0 Kohler/Millennium/Hoosier Wynnfurst West Kohler 2-Stroke, while Bart Wolf occupied the outside second row spot in the No. 28 Goodyear Elan DP02 Mazda.
The start was split between the Formula Atlantic (FA) and Prototype classes, and FA went first. When the green flag dropped for the Prototypes, Alexander moved into first place heading into Turn 1, followed by Loshak, Wolf, and Miller. In just the second lap, Wolf and Miller got around Loshak heading into Turn 1, as the fast Prototype cars began to catch the back of the Formula Atlantic field.
Alexander held onto the lead for two more laps, followed by Wolf, Miller, Loshak, Todd Vanacore in the No. 19 Elan DP02 Mazda, and Perry Richardson in the No. 69 Stohr WF1 Suzuki. On lap four, Wolf, who won last year’s Prototype 2 championship before the P2 and P1 classes were merged, took the lead on the front straight. For a time, Wolf and Alexander seemed set to pull away from Miller, Richardson, and Loshak.
However, the leaders in FA were working their way through the Prototype field, creating a knot of cars at the end of the front straight heading into Turns 1 and 2. The second- and third-place FA cars made contact with the No. 77 Stohr of Michael Moulton running in Prototype, bringing out a full-course caution that ticked away much of the time left in the race.
When the safety car turned off its lights and went to the pits, the race restarted with four laps to go, but the FA and Prototype cars were still largely intermixed. Miller smartly used the restart to charge ahead, moving into the lead by Turn 5, with Wolf right behind him. Loshak took himself out with a slide into the gravel at the exit of the Carousel. Richardson made the last pass of the race in Turn 14, getting around Wolf before another full-course caution was declared to retrieve Loshak’s car.
The race ended under caution with Miller claiming the victory for Milwaukee Region SCCA and his hometown of Plymouth, followed by Richardson of San Francisco Region and Los Gatos, California, and Wolf, also of Milwaukee Region and Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
“This is my hometown, my home track with some wonderful competitors and a wonderful team and a wonderful wife and daughters,” Miller gushed in Victory Circle. “It was just fantastic racing. I’ve had it go the opposite way so many times, and I can’t thank everyone and God and everyone enough for this opportunity. It’s such a blessing and an opportunity to showcase a car that so many people have given their blood, sweat, and tears to. My crew has been working 16 hours a day since Sunday to provide a car that I could drive. I’m so thankful for all of that and for Kohler Company, Millennium, and just so many people who have made this happen. I’m just the nut behind the wheel!”
After the race, Richardson was elated. “This was a miracle. I pulled it out of a hat somehow. The car didn’t trailer well from California, but we just kept working at it and working at it. We finally got something that behaved. We thought we were not going to have the pace and somehow magically the race came to us.”
Taking the bronze, Wolf was circumspect. “This was not the result we wanted, but I’m really glad the cars are in one piece,” he said. “It was really ugly and hairy, but I’m glad we’re in one piece.”
Fourth place went to Alexander, of Tennessee Region, while fifth position went to John Goeden of Milwaukee Region. The Sunoco Hard Charger award went to Richardson, who started sixth and finished second.
The 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are final results for Saturday’s Prototype race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, SCCA Region, car, and laps completed.
1, (3), Jason Miller, Milwaukee Region, Wynnfurst West Kohler 2 Stoke, 11.
2, (6), Perry Richardson, San Francisco Region, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 11.
3, (4), Bart Wolf, Milwaukee Region, Elan DP02 Mazda, 11.
4, (1), Lee Alexander, Tennessee Region, Stohr WF1 Kawasaki, 11.
5, (8), John Goeden, Milwaukee Region, Elan DP02 Mazda, 11.
6, (7), Tyler Thielmann, Milwaukee Region, Elan DP02 Mazda, 11.
7, (9), Mike Reupert, Milwaukee Region, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 11.
8, (10), Todd Parks, New England Region, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 11.
9, (12), Richard Colburn, Cincinnati Region, Nostendo 1 Suzuki, 10.
10, (14), William B Niemeyer Jr, Cincinnati Region, Sorcerer Suzuki, 10.
11, (2), Lawrence Loshak, Milwaukee Region, Elan DP02 Mazda, 10.
12, (5), Todd Vanacore, Central Florida Region, Elan DP02 Mazda, 5.
13, (13), Michael Moulton, North Carolina Region, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 5.
DNS, (11), Brian Lindstrand, Milwaukee Region, Van Diemen Prince – LSR Kawasaki, 0.
DNS, (15), Greg Case, Central Illinois Region, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 44.53 miles
Overall Time of Race: 28:54.125 (avg. 92.439 mph)
Margin of Victory: 5.303 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:02.122 (119.330 mph)
Lap Leaders: #48, Laps 1-4; #28, Laps 5-9; #0, Laps 10-11
Sunoco Hard Charger: #69 Perry Richardson
Photo by: Jay Bonvouloir
Formula Atlantic® (FA) is arguably one of SCCA’s sexiest classes. Open fenders, striking aero, and screaming engines are a recipe for eye-popping performance that fans love and drivers can’t get enough of. Add in the long straights and technical sections of Road America’s 4.048-mile circuit, where the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco took place, and the the race was a hell of a way to end the first of two Hagerty Race Days; a thrilling battle Hans Peter took full advantage of when he was the first to cross under the double checker, earning his fourth Runoffs gold medal driving his No. 66 Hoosier Swift 016a Mazda in an impressive — albeit shortened — flag-to-flag win.
It was Peter’s fifth Tire Rack Pole — and his second in a row, perhaps the start of a trend. His 2:00.923 qualifying lap was blisteringly quick, with second-place qualifier Tony Ave more than a second back with a 2:02.149. Considering Ave’s time was not much quicker than third- and fourth-place qualifiers Dudley Fleck and James French, it appeared possible that this race could involve a breakaway by the leader while the rest of the field battled for the final two steps of the podium.
Despite his strong qualifying run, Ave was unable to make the start and was scored with a DNS.
With Ave out, 11 Formula Atlantics took the green — their engines roaring as the field saw the “go” flag. Peter’s speed immediately showed as he held the lead over Fleck, French, Shane Kennett, and the rest of the Atlantic field.
Working lap three, Peter looked poised for a flag-to-flag run, already holding a 2.097-second lead over French. That gap didn’t widen, however, as French, Fleck, and Kennett matched Peter’s pace once the cars came up to temperature.
Working lap seven, disaster struck for those in the hunt, as Fleck made contact with a Prototype while maneuvering through traffic in the split-start race. His Swift spun wildly through Turn 2, collecting French and some Prototypes in the mayhem.
The green flag flew again on lap 10, and Peter immediately opened a gap on Kennett. Held up briefly by a pair of Prototypes, Kennett had to clear traffic before he could put his head down and truly enter the chase.
Yet that chase was never to be, as a spinning Prototype brought out the double yellow once again. With the lap count winding down and the sun dropping toward the horizon, the race ended under caution, with Peter claiming his fourth National Championship title — his first since 2007. He was followed to the finish by Kennett’s No. 63 Secretariat/Lights Out Racing Swift 016a Mazda and the No. 12 Mantac LLC Van Diemen DP04 Honda of Reily Harris.
“I had really big luck all weekend,” Pater said after the race, adding, “but I didn’t really think it would take me 17 years to win another one of these. I finished second three times in a row.”
Peter had taken several years off from Formula Atlantic competition to race with his son, returning with the help of Formula Atlantic guru Mirl Swan. “Mirl really worked on me this year,” Peter explained. “He put me in the car a lot more. He coached me. Gave me some new driving techniques, and that was the difference.”
Kennett couldn’t have been happier with his finish — especially considering this was his Runoffs debut. “Oh, it feels great,” he exclaimed before heading to victory circle to spray Mazza sparkling wine with the other podium finishers. “This is my first Runoffs ever, first full season in the car. [It was] great to avoid the accidents out there and bring home at least P2 for the old girl.”
A bronze medal for a Van Diemen in Formula Atlantic was an unlikely result, and Harris was tickled pink. “It feels awesome,” Harris grinned. “We couldn’t have asked for a better day. I’ve got to thank my family, my crew, my wife for letting us do this … it was a fun race and we’re having a great time!”
David Burkett rounded out the top five finishers in the class, his run from 11th on the grid earning him the Sunoco Hard Charger award.
The 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are final results for Saturday’s Formula Atlantic race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, SCCA Region, car, and laps completed.
1, (1), Hans Peter, Kansas City Region, Swift 016a Mazda, 11.
2, (5), Shane Kennett, Colorado Region, Swift 016a Mazda, 11.
3, (7), Reilly Harris, Neohio Region, Van Diemen DP04 Honda, 11.
4, (11), David T Burkett, South Texas Border Region, Swift 014a Toyota, 11.
5, (6), John Mcaleer, Atlanta Region, Swift 016a Mazda, 11.
6, (10), John Norton, Arizona Region, Swift 014a Toyota, 11.
7, (8), J R Smart, Milwaukee Region, Swift 014a Mazda, 11.
8, (12), Bill Johnson, Lone Star Region, Elan Star Pro Mazda, 11.
9, (4), James French, Milwaukee Region, Swift 014a Toyota, 6.
10, (3), Dudley Fleck, Iowa Region, Swift 016a Mazda, 6.
DNF, (9), Jeremy Hill, Ohio Valley Region, Swift 014a Toyota, 3.
DNF, (2), Tony Ave, Central Carolinas Region, Swift 016a Mazda, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 44.53 miles
Overall Time of Race: 28:52.969 (avg. 92.501 mph)
Margin of Victory: 0.706 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:02.654 (118.812 mph)
Lap Leaders: #66, Laps 1-11
Sunoco Hard Charger: #2 David T Burkett
Photo by: Jeff Loewe
Road America, site of the 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco, sits in Wisconsin between the quaint towns of Elkhart Lake and Plymouth. Nic Hammann, from SCCA’s Kansas City Region, actually calls Elkhart Lake home. On Saturday afternoon during the first of two Hagerty Race Days taking place Oct. 4-5, 2025, at America’s National Park of Speed, Hammann tested the theory of a “home field advantage” in auto racing.
Hammann was the Touring 3 (T3) Tire Rack Pole Award winner heading into the day’s race. Beside him was Marshall Mast, the 2024 T3 National Champion who also claimed his victory at Road America. So, an epic battle was expected.
At the start, Hammann and his No. 41 Carbotech/Nissan/Paragon Brakes Nissan 370Z Nismo maneuvered for the lead over Mast. That opening lap also saw Juan Carlos Leroux Gonzalez find third, Scotty B White fourth, James Leithauser fifth, Gamaliel Aguilar-Gamez sixth, and Chris Hart in seventh.
Hammann and Mast set off and created a significant gap back to the rest of the field. However, Mast was never more than a half-second off Hammann’s bumper. Behind them, plenty of action unfolded around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit.
On lap four, Hart moved up to fifth while Aguilar-Gamez and Leithauser worked to decide the sixth and seventh spots. Shortly after, White had tire trouble at Canada Corner and slowed on his way to the pits, shifting everyone else up one position.
At the midway point, Hammann and Mast were locked in a tactical battle way out in front. Gonzalez was all alone in third, 14 seconds behind the leaders and far ahead of those chasing him — Hart, Leithauser and Aguilar-Gamez.
The battle up front heated up as the field began lap 10. Mast pressured Hammann, searching for a way past the local driver. Moments later, Gonzalez pulled his car off course with a problem, and SCCA Stewards deemed it in an unsafe position, bringing out a full-course yellow that bunched up the field.
Unfortunately, the race never resumed, and the checkered flag waved on lap 11. That sealed Hammann’s first National Championship in only his second Runoffs appearance and earned him a spot atop the victory podium with a bottle from Mazza Wines, the Official Sparkling Wine supplier to SCCA.
“That was pretty incredible,” Hammann said of the afternoon race. “Marshall is an incredible driver. To be the best, you’ve got to beat the best.”
Mast, leaning against his No. 31 Phoenix Performance/Hawk/Hoosier Ford Mustang V6 in pitlane after the race, seemed very calm and collected about his second silver medal and ninth visit to a Runoffs victory podium.
“You can’t be super mad about that race. I mean, we just drove the wheels off those things for 11 laps,” Mast said. “When the caution flew, I had my best run on him coming out of Turn 14. I’m bummed, but hopefully we put on a good show for the fans.”
Hart hung tight to bring home third in the No. 5 FabTek/Ridge Motorsports Park Nissan 370Z Nismo. That’s his third bronze medal in five Runoffs appearances.
“My car was off all week, and we struggled,” Hart noted. “I mean, I’m happy we ended up where we did.”
Leithauser finished fourth, Aguilar-Gamez fifth, and John LoGiudice sixth after an incident early-race incident. The Sunoco Hard Charger award went to Roger Eagleton — Friday’s Hawk Brake Through performer in the class — for climbing from 12th to seventh.
The 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are final results for Saturday’s Touring 3 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
1, (1), Nic Hammann, Kansas City Region, Nissan 370Z Nismo, 11.
2, (2), Marshall Mast, Philadelphia Region, Ford Mustang V6, 11.
3, (5), Chris Hart, Northwest Region, Nissan 370Z Nismo, 11.
4, (6), James Leithauser, Colorado Region, BMW Z4 M, 11.
5, (7), Gamaliel Aguilar-Gamez, Northwest Region, Nissan 370Z Nismo, 11.
6, (9), John LoGiudice, Milwaukee Region, Ford Mustang V6, 11.
7, (12), Roger Eagleton, San Francisco Region, Ford Mustang GT, 11.
8, (10), Jeff Ryan, Colorado Region, BMW SpecE46, 11.
9, (8), William Bolt, Atlanta Region, Nissan 350Z, 11.
10, (13), Andrea King, Land O’Lakes Region, BMW 330i/Ci, 11.
11, (15), Randy Johnson, Northwest Region, Ford Mustang Ecoboost, 11.
12, (16), Philip Di Pippo, New York Region, Ford Mustang Ecoboost, 11.
13, (18), David Muramoto, Colorado Region, Nissan 350Z Nismo, 11.
14, (17), Robert Damler, Indianapolis Region, Ford Mustang GT, 11.
15, (19), Edward Karabec, New England Region, BMW SpecE46, 11.
16, (4), Scotty B White, Northwest Region, Ford Mustang V6, 10.
17, (14), Daniel Moen, New England Region, Ford Mustang V6, 10.
18, (3), Juan Carlos Leroux Gonzalez, Florida Region, Toyota 86, 9.
DNF, (11), Michael Pettiford, Colorado Region, Pontiac Solstice GXP, 1.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 44.53 miles
Overall Time of Race: 29:42.992 (avg. 89.906 mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.702 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:29.898 (97.218 mph)
Lap Leaders: #41, Laps 1-11
Sunoco Hard Charger: #11 Roger Eagleton
Photo by: Rick Corwine
Action-packed racing defined the first of two Hagerty Race Days at the 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco, and the excitement continued with the seventh race on the schedule: F Production (FP).
Tire Rack Pole Award winner David Strittmatter, of Akron, Ohio led the field to the green flag in the No. 28 Acura Integra at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, on a picture-perfect afternoon. After some early shuffling, he built a comfortable lead before a tire failure on lap six ended his race early.
With Strittmatter’s retirement, Chris Bovis, of Carrollton, Virginia took the lead in the No. 178 Hart Marx Advisors/Goodyear Honda CR-X and appeared to have the race in hand — until a full-course yellow on lap nine brought Mason Workman and David Bednarz, in the No. 52 and No. 47 Mazda Miatas, respectively, right onto his rear bumper.
When the race restarted with three laps to go, Workman briefly jumped to the lead, closely followed by Bednarz, until a multi-car incident in Turn 6 removed Bednarz from contention. Once cleared, Workman led Stephen Simonds, of Alvin, Texas, in the No. 63 JPM/Goodyear/Carbotech Mazda Miata, and Steven Powers, of Mesa, Arizona, in the No. 145 Jesse Prather Motorsports Mazda Miata, with Bovis following closely behind in fourth.
Lap 12 began with the leaders going three wide into Turn 1, shuffling Workman out of the lead, and allowing Bovis to move to the front. By the exit of Turn 5, Powers had passed Workman to secure the final step on the FP podium, while Simonds held second by a close margin. That’s the way they ran until Simonds jumped to the inside of Bovis in Turn 12 on the final lap.
“I did [think it was over],” said Bovis. “He got inside me. I was too slow for 3rd, I tried 2nd, it wasn’t there and he (Simonds) just took off.”
But as Road America has proven time and again, the race isn’t over until the leaders reach the finish line. Bovis got a strong run out of Turn 14 and drafted up the hill before popping out and passing Simonds — claiming his fourth Championship in 15 Runoffs starts with a margin of victory of just 0.132 second.
“Second gear picked a really bad time to leave,” said Bovis following the race, “and I didn’t have second gear for that entire three laps after the restart.” Smiling, he added, “and I don’t think I have first, so I’m not sure how we’re going to do the victory lap but we’ll find a way.”
Simonds built on his last year’s best Runoffs finish, improving to second this time around.
“I think I just said ‘this hurts so good’ and that pretty much sums it up,” said Simonds. “That was a hell of a race. Had a ton of fun — everybody raced clean around me for the most part.”
Powers, who had started 10 previous Runoffs races with a best finish of seventh in Spec Miata in 2014, rounded out the podium in third.
“I kept it clean, I’m happy,” said Powers following his third-place finish. “Nothing got tied up, stayed out of that melee at the top of six. Feeling happy… and feeling great to be on the podium.”
Rounding out the top six were Workman in fourth, Mark Weber in fifth, and Gerald Lamb in sixth. The Sunoco Hard Charger award went to Paul Jensen, who started 17th and finished seventh.
The 62nd SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are final results for Saturday’s F Production race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, SCCA Region, car, and laps completed.
1, (2), Chris Bovis, Chicago Region, Honda CR-X Si, 13.
2, (6), Stephen Simonds, Houston Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
3, (7), Steven Powers, Arizona Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
4, (5), Mason Workman, Ohio Valley Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
5, (13), Mark Weber, St Louis Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
6, (10), Gerald Lamb, Milwaukee Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
7, (17), Paul Jensen, Continental Divide Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
8, (15), Michael Froh, Milwaukee Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
9, (16), Jeffrey Winterfield, Milwaukee Region, Mazda Protégé 5, 13.
10, (19), Chris Kopley, New England Region, Toyota Paseo, 13.
11, (11), Thomas Gaydos, Neohio Region, Honda CR-X, 13.
12, (20), Tim Linerud, San Francisco Region, Volkswagen Rabbit, 12.
13, (9), Michael Lewis, Cal Club Region, Mazda RX-7, 11.
14, (8), David Bednarz, Detroit Region, Mazda Miata, 12.
15, (12), Bill Verdien, Milwaukee Region, Mazda Miata, 7.
16, (18), Mike Gnadt, Milwaukee Region, MG Midget, 6.
17, (14), Jonathan Goodale, Colorado Region, Mazda MX-5, 8.
DNF, (1), David Strittmatter, Neohio Region, Acura Integra LS, 5.
DNF, (3), Kevin Ruck, Ohio Valley Region, Acura Integra, 4.
DNF, (4), Ken Kannard, Atlanta Region, Acura Integra, 0.
DNS, (21), Weber Manning, Mid South Region, Mazda Miata, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 Miles
Overall Time of Race: 37:06.309 (avg. 85.094 mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.132 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:34.271 (94.462 mph)
Lap Leaders: #52, Laps 1, 10; #28, Laps 2-5; #178, Laps 6-9, 12-13; #145, Lap 11
Sunoco Hard Charger: #188 Paul Jensen
Photo by: Jeff Loewe
(Editors Note: This article was updated Oct. 5, 2025, based on official results and due to post-race penalty assessment.)
Starting on the Spec Miata pole at the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco pole never guarantees a win — something Nicholas Bruni was happy about this year as he collected his third Runoffs gold medal in one of SCCA’s most challenging classes.
Yet, as you might expect in a class like Spec Miata, the story of this race began on the grid.
Spec Miata racer Charles Mctutus is no stranger to the Runoffs, meaning the Oct. 4, 2025, SCCA Runoffs Spec Miata race at Road America was a return to the norm for this driver. Starting on the Tire Rack Pole, Mactutus’ Mazda Miata would, in theory, have the advantage — although not by much. As is often the case in Spec Miata, the pole was determined by fractions of a second, with Charles Mactutus locking in a qualifying time marginally quicker than second-place qualifier Francisco Barroso and third-place starter Max Stallone The second row was filled out by Matt Stretch in fourth.
Unfortunately for Mactutus, this was hardly his year. Instead, another familiar face would stand atop the podium following the action-packed Spec Miata race.
Running 29 cars strong on the pace lap, the Spec Miata field took to Road America’s 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit on day one of the Runoffs’ Hagerty Race Days under a clear sky and all but perfect afternoon conditions.
This year’s race, it should be added, delivered drama from the start, with grid finalized only moments before the green flag following steward actions and protests. Then, Mactutus pulled off during the pace lap, his day ending before the race even began.
With the right row filing forward, the field took the green, and Stallone took full advantage of the shuffled to grab the lead and set the pace.
Into lap two, it was Stallone with Barroso on his tail. That front pack was also made up of Stretch, Ryan Maloney, and Bobby Gossett, with a gap back to Nick Leverone, and Nicholas Bruni. The five-car breakaway didn’t last long, as a mechanical issue with Sean Varwig’s car brought double-yellow-flag conditions and erased all gaps.
The restart launched the field into lap four with Stallone leading the shuffling group — something Stallone took full advantage of as Barroso, Maloney, Gossett, and Leverone all battled.
Starting lap five, Stallone got hung out to dry as a gaggle of drivers moved for the pass. Maloney absorbed most of that advantage as he was the next to grab the point. Then Gossett took a turn up front; then Barroso. Down the front straight to start lap six, Barroso got shuffled back with another grouping of the 13-car breakaway taking to the front.
Really, normal fare for Spec Miata.
Of note, several drivers drifted wide through the Kink, the new Grasscrete offering a safety buffer that allowed cars to run slightly wide without the same risk that section of the track presented at last year’s Runoffs.
Giving a turn-by-turn account of the action would be all but impossible, but know that Stallone was still in the hunt, taking the lead once more; then it was Barroso’s turn up front (again) in the now eight-car breakaway pack.
The first sign of potential winners came working lap 10, as Barroso and Bruni had put nearly a second on Kyle Greenhill, Tom Brown, Gossett, and more. Still, it didn’t last, the pack catching (and passing) the leader on the front straight with just three laps to go in the 13-lap race.
With the white flag out, Bruni led Barroso, Greenhill, and Gossett in a marginal four-car breakaway, all using every inch of pavement — plus some. Bruni took a defensive line into Turn 8, then again into the Carousel. Into Canada Corner, Barroso poked a nose to the inside but tucked back in, likely hoping for a run up the front straight.
At the stripe, it was Bruni in his No. 6 East Street Racing 1999 Mazda Miata over Barroso’s No. 48 IAG Arrow Group 2004 Miata by a scant 0.03sec. Another 0.3sec back, Greenhill claimed third, with Stallone in fourth and Gossett fifth.
In post-race Steward’s actions, Stallone was moved to sixth and Bobby Gossett was moved to 16th. Those adjustments then advanced Tyler Brown to fourth and Ryan Maloney to fifth.
This was hardly Bruni’s closest Runoffs win, as he finished the 2023 Spec Miata Runoffs race so close that it was considered a dead heat, resulting in the first-ever tie at the Runoffs.
“Oh my God, so much emotion,” Washington DC Region member Bruni said after winning the race, adding that his daughter had had two open-heart surgeries after he won his first National Championship title in 2022. That, he said, was an emotional year. “She’s had a third this year, so this one means as much as that first one.
“[Barroso] almost got it at the end, I was shocked,” Bruni said. “He’ll never know how much this one means. I just about passed out on that cooldown lap from screaming and crying so much.”
Barroso was gunning for his first Runoffs gold medal — the closest he’d come before this year was just last year when he ran from 16th to fifth.
“It’s kind of separate emotions, you know,” he said. “I really wanted that one. So bad — I mean, my sixth Runoffs, my best finish, so I’m really happy at the same time. It’s been a long, tiring week, and I can’t wait to do it again next year.”
In third, Greenhill was happy to make the podium in his No. 42 Sneaky Moose Motorsports 2002 Mazda Miata, bettering his previous Runoffs finish by one position.
“It was amazing,” Greenhill said, “I don’t know what to say. This is awesome — I was in fourth place a few years ago, but you always want to do better.
The Sunoco Hard Charger award went to Jonathan Davis , who started 23rd and finished 11th.
The 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are final results for Saturday’s Spec Miata race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, SCCA Region, car, and laps completed.
1, (5), Nicholas Bruni, Washington DC Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
2, (2), Francisco Barroso, Florida Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
3, (12), Kyle Greenhill, Chicago Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
4, (11), Tyler Brown, Milwaukee Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
5, (6), Ryan Maloney, Washington DC Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
6, (3), Max Stallone, Lone Star Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
7, (14), Sean Noonan, New York Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
8, (9), Tyler Quance, Houston Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
9, (7), Nick Leverone, New England Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
10, (23), Jonathan Davis, Neohio Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
11, (21), Jackson Wolny, Chicago Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
12, (18), Samantha Silver, Land O’Lakes Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
13, (19), Andrew Devoto, Southwest Montana Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
14, (20), Senter Smith, Central Carolinas Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
15, (15), Tom Brown, Milwaukee Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
16, (8), Bobby Gossett, South Carolina Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
17, (29), Ellie Gossett, South Carolina Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
18, (16), Shayne Sullivan, Milwaukee Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
19, (22), Domenico Leuci, Glen Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
20, (24), David Moreno, Detroit Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
21, (17), William Wallis, San Francisco Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
22, (28), Zachariah Rosenberg, New York Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
23, (30), Keegan Bosch, Milwaukee Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
24, (31), Dan Harding, Neohio Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
25, (32), Brad Williams, Washington DC Region, Mazda Miata, 13.
26, (10), Elivan Goulart, New England Region, Mazda Miata, 12.
DNF, (4), Matt Stretch, Texas Region, Mazda Miata, 4.
DNF, (13), Sean Varwig, Chicago Region, Mazda Miata, 1.
DNF, (1), Charles Mactutus, South Carolina Region, Mazda Miata, 0.
DNS, (26), Will Dodd, Neohio Region, Mazda Miata, 0.
DNS, (27), Tom Sager, Chicago Region, Mazda Miata, 0.
DNS, (25), Brett Kowalski, Pan American Region, Mazda Miata, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 37:39.685 (avg. 83.838 mph)
Margin of Victory: 0.030 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:44.430 (88.626 mph)
Lap Leaders: #103, Laps 1-3; 8; #5, Laps 4, 6; #48, Laps 5, 9-10; #6, Laps 7, 11-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #16 Jonathan Davis
Photo by: Jeff Loewe
In his 11th SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® start, Alex Scaler drove his No. 79 ASC/Autowerks/Hoosier Scaler Mk1 Formula Vee® to the lead just before the line to win his first National Championship by 0.042 seconds at Wisconsin’s Road America, home of the 62nd Runoffs Presented by Sunoco.
The race, which started with all the calmness of an angry hornet’s nest on the first of two Hagerty Race Days, finished with opportunistic teamwork and strategy, earning Scaler his first gold medal in more than a decade of attempts.
“It definitely doesn’t hit you when you’re sitting here,” said Scaler, “it’s been a long time coming.”
Second-place finisher Andrew Whitston began the final lap of the race in second place, driving his No. 12 Rocker Motor/LOA Construction/Hoosier Ptoroform P2 Formula Vee. He moved into the lead in Turn 14 but lost it just before the finish line. For most of the race, Andrew had controlled the pace, with Scaler close behind — and even pushing him down the straights.
“Alex (Scaler) was racing hard, and we got away because he was pushing,” said Andrew, “(he) did an awesome job of pushing me around and racing really clean where we could make that break and get away.”
Scaler and Andrew switched positions a few times in the first five laps, but Scaler soon realized he’d have to sit in second if he wanted his best chance at a win.
“Behind him was great, in front of him wasn’t as great,” said Scaler. “At some point we realized we’re better off with me pushing him around and the more we could break away the more fun we could have at the end.”
That breakaway created a unique circumstance on the last lap — where neither driver wanted to lead onto the front straight for the last lap because of the advantage the following car has in the draft. The strategy reached a crescendo when Scaler and Andrew found themselves side-by-side leaving Canada Corner on the final lap.
“Nobody wanted to go,” said Andrew, describing how each driver wanted to be in second place coming down to the finish.
With third place rapidly closing in, it became a tense moment as the two drivers briefly played a game of “after you, no, after you” through the corner.
“It was certainly the slowest we’d gone through there,” said Scaler, “It was fun looking at each other, staring at one another, figuring out who was going to go first.”
Strategic politeness aside, the finish was typical Formula Vee — with both cars crossing the line side-by-side in a near photo finish.
Behind them, that rapidly-approaching battle for third was being fought by Andrew’s brothers — third-place finisher Zachary Whitston in the No. 27 Whitmore and Associates/LOA Roofing Protoform P2 Formula Vee and fourth-place finisher Steve Whitston in the No. 18 LOA Roofing/Alliance Auto/Rocket Motor Protoform P3 Formula Vee.
It was tough, a lot of work,” said Zachary, “it was a well fought battle, and me and Steve had a lot of fun.”
Completing the top six were Graham Loughead in fifth driving a Vortech, and Gavin Sweeney in sixth behind the wheel of a Protoform P4. The Sunoco hard charger was Quinn Posner, who started in 20th place and drove to 7th in his Protoform P3 Formula Vee.
Tire Rack Pole Award winner Andrew Abbot and fellow front-row starter Chris Jennerjahn each had mechanical trouble, failing to finish the race.
The 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are final results for Saturday’s Formula Vee race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, SCCA Region, car, and laps completed.
1, (3), Alex Scaler, South Jersey Region, Scaler Mk1, 13.
2, (4), Andrew Whitston, Milwaukee Region, Protoform P2, 13.
3, (5), Zachary Whitston, Lone Star Region, Protoform P2, 13.
4, (6), Steve Whitston, Milwaukee Region, Protoform P3, 13.
5, (9), Graham Loughead, Western Michigan Region, Vortech , 13.
6, (18), Gavin Sweeney, San Francisco Region, Protoform P4, 13.
7, (20), Quinn Posner, Northwest Region, Protoform P3, 13.
8, (21), Jeffrey Valeo, New England Region, Mysterian M2, 13.
9, (15), David Scaler, South Jersey Region, Vortech , 13.
10, (13), Colin Satterley, Western Michigan Region, Lazer Mk 2.5, 13.
11, (14), Ron Whitston, Milwaukee Region, Protoform P2, 13.
12, (22), Chase Johnson, New England Region, Mysterian M3, 13.
13, (16), Mark Richardson, Central Illinois Region, Mysterian M3, 13.
14, (25), Stuart Delaney, Detroit Region, Caracal C, 13.
15, (23), Anthony Henderson, Chattanooga Region, Vortech , 13.
16, (24), Michael Nitz, Milwaukee Region, Protoform P2, 13.
17, (26), Brian Styczynski, Chicago Region, Vortech , 13.
18, (28), Mace Gjerman, San Francisco Region, Dart II, 13.
19, (31), Donald Manthe, Cal Club Region, Caracal C, 12.
20, (19), Connor Loughead, Ohio Valley Region, Vortech , 11.
21, (29), Simon Stallings, Indianapolis Region, Adams Aero, 11.
22, (7), Brian Farnham, Neohio Region, Silver Bullet FR-S, 9.
23, (12), Brandon Abbott, Detroit Region, Vector AM-1, 8.
24, (17), Jon S Adams, Western Michigan Region, Adams V-2, 6.
DNF, (1), Andrew Abbott, Detroit Region, Vector AM-1, 5.
DNF, (2), Chris Jennerjahn, Indianapolis Region, Vortech , 4.
DNF, (8), Rick Shields, Steel Cities Region, VDF 2, 1.
DNF, (30), Marjorie Lundberg, San Francisco Region, Caracal C, 1.
DNF, (33), Ronnie Chuck, San Francisco Region, Mysterian M2, 1.
DNF, (10), Raymond Carmody, Glen Region, Mysterian M3, 0.
DNF, (34), Cameron Satterley, Detroit Region, Citation XTC-41, 0.
DNF, (27), Ethan Satterley, Western Michigan Region, Mysterian M2, 0.
DNF, (32), Rich Richardson, Central Illinois Region, Lazer 1, 0.
DNS, (11), Donnie Isley, Central Carolinas Region, Agitator 16, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 40:04.554 (avg. 78.787 mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.042 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:46.736 (87.400 mph)
Lap Leaders: #12, Laps 1-3, 7-11; #79, Laps 4-6, 12-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #9 Quinn Posner
Photo by: Jay Bonvouloir
Every race feels special over the two Hagerty Race Days at the 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco at Wisconsin’s Road America. But the Spec Racer® Ford Gen3 (SRF3) contest is always among the most anticipated.
Tire Rack Pole Award winner Bobby Sak, a two-time SRF3 National Champion, led a field of 42 cars to the start of Saturday’s winner-take-all contest at America’s National Park of Speed in Elkhart Lake. The gaggle of drivers started two abreast, and pretty much remained that way through the first three corners of the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit.
Drivers sorted into a single-file line down the Moraine Sweep at the opening of the 13-lap event. Sak had the lead with Caleb Roethel slotting second. But at Canada Corner, veteran SRF3 ace Brian Schofield drove his No. 61 PM Racing SCCA Enterprises SRF3 machine by Roethel. Sak then fell to third after Schofield and Roethel pushed by up the front straight. Trying to get back into the draft, Sak made light contact with another competitor with the right front of his car but kept control and continued on at speed.
Position swapping defined the early laps in the SRF3 race. Roethel led briefly but spun in Canada Corner on lap three, taking himself out of contention. Sak made slight contact while avoiding the spinning car and lost only a couple of spots. Tyler Stephens, in the No. 105 Hallett Race Shop/Sabelt car, then took a turn at the front for a few laps with Caleb Shrader tucked right behind in what was a 10-car pack.
The sixth lap saw Shrader pop to the front, Schofield moved to second and Stephens sat third. The lead pack was only seven cars by the next lap after Schofield and Stephens dropped Shrader to third, followed by Morgan Burkhard, Simon Gamble and Sak.
At the race’s halfway point, things settled down a bit up front until the penultimate lap. The lead pack had decreased to just five cars with Schofield being chased by Shrader, Sak, Stephens and Burkhard. On the last lap going into Turn 1, Stephens and Burkhard went by Sak. Out front, Schofield took a defensive position going into Canada Corner, and that bunched up the five drivers still in the hunt.
Turn 14 — the final corner at America’s National Park of Speed — saw Schofield still out front. The only thing that remained was a climb up a hill to the finish line. Shrader, however, got a great run out of the last corner and reached the checkered flag first, just 0.012 second ahead of Schofield. Stephens secured third.
A member of SCCA’s Oregon Region, Shrader travelled 2,100 miles to drive the No. 99 Consonus Healthcare car to his very first SRF3 National Championship. In pitlane after the race, he popped off his helmet and pumped his hands in the air with great zeal.
“This is one of the best days of my life,” Shrader said before heading to the victory podium to collect a bottle from Mazza Wines, the Official Sparkling Wine supplier to SCCA. “I knew it was going to be a run to the line … so I just waited until the last straight, got an amazing run, and it worked out perfectly.”
Saturday’s result was Schofield’s fourth runner-up finish in 20 Runoffs appearances. Perhaps the two gold medals he claimed in the past made Saturday’s result a bit more palatable.
“Caleb and I have been running all week together,” Schofield said after the race. “He showed poise and just pushed me. I just knew it was going to be a barnburner on the last lap.”
Stephens was breathless during a post-race interview, absolutely thrilled to be visiting the victory podium once again. His first Runoffs appearance was in 2024, where he earned a bronze medal, and he repeated the feat again this year.
“This was one of the toughest weekends I’ve ever had,” Stephens said. “I’ve got to say thank you to the mechanics and the whole team. They worked their butts off.”
Burkhard finished fourth, and Sak fifth. The Sunoco Hard Charger award went to Matt Gray, who started 32nd and finished in the 17th position.
The 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are final results for Saturday’s Spec Racer Ford 3 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
1, (5), Caleb Shrader, Oregon Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
2, (4), Brian Schofield, Central Florida Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
3, (6), Tyler Stephens, Lone Star Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
4, (10), Morgan Burkhard, Washington DC Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
5, (1), Bobby Sak, Detroit Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
6, (14), James Goughary, Florida Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
7, (7), Peyton Long, Arkansas Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
8, (3), Simon Gamble, Chicago Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
9, (18), Liam Kerper, Glen Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
10, (16), Cliff White, Tennessee Valley Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
11, (11), Zach Della, Milwaukee Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
12, (21), Chris Jennerjahn, Indianapolis Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
13, (9), Todd Vanacore, Central Florida Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
14, (8), Robeson Clay Russell, Central Carolinas Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
15, (17), Ben Jacobs, Milwaukee Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
16, (28), Scott Monroe, Houston Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
17, (32), Matt Gray, Land O’Lakes Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
18, (24), Rob Pielsticker, Colorado Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
19, (22), Jon McClintock, Oregon Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
20, (27), Sam Schechter, Washington DC Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
21, (34), Steven Greenhill, Chicago Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
22, (29), Craig Chase, New England Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
23, (25), EJ Abed, San Francisco Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
24, (20), Tom Burt, Northwest Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
25, (37), Russell King, Land O’Lakes Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
26, (36), Peter Jankovskis, Chicago Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
27, (40), Nick Heinig, Northeast Oklahoma Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
28, (38), Richard Herman, Washington DC Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
29, (42), Thomas Kirchman, New England Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
30, (43), Andrea King, Land O’Lakes Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
31, (41), Douglas Cox, Colorado Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 13.
32, (33), Mark Hutchins, Nebraska Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 12.
33, (31), Andre Perra, Oregon Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 12.
34, (35), Scott Barr, Milwaukee Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 12.
35, (19), Steven Rehkemper, Chicago Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 12.
36, (2), Caleb Roethel, Milwaukee Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 8.
DNF, (26), Grant Heinig, Northeast Oklahoma Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 5.
DNF, (15), Jackson Diehl, Tennessee Valley Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 3.
DNF, (12), John Black, San Francisco Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 3.
DNF, (13), Justin Claucherty, Detroit Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 3.
DNF, (30), Mark Greb, Iowa Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 3.
DNF, (39), Dwight Rider, Colorado Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 2.
DNF, (23), John Janssen, Land O’Lakes Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 32:49.821 (96.174 mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.012 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:29.839 (97.256 mph)
Lap Leaders: #61, Laps 1, 6-12; #22, Lap 2; #105, Laps 3-5; #99, Lap 13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #64 Matt Gray
Photo by: Jay Bonvouloir
It only takes a few cars to make a great race, and the Touring 1 (T1) field proved it with just five cars on grid at the 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Tire Rack Pole Award winner James Candelaria, led the five-car grid in his No. 134 Hoosier/Hawk/Penske Chevrolet Corvette, just ahead of Hugh Stewart, of Milford, Connecticut, in the No. 23 BMW E46 M3. Rounding out the field were Drew Delmonico, a Runoffs rookie in the No. 43 Cameron Racing/San Francisco BMW M4, Michael Pettiford in the No. 41 Chevrolet Corvette, and Ronald Lombardo in the No. 06 Ford Mustang.
As the third race on Saturday during the first of two Hagerty Race Days, the T1 group shared the track with the faster GT-1 field on Road America’s 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit, known as America’s National Park of Speed.
At the green flag, Candelaria used the straight-line speed of his Corvette to lead the field into Turn 1, with Stewart close behind. Delmonico slotted into third after Pettiford made a run forward in his Corvette. Behind them, Lombardo made light contact with a bridge support at Turn 8, continuing at a reduced pace. Pettiford also faded back in the first few laps as the leaders pulled away in a podium battle.
The top three stayed within a second of each other, as Stewart and then Delmonico looked for a way around Candelaria for several laps. Road America’s legendary Canada Corner became the preferred passing spot, where the Corvette’s straight-line advantage was neutralized. Delmonico took over second position there in the second lap.
In the sixth lap, Delmonico made his attempt as the leaders came to Canada Corner. Making a strong move to the inside, his BMW lost traction and hit Candelaria in the right-rear tire sending both drivers sliding off course. Stewart avoided the mess and took over the lead almost 2.5 seconds ahead of Candelaria and Delmonico.
“I have to apologize to James (Candelaria),” Delmonico said after the race. “There was no grip on the inside of the track, so the car just went for a bit of a ride.”
At last year’s Runoffs, Candelaria finished in second place, and that’s where he found himself at mid-race, but a Runoffs race isn’t over until the checkered flag falls.
“It made me feel exactly like I felt last year when I spun it on my own accord,” Candelaria said. “But I just put my head down. I put it in first gear, drove it out and the car had developed a push but nothing serious. I was able to keep driving and that motivated me to get back around Stewart. Stewart is a fantastic competitor, and I always love racing with him. He didn’t make it easy, but we got it done.”
Working as the GT-1 leaders came through to lap the field, Candelaria chased Stewart down and made a pass to regain the lead in Turn 1 of the eleventh lap. Delmonico had also recovered enough to place himself solidly in third.
Candelaria’s Corvette and Stewart’s BMW were both showing the effects of 11 laps of flat-out racing, shimmying and sliding under braking at every corner. Stewart made one last brave attempt, again at Canada Corner, but his fading tires couldn’t take one more all-out move. Stewart’s car slipped and went wide, yielding second place to Delmonico as Candelaria led the field to the checkered flag.
Rounding out the field were Lombardo, who finished fourth, and Pettiford, who retired after the ninth lap. Delmonico also earned the Sunoco Hard Charger award for most improved position, rising from third to second position during the race.
“I led for a little while and then I realized I couldn’t hold up James (Candelaria) because he just had too much in the straights,” Stewart said. “I figured I could make another run at him in the last couple of turns. I tried to sail it into Canada Corner, but it didn’t work out.”
Hailing from SCCA’s Central Florida Region, Candelaria was emotional in his victory lane interview, saying, “It’s unbelievable. I’ve been after this for so long, ever since I started racing with SCCA. It’s the pinnacle of amateur sports, car racing. I got to thank all the workers, my family, my crew, and my team, Phoenix Performance. I’ve been after this forever. I don’t even know how to feel. You can see I’ve got tears in my eyes. It’s something special.”
The 62nd SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are final results for Saturday’s Touring 1 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, SCCA Region, car, and laps completed.
1, (1), James Candelaria, Central Florida Region, Chevrolet Corvette, 12.
2, (3), Drew Delmonico, San Francisco Region, BMW M4, 12.
3, (2), Hugh Stewart, New England Region, BMW E46 M3, 12.
4, (5), Ronald Lombardo, New England Region, Ford Mustang, 11.
5, (4), Michael Pettiford, Colorado Region, Chevrolet Corvette, 9.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 48.58 miles
Overall Time of Race: 29:37.862 (avg. 98.362 mph)
Margin of Victory: 04.251 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:21.612 (102.907 mph)
Lap Leaders: #134, Laps 1-5, 11-12; #23, Laps 6-10
Sunoco Hard Charger: #43 Drew Delmonico
Photo by: Jay Bonvouloir
Sitting on the GT-1 Tire Rack Pole at the 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco at Road America was Central Carolina Region’s Tony Ave. Driving his No. 44 Ave Motorsports/Hoosier/PME Chevrolet Camaro, Ave was the class of the field during both Runoffs qualifying days, putting roughly 1.5sec on second-place starter Dave Ruehlow in his Ruehlow Racing Chevrolet Camaro, with a few more ticks of the second hand to David Pintaric’s Ford Mustang, who started in third.
Ave’s four SCCA National Championship titles shined through during qualifying — and as everyone soon learned, they’d remain on display during the race, too.
The green flag flew on a warm Saturday morning, Oct. 4, 2025, as part of the third race in the first of two Hagerty Race Days — and when the starter showed that green, thousands of big-displacement horsepower was unleashed as the 14-car field rocketed into the very fast Turn 1.
Ave got the jump, but Ruehlow stayed close with Pintaric in tow. The three quickly broke away from the rest of the field, but of that trio, Ave showed the most speed — opening a gap, then extending it.. How fast was he? By the end of lap one, Ave had pulled 2.7 seconds clear of Ruehlow. Behind them was the increasingly distant Pintaric in third, with the remainder of the field little more than a speck in Ave’s mirrors.
Ruehlow was in hot pursuit for the duration of the race, but Ave appeared to be very cognizant of the gap, put the hammer down as needed to increase his margin. Pintaric, for his part, would throw down a lap that matched Ave’s pace, but deep into the race, his Mustang appeared to fade.
When the checkered flag waved after 13 laps, Ave’s margin of victory over Ruehlow stood at an impressive 21.488 seconds — sealing his fifth Runoffs gold medal.
“I was bummed last year — we didn’t win and GT-1’s kind of always been my favorite place, so we came back here really focused with this Ave/Riley that we built with Bill Riley,” said Ave after collecting his fifth Runoffs gold medal, moments before celebrating on victory podium by spraying a bottle of Mazza Wines (the Official Sparking Wine supplier of the SCCA). “I have to say, a couple guys that were super helpful to me throughout my career that we don’t have any more Denny Lamers and Bob Riley. This is for those guys. They made everything I do possible over the years, and this was the last car that Bob designed.”
Ruehlow’s race was steady but solitary — but the result was appreciated.
“It’s great to be on the podium,” he said on victory lane. “I gave it all I had, really. Tony pulled away and I kind of had a race out there by myself, but either way I’m proud of the team putting us up in second.”
Pintaric’s race was far from uneventful as McAleenan closed in on him entering the final lap. McAleenan’s Smith Alling PS/Love Group Racing Lamborghini Huracan was on it, and around Turn 8 of the final go-round of Road America’s 4.048-mile circuit, he slipped past Pintaric’s ailing car.
“I always knew [the GT3 cars] didn’t have the legs for these guys, but you know, our whole game plan all year is consistent, we’re there, and be there to finish, and I got a little bit lucky,” McAleenan said.
Pintaric finished fourth, with Michael Lewis in fifth. The Sunoco Hard Charger award went to Jason Fiorito, who started 12th and finished seventh.
The 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are final results for Saturday’s GT1 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, SCCA Region, car, and laps completed.
1, (1), Tony Ave, Central Carolinas Region, Chevrolet Camaro, 13.
2, (2), Dave Ruehlow, Milwaukee Region, Chevrolet Camaro, 13.
3, (4), Michael McAleenan, Northwest Region, Lamborghini Huracan, 13.
4, (3), David Pintaric, Mahoning Valley Region, Ford Mustang, 13.
5, (5), Michael Lewis, Cal Club Region, Jaguar XKR, 13.
6, (6), Ryan McManus, Neohio Region, Chevrolet Corvette, 13.
7, (12), Jason Fiorito, Northwest Region, Dodge Challenger SRT, 13.
8, (9), Taz Harvey, San Francisco Region, Acura NSX GT3 EVO 22, 13.
9, (7), David Jans, Indiana Northwest Region, Ford Mustang, 13.
10, (10), David Fershtand, Texas Region, Chevrolet Corvette, 12.
11, (13), Dominic Martinolich, Northwest Region, Chevrolet Corvette, 12.
DNF, (8), Todd Peterson, Colorado Region, Ford Mustang, 1.
DNS, (11), Rocky Elli, Chicago Region, Chevrolet Corvette, 0.
DNS, (14), Daniel Speer, Chicago Region, Ford Mustang, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 27:28.684 (avg. 114.908mph)
Margin of Victory: 21.488 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:04.058 (117.468mph)
Lap Leaders: #44, Laps 1-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #21 Jason Fiorito
Photo caption: Tony Ave cruised to his fifth Runoffs win with a dominating GT-1 performance.
Photo by: Jay Bonvouloir
Tyler Ladd captured his second consecutive E Production SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® win at Wisconsin’s Road America, in a race that featured an early fight and ended under full-course yellow during the first of two Hagerty Race Days.
Ladd, who struggled with pace during practice and qualifying, was surprised by his race results.
“I can’t believe it,” Ladd said. “I was bummed all week. I didn’t think it was there and then (you) just take a breath and go.”
Tire Rack Pole Award winner Jon Brakke — in the No. 89 BMW Z3 — led the field to green but appeared to miss a shift at the start, allowing outside-front-row starter John Hainsworth in the No. 95 TurfTrade/Hoosier/Carbotech/MaxAtk Mazda RX-7 to surge into Turn 1 and build a 1.8-second lead by the end of the opening lap.
“I tried to put my head down and not look back,” said Hainsworth. “But every time I did, I saw that blue car getting a little bit bigger, and a little bit bigger until he was there and I couldn’t ignore it anymore.”
By lap four, Ladd — driving the No. 51 JPM/Carbotech/Jethot/Hoosier BMW Z3 — had closed the gap and was on the back bumper of Hainsworth.
“I was sitting there stressing, stressing, stressing, thinking take a breath, take a breath, take a breath and put my head down,” said Ladd, whose persistence paid off with a pass for the lead heading into Turn 1 on lap four.
Once around Hainsworth, it didn’t get any easier for Ladd.
“It was all out, I was pushing as hard as I can, because he’s no slouch. I was sliding all over the place trying to keep on going,” said Ladd.
Hainsworth tried to give chase and kept the pressure steady, but he couldn’t find a way around Ladd before a full-course yellow froze the field and ended the race under caution.
“He was hard to catch once he got around me,” said Hainsworth, “the closer I got to him the more my car heated up and there was not much I had for him unless he made a mistake, which he didn’t do.”
The battle for the final step on the podium came down to Austin Bradshaw in the No. 41 Sunoco/Goodyear/Mazda/Cobalt Mazda RX-7 and Peter Norton in a Caterham 7. Bradshaw claimed third, earning Runoffs bronze and his second consecutive podium finish.
“This feels amazing.” said Bradshaw, “We had a lot better competition this season and it’s great to be out there with so many great old-school cars. Honestly, I’m more proud of this one than last year.”
Like the fight for first, and despite the race-ending caution, the duel for third was heated between two cars that make speed in different sections of Road America.
“(I was) worried about Peter because through the Kink he just catches up so quickly and my car is diabolical through there wanting to put itself into the wall,” said Bradshaw. “I’m watching for him, which side he’s on, (and) I’m adjusting my mirror to make sure I see low enough.”
Rounding out the top six were Norton, who finished fourth, Anthony Parker, fifth in a Triumph GT6, and Tim Schreyer, sixth in a BMW 325i/is. The Sunoco Hard Charger award went to Mark Weber, who started 20th and finished 12th.
The 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are provisional results for Saturday’s E Production race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, SCCA Region, car, and laps completed.
1, (3), Tyler Ladd, Wichita Region, BMW Z3 2.5L, 12.
2, (2), John Hainsworth, South Jersey Region, Mazda RX-7, 12.
3, (6), Austin Bradshaw, Oregon Region, Mazda RX-7, 12.
4, (5), Peter Norton, North Carolina Region, Caterham 7 America, 12.
5, (9), Anthony Parker, New England Region, Triumph GT6, 12.
6, (7), Tim Schreyer, Great River Region, BMW 325i/is, 12.
7, (12), John Baucom, Central Carolinas Region, Fiat 124 Spider 2000, 12.
8, (14), Thomas Burt, Central Florida Region, Mazda RX-7, 12.
9, (13), Joe Carr, San Francisco Region, Mazda Miata, 12.
10, (17), Kurt Frietzsche, San Francisco Region, Mazda RX-7, 12.
11, (16), Don Tucker, Mid South Region, Mazda Miata, 12.
12, (20), Mark Weber, St Louis Region, Mazda Miata, 12.
13, (18), Yuri Collazos, Florida Region, Mazda RX-7, 12.
14, (21), Rich Olsen, Chicago Region, Austin-Healey 3000, 11.
15, (19), Steve Gaetjens, Neohio Region, Mazda RX-7, 11.
16, (8), Cameron Wogrin, Colorado Region, BMW 328i/is, 8.
DNF, (11), Doug Piner, North Carolina Region, BMW Z3 2.5L, 4.
DNF, (1), Jon Brakke, Land O’Lakes Region, BMW Z3 2.5L, 3.
DNF, (4), Chris Haldeman, Texas Region, Mazda Miata, 2.
DNF, (10), Bryce McGuire, North Carolina Region, BMW Z3 2.8L, 0.
DNS, (15), Whitfield Gregg, New York Region, Mazda MX-5, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 48.58 miles
Overall Time of Race: 35:48.531 (avg. 81.392 mph)
Margin of Victory: 01.525 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:28.756 (97.964 mph)
Lap Leaders: #95, Laps 1-4; #51, Laps 5-12
Sunoco Hard Charger: #70 Mark Weber
Photo by: Rick Corwine
An absolutely beautiful fall day greeted a field of 18 colorful B-Spec racecars as they kicked off the first of two Hagerty Race Days at Road America for the 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco in Wisconsin.
Tire Rack Pole Award winner Josh Schmidt led everyone to the green flag, but Myles Goertz and Caleb Patrie moved around the outside in Turn 1 to drop Schmidt back. Then up the hill into Turn 6, 2024 B-Spec Champion Richard Hromin moved to the front spot.
The action took a short break on the second lap when a full-course yellow came out to address the car of Derrick Ambrose, which had a motor let go and pulled off track. At the restart on lap four, it was Hromin out front followed by Goertz, Schmidt, Eric Yagel, Patrie, Rob Piekarczyk and Daniel Conway.
One lap later, Goertz and Yagel hooked up at the end of Road America’s 4,405-foot frontstretch to get by Hromin into the first turn. By lap six, a five-car breakaway group was out front — Goertz, Yagle, Hromin, Patrie and Conway.
That’s when the fun really began for the 13-lap contest around Road America’s 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit. Yagel grabbed the lead down into Turn 5 after the Moraine Sweep straightaway, while Hromin and Goertz mixed it up behind with Patrie and Conway close in tow.
By lap 11, things started to get hectic. While Yagel stayed out front, Hromin dropped back as Patrie moved forward. On the penultimate lap, several drivers challenged Yagel into Turn 5, but the Houston Region racer regained the lead on corner exit in the No. 46 BFFIndy/Product 41/G-Loc Honda Fit.
On the final lap, a two-car breakaway formed as Goertz, in the No. 41 Honda Fit, made a valiant effort to secure the lead into Canada Corner. But Yagel got alongside Goertz moving out of the turn and reclaimed the top spot — one he held to the checkered flag for his first Runoffs victory in only his second attempt.
“This feels amazing. It’s like nothing else,” Yagel said through tears after the race. “Man, that was a hell of a race.”
Hromin, in the No. 1 RATSport/RP Performance/PAW Mazda 2, capitalized on the battle up front to slip past Goertz a few corners later and secured second place. It marked his second runner-up result in four Runoffs appearances, and his fourth trip to victory podium — where he again received a bottle from Mazza Wines, the Official Sparkling Wine supplier to SCCA.
“The strength of this car is at Turn 5, and that’s where I tried to make most of my moves,” Hromin said about the contest. “I wanted to keep the Hondas a little separated, and I wanted to stay in the mix, and it was a great race there at the end.”
After a hard-fought race, Goertz held on for third — his first podium appearance in four Runoffs appearances.
“This feels good,” he said about the result while wearing the bronze medal. “I’m the third generation of SCCA racers and we’re thrilled to be here.”
Patrie finished fourth in a Honda Fit, and Conway claimed fifth in his Mazda 2 machine. The Sunoco Hard Charger award went to J B Swan, who started 19th and finished in the 12th position.
The 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2025, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
Live, online video coverage of Runoffs races is available over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.
Below are final results for Saturday’s B-Spec race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, SCCA Region, car, and laps completed.
1, (6), Eric Yagel, Houston Region, Honda Fit, 13.
2, (4), Richard Hromin, Washington, D.C. Region, Mazda 2, 13.
3, (2), Myles Goertz, Des Moines Valley Region, Honda Fit, 13.
4, (3), Caleb Patrie (Ebben), Milwaukee Region, Honda Fit, 13.
5, (5), Daniel Conway, Washington, D.C. Region, Mazda 2, 13.
6, (1), Josh Schmidt, North Carolina Region, Chevrolet Sonic, 13.
7, (12), Stephanie Andersen, Milwaukee Region, Mazda 2, 13.
8, (9), Blair Deffenbaugh, North Carolina Region, Honda Fit, 13.
9, (15), Chris Taylor, South Texas Boarder Region, Mazda 2, 13.
10, (10), Rob Piekarczyk, Northeast Ohio Region, Honda Fit, 13.
11, (11), Kent Carter, Houston Region, Mazda 2, 13.
12, (19), J B Swan, New England Region, Chevrolet Sonic, 13.
13, (16), Thomas Pendergrass, California Sports Car Club, Mini Cooper, 13.|
14, (18), Lee Davis, Detroit Region, Mini Cooper, 13.
DNF, (14), Gale Corley, Houston Region, Mazda 2, 4.
DNF, (8), Stewart Black, North Carolina Region, Chevrolet Sonic, 3.
DNF, (7), Ricky Holmstrom, Milwaukee Region, Mazda 2, 3.
DNF, (13), Derrick Ambrose, Oregan Region, Mazda 2, 1.
DNS, (17), Joseph Gersch, Houston Region, Toyota Yaris, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 40:11.414 (avg. 78.562 mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.333 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:53.613 (83.938 mph)
Lap Leaders: #1, Laps 1-4; #41, Lap 5; #46, Laps 6-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #3 JB Swan
Photo by: Jay Bonvouloir
