If you have a European friend who doesn’t understand how the size of the United States may affect things, point them to SCCA’s National Solo® series for an example. One week ago, the Beeville Tire Rack SCCA® Solo National Tour was slowed by lightning and spring thunderstorms in Texas. But this past weekend, March 20-22, 2026, with the Tire Rack SCCA Las Vegas ProSolo® Series? Pure heat.

Temperatures reached nearly 100 degrees for the 179 drivers on site, but Las Vegas Region and event chair Brian Newport handled the event like they were wearing oven mitts and didn’t miss a beat.

Doug Rowse designed two distinctive courses, making great use of the available space at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Reports point to the right-side course as hard to get right, rewarding those able to figure it out.

Monty Peck made history, becoming the first winner in a new program designed to reward those who volunteer to work the Challenges at the end of the meet. Each volunteer gets their name placed into a drawing, with Peck selected to earn a free entry into a future SCCA National Solo event. For fun, Peck also won the Bonus Challenge – details on that will come later in this article.

The SCCA Women on Track program kept doing its thing in Vegas, where Arbor Evans was coached by Laurie McCelvey. The timing sheets say it helped, too, because Evans and her CSX-prepared Mazda Miata got quicker and more consistent as the weekend went on.

Stay Classy

The temps were hot, but things were just as heated on the courses.

In F Street in particular, the battle went back and forth all weekend. At the finish, James Darden took the top spot in his Camaro, just 0.250sec in front of Cameron DeGroff. Tim Mason took the final trophy, only 0.071sec behind DeGroff in a three-way battle.

No shocker that Solo Spec Coupe was close, as that’s exactly what the class is designed for. Stephen Curtis was king of the course in Vegas, earning the class win by 0.157sec over Kinch Reindl.

Manfred Reysser was the talk of the weekend when he took the D Street Touring® class win. Why was that exciting? You’ll discover the entire story in just a few paragraphs from now.

Before that, though, check out the complete class results by clicking here:

Class Results

Challenge On

As mentioned in this article’s opener, Monty Pack was willing to stay and work courses for the Challenges, but he also drew into the Bonus Challenge. We assume he figured his Porsche GT3 had better air conditioning than standing on the pavement, so he may as well maximize his time in the car. He beat Andrew Redding and Blake DeWit to make the final against George Curtis, and came out on top for the Bonus Challenge victory.

The Ladies classes seemed incredibly loaded in Vegas, so it was no surprise when the Ladies Challenge final four covered a quartet of women at the top of their games. Kate Fisher got the best of Kelsey Karanges on one side of the bracket, with Cindy Duncan toppling Christine Grice on the other side. Duncan got the better of Fisher in the final to take the top spot at Vegas.

Remember Manfred Reysser from four paragraphs up? Looks like he decided to maximize a limited number of runs in Vegas. Unable to make it to the event on Saturday, he showed up Sunday morning in his D Street Touring Scion FR-S and promptly zipped to the top of the class. He was fourth in the event on index, third in the final knockout Challenge round, and rolled through Brian Kelly, Daniel McCelvey, and Dennis Hubbard to take the Super Challenge win.

Vegas, Part II

It’s only a few days from the next Tire Rack ProSolo event, that event being the Tire Rack SCCA Las Vegas ProSolo on March 27-29 – yes, a second Vegas event!

Vegas II features a limited number of “Buddy Passes” to bring someone new along.

The Buddy Pass (which is also available at select events including the July 17-19 Tire Rack SCCA Grissom Solo National Tour and the July 24-26 Tire Rack SCCA Packwood ProSolo) is an opportunity for an autocross veteran to bring along a first-timer to a National SCCA Solo event for FREE!

Send an email to [email protected] after you’ve registered yourself for an event. Assuming there are spaces in the program remaining, you’ll receive instructions for your buddy to enter the event completely free.

We’re prepping for spring action, and what could be better than heating things up with some top-tier National Solo® battles blossoming on autocross courses across the nation? Nothing, that’s what!

The Tire Rack SCCA® ProSolo® Series kicked SCCA’s National Solo season into action with an event in early March at Naval Air Station Chase Field, with the second ProSolo of the season held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in early March; that is about to be followed by a second ProSolo at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Those three events will be followed by another trifecta of autocross perfection with action at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Georgia, Northwest Stadium in Maryland, and Lincoln Airpark in Nebraska.

Check ‘em out:

Note that the May 21-23 Lincoln Airpark ProSolo is part of a combo spring event you won’t want to miss – you’ll see why in a moment.

Similar to the ProSolo Series, the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour also jumped into action in March (there’s still time to enter the one at zMAX Dragway), with that cone-dodging performance set to continue into April and May with a dramatic duo. The first event puts drivers back in Texas for the late April Beeville National Tour; late May brings autocrossers to the scene of a championship event to come, otherwise known as Lincoln Airpark in Nebraska’s capital city.

Those with a careful eye will notice that the May 21-23 ProSolo and May 23-25 Solo National Tour are back-to-back events in what is known as Spring Nationals. If you’ve got your eyes locked on an SCCA National Championship title at the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships or you’re anticipating being in the ProSolo points chase, Spring Nats is a certifiable can’t-miss.

Yet, for both the ProSolo Series and the Solo National Tour, these April and May events don’t even get things to the halfway point, since those aiming for the Fletcher and JCJ Cup in ProSolo action will have 12 opportunities to collect points prior to the Sept. 4-6, 2026, Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo Finale at Lincoln Airpark. Meanwhile, those on the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour have a total of 10 opportunities to dial in their cars before they get the opportunity to compete for a champion’s jacket at the Sept. 7-11, 2026, Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships in Lincoln, NE.

For more series info, click the links below:

ProSolo Series Solo Nat Tour