Call it a dry heat if it makes you feel better, but the March 27-29, 2026, Tire Rack SCCA® Vegas ProSolo® (the second round in as many weeks at Las Vegas Motor Speedway) was scorching – there’s no way around it. That didn’t slow the competition for the back-to-back ProSolo weekends, though, as evidenced by the 187 entries – believed to be a record for National Solo® events in Las Vegas.
Event chair Brian Newport and SCCA’s Las Vegas Region crew were gracious hosts, keeping their cool as the temps went up. Jonathan Lugod’s courses used a brisk layout to fill the space in the outside lot at the speedway.
Did we mention it was hot?
By the time Sunday’s Challenges rolled around, temperatures had pushed back into the 90s on that pavement. Consequently, a special shoutout goes to those who stayed to work the Super Challenge – and just as importantly, the Super Challenge qualifiers who volunteered to work the Bonus and Ladies Challenges. The sense of camaraderie in the Solo community is unmatched.
Candiss Peterson’s name was pulled for a future entry into a National event from all of those who stayed to work. She got a lot of attention during the weekend, too, as Peterson was also the SCCA Women on Track coaching recipient, with Jeff Jacobs coaching her and her red G Street Honda Civic through the event.
Class Highlights
It’s in this space of the event recaps where we mention some of the trophy winners, but at this event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t celebrate some of the other participants in the field instead.
How about a shoutout for the first person to use a Solo Buddy Pass in Vegas? Joellene Ordinario was invited by event chair Brian Newport, and ran her F Street Nissan 370Z in Ladies Class 2. It was quite the way to get experience in the sport – she also drew into the Bonus Challenge to extend her weekend by a few more runs.
Meanwhile, Tadao Nakata recently passed the test for his learner’s permit, so what better way to celebrate than attending your first autocross competition? Nakata and his father, Mike, rolled the family’s Mazda Exocet out of the garage and into Street 1 competition in Las Vegas, where Tadao made his first (hopefully of many) starts and Mike returned to autocross competition for the first time in 10 years.
Want to know class winners? For the competitions listed above, Kendra Mabie took the win in Ladies 2, while Andy McKee held top honors in Street 1. Those, along with everyone else and how they fared, can be found in the event’s class results:
Class Results
Challenge Brackets
Las Vegas held the SCCA’s version of March Madness, with back-to-back weeks of bracket competition. But the scene featured a repeat winner – an impressive performance.
The Bonus Challenge went to Andrew Redding, who also earned a trophy with a second place in class with his Honda CRX in E Street Touring®. Redding topped Jason Myers and then Marshall Hill in the final round to take the crown.
Kate Fisher missed the Ladies Challenge title at the previous weekend’s Vegas ProSolo after falling to Cindy Duncan in the final round. There was no near miss this time. Fisher sent Laurie McCelvey and Shelby Redding home in the early rounds, then topped Nicole Wong in the final to win the title during this weekend. Fisher had earned her way into the Ladies Challenge by topping Ladies Class 3 in her D Street Touring prepared Scion FRS.
But the story in the Super Challenge was, once again, Manfred Reysser and his D Street Touring Scion FR-S. Like during the previous weekend’s ProSolo competition, Reysser was all aces, winning the class and rolling through his bracket. He cleared Dennis Hubbard, Lane Farka, and top-qualifier Kevin Schultz to take the Super Challenge victory.
Up Next
After back-to-back weeks in Las Vegas, the Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo Series trucks begin the trip back east.
The Tire Rack SCCA Atlanta ProSolo is next on the calendar, offering an April 17-19 event at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA. Interested? You can get more information on the event, capped at 225 drivers, by clicking the link below. Can’t make Atlanta? There are other ProSolos on the calendar, too…
Atlanta ProSolo ProSolo Event Calendar
Those on the West Coast may have been experiencing an early-spring heat wave, but attendees at the March 27-29, 2026, Tire Rack SCCA® Charlotte Solo® National Tour were bouncing between hoodies and winter jackets with knit caps all weekend. That didn’t slow the enthusiasm, however, as 272 drivers laid down times at zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC.
The wind died down on Sunday, at least, and SCCA’s Central Carolinas Region hosted a spectacular event when it came to things within their control. Reigning H Street National Champion Tim Matijow put together the courses, though the temperatures meant that the key to the weekend was keeping the car under you. Grip was low, so any misplaced aggression immediately caused issue as the car slid out of position. In other words, Matijow’s courses rewarded precision all weekend long.
Ginette Jordan, no stranger to National competition, was rewarded by SCCA Women on Track with coaching by Eric Brown during the event. Jordan improved on each course through the day, finishing second in F Street Prepared in her Volkswagen Rabbit.
Class Talk
The weather and the courses spread the times in a number of classes, but don’t tell that to the A Street Touring® trophy winners. Four drivers battled for the four pieces of hardware, with first through fourth separated by less than a second. Andrew Salazar led day one in his Miata, then held on through Sunday’s runs for a 0.163sec win over Will Teller. Kevin Wenzel was 0.481sec behind Teller, and Wenzel’s co-driver Mike Casino scored the final slot, another 0.099sec behind.
C Street Prepared was yet another Miata battle, with Christian Kolmers taking victory. Kolmers was just 0.007sec ahead of Christian Patrick after day one, but stretched his advantage on Sunday. Langlee King took a break from the Club’s social media to score third place and a trophy in the Open class.
X Prepared’s three trophy spots were less than a half-second apart. Fred Zust trailed Tim Matijow overnight, but mounted a comeback with a quick run on Sunday to take the top spot by just 0.073sec. Randall Wilcox trophied, just 0.321sec behind Matijow.
Maybe those cones are only suggestions after all? John Vitamvas claimed Xtreme Street A, but Josh Luster took second place despite having just one clean run – all weekend long.
Ladies Street Touring Bump was a serious battle for the trophy positions, with four drivers having a shot at the win going into the last runs. Stephanie Wells, Carmen Rowlands, Molly Thore Maxey, and Melissa Fehr were the four contenders, with Wells taking the win over Rowlands by 0.105sec. Just 0.694sec back from Rowlands was Maxey, and another 0.093sec later was Fehr in the final trophy spot.
All of this action, and more, can be found in the event results:
Class Results
Up Next
A month between Solo National Tour events? It’s true! But the Texas event will be here before you know it.
Located in southern Texas, the Tire Rack Beeville Solo National Tour at Naval Air Station Chase Field is up next, April 24-26. Beeville is a Solo National Tour classic with an event cap of 250 entries.
For more information or to register for Beeville, check out the event page. Can’t make it to Beeville? There are other events on the Solo National Tour calendar just waiting for you:
Beeville Solo Nat Tour Solo Nat Tour Calendar
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