Of course, a Tire Rack SCCA® Lincoln Solo® National Tour held May 24-25, 2026, during the Memorial Day weekend doesn’t directly correlate to what will happen at the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships this September, but gathering 352 autocrossers undeniably gives everyone a benchmark for where they stand against the competition at this point in the season.
Turns out, it’s shaping up to be quite the ride as the season marches on. Fantastic weather and the fantastic home made the Memorial Day weekend, complete with two days of Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo® competition followed by two days of a Solo National Tour all hosted by Nebraska Region, made for an event that was, well, fantastic.
What else was fantastic were the courses. The West Course was designed by Thenmozhi Elayaperumal, with Riley Heaton heading up the East Course. Both drivers created autocross courses that challenged even the best on site.
And on those courses were battles galore.
Battles Galore
Matt McCabe grabbed the early C Street lead and watched as Rick Cone came roaring back on Monday. The Miata battle finished with McCabe up 0.133sec for the class victory. That margin was apparently popular in the Street category – Mike Leeder and his Chevrolet Camaro finished 0.133sec ahead of Sam Strano’s Ford Mustang in F Street for the victory, as well.
But those Street categories had nothing on Solo Spec Coupe. Heath Helmick took a Sunday lead and was just quick enough on Monday to stay ahead of David Hedderick by a scant 0.054sec in total.
It was less than a tenth in Super Street Touring®, too. Charles Krampert led the way there in his Chevrolet Corvette, just 0.059sec ahead of Justin Neal’s Nissan GT-R. But that was a country mile compared to A Street Touring – Will Teller was 0.004sec (yes, four thousandths of a second) ahead of Vivek Goel after runs were complete. E Street Touring (the NA generation Miatas, among others) was just as tight. Mason Herrick and David Whitener were 0.006sec separated on Monday afternoon, with Herrick in front.
It wasn’t just the usual suspects battling to extended decimal places. Over in C Prepared, Chris Miller and his 1979 Ford Mustang with a turbo was 0.276sec quicker than Skyler Sisson’s 1965 Mustang, exemplifying the fun of meeting in Lincoln to start the summer months.
Jeff Kiesel continues to win Solo National Tour events in E Modified, but his KFR Turbo Sprite was just 0.530sec ahead of Jason Minehart’s Stalker AXR. Xtreme Street B ultimately went to Blayne Rios, but 0.345sec would have dropped him all the way back to third. Nick Pasternack was just 0.080sec behind the class winner, with Keegan Shepard another 0.265sec back. Rios and Pasternack were each in Miatas, with Shepard driving a Lotus Exige.
The Club Spec classes are fire, too. Lucas Reller scored victory in an 11-deep Club Spec MX-5 by just 0.035sec over Abdul Huuda. Andrew Canak was best in a 13-driver Club Spec Mustang. Five more Club Spec Mustang entries were in the Ladies class, where Cindy Duncan led the way.
Phew!
Check out all the results by clicking here:
Class Results
Getting Even Hotter
The summer months are going to be even hotter, all across the country – from an autocross perspective.
In June alone, the Tire Rack Crows Landing Solo National Tour (June 12-14 in Crows Landing, CA) and the Brunswick Solo National Tour (part of the June 19-21 doubleheader with a ProSolo in Brunswick, ME) cover both coasts.
Either of those are great preps for the next visit to Lincoln in September – but even if you can’t make those, there are still more opportunities for #funwithcars before the 2026 Solo Nationals hits Lincoln.
Solo Nat Tour Calendar
Photo by Danny Gross
It’s the Tire Rack SCCA® Lincoln ProSolo® at the Lincoln Airpark, spring edition! If you need to know why this May 21-23, 2026, event at Lincoln, NE, was significant, check out the event page for this fall’s Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo Finale that takes place at the same site (leading into the Tire Rack SCCA Solo® National Championships).
In short, the long weekend that is lovingly dubbed Spring Nationals and offers a ProSolo and Solo National Tour over the course of four competition days showcases significant insight into who might win come the big events in September.
The highlights from the ProSolo portion of Spring Nationals? A whopping 251 drivers taking times over the Memorial Day weekend on the famed Lincoln concrete – and it was true Lincoln. Rain on Friday morning, wet late morning, drying early afternoon, and dry all day Saturday. And through it all, Nebraska Region (once again) hosted a successful event.
This was truly the full range for a ProSolo and excellent test conditions for those eyeing victory at the ProSolo Finale.
Rain, sun, clouds, whatever…as always, the event was a fantastic success. Let’s look at some of the highlights.
Class Competition
How about jumping right in with the top end of the class lineup? That leads us to Super Street. For all of the conversation about the new addition of the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS to the class, James Yom stayed out in front in his Type 991.2 Porsche 911 GT3. It was by the slimmest of margins, just 0.096sec ahead of Jay Balducci in the Cayman.
Looking for something that retains the fun but cuts back on the horsepower (just a touch)? That brings us to D Street and Zbigniew Szymanski’s Subaru BRZ, which took a 0.281sec win over Brady Loretz and his Toyota GR86. The previous generation of that car kept that same tight competition in Solo Spec Coupe, with Mike Lawson taking a 0.124sec win over Paul Brown.
While we’re on the theme, check out C Street Touring® – that’s a 0.044sec win for Daniel McCelvey and a Toyota GR86 over a similar GR86 of DJ Alessandrini.
Matt Morhardt drove his Audi TT to a huge gap in the Street 4 field, but no one should feel too terrible about his 1.859sec win. Morhardt was the index leader of the event, putting an exclamation point on his already commanding win.
In Ladies competitions, Holly Schwedler (Ladies Class 1, Honda Civic), Jordan Towns (Ladies Class 2, Toyota Supra), Kate Fisher (Ladies Class 3, Scion FR-S), and Meredith Brown (Ladies Class 4, Scion FR-S) all grabbed class victories.
There was a lot more that happened, and for that, check out the class results:
Class Results
Challenge Accepted
At Lincoln, 16 drivers qualified for the Ladies Challenge bracket. Top qualifiers were Kate Fisher and Holly Schwedler – and to no one’s surprise, the duo advanced to the semi-finals. While Fisher advanced with a win over Andie Albin, Carmen Rowlands took down Schwedler to square off with Fisher for victory. Fisher won, taking the Challenge title and becoming one of the favorites come the ProSolo Finale.
Following qualifying for the Super Challenge, just eight drivers advanced to the bracket. Billy Davis, the A Street winner and top qualifier, advanced to the final. His opponent was Manfred Reysser, who finished second in D Street Touring and was just 36th in the initial list of Super Challenge positions. However, Reysser got hot at the right time to advance to the final, leaving him with the Super Challenge victory at Lincoln.
Up Next
Take a breath from the thrilling Lincoln action – but not a deep breath.
The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo Series stays on the rev limiter in June, with the calendar including events at Crows Landing in California on June 5-7, in Toledo, OH, on June 12-14, and on the top-right side of the country on June 17-19 when the series heads to Brunswick, ME.
And yet, there will be even more ProSolo Series events before the Finale in Lincoln. Check them out:
ProSolo Series Calendar
Photos courtesy Kelsey Karanges
Only one week away is the Chicago Region June Sprints® presented by WeatherTech®, which is shaping up to be the largest Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) race weekend of the year. Part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program, the 2026 event already has more than 300 entrants lined up for the June 5-7 contest at Road America. That is the venue often referred to as America’s National Park of Speed and host of the 2026 National Championship Runoffs®.
There’s still time for drivers and volunteers to register for what will be an exciting three-day event in the parklike Kettle Moraine region of Wisconsin, with two races for each run group this year. Be sure to check out SCCA partners like Tire Rack, Hagerty insurance, Hawk brakes, and Öhlins suspension before traveling to Elkhart Lake for what will be a fantastic party. As for Sunoco race fuel, you can find it on site at Road America.
Driver & Volunteer Registration
Schedule Loaded with Track Time
This year’s June Sprints will have 25 different car classes spread across nine run groups, with each group having two races during the weekend. Things get cranking Friday, June 5, with 25-minute qualifying sessions for everyone. That is followed by a second 25-minute qualifying session for the first six run groups.
On-track activity restarts at 8 a.m. Central Time Saturday, June 6, with 25-minute qualifying sessions for Groups 7, 8, and 9. Then we go racing at 9:45 a.m. local time as all run groups get a shot at the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit for 25-minute contests that decide the weekend’s first set of winners.
The excitement ratchets up once again at 8 a.m. Central Time Sunday, June 7, with 13-lap or 45-minute races for all but one run group. The outlier is Group 8 – consisting of GT-1, GT-2, GT-X, American Sedan® and Touring 1 cars – which is a slightly longer race consisting of 15 laps or 45 minutes.
Click the link below to see the full schedule and learn which car classes are running in which groups and at what times.
June Sprints Schedule
Talent Building for June Sprints
Road America will again be the venue where National Champions are crowned in 2026 during SCCA’s Runoffs, so it’s no surprise that serious competitors are already signed up and ready to go for the June Sprints, an event offering drivers the chance to warm up before this fall’s winner-take-all challenge in Wisconsin.
At the time of this writing, Formula Vee®, Formula 600, and Formula F had well over a dozen contestants in each class, with at least one of those classes flirting with the 20-entrant mark. Any way you slice it, Group 2 will be exciting at the June Sprints.
In Group 3 you’ll find F Production (FP) with 18 entrants, one of which is reigning HST Nationwide Points Champion Mason Workman. Running in the same group is B-Spec with 18 drivers, too. Caleb Patrie inhabits that field, and he’s focused on improvement after finishing fourth at Road America during last year’s Runoffs.
“After how the Runoffs went last year, I’m really looking forward to going back to Road America knowing what the car is capable of,” Patrie said. “There are quite a few entries, and a lot of heavy hitters there. It’s going to be a tough race for sure, but I’m looking forward to the competition and seeing everyone again.”
Spec Racer® Ford Gen3 (SRF3) could very well be the largest field of the June Sprints with nearly 50 entries. Reigning SRF3 National Champion Caleb Shrader is scheduled to appear, as is last year’s Runoffs runner-up Brian Schofield. At Road America’s finish line during last year’s Runoffs, the difference between the two was a mere 0.012sec at the checkered flag. So, does Schofield seek redemption during the June Sprints? Two races will perhaps predict results for the coming Runoffs battle this fall.
Another ace in attendance at the June Sprints has won the Runoffs and earned SCCA’s Super Sweep award. He’s a Daytona 24 Hour winner, two-time Sebring 12 Hour winner, three-time Petit Le Mans winner, four-time Ferrari Challenge Champion, and much more. That man is Cooper MacNeil, who will serve as 2026 June Sprints Grand Marshal.
Dave Tatge, Regional Executive for Chicago Region, said, “Cooper has been a longtime member of Chicago Region and is a very accomplished racing driver. As someone who has achieved so much, we are honored to have him as our Grand Marshal and as our featured speaker during Saturday evening’s Worker Appreciation Party at the Road America Center.”
A list of June Sprints entrants can be reviewed by clicking the link below.
June Sprints Entry List
Can’t Miss the June Sprints
The Chicago Region June Sprints® presented by WeatherTech® is an event open to race fans at Road America. Become part of the party with a three-day pass at $70 per person. A Friday-only ticket is $30, Saturday-only entry is $40, and the price is the same for Sunday-only admittance. Anyone 16 years of age and under gets in free with a paying adult.
Can’t make it to Road America? The second-best option is HST’s online broadcast produced by DriversEye Live. It’s available for free anywhere around the world. Coverage starts with qualifying, so tune in and catch all the live action through SCCA’s YouTube page. Enlightened commentary will be provided by Gregg Ginsberg and pro racer Tom O’Gorman all weekend.
Access to live timing and additional information about the June Sprintscan be found at the event webpage link below.
HST June Sprints Event Page
Photo by Rick Corwine
