What was the number one item on your New Year’s Resolutions list? If it wasn’t “more track time” then you’re no friend of mine.

Ahh, who am I kidding, I could never be mad at you.

Whether your deepest desire for 2026 was more track time or not, it’s about to be once you see Track Night in America® Driven by Tire Rack’s 2026 event calendar. Boasting more than 130 events spanning 30 racetracks from February to December, Track Night is not only one of the most affordable ways to get on track, it’s the best way to put you in the action on the motorsport circuits of your dreams.

What’s Track Night in America? Only the most fun and affordable way to get you and your car on track, mostly on weekdays, some on weekends. No experience? No problem! Have tons of track experience? There’s a group for you, too! All you need is a car, an approved helmet (you can buy one here), and a let’s-have-fun attitude!

Which Tracks?

Always wanted to pilot your ride around VIRginia International Raceway’s 17 turns? There’s a date at that historic track in November you won’t want to miss. Ever wanted to put your mad wheeling skills to the test at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course? I recommend doing that this October as Track Night returns to that stupendous facility! Dreamed of driving the vertigo-inducing 31-degree banking of Daytona International Speedway? Track Night is bringing you four opportunities to do just that from June to September, with June boasting back-to-back dates.

Then there’s Hedge Hollow Raceway. Know someone who’s run that course? Maybe not, because dates at this premier facility are rarer than a paddock crush who doesn’t ghost you after the event. (Maybe that’s just me being bitter about someone I met last year. I’ll tell you the story sometime. Uh, let’s move on…) Roll with Track Night, though, and those amazing folks will get you lapping Hedge Hollow’s amazing 3.4-mile circuit this May.

Do you like autocross as well as track time? Track Night’s got you covered there, too, because some Track Nights (like a few of the events at Nashville Superspeedway, NOLA Motorsports Park, and Pikes Peak International Raceway) will follow an autocross that’s hosted by the local SCCA® Region. I’m not saying you have to enter the autocross as well as the Track Night, but I am saying that by entering both events you’ll not only become a better driver, but you’ll also increase your likelihood of finding that special someone who will eventually ghost you.

(I’m not bitter at all.)

Don’t Mind if I Do

Even though you didn’t ask, there’s more to talk about –so I will!

SCCA is offering a series of Track Days and “Track Night Special Editions” that offer similar levels of Track Night goodness but at racing facilities Track Night doesn’t usually hit – these also run alongside Tire Rack SCCA Time Attack Challenge events. Of the seven SCCA Track Days and Track Night Special Editions in 2026, there will be opportunities at circuits like Autobahn Country Club, Eagles Canyon Raceway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and more.

Registration Begins…Feb 1!

On top of all of this, remember that the season starts soon, with registration for March and April events beginning Feb. 1 (registration for the February Track Day in Las Vegas is already open for business). Furthermore, many of these will sell out, so you’ll want to register as soon as you can.

Keep scrolling to check out the complete 2026 Track Night in America Driven by Tire Rack and SCCA Track Day calendar of events, or click the button below to find a Track Night and Track Day near you.

Find Your Next Track Night

2026 Track Night in America Schedule

Atlanta Motorsports Park, Dawsonville, GA – March 18, April 22, August 19, September 17, October 15, November 18
Blackhawk Farms Raceway, South Beloit, IL – April 29, May 20, June 17, July 15, August 19, September 23
Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, MN – May 22, August 28
Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw, SC – March 11, May 13, September 16, October 14, November 11
Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC – April 30, June 10, July 9, August 18
Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount, MN – April 24, June 12, July 10, August 7
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL – June 24, June 25, July 30, September 17
Dominion Raceway, Thornburg, VA – May 7, June 11, September 10, October 8
GingerMan Raceway, South Haven, MI – April 23, May 21, June 18, August 27, September 24
Grattan Raceway, Belding, MI – July 30
Hallett Motor Racing Circuit, Jennings, OK – May 7, October 1
Harris Hill Raceway, San Marcos, TX – March 11, April 8, May 6, June 3, September 16, October 14, November 11
Hedge Hollow Raceway, Adrian, MO – May 1
High Plains Raceway, Deer Trail, CO – June 24, September 16
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT – April 16, May 13, June 17, July 16, August 12, October 8
Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA – May 14, June 17, July 15
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH – October 9
MotorSport Ranch, Cresson, TX – March 18, May 19, September 29, November 3
Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN – March 8, April 26, June 6, October 7
New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ – April 22, May 20, June 17, July 22, August 19, September 16, October 14
NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale, LA – May 3, September 26, October 30
Palmer Motorsports Park, Ware, MA – June 4, September 10
Pikes Peak International Raceway, Fountain, CO – May 16, July 24
Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA – April 28, May 21, June 24, July 30, August 27, September 24, October 20
Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR – April 17, May 22, June 26, July 24, August 28, September 25, October 9
Road America,Plymouth, WI – September 27
Ridge Motorsports Park, Shelton, WA – April 22, May 19, June 11, July 15, September 23
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL – March 12, April 23, May 21, October 14, November 12, December 17
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, CT – April 30, May 21, June 30, July 28, August 27, September 24, October 20
Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows, CA – March 12, April 16, June 18, September 24, October 22, November 19
VIRginia International Raceway, Alton, VA – November 19
* tentative event dates

2026 Track Day/Track Night Special Edition Schedule

Autobahn Country Club, Joliet, IL – August 2
Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw, SC – June 14
Eagles Canyon Raceway, Decatur, TX – May 3
Las Vegas Motor Speedway ORC, Las Vegas, NV – February 21
Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA – July 19
Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows, CA – May 30

Photo by Langlee King

Had we known Anthony “Tony” Jorgensen in the mid-1960s when his very concerned dad first “encouraged” him to join the Club (hopefully saving his life), no way could we have pictured the tireless and popular SCCA® tech and pit volunteer he would become.

Indeed, the then-17-year-old New Jersey hot rodder who lost his license for street racing earned the 2025 SCCA Pit & Grid Worker of the Year Presented by Mazda award, and is now a very familiar volunteer in the Midwest.

The decades between read like a movie script: SCCA Drivers’ School in a first-edition L-88 Corvette Sting Ray and subsequently a NEDiv A Production title; skills development with a season in Brian Power’s Triumph TR-4A; a one-off Formula B race in Spain prelude to a full UK Formula 3 season in 1969; a terrifying year in the jungles of Vietnam (two Purple Hearts, many painful memories); and an extended second tour of duty in Germany where enthusiasm, trips to the Nürburgring and Zandvoort, and a sweet Porsche 914/6 got him through.

Ordered Stateside after four years, Jorgensen quit the Army and, in December 1976, returned home to New Jersey. Soon thereafter, though, a love interest led him to Wisconsin, in chase of the young lady he would soon marry, to her parents’ home in Waukesha.

The marriage ended after eight years (“We’re best of friends today, though”), but Jorgensen never left the Badger State.

“I quickly got to love this place,” he says. “Let me tell you, the people here are something else.”

Back on Track

Today, Jorgensen, happily single, is settled on three acres of woodland west of Milwaukee and is fully immersed, once again, in the sport. He’d drifted completely away until a chance meeting at Thanksgiving dinner in 1990 with Tony Machi, SCCA Milwaukee Region Counsel, led him back into the fold.

“Machi was, and is, a judge and a lawyer for the Central Division,” Jorgensen explains. “We got to talking, he showed me all of his racing stuff, and he said, ‘You’d be a perfect fit to come into SCCA.’ I said, ‘Well, I’m no longer interested in driving. A man’s gotta know his limitations. I’m too competitive, and if I can’t be number one, I don’t want to be out there.’ ‘Well, we have programs in corner working and we’ve got pit lane, we’ve got the grid, we’ve got Timing & Scoring, paddock, tech,’ he said. ‘Whatever you might want to do.’”

The late Hal Durham, a Datsun 240Z racer, was Milwaukee Region’s administrator at the time, Jorgensen remembers, and he and wife Mary co-sponsored Tony’s membership.

“Once I got in there, I went to the corners because, when I was racing, I always had the highest respect for those folks,” Jorgensen explains. “Then I got around the crews and I thought, ‘I want to go to pit lane ’cause I can interact with drivers and crews, which is my first love.’”

Thirty-five years later, Jorgensen is licensed for Flagging & Communications, Pit & Grid, and Tech.

“And I work all three,” he says. “I go to races a day early, work tech, then switch hats and do pit lane.”

He also volunteers for the local VSCDA vintage group and is a full-time Black Hawk Farms Raceway corner worker.

“For me, pit lane is where the action is, you know? Cars are coming and going, and I’ve gotten really good at it. I’ve developed such a relationship with crews from all over the country. I walked down pit lane at the June Sprints and people were leaning over the pit wall hugging me.

“And if you can get that kind of love and respect from people you’re supervising, you’ve done something right.

“I’ve always loved the social aspect of SCCA, and I think about future generations. I think about ways to market what we have so it reaches out into the community. So many people don’t even know what SCCA is.”

Uncle Tony Wants You

Jorgensen especially loves talking to young people at the races.

“When young people come up, if I see them, I talk to them. I try real hard to recruit them. And I have absolutely no problem whatsoever mentoring them.

“The biggest thing for me,” he goes on, “is trying to get young people to want to volunteer. ‘How much do I get paid for doing this?’ I hear that a lot. So I tell them: ‘Well, as a volunteer you get free camping, free dinners, your evening meals taken care of most times.’ I tell them, ‘You get free beer, various social activities at the end of the race day. And you get up close and personal with a sport you love, whereas others have to sit home and watch TV.’”

“Me, I’m the last one to leave the party. I work hard, but I like to celebrate. I know how to network, and I’m always doing that. I’ll go down pit lane and meet all the drivers and crews, greet them, tell them I’m glad they’re there. Because without them, well, if those guys didn’t enter, we wouldn’t be here either. I thank them. And they appreciate that.

“I’ve done some crazy things in my time,” Jorgensen wraps up, “but my love for SCCA has been constant from the day I went to my first Drivers’ School. SCCA is basically my life now.”

Stories – Tony Jorgensen has stories. He’s a Milwaukee Region treasure. Track him down next time you’re in the Midwest, tell him you want to get involved, and he’ll point the way.

If you’d like to get involved in SCCA Road Racing events like Jorgensen, head to scca.com/trackside.

Photo of Tony Jorgensen being presented with a 2025 Worker of the Year award by SCCA President and CEO Mike Cobb (image by Jon Krolewicz).