The Formula 600 field may have missed the 2025 version, but judging by the class performance in the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., it would be hard to tell.
Just like 2024, Calvin Stewart started his No. 07 SabbathTruth.com/Hoosier Novakar Blade Suzuki on the Tire Rack pole. And just like 2024, James Weida made his way past Stewart and earned the National Championship in his No. 22 Weida Apartments/Formula X-1 Scorpion S1 Rotax.
Weida’s win in the final race of the Hagerty Race Days ended behind the safety car under a full-course caution following an incident between Formula F competitors on lap 11 of 13 in the multi-class race. But by the time the caution came out, Weida’s third career National Championship was already well in hand.
Weida and Stewart were poised to trade positions as the race began. Stewart led the opening lap, but the two-stroke Rotax power of Weida’s car moved around Stewart’s four-stroke Suzuki power in Turn 1 of the second lap.
From there, the two heavyweight drivers were ready to slug it out. Stewart turned the fast lap of the race on lap three, then Weida bested it on lap four. Weida got some breathing room on lap five when Stewart, pushing hard, lost five seconds to Weida with a slide and save to keep his car on track.
Behind them was a fierce battle for third place between Sven de Vries’ No. 27 Novakar J9 Suzuki and Jason Martin’s No. 78 Hoosier Novakar J9 Suzuki. Starting fourth and fifth, respectively, both moved around Aaron Ellis at the start.
Martin got all the way to third up the front straight on the opening lap, but de Vries had the position until Martin tried a move in Turn 1 at the start of lap seven. Martin locked his tires on that attempt but grabbed the podium spot from de Vries in Turn 8. As they came back across the start/finish line, de Vries grabbed his spot back in Turn 1.
By then, Ellis had rejoined the rear of that battle in his No. 43 Ellis Motorsports/Hoosier/Hawk Ellis Motorsports AE13 Suzuki. The three-way fight became a fight for second when Stewart spun in Billy Mitchell Bend on lap 10, and ended one lap later with the full course caution.
Weida and the Indianapolis Region scored the victory, followed by de Vries, earning his fourth career podium, and Ellis, with his seventh.
“For me, they saved the best for last, I guess,” Weida said post race. “Calvin and I dueled out for a few laps there and I tried to be consistent. It was a battle there at the beginning. Turn 13 had oil down one lap and I almost lost it but my Hoosier Tires gripped and saved me. It was a great race.”
With his silver medal, de Vries now has four trophies in five Runoffs starts.
“It was a great battle with Jason there,” de Vries said. “Lap after lap after lap, constantly changing positions. It was hard racing, close racing, fair racing. It was exactly why I love it. We had a blast. James unfortunately was in a class of his own so there was no getting him. I am absolutely delighted to get P2.”
Ellis rounded out the podium in third, with Martin fourth, Stewart fifth, and H Cory McLeod sixth. Glen Thielke earned the Sunoco Hard Charger after starting 13th and finishing ninth.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s Formula 600 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (2), James Weida, West Lafayette, IN, Scorpion S1 Rotax, 10.
2, (4), Sven de Vries, Grand Ledge, MI, Novakar J9 Suzuki, 10.
3, (3), Aaron Ellis, Farmington, MN, Ellis Motorsports AE13 Suzuki, 10.
4, (5), Jason Martin, River Grove, IL, Novakar J9 Suzuki, 10.
5, (1), Calvin Stewart, Novi, MI, Novakar Blade Suzuki, 10.
6, (6), H Cory McLeod, Charlotte, NC, Red Devil Rotax, 10.
7, (8), Steven Jondal, Rushford, MN, Red Devil Rotax, 10.
8, (11), Dino LoDico, Mays Landing, NJ, Novakar Novakbs-01 Suzuki, 10.
9, (13), Glen Thielke, Rubicon, WI, Red Devil Rotax, 9.
10, (10), Jack Walbran, Denison, TX, Scorpion S1 Suzuki, 9.
11, (7), Jeff Jorgenson, Manitowoc, WI, Novakar J10 Rotax, 6.
12, (9), Joseph Schwartz, East Troy, WI, Raptor DE-2B Suzuki, 5.
DNF, (12), Timothy Friest, Harrisonville, MO, KBS MKV Rotax, 1.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 40.48 miles
Overall Time of Race: 23:46.986 (avg. 102.123 mph)
Margin of Victory: 10.360 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:20.255 (103.902 mph)
Lap Leaders: #07, Laps 1; #22, Laps 2-10
Sunoco Hard Charger: #98 Glen Thielke
Photo by Jay Bonvouloir
Formula F (FF) is known to be one of the most hotly contested classes in SCCA® Road Racing, and at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA National Championship Runoffs® at Road America, the class lived up to that reputation in so many ways.
Going into the Oct. 4, 2026, Hagerty Race Day, any of the top five qualifiers stood a chance, although the one with the most going for him was Runoffs rookie David Ybarra, putting his No. 06 Mygale SJ14 Honda on the Tire Rack Pole by a margin slightly north of a half second over four-time FF National Champion Jonathan Kotyk. Furthermore, at 14 years, 256 days, Ybarra became the youngest Tire Rack Polesitter in Runoffs history.
Andrew Moran, last year’s third-place FF finisher, was just a few ticks off Kotyk’s time, with Demetrios Constantinidis fourth and Theodore Burns in fifth.
FF took the green second in the race group it shared with Formula 600, with Ybarra showing no nerves as he maintained the lead. Kotyk hooked in behind Ybarra, with the two likely hoping to pull a gap on the field. Cooper Travis, 19, wouldn’t let the two go, keeping on Kotyk’s gearbox. It was these three seemingly breaking away, although it wouldn’t be easy with Calvin Kautz, Moran, and more in pursuit.
Travis soon challenged Ybarra, taking the lead, but with that, the pack accordioned and the top eight was once again in the hunt.
Soon after, Kotyk pulled off at Turn 5, but that balked the pack, leaving Travis and Ybarra up front, now followed by Moran, Constantinidis, Kautz, Burns, and Tazio Stefanelli. A lap later, Kautz spun through Turn 3, dropping him from the pack and costing those behind him momentum as they headed onto the long Moraine Sweep.
And then there were four in that pack chasing Ybarra and Travis, who by lap five had accrued an eight-second advantage over the rest of the field that was, by lap six at least, headed by Stefanelli. A lap later, it was Burns ahead of Stefanelli, with those two putting a small margin on fifth place, essentially making it a two-car race for first and a two-car battle for third.
While Nathan Down was catching the second lead pack with two laps to go, he was involved in an incident with two other cars, dropping him from the race and bringing out a full-course caution right as Travis was making a pass for the lead on Ybarra into Turn 5.
Shortly thereafter, black flags flew due to on-track debris, and the race was checkered. The finishing order was set as it stood just before the caution, giving Ybarra the win, with Travis second in his No. 17 Eranova.AI/Emara.TC/Gyraline Spectrum FF1600 Honda and Burns third in his No. 81 Two Dogg/Racing for Children’s Piper DF05 Honda.
“The weekend was a lot of fun – I had a lot of fun with everything,” Ybarra said on the podium after becoming the youngest Runoffs winner in history. He also admitted that he didn’t feel too much pressure during the race because his mind was elsewhere. “Honestly, I was just listening to my crew chief the whole time,” he laughed.
“It’s been a crazy journey into racing, definitely not the normal one,” said Travis, who was doing track days with his dad just over a year ago. “The race was great,” he added. “It was a shame we didn’t get to battle at the end, but it is what it is. I think me and David put on a pretty good show.”
Burns, meanwhile, said his race mostly involved a solitary goal: “We were just trying to catch the top two. We saw them break away, and we got a little bit checked up when Jonathan [Kotyk] had an issue in Turn 5, and we were trying to work together. I think it kind of worked out.”
Because only one podium finisher was of legal drinking age, the Mazza sparkling wine traditionally sprayed during Runoffs celebrations was swapped for an alcohol-free version.
In fourth at the race’s end was Constantinidis, followed by Moran in fifth and Stefanelli in sixth. Nic Sheppard earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award by running from 14th on the grid to ninth at the checker.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s Formula F race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (1), David Ybarra, Lewisville, TX, Mygale SJ14 Honda, 10.
2, (6), Cooper Travis, Matthews, NC, Spectrum FF1600 Honda, 10.
3, (5), Theodore Burns, Fitchburg, WI, Piper DF05 Honda, 10.
4, (4), Demetrios Constantinidis, Conroe, TX, Van Diemen RF00 Honda, 10.
5, (3), Andrew Moran, Cincinnati, OH, Van Diemen RF99 Honda, 10.
6, (9), Tazio Stefanelli, Rockford, IL, Spectrum FF1600 Honda, 10.
7, (7), Nathan Down, Thornton, CO, Swift DB6 Honda, 10.
8, (10), Robert Dietz, Auburn Hills, MI, Van Diemen RF00 Honda, 10.
9, (14), Nic Sheppard, Gobles, MI, Swift DB1 Ford, 10.
10, (8), Calvin Kautz, Geneva, IL, Piper DF3D Honda, 10.
11, (12), Andrew MacDougall, Lakewood, CO, Van Diemen RF02 Honda, 10.
12, (13), Russell J Ruedisueli, Rochester, MI, Van Diemen RF99 Ford, 10.
13, (11), Brandon Lavender, Indianapolis, IN, Van Diemen RF95 Honda, 9.
14, (15), Dale Evans, Kittredge, CO, Van Diemen RF98 Honda, 9.
15, (19), James K. Dietz, Medina, OH, Van Diemen RF00 Honda, 9.
16, (17), Megan Ruedisueli Weese, Highland, MI, Van Diemen RF01 Honda, 9.
17, (18), Tom Porter, Milwaukee, WI, Van Diemen Honda, 9.
DNF, (2), Jonathan Kotyk, Atlantic Beach, FL, Swift SE1 Ford, 4.
DNF, (16), Robert Gross, Washington Twp, MI, Piper DF05 Honda, 2.
DNF, (20), Roberto Reina, Brookfield, WI, Van Diemen RF98 Ford, 2.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 40.48 miles
Overall Time of Race: 25:06.662 (avg. 96.722 mph)
Margin of Victory: 0.215 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:23.686 (101.421 mph)
Lap Leaders: #06, Lap 1, 4-10; #5, Laps 2-3
Sunoco Hard Charger: #24 Nic Sheppard
Photo by Jay Bonvouloir
Tony Ave, the reigning GT-1 National Champion and a member of SCCA’s Central Carolinas Region, made the very most of his visit to Wisconsin and America’s National Park of Speed for the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs®. Over the course of two Hagerty Race Days that occurred Oct. 3-4, 2026, Ave put himself to the test running five different races. Those were GT-2, Super Touring® Under, E Production, Formula Atlantic® and, late Sunday afternoon, GT-1.
After claiming the GT-1 Tire Rack Pole Award, Ave started at the front for his final 13-lap contest that included 13 drivers in all. It was a challenging event for nearly every one of those racers as seemingly everyone faced some sort of challenge along the way.
Ave stormed out to the lead immediately, but was having car issues and drove off course on the opening lap traveling through Billy Mitchell Bend in the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro. Dave Ruehlow screamed by in a Chevrolet Camaro to assume the lead, followed by Adam Romito in a Toyota Camry, and David Pintaric in his No. 57 Birds Eye View Project/Kryderacing Ford Mustang. Ave was able to get back on track for the fourth spot, but a portion of the car’s roof over his head was slightly ajar.
The second lap began with Ruehlow in front of Romito by nearly two seconds. Pintaric was hustling his way around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit, but Ave had the bit between his teeth and was absolutely flying. He passed Pintaric for third midway through the lap, then swallowed up Romito for second in the last corner.
Ruehlow held a nearly six-second lead on Ave as they worked lap five. Romito had fallen back and Pintaric held third in his place, but Michael McAleenan was on his tail driving a Lamborghini Huracan. The two drivers mixed it up in Turn 5 and Turn 6 before McAleenan claimed the third spot. To complicate things further for Pintaric, Jason Fiorito was now in his mirrors driving the No. 21 Pacific Raceways Dodge Challenger SRT.
On the following lap, Ruehlow’s car quit, gifting Ave the lead. McAleenan, whose car was smoking, held the second spot followed by Pintaric and Fiorito. The unexpected kept occurring as Pintaric then spun at the end of Hurry Downs on lap nine, promoting Fiorito to third.
When the white flag was shown to indicate the final lap, Ave had a 4.7-second lead on McAleenan. But coming through Turn 5 after traveling down the Moraine Sweep, McAleenan’s car began to slow – and it never really got back up to speed again. Fiorito caught and passed him at Kettle Bottoms to claim second, and Pintaric made the pass in the last corner to secure third.
Ave took the win by 16.784sec, his sixth National Championship and his only gold medal of the 2026 Runoffs. The victory also earned him the right to claim a commemorative bottle from Mazza Wines, the Official Sparkling Wine supplier to SCCA.
“I think we have a cracked rearend housing or something. I could hardly drive it,” Ave said about the car afterwards. “I almost went off exiting the Carousel, got really sideways in The Kink, and finally in 13 I threw it off the road.”
The day was equally interesting for Fiorito, who now has his first Runoffs medal after claiming the runner-up spot. He was fighting an ailing engine toward the race’s end and worried the thing would overheat and expire.
“I had a notion that if a couple people had trouble in front of me, and if I stuck with it, we’d get there,” a gleeful Fiorito said. “I couldn’t be more proud of what we’ve done this year.”
Pintaric’s third-place finish earned him his second-ever bronze medal. It also signified the sixth time he has taken part in Runoffs victory podium celebrations.
“Good things happen when you keep on digging,” Pintaric said. “These are not easy races. The drivers are really good, and the cars are fast and very finicky.”
Romito managed to keep his machine going and ended up in fourth. In fifth was Rocky Elli driving a Chevrolet Corvette. Todd Peterson earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award after starting 13th and finishing seventh.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s GT-1 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (1), Tony Ave, Maiden, NC, Chevrolet Camaro, 13.
2, (5), Jason Fiorito, Lake Tapps, WA, Dodge Challenger SRT, 13.
3, (4), David Pintaric, Canfield, OH, Ford Mustang, 13.
4, (6), Adam Romito, Opelika, AL, Toyota Camry, 13.
5, (9), Rocky Elli, Northbrook, IL, Chevrolet Corvette, 13.
6, (7), Dominic Martinolich, Kennewick, WA, Chevrolet Corvette, 13.
7, (13), Todd Peterson, Boulder, CO, Chevrolet Camaro, 13.
8, (3), Michael McAleenan, Tacoma, WA, Lamborghini Huracan, 12.
9, (10), David Fershtand, Fort Worth, TX, Chevrolet Corvette, 12.
10, (12), Dan Speer, Spring Grove, IL, Chevrolet Camaro, 12.
11, (11), David Jans, Maiden, NC, Ford Mustang, 9.
12, (2), Dave Ruehlow, Hartland, WI, Chevrolet Camaro, 6.
DNF, (8), Brian Garcia, St Charles, IL, Ford Mustang, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 27:49.657 (avg. 113.464 mph)
Margin of Victory: 16.784 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:04.611 (116.946 mph)
Lap Leaders: #31, Laps 1-5; #44, Laps 6-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #24 Todd Peterson
Photo by Jay Bonvouloir
Editor’s note: This article was modified to include a post-race penalty that affected the race winner.
Chances were good that a Lotus was going to finish on the Super Touring® Under (STU) podium. And one did. What nobody saw coming was the 360-degree spin another Lotus took in one of the most dangerous sections of the track, and how that would help put a BMW on the top step of the podium.
The racer who led the 18-car STU field to the green during the Oct. 3, 2026, Hagerty Race Day at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America was Richard Astacio, a driver whose best previous Runoffs start was fourth and his best finish ninth. This year, he claimed the Tire Rack Pole with utter dominance, the New England Region driver dropping a qualifying fast lap in his No. 80 Krugspeed Lotus Exige that was 1.5sec quicker than second place. In second was Krugspeed teammate Anthony Geraci in the No. 31 Krugspeed Lotus Exige. Three quarters of a second back from Geraci sat Hugh Stewart and Jose Osiris Pena, the former in a BMW E46 and the latter in his Honda CRX.
Astacio wasted little time at the green, putting space between himself and Geraci, with Stewart on the tail of that second Lotus. Zach Hillman made a great start to get into fourth, but his chase for the gold ended in Canada Corner with what seemed like a mechanical issue, giving an easy pass to Pena.
Three laps down, the front pack of Astacio, Stewart, Geraci, and Pena were close enough to throw a blanket over as they ran away from the field, when a slide by Pena through Turn 8 dropped him from the lead pack.
Remember Astacio and Geraci being teammates? This came in clutch when Geraci finally cleared Stewart in the Carousel. Geraci then showed a nose on Astacio into Turn 1, but ultimately the two tucked in and began to build a gap to Stewart. For a short period of time, anyway.
Let’s talk about that 360-degree spin.
On lap six, Astacio and Geraci made side-by-side contact in Kettle Bottoms, causing Astacio to loop his car in spectacular fashion. He kept the car off the walls and managed to get back up to speed, but only in time to find himself in a battle with Pena. This spin advanced Stewart to second, with Astacio (rather amazingly) tucking into third, with Pena a close fourth.
The drama was far from over, though, as with three to go, Astacio had contact with a lap car in Turn 6. Pena got past the same car through Turn 7, although it also involved a tiny bit of fuss.
Entering the penultimate lap, Geraci held a 2.4sec advantage over Stewart, with Pena hounding Astacio. That battle for third solved itself when Astacio pulled off track, likely due to damage suffered during his very eventful race.
By the white flag, New England Region’s Stewart was on a charge in his No. 23 Hi Speed Motorsports/Hoosier BMW E46, barely 1.5sec behind Geraci and running faster lap times. Stewart carried big speed through Turn 1, running fast through the other corners, too. While Geraci crossed the finish line first, he was later assessed a two-position penalty due to the contact between him and Astacio, putting Stewart first, Pena second, and Geraci third.
“I finished third last year really trying hard,” said an emotional Stewart. “This year, I came back with a new car, had a good run and thought I could pull it off in the end.”
Stewart then pulled out photos he kept with him during the race. “I have a picture of my dad on one side, and a picture of my mom on the other side. My dad died in 2007; my mom’s been bedridden all of 2026. Hopefully she’s at home watching with her nurse.”
Puerto Rico Region’s Pena didn’t get the win in his No. 199 Honda CRX, but was quite happy with how the race went and his chance to once again spray Mazza sparkling wine on the podium. “Thank you to the workers and thank you to the SCCA. To my wife, thank you. To my children, I have a smile on my face. The podium is more than I can ask,” he said.
For Geraci’s race: “I tried to get a gap on the BMW, and I had a big run on [Astacio] through the Kink, and … we connected a little bit,” Geraci said of the spin. “At the last couple of laps, I was just trying to hit your marks, and your crew chief gets on and talks you down. I’m very blessed to have the team around me that I do.”
Finishing fourth was Jorge Nazario, with Rylan Hazelton fifth and Peter St. Pierre in sixth. The Sunoco Hard Charger Award went to Whitfield Gregg, running from 15th on the grid to ninth.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Saturday’s Super Touring Under race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (3), Hugh Stewart, Milford, CT, BMW E46, 13.
2, (4), Jose Osiris Pena, Miami, FL, Honda CRX, 13.
3, (2), Anthony Geraci, Glen Head, NY, Lotus Exige, 13.
4, (9), Jorge Nazario, San Juan, PR, Mazda MX-5, 13.
5, (5), Rylan Hazelton, Soquel, CA, Honda S2000, 13.
6, (6), Peter St Pierre, Dallas, GA, Honda Civic Coupe, 13.
7, (11), Michal Kuna, Wells, ME, BMW E46, 13.
8, (13), Edwin Soto-Quinones, Orlando, FL, Porsche Boxster S, 13.
9, (15), Whitfield Gregg, Manson, WA, Mazda Miata, 12.
10, (16), James Mullen, Arvada, CO, Honda S2000, 12.
11, (1), Richard Astacio, Wilton, CT, Lotus Exige, 11.
12, (7), David Fiorelli, Coppell, TX, Ford Mustang, 7.
DNF, (8), Zach Hillmann, Chicago, IL, BMW 330, 5.
DNF, (12), Michael Lewis, Poway, CA, Mazda RX-7, 2.
DNF, (14), Armen Megregian, Naples, FL, Mazda Miata, 1.
DNF, (17), David Wessel, Milwaukee, WI, Honda Civic Coupe, 1.
DNF, (18), Tony Ave, Maiden, NC, Honda Civic, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 32:04.365 (avg. 98.446 mph)
Margin of Victory: 10.273 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:26.416 (99.530 mph)
Lap Leaders: #80, Laps 1-6; #31, Laps 7-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #37 Whitfield Gregg
Photo by Jay Bonvouloir
As the final afternoon of Hagerty Race Days at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America in Elkhart Lake came around, it was time for the Spec Racer® Ford Gen3 (SRF3) race, one of SCCA’s most popular, enduring, and hotly contested classes.
When the Runoffs is held at Road America, races last 13 laps or 40 minutes, whichever elapses first. That proved to be a crucial fact in this year’s SRF3 contest.
During qualifying, 15 drivers were assessed a yellow-flag-induced penalty, with their final three qualifying laps in Q3 discarded. This action changed the front of the grid, with four-time SCCA National Champion John Black claiming the Tire Rack Pole in his 40th Runoffs appearance driving the No. 17 Flat Out Racing SRF3. On the outside of the front row was Asad Nikadambaev, a 15-year-old Runoffs rookie. Quite the juxtaposition.
Behind the leaders sat two-time champion Bobby Sak and defending Spec Racer champion Caleb Shrader. On the third row were Caleb Roethel and Tyler Stephens in the No. 105 Hallett Race Shop SRF3. Notably, Stephens ran a pole-winning time before having that time struck from the qualifying record.
At the start, Black pulled out smartly, leading Nikadambaev and Sak into Turn 1. The experienced Sak moved into second position near Canada Corner. Shrader followed up in fourth place. In the second lap, a full-course caution and a safety car came out as track services repaired damage from an incident farther back in the 44-car field.
The race restarted for lap four, and while the field was green Stephens was working his way toward the leaders along with eighth place qualifier Jackson Diehl in his No. 92 Hallett Race Shop/Sabelt/AGR SRF3. Stephens and Diehl displaced Shrader and set their sights on the top three, but in the fifth lap, another full-course caution and safety car came out, this time for an incident in Road America’s demanding Turn 11, the Kink. This caution proved pivotal in the race, as it lasted for three full laps, leaving just 10 minutes for racing.
At the second restart, Nikadambaev sprang past Sak to take up second position, with Stephens and Diehl occupying fourth and fifth place, respectively. Shrader sat in the sixth position as two-time SRF champion Brian Schofield in the No. 61 PM Racing SRF3 worked his way up from a 23rd place starting position to bring the leaders into view from seventh place.
The ninth lap began with just six minutes remaining, and saw Sak, Nikadambaev, and Stephens go three-wide into Turn 5, bringing Stephens to second place. Lap 10 began with 3:30 remaining, and Diehl replacing Nikadambaev in third position. Once again, Stephens and Diehl worked together to draft past Black heading into Turn 5, while a chaotic pack pushed Nikadambaev into the gravel, ending the young rookie’s hopes for the day.
The starter showed the white flag at the beginning of lap 11, with Stephens and Diehl stretching out a substantial lead. A large pack was vying for the final podium position, shuffling Black back in the scrum, and Schofield emerged in third place, chasing the leaders. Coming off the final turn, Schofield pushed his accelerator a little harder and managed to pop out of the draft behind Diehl in time to claim the second-place podium spot, just 0.024sec ahead of Diehl, though Stephens held on for the win by 0.122sec. Caleb Roethel brought home fourth place, and two-time champion Robeson Clay Russell finished fifth. For his performance climbing from 23rd to second position, Schofield also earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award.
Stephens, who has been to the Runoffs two times before with both resulting in third-place finishes, was exultant after the race. “I got to the front when it mattered. We push-push-pushed and sure enough, we did it,” he said before popping the cork on his victory bottle from Mazza Wines on the podium.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s Spec Racer Ford Gen3 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (6), Tyler Stephens, Bixby, OK, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
2, (23), Brian Schofield, Lakeland, FL, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
3, (8), Jackson Diehl, Granger, IN, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
4, (5), Caleb Roethel, West Bend, WI, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
5, (11), Robeson Clay Russell, Spartanburg, SC, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
6, (4), Caleb Shrader, Tigard, OR, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
7, (10), Simon Gamble, Lake Barrington, IL, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
8, (1), John Black, Olympic Valley, CA, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
9, (18), Isaac Roethel, West Bend, WI, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
10, (9), Zach Della, Hartland, WI, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
11, (17), Liam Kerper, Langhorne, PA, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
12, (14), Grant Heinig, Jenks, OK, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
13, (12), Justin Claucherty, Jackson, MI, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
14, (24), Alan Deininger, Mannford, OK, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
15, (28), Tyler Fox, Overland Park, KS, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
16, (15), Scott Monroe, Seabrook, TX, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
17, (21), Tom Burt, Shoreline, WA, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
18, (25), Steve Whitston, Georgetown, TX, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
19, (30), Steven Rehkemper, Chicago, IL, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
20, (27), Benjamin Anderson, Ramsey, MN, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
21, (32), Greg Miller, Lancaster, OH, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
22, (31), Mark Greb, Iowa City, IA, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
23, (26), Rob Pielsticker, Colorado Springs, CO, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
24, (36), Banks Monette, Milton, GA, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
25, (33), Tim Preble, Lake Worth, FL, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
26, (34), TJ Preble, Fort Lauderdale, FL, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
27, (35), Steven Greenhill, Libertyville, IL, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
28, (38), Kenneth Reilly, New Canaan, CT, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
29, (39), Richard Herman, Wayne, PA, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
30, (42), Peter Jankovskis, Lisle, IL, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
31, (40), Keith Clay, Springfield, OH, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
32, (44), Mark Hutchins, Lincoln, NE, SCCA Ent SRF3, 11.
33, (13), Chris Jennerjahn, Hartford City, IN, SCCA Ent SRF3, 10.
34, (19), Todd Vanacore, Ormond Beach, FL, SCCA Ent SRF3, 10.
35, (2), Asad Nikadambaev, Renton, WA, SCCA Ent SRF3, 9.
36, (3), Bobby Sak, Bloomfield Hills, MI, SCCA Ent SRF3, 9.
37, (7), Peyton Long, Conway, AR, SCCA Ent SRF3, 9.
38, (16), James Goughary, Jupiter, FL, SCCA Ent SRF3, 9.
39, (43), Nick Doinoff, North Lima, OH, SCCA Ent SRF3, 6.
DNF, (29), Scott Barr, Appleton, WI, SCCA Ent SRF3, 3.
DNF, (37), Nick Heinig, Jenks, OK, SCCA Ent SRF3, 3.
DNF, (41), Dwight Rider, Aurora, CO, SCCA Ent SRF3, 3.
DNF, (20), Sam Schechter, Boyds, MD, SCCA Ent SRF3, 0.
DNF, (22), S. Sandy Satullo III, Hillsboro Beach, FL, SCCA Ent SRF3, 0.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 44.53 miles
Overall Time of Race: 41:23.303 (avg. 64.551 mph)
Margin of Victory: 0.122 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:29.257 (97.636 mph)
Lap Leaders: #17, Laps 1-9; #105, Laps 10-11
Sunoco Hard Charger: #61 Brian Schofield
Photo by Jay Bonvouloir
To put it mildly, the F Production (FP) race during the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America was utterly unbelievable in its unpredictability. There, one driver picked up his second championship in the class during a battle that saw drama unfold all but simultaneously before the race ended under caution.
This one featured race craft, luck, and a whole lot of holding on while the action unfolded.
With the top five qualifiers within roughly one second of the Tire Rack Pole, a battle was all but guaranteed on the class’s Hagerty Race Day. Stephen Simonds earned that pole in his No. 63 JPM/Goodyear/Mazda/Carbotech Mazda Miata, followed by four heavy hitters: 2024 FP National Champion Mason Workman, six-time GT-Lite champion Peter Shadowen, three-time Prod champion Craig Chima and two-time Runoffs champion Cliff Ira.
Workman made the most of the start, gaining the lead into Turn 1, with Shadowen slotting into second and Simonds settling for third. Chima, driving a well-handling Lotus, jumped into fourth, then advanced to third, pushing Simonds back another position by the time the field got to Turn 7.
While Workman pulled a near two-second lead in his No. 52 Mazda/Hoosier/JPM/Carbotech Mazda Miata into lap two, the group of Shadowen, Chima, Simonds, last year’s FP champ Chris Bovis, and Doug Weaver were sorting out amongst themselves who would head the group that was increasingly trailing the leader.
Weaver was on a mission, taking the time to work his way up even more from his sixth-place qualifying position to sit third, following Shadowen in the group’s pursuit of Workman. The others in this group, which included Simonds, Chima, and David Strittmatter, were all looking to improve their positions. Fortunately for Workman, that meant he could continue to stretch his lead to 4.5sec by lap five.
That second group got smaller as Shadowen pulled into the pits starting lap six. By Turn 3 on the next go-round, Strittmatter pulled off when his pace quickly slowed, and then in Turn 5, Bovis had contact with Weaver, with Simonds ending up in the back of Bovis as Bovis and Weaver spun. Bovis made contact with the barrier with Weaver pulling off; Simonds took damage but continued.
The lap six chaos brought out a full-course caution, erasing Workman’s hard-earned lead – this was undoubtedly not what Workman wanted.
Amazingly, more attrition occurred during the pace lap, but not up front. And up front, Workman led the field to the green to restart the race with four to go. Workman put the hammer down, with Chima tucking his Lotus in behind. Simonds retained third, bodywork flapping in the wind from the earlier incident.
Chima dodged to the inside into Turn 5, grabbing the lead from a then-impatient Workman who poked his nose to the inside and outside multiple times into Turn 8. In Canada Corner, Workman and Simonds freight trained Chima’s more nimble car to push Chima back to third. Chima fired back with two to go into Turn 1, but thought better of the situation. The top three, chased by Steven Powers and Cliff Ira, got aggressive, with Powers and Chima making contact into Turn 7, then Powers and Ira made contact exiting the Carousel, sending Ira into the wall.
Last lap, it was Workman up front and Simonds in tow, the two having an eight second gap to Graham Fuller’s No. 22 Red Line Oil/Toyota TRD/Goodyear Toyota Tercel to decide the win. Workman ran defensive into Turn 5, then as the pair headed to Turn 6, a full-course caution was called for another incident that happened further back in the pack. With that, the madness came to an end as the race ended under double yellow and the top three headed to the podium to spray well-earned Mazza sparkling wine.
“I’d like to say that it was uneventful, but I was flogging the car all to hell and back,” Workman said after collecting his second Runoffs gold medal in the class. While he was certainly excited to take the win, his thoughts were also on racing competition within his family. “I thought it couldn’t get much better than when my boy [finished sixth in Touring 4] today, but he’s still got some stuff to learn from the old man,” he chuckled. “He’s going to be better than me, I was hoping it would take at least one year, and I think next year he’ll be much better than me.”
Simonds emerged from the fray in second, albeit with a car that was a little worse for wear. “I definitely survived the war and the battle, and pretty much everything else they could throw at me,” Simonds said. “That was an interesting race, for sure.
“I think we definitely had a shot at [the win], but I wasn’t going to do anything stupid until I was ready.”
There was a lot of confusion, but Fuller knew exactly where he was when the race finished under yellow. “I knew where I was,” he said, adding that he didn’t expect to end his race on the podium. “I didn’t really have the pace to keep up with the Miatas – they were three and a half seconds faster than we were all week. So yeah, [third] is a nice prize.”
Ken Kannard finished fourth, Michael Lewis took fifth, and Mark Sargis rounded out the top six, with Sargis earning the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for his impressive run from 26th on the grid.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s F Production race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (2), Mason Workman, Canal Winchester, OH, Mazda Miata, 13.
2, (1), Stephen Simonds, Alvin, TX, Mazda Miata, 13.
3, (11), Graham Fuller, Summit Point, WV, Toyota Tercel, 13.
4, (9), Ken Kannard, Sebring, FL, Acura Integra, 13.
5, (12), Michael Lewis, Poway, CA, Mazda RX-7, 13.
6, (26), Mark Sargis, Germantown, WI, Mazda Miata, 13.
7, (15), Mark Weber, Saint Louis, MO, Mazda Miata, 13.
8, (14), Bill Verdien, River Hills, WI, Mazda Miata, 13.
9, (16), Gerald Lamb, Oswego, IL, Mazda Miata, 13.
10, (18), Michael Froh, Elkhart Lake, WI, Mazda Miata, 13.
11, (24), James Gregorius, Livonia, NY, Mazda RX-7, 13.
12, (8), David Bednarz, Dexter, MI, Mazda Miata, 13.
13, (19), Lans Stout, Cornelius, OR, Mazda Miata, 13.
14, (13), Thomas Gaydos, Aurora, OH, Honda Civic Si, 13.
15, (22), Chris Kopley, Easton, CT, Toyota Paseo, 13.
16, (23), Steven Powers, Mesa, AZ, Mazda Miata, 11.
17, (5), Cliff Ira, Jacksonville, FL, Honda Civic Del Sol Si VTEC, 11.
18, (21), James Simaras, Lisbon, WI, Mazda Miata, 9.
19, (4), Craig Chima, Akron, OH, Lotus Super Seven, 11.
20, (17), Daniel Snow, Orange, CA, Fiat X 1/9, 9.
21, (6), Doug Weaver, Chatham, ON, Mazda Miata, 7.
22, (25), Mike Gnadt, Kiel, WI, MG Midget, 7.
23, (7), David Strittmatter, Akron, OH, Acura Integra, 6.
24, (10), Chris Bovis, Carrollton, VA, Honda CRX Si, 6.
25, (3), Peter Shadowen, West Palm Beach, FL, Honda CRX Si, 6.
DNS, (20), Larry Funk, Oberlin, OH, Honda CRX Si.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 41:50.585 (avg. 75.459mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.258 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:33.240 (95.098 mph)
Lap Leaders: #52, Laps 1-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #88 Mark Sargis
Photo by Jay Bonvouloir
The Runoffs® B-Spec race is a nailbiter year after year, with the victor usually being decided on the last lap or even the final set of corners. But the 2026 Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs, taking place Oct. 3-4 in Wisconsin at Road America, presented something totally different during the event’s second Hagerty Race Day.
Tire Rack Pole Award winner Josh Schmidt, from SCCA’s North Carolina Region, was more than ready for his B-Spec race Sunday afternoon slated for 13 laps. After establishing a track qualifying record for the class Friday with a lap of 2:51.987, he led a field of 22 cars into Turn 1 and quickly began building his advantage.
By the end of the second lap, he had driven his No. 19 Babyface Fabrication Chevrolet Sonic to a 2-second lead on Myles Goertz in the No. 41 Honda Fit. That advantage had doubled by the sixth lap. When the checkered flag flew, Schmidt’s winning margin was 8.755sec, which is rarely seen in B-Spec competition.
The effort netted Schmidt his first Runoffs victory in four attempts, giving him the right to claim the top step during victory podium celebrations and grab a commemorative bottle from Mazza Wines, the Official Sparkling Wine supplier to SCCA. He also now holds the B-Spec track record during a race after executing a lap of 2:51.633 around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit located within America’s National Park of Speed.
As an added bonus for his hard work in 2026, Schmidt has earned Super Sweep honors. Those who accomplish the rare feat will have won at least one Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour race, a Hoosier Super Tour Points Championship, a U.S. Majors Tour® Conference Championship, and a National Championship Runoffs race – all within a single class.
“I’m speechless,” Schmidt said after Sunday’s event. “I was just going to run qualifying laps and do the best I could do. Every time I looked behind me, they were racing side by side and swapping spots. I just thought, ‘I ain’t lifting.’”
Indeed, the battle for the final two victory podium spots was being hotly contested by Goertz, Caleb Patrie in a Honda Fit, and Jim Ebben who is Patrie’s father. Each of those drivers took a turn in the runner-up spot at some point during the 63rd running of SCCA’s National Championship. But Ebben eventually brought his No. 60 Ford Fiesta home in the second spot for his first-ever Runoffs medal in 14 starts.
“This was only the third time in this car,” Ebben said. “This is a great bunch of people, and B-Spec is really fun.”
It was Goertz who then claimed the third spot by only 0.251sec over Patrie, who finished fourth. That’s Goertz’s second bronze medal in five Runoffs appearances.
“I’m really satisfied and the racing was great,” Goertz said with a grin. “It’s a long year and to end in third makes me really happy. I was third last year, so we can only go up from here.”
Spectators also watched another group of drivers – about 16-seconds behind Patrie – racing hard for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth finishing positions. Those drivers were having #funwithcars and swapping spots nearly the entire contest. Stewart Black finished fifth with Gale Corley in sixth. Kent Carter earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for his climb from 14th to 8th.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s B-Spec race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (1), Josh Schmidt, Kannapolis, NC, Chevrolet Sonic, 13.
2, (4), Jim Ebben, Appleton, WI, Ford Fiesta, 13.
3, (2), Myles Goertz, Waukee, IA, Honda Fit, 13.
4, (6), Caleb Patrie (Ebben), Waukesha, WI, Honda Fit, 13.
5, (5), Stewart Black, Greensboro, NC, Chevrolet Sonic, 13.
6, (7), Gale Corley, Willis, TX, Mazda 2, 13.
7, (8), Rob Piekarczyk, Brunswick, OH, Honda Fit, 13.
8, (14), Kent Carter, Houston, TX, Mazda 2, 13.
9, (9), Ricky Holmstrom, Florence, WI, Nissan Versa Note, 13.
10, (13), Matt Wolfe, Canton, MI, Mazda 2, 13.
11, (15), Austin Boynton, Appleton, WI, Honda Fit, 13.
12, (10), Matt Downing, Canal Winchester, OH, Honda Fit, 13.
13, (16), Michael Saltenberger, Chicago, IL, Mazda 2, 13.
14, (19), Jonathan Wickert, Janesville, WI, Chevrolet Sonic, 13.
15, (17), Derrick Ambrose, Brush Prairie, WA, Nissan Versa Note, 13.
16, (20), Tom Hopson, Plain City, OH, Honda Fit, 12.
17, (21), Erick Zanner, Bexley, OH, Mini Coupe, 12.
18, (22), Paul Jensen, Colorado Springs, CO, Mazda 2, 12.
19, (3), Chris Taylor, Elroy, TX, Nissan Versa, 9.
20, (18), Peter Zekert, Maryland Heights, MO, Honda Fit, 9.
21, (11), Garret Dunn, Commerce Township, MI, Kia Rio, 13.
DNF, (12), Joseph Gersch, Conroe, TX, Toyota Yaris, 4.
DNS, (23), Jordan Wickert, Kiel, WI, Chevrolet Sonic.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 37:25.110 (avg. 84.382 mph)
Margin of Victory: 08.755 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:51.633 (84.907 mph)
Lap Leaders: #19, Laps 1-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #91 Kent Carter
Photo by Jeff Loewe
In a race interrupted by a red flag for a crash on Road America’s front straight, Greg Gyann edged Mike Reupert at the line by 0.340sec to take the Prototype 2 (P2) win at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® on the second of two Hagerty Race Days. However, that doesn’t describe the fight it took to get there to spray the Mazza sparkling wine on the podium.
Gyann had claimed the Tire Rack Pole in his No. 83 Gycor Filters Stohr WF1 Suzuki with a time of 2:10.606, good for an average speed of 111.38mph around the 4.048-mile circuit. P2 shared a race group with Prototype and Formula Atlantic®, with Formula Atlantic taking the green flag first and Prototype and P2 following in a combined start. Reupert got the better start and ended the first lap with the lead, but he didn’t hold it, as Gyann took the lead on lap two.
On lap three, John Patrick Witherspoon’s P2 car and a stopped Prototype car collided on the front straight under the Mission Foods bridge, and Witherspoon’s car came to a stop with damage. A full-course yellow quickly gave way to a red flag while workers cleared the damaged cars and debris. Race officials shortened the race, originally scheduled for 13 laps or 40 minutes, whichever came first, to finish in a two-lap sprint. After an extended delay, all three classes restarted together, with drivers again seeing the green flag, the white flag one lap later and then the checkered flag. At the time of the stoppage, Gyann led Reupert and Matt Strand.
The restart was similar to the start, and the last two laps featured some back-and-forth between Gyann and Reupert. As the starter waved the checkered flag, Reupert was making a hard charge for the win in his No. 7 Sunshine Metals/Hoosier Stohr WF1 Suzuki. Gyann, Reupert and Strand finished in the same order they held at the stoppage.
“I was surprised I got out to a pretty good lead there in the beginning before the stop, and then all that hard work got erased,” said Gyann. “I was able to kind of move back and forth first, second, third, fourth a couple times on the start. I was getting blown away on the start – the restart, and the initial start – but I was able to get him in some of the corners and barely squeaked it out. Congrats to the second- and third-place finishers, especially Mike Reupert. I know he really wanted this one, and I’m happy to beat him, but I’m not happy that he had to lose.”
Reupert was vying for his third championship, and it would have been his first since 1997 had he pulled it off.
“I was coming, but didn’t have enough at the end,” Reupert explained. “A little bit of traffic, and I was not all that good on my first lap, especially the first turn as I paid the price. I had the lead coming into [Turn] 1 and was third coming out of [Turn] 3. So I had my work cut out for me to get back to the front.
“So I lost to Greg. Greg’s good friend of mine. We raced here all summer. I said if I’m going to lose, I’m okay with losing to him. He’s a true champion,” he added.
Strand, also in a Stohr WF1 but powered by Kawasaki in his No. 99 HellasEngineering/Friends and Family, had a solid run, moving from ninth-place grid spot to third – and he did it immediately, before the field arrived at Turn 6. Strand claimed the bronze in his second SCCA National Championship Runoffs appearance, his first since 2015 at Daytona International Speedway.
“It was honestly just weaving through the traffic,” he said. “Some guys checked up, trying to be a little hesitant, I tried to take advantage. I know my car is really strong when it’s running right, and we’ve just been struggling all week with it. So it was just put your foot down, weave through the traffic as best we can, and then the seas kind of parted in [Turn] 5 for me a little bit, and it just happened to work out,” he recounted.
Brian Lindstrand, Richard Colburn, and Peter Shadowen rounded out the top six, with Dale VandenBush earning the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for his run from 10th to seventh.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s Prototype 2 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (1), Greg Gyann, Western Springs, IL, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 6.
2, (2), Mike Reupert, Hubertus, WI, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 6.
3, (9), Matt Strand, Tequesta, FL, Stohr WF1 Kawasaki, 6.
4, (6), Brian Lindstrand, Bristol, WI, Van Diemen Prince – LSR Kawasaki, 6.
5, (5), Richard Colburn, Northbrook, IL, Nostendo 1 Suzuki, 6.
6, (8), Peter Shadowen, West Palm Beach, FL, West WX10 Suzuki, 6.
7, (10), Dale VandenBush, Humboldt, WI, Spartan VP02 Mazda, 6.
8, (11), Jason Vinkemulder, Rapid City, MI, Spartan VP-025 Mazda, 6.
9, (4), Sherman Chao, Palm Beach, FL, Ligier JS51 Honda, 6.
10, (3), John Patrick Witherspoon, Waterloo, NE, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 3.
DNF, (7), AJ Snyder, Gastonia, NC, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 1.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 24.29 miles
Overall Time of Race: 58:20.312 (avg. 24.980 mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.340 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:09.441 (112.583 mph)
Lap Leaders: #7, Lap 1; #83, Laps 2-6
Sunoco Hard Charger: #11 Dale VandenBush
Photo by Jay Bonvouloir
Formula Atlantic® (FA) is synonymous with fast, and qualifying certainly indicated the FA race at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America would live up to that reputation.
2024 FA National Champion Dudley Fleck had put his No. 74 Swift 016a Mazda on the Tire Rack pole, but not by much. With a qualifying time of 2:02.781, James French sat second on the grid, barely 0.3sec off Fleck’s time. Another 0.2sec off that time was Tony Ave, with John McAleer a little off their pace, but not by much. Without question, these four drivers were the class of the field – but which one would be able to pull off the win come FA’s Hagerty Race Day on Oct. 4, 2026?
FA shared a race group with Prototype and Prototype 2, taking the green flag first, with those two classes following in a combined start. Fleck had the most speed at the start with his flashy white Swift leading the field into Turn 1 with room to spare. One lap in, it was Fleck up front, just over half a second ahead of French, with McAleer barely a tick further back in third. Ave quickly faced a five-second deficit to the leader, but considering he was also two-plus seconds clear of Shane Kennett in fifth, Ave had nothing but clear track to concentrate on clean laps while hoping something would slow that lead pack.
On lap three, a stopped Prototype car and a Prototype 2 car collided on the front straight under the Mission Foods bridge. A full-course yellow quickly gave way to a red flag while workers cleared the damaged cars and debris. Race officials shortened the race, originally scheduled for 13 laps or 40 minutes, whichever came first, to finish in a two-lap sprint. After an extended delay, all three classes restarted together, with drivers again seeing the green flag, the white flag one lap later and then the checkered flag.
On the restart, Fleck once again got the jump, but the rest of the FA field was in a scramble. It was McAleer in second and French in third, with Ave shuffled back.
With the cars turning laps just over two minutes, the final lap came quick, and while the top three largely stayed in line, French looked aggressive in many of Road America’s 14 turns. In the drag race from the last turn to the checker, French appeared to get a run, but it wasn’t enough. Fleck took the win, followed by McAleer 0.453sec behind and French another 0.202sec back in third, all three getting to spray Mazza sparkling wine on the podium. Kennett finished in fourth, with Nathan Byrd fifth and David Burkett sixth.
“It was a little sketchy there,” Fleck said. “I didn’t know if I was going to make it through all that shrapnel and debris without a puncture, but we did, and it turned out the best.”
As for his being out front, it was exactly how Fleck prefers it. “I like being in the lead and where I can control the pace,” he said.
This gold medal is the second for Fleck, his first coming in 2024, also in Formula Atlantic.
McAleer thought everything lined up well for his race. “I had the best prep shop, Arms Up, the best mechanic, the best driver coach and engineer in Mirl [Swan], and I think we had the fastest car,” he said. “But it’s my first podium out of 10, so I’m happy with that.”
French would have liked to have seen the race go the distance. “It’s not really the number of laps we were hoping for … but thanks to the Forty 48 guys for giving me a fantastic car. It would have been quick there eventually, but just didn’t get the chance to show it.”
John Norton earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for his run from 10th on grid to seventh at the checker.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s Formula Atlantic race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (1), Dudley Fleck, Cedar Rapids, IA, Swift 016a Mazda, 6.
2, (4), John McAleer, Hixson, TN, Swift 016a Mazda, 6.
3, (2), James French, Sheboygan, WI, Swift 014a Mazda, 6.
4, (5), Shane Kennett, Golden, CO, Swift 016a Mazda, 6.
5, (7), Nathan Byrd, Indianpolis, IN, JDR F1000A Ford, 6.
6, (8), David T Burkett, Corpus Christi, TX, Swift 016a Mazda, 6.
7, (10), John Norton, Phoenix, AZ, Swift 016a Mazda, 6.
8, (9), Robert Albani, Glen Cove, NY, Swift 014a Mazda, 6.
9, (3), Tony Ave, Maiden, NC, Swift 016a Mazda, 6.
10, (6), Bill Johnson, San Marcos, TX, Elan Star Pro Mazda, 5.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 24.29 miles
Overall Time of Race: 58:02.622 (avg. 25.107mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.453 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:03.334 (118.157 mph)
Lap Leaders: #74, Laps 1-6
Sunoco Hard Charger: #02 John Norton
Photo by Jeff Loewe
Perry Richardson is an SCCA® National Champion in his seventh time of asking, claiming the Prototype title in a dramatic fashion in a photo finish with the defending Prototype champ Jason Miller on the second and final Hagerty Race Day of Oct. 4, 2026, of the 63rd running of the Mission Foods SCCA National Championship Runoffs® at Road America. This was, indeed, a race no one could have predicted.
Prototype shared a race group with Prototype 2 and Formula Atlantic® (FA), with FA taking the green flag first and Prototype and Prototype 2 following in a combined start. From his Tire Rack Pole position, Richardson’s No. 69 Stohr WF1 Suzuki was clear of any threats by Turn 3, and by the end of the opening lap, second-placed Miller in the unique No. 0 Kohler/Millennium/Hoosier Wynnfurst West Kohler Two-Stroke was over three seconds adrift. The defending champion was pursued closely by Lee Alexander’s No. 48 Factory48/Hoosier-backed Stohr – a new-build after his previous chassis burned down – and the Elan DP02 Mazdas of Bart Wolf and Todd Vanacore.
On lap two, Wolf suffered a moment and fell to seventh, while Vanacore was up to fourth ahead of Lawrence Loshak and Tyler Thielmann.
On lap three, Loshak’s Elan came to a stop on the front straight under the Mission Foods bridge, and a Prototype 2 car collided with it. A full-course yellow quickly gave way to a red flag while workers cleared the damaged cars and debris. Race officials shortened the race, originally scheduled for 13 laps or 40 minutes, whichever came first, to finish in a two-lap sprint. After an extended delay, all three classes restarted together, with drivers again seeing the green flag, the white flag one lap later and then the checkered flag.
Richardson’s restart should have been aided by the buffer of a FA car between himself and Miller, but in fact, Miller took no time to dispose of the FA car, and when Richardson found himself baulked by more FA cars, Miller couldn’t capitalize because he also encountered the same problem. In fact, it was Alexander, who had restarted third, who got the cleanest run following the restart and was able to snatch the lead, albeit briefly.
Miller managed to recover, and he and Richardson both passed Alexander, before Richardson then dived down the inside of Miller at Canada Corner to reclaim the class lead. However, Miller’s two-stroke race car saw him hit the front up the long front straight to lead into Turn 1. Again, Richardson fired back but knew he hadn’t got it made.
Sure enough, gunning out of the final turn and heading up the hill for the last time, Miller almost timed his pass to perfection, but in a photo finish, Timing & Scoring revealed that Miller had fallen short of defending his National Championship by 0.007sec, and that Richardson had claimed his very first Runoffs title.
“What a finish!” remarked the victor. “I didn’t even know until they told me who came out in front. I’m sure I wasn’t the only driver frustrated by how those last two laps unfolded – everybody was chomping at the bit. But yeah, I can’t believe it!”
A gracious Miller said: “That’s the way the cookie crumbles. We had a great car, and it was a challenging race not just for us. I was very happy with the performance of the car, and very happy with the team and everyone involved.”
He added, too, that as defending National Champion, he had come into the race with a different mindset.
“The pressure was off and I was having a lot of fun,” said Miller. “And a quick congratulations to Perry – he drove a great race, and that’s how it’s supposed to go, you know? It’s supposed to come down to millimeters!”
Alexander’s third place wasn’t the win, but he admits this field was skilled. “Nobody was really making any big mistakes,” he said. “You just have to be almost perfect.”
Todd Vanacore finished the race in fourth, Tyler Thielmann claimed fifth (whose run from eighth on the grid earned him the Sunoco Hard Charger Award), and John Goeden crossed the line sixth.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s Prototype race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (1), Perry Richardson, Los Gatos, CA, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 6.
2, (4), Jason Miller, Plymouth, WI, Wynnfurst West Kohler 2-Stroke, 6.
3, (2), Lee Alexander, Plymouth, WI, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 6.
4, (6), Todd Vanacore, Ormond Beach, FL, Elan DP02 Mazda, 6.
5, (8), Tyler Thielmann, Kiel, WI, Elan DP02 Mazda, 6.
6, (7), John Goeden, Wind Lake, WI, Elan DP02 Mazda, 6.
7, (10), Gary Peck, Poplar Grove, IL, Stohr 01D Kawasaki, 6.
8, (3), Bart Wolf, Elkhart Lake, WI, Elan DP02 Mazda, 3.
DNF, (9), Lawrence Loshak, Milwaukee, WI, Elan DP02 Mazda, 2.
DNF, (5), Fritz Seidel, Milwaukee, WI, Elan DP02 Mazda, 1.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 24.29 miles
Overall Time of Race: 58:08.554 (avg. 25.064mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.007 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:03.283 (118.206 mph)
Lap Leaders: #69, Laps 1-6
Sunoco Hard Charger: #6 Tyler Thielmann
Photo by Jay Bonvouloir
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, was more than ready for Spec Miata (SM) this year. As usual, the race was an epic struggle worthy of the reputation that the class has earned over the years.
Heading into the second and final Hagerty Race Day, Brett Kowalski held the Tire Rack Pole Award in the No. 15 Kowalski Construction 1999 Mazda Miata. His best qualifying time of 2:42.173 edged out four-time Runoffs champion Preston Pardus in the No. 32 East Street Racing 1999 Miata by just over a tenth of a second. The second row on the grid included three-time Runoffs champion Nicholas Bruni in the No. 6 1999 Miata and four-time champion Elivan Goulart in the No. 72 SCDA Track Days/Krugspeed/Kessler 1999 Miata.
In classic Spec Miata fashion, the top 11 cars all qualified within a second of the leader’s time, making the 13-lap or 40-minute race anyone’s to win.
When the green flag dropped, Kowalski led Bruni into Turn 1, with the balance of the field forming into a tight pack running three-wide looking for advantage. James Newell in the No. 23 Benjamin Franklin Plumbing 2000 Miata came from a fifth-place starting position to take third, while Pardus was shuffled back to seventh position.
As is typical for Spec Miata, the top performers traded positions almost every lap, with Bruni staying tight against Kowalski’s rear bumper and Goulart pressing Newell for third. The top seven positions made up a tight train, with an additional five cars keeping close enough to stay in contention.
At the end of lap three, the field got a break when the safety car led it around under full-course yellow while crews cleared cars stuck off course. The pause also let the pack collect itself for an exciting restart on lap six. As racing resumed, none of the leaders made a mistake and the action stayed clean, but with cooler tires and their earlier advantages lost, Kowalski fell back on lap seven and yielded the lead to Bruni, followed by Newell and Goulart.
However, the Wisconsin father-and-son duo of Tom Brown and Tyler Brown, in the No. 27 and No. 07 Sneaky Moose Motorsports Miatas, respectively, were coming up fast. The Browns worked together to make up positions, and Tyler soon moved into the lead with Tom close behind. Bruni ran third, followed by Newell, Goulart and Kowalski, until a lap-nine incident in Canada Corner took Tom out of contention and left Tyler to lead without his drafting partner.
In the final laps, Tyler Brown defended his lead against an onslaught from his competition. Newell took up second place, and Bruni was looking for a way to the lead. Newell took over first place on lap 10, followed by Bruni, Goulart, and Tyler Brown until Bruni briefly slipped back to fourth while trying to gain the lead in Road America’s treacherous Turn 5.
The shuffling continued into the final lap. Newell led the field, followed by Goulart and Tyler Brown. In fourth, Pardus was balked by a slower car being lapped as the field navigated Turns 1 and 2, which frustrated both Pardus and Bruni until Goulart was caught up in an incident at Canada Corner. That left Newell, Tyler Brown, and Pardus to lead the field to the checkered flag. Sean Varwig finished fourth in the No. 02 Sneaky Moose Motorsports Miata, with polesitter Kowalski fifth and Austin Smith sixth. The Sunoco Hard Charger Award went to Francisco Barroso, who started 36th and finished 18th.
After winning the notoriously competitive Spec Miata championship in his rookie Runoffs, Newell said, “I feel so blessed. If you had told me at the start of this year that I’d even be at the Runoffs, much less winning the championship, I wouldn’t believe you.”
Shortly after his victory lap, Newell hoisted the traditional bottle from Mazza Wines, SCCA’s Official Sparkling Wine supplier, on the podium in celebration.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s Spec Miata race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (5), James Newell, Old Hickory, TN, Mazda Miata, 13.
2, (6), Tyler Brown, Muskego, WI, Mazda Miata, 13.
3, (2), Preston Pardus, New Smyrna Beach, FL, Mazda Miata, 13.
4, (15), Sean Varwig, Lake Zurich, IL, Mazda Miata, 13.
5, (1), Brett Kowalski, Ruidoso, NM, Mazda Miata, 13.
6, (20), Austin Smith, Grafton, WI, Mazda Miata, 13.
7, (8), Kyle Greenhill, Saint Paul, MN, Mazda Miata, 13.
8, (7), Tom Brown, Muskego, WI, Mazda Miata, 13.
9, (22), Christian Meyer, Seminole, FL, Mazda Miata, 13.
10, (9), Senter Smith, Greenville, SC, Mazda Miata, 13.
11, (13), Wyatt Couch, El Dorado Hills, CA, Mazda Miata, 13.
12, (17), Ryan Maloney, Dayton, MD, Mazda Miata, 13.
13, (4), Elivan Goulart, Shelton, CT, Mazda Miata, 13.
14, (18), Jonathan Davis, Wadsworth, OH, Mazda Miata, 13.
15, (3), Nicholas Bruni, Arlington, VA, Mazda Miata, 13.
16, (10), Andrew Devoto, Wilsall, MT, Mazda Miata, 13.
17, (12), Nick Leverone, Mendon, MA, Mazda Miata, 13.
18, (36), Francisco Barroso, Miami Springs, FL, Mazda Miata, 13.
19, (11), Jason Knuteson, Indianapolis, IN, Mazda Miata, 13.
20, (19), David Moreno, White Lake, MI, Mazda Miata, 13.
21, (16), Danny Steyn, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Mazda Miata, 13.
22, (14), Ken Sutherland, Sherwood, OR, Mazda Miata, 13.
23, (25), Jason Rawlins, Gaston, OR, Mazda Miata, 13.
24, (27), Samantha Silver, Saint Paul, MN, Mazda Miata, 13.
25, (26), Canon Smith, Greenville, SC, Mazda Miata, 13.
26, (24), Sam Nogosek, Ramsey, MN, Mazda Miata, 13.
27, (23), Domenico Leuci, Binghamton, NY, Mazda Miata, 13.
28, (21), Shayne Sullivan, Neenah, WI, Mazda Miata, 13.
29, (33), Dan Goff, Sycamore, IL, Mazda Miata, 13.
30, (31), Jackson Kimbrough, Crowley, TX, Mazda Miata, 12.
31, (32), Christopher Girem, Lake Mary, FL, Mazda Miata, 12.
32, (30), Alfredo Zedan, Miami, FL, Mazda Miata, 11.
33, (28), Cole Lucas, Edgewater, FL, Mazda Miata, 8.
DNF, (37), Logan Stretch, Arlington, TX, Mazda Miata, 1.
DNF, (35), John Salerno, Fairfield, CT, Mazda Miata, 1.
DNF, (29), Chris Haldeman, Princeton, TX, Mazda Miata, 0.
DNS, (34), Marc Briley, Austin, TX, Mazda Miata.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 38:40.539 (avg. 81.639 mph)
Margin of Victory: 1.071 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:42.725 (89.555 mph)
Lap Leaders: #15, Laps 1-6; #6, Lap 7; #07, Laps 8-9; #23, Laps 10-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #48 Francisco Barroso
Photo by Jay Bonvouloir
The 15-car E Production (EP) field rolled off the grid under overcast skies and in cool conditions Sunday morning to begin their 13-lap, winner-take-all race around Road America’s legendary 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit during the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® — part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program.
One of 23 contests featured during two Hagerty Race Days taking place Oct. 3-4, 2026, at America’s National Park of Speed in Wisconsin, the EP race was led to the green flag by Tire Rack Pole Award winner Jon Brakke in his No. 89 BMW Z3 car fitted with cantilever tires designed to maximize the vehicle’s contact patch and grip. Tim Schreyer lined up beside him, followed by reigning EP National Champion Tyler Ladd and multi-time Runoffs winner Tony Ave.
Down the front stretch at the start, Brakke ran side by side with Ladd on his right and Schreyer on his left, and the trio went three-wide into Turn 1. Brakke exited Turn 1 with the lead, but Ladd lined up a move through the Moraine Sweep and took it from him in Turn 5.
The opening lap ended with Ladd ahead of Brakke, followed closely by Schreyer in the No. 38 Schreyer Motorsport/Hoosier BMW 325is E30, and Ave in fourth in the No. 4 Mazda Miata. Bill Miller was fifth in a BMW 328is E36, sixth was the Triumph GT6 of Anthony Parker, and Tim Anastopoulos slotted seventh in another BMW 325is E30.
Ladd and Brakke swapped positions for a bit during the fourth lap, but Ladd ultimately remained in the lead. Things got interesting at the race’s midpoint as both Miller and Parker experienced car issues and departed the race, promoting Anastopoulos to fifth.
Ladd opened the next lap with a 0.403sec advantage over Brakke, but the two battled through Turn 5 and up through Turn 6 until Brakke took the lead back. Brakke began lap nine 0.732 seconds ahead of Ladd, with Schreyer still right behind in third. Exiting the final turn on that lap, though, Ladd’s car lazily rotated and ended up in the grass.
Ladd’s spin promoted Schreyer to second and Ave to third. Ladd got the car going again and slotted into fourth, with Anastopoulos further back in fifth. That was the order when the checkered flag flew a few laps later, and Brakke won by six seconds to claim his fourth National Championship.
“The tires were great,” Brakke said after the race. “Tim Schreyer and Tyler Ladd did a great job out there and I was just lucky enough to end up first.”
Schreyer’s runner-up finish provided his first-ever trip to a Runoffs victory podium celebration, where he received a commemorative bottle from Mazza Wines, the Official Sparkling Wine supplier to SCCA.
“My tires held on great, and we were really set up for the long run,” Schreyer noted. “I’m wedged here in second between how many National Championships? So, hopefully I’m looking at a future one.”
Ave’s third-place finish was the second time he’s earned a Runoffs bronze.
“We’ve been down on speed with this one all week, and we haven’t been able to find it,” Ave said about his car. “But it was fun. It’s a beautiful fall day and 30 minutes around Road America is nothing to sneeze at.”
The Sunoco Hard Charger Award went to Don Tucker for starting 14th and finishing eighth.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s E Production race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (1), Jon Brakke, Milwaukee, WI, BMW Z3, 13.
2, (2), Tim Schreyer, Dubuque, IA, BMW 325i/is E30, 13.
3, (4), Tony Ave, Maiden, NC, Mazda Miata, 13.
4, (3), Tyler Ladd, Clearwater, KS, BMW Z3, 13.
5, (6), Tim Anastopoulos, Kenosha, WI, BMW 325i/is E30, 13.
6, (7), James Simaras, Lisbon, WI, Mazda Miata, 13.
7, (9), Thomas Burt, Fort Myers, FL, Mazda RX-8, 13.
8, (14), Don Tucker, Memphis, TN, BMW Z3, 13.
9, (12), Mark Weber, Saint Louis, MO, Mazda Miata, 12.
10, (11), Joe Carr, Petaluma, CA, Mazda RX-7, 12.
11, (15), Yuri Collazos, Homestead, FL, Mazda RX-7, 12.
12, (13), Rich Walke, Hawthorn Woods, IL, Austin-Healey 3000, 9.
13, (5), Bill Miller, Weston, MO, BMW 328i/is E36, 7.
14, (8), Anthony Parker, New Ipswich, NH, Triumph GT6, 6.
DNF, (10), Kurt Frietzsche, Mountain View, CA, Mazda RX-7, 2.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 32:26.946 (avg. 97.304 mph)
Margin of Victory: 06.654 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:27.869 (98.552 mph)
Lap Leaders: #51, Laps 1-7; #89, Laps 8-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #9 Don Tucker
Photo by Jeff Loewe
They were driving different cars than they did a year ago, but Michigan teammates Matt Spicuzzi and Alex Lozano replayed the 2025 Touring 4 race to open the second of the Hagerty Race Days at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI. Spicuzzi and Lozano finished one-two in Ford Mustangs last year, then repeated that performance in Mazda RX-8s this year.
“It was kind of the last-minute decision. After our Mustangs got kicked out [of the class] last year, we weren’t sure we we’d come back,” said Spicuzzi. “Two weeks ago, we said, ‘Last time at Road America for a while, we’ll go and see what happens.’ This car has let me down before, so I was hoping that it didn’t do that. But fortunately, we made it to the end today.”
Celebrating his victory on the podium with Mazza sparkling wine, the Official Sparkling Wine of SCCA, Spicuzzi relished his second-consecutive Touring 4 National Championship, achieved in three attempts.
Spicuzzi, the Tire Rack Pole Award winner in his No. 63 Huffmaster Racing/Hoosier RX-8 thanks to a 2:35.876 lap turned in the only dry qualifying session on Friday, got the jump at the start, and pulled out a two-second lead in the early stages of the 13-lap race.
By halfway, Lozano started closing the gap, then with three laps to go was back on Spicuzzi’s bumper. Lozano had some glimpses of the lead in the closing stages, especially as Spicuzzi hung the rear end out at the exit of Turn 5, but the best he could do was show Spicuzzi the nose of his No. 198 AMJ Racing/HR Speed Shop/Hoosier RX-8 in Turn 8.
The final gap to Spicuzzi at the finish was 0.458sec.
“He was struggling to make the left-handers, and I wasn’t as good through the Carousel, so it was kind of an accordion effect back and forth,” explained Lozano. “I had to avoid him pretty bad one of the times, but I spent a lot of time trying to get back through. I was pretty much out of brakes by the end of the race, so I didn’t have a whole lot to make a move. But, man, just a great, great race, super fun.”
Kevin Fryer had a solo run to third in his No, 98 Mazda MX-5, finishing some 28sec behind Lozano.
“It was probably the longest race of my life, trying to make sure I didn’t make any mistakes or anything,” declared Fryer. But a great, great start, and I was able to hang with them long enough to get a gap to the rest, which I needed.”
Arguably the best battle in the race was between Madin Workman and Stephen Blethen in two different Mazda models, Workman in an MX-5 and Stephen Blethen in an RX-8, for fifth. From the mid-point of the race, Stephen Blethen and Workman battled back and forth, spending large portions of several laps side-by-side. Workman led into Turn 14 on the final lap, but Stephen Blethen moved left at the exit as Workman moved right, and won the drag race to the checkered. Stephen Blethen earned the Sunoco Hard Charger award by claiming fourth, up from his eighth-place starting position. Workman finished fifth, and Derrick Ambrose rounded out the top sixth.
The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® 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 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.
The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video 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 official results for Sunday’s Touring 4 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.
- 1, (1), Matt Spicuzzi, Waterford Twp, MI, Mazda RX-8, 13.
2, (2), Alex Lozano, Brighton, MI, Mazda RX-8, 13.
3, (3), Kevin Fryer, Durham, NC, Mazda MX-5, 13.
4, (8), Stephen Blethen, Bow, NH, Mazda RX-8, 13.
5, (7), Madin Workman, Canal Winchester, OH, Mazda MX-5, 13.
6, (5), Derrick Ambrose, Brush Prairie, WA, Mazda 3 S, 13.
7, (10), Richard Mooney, Dane, WI, Mazda MX-5, 13.
8, (11), Dirk Straussfeld, Sealy, TX, Mazda RX-8, 13.
9, (6), Raymond Blethen, Londonderry, NH, Mazda RX-8, 13.
DNF, (12), Trenton Kramer, Perrysburg, OH, Mini Cooper S, 3.
DNF, (9), Leann Falk, Tolar, TX, Mazda RX-8, 3.
DNF, (4), Mario Carini, Fox Point, WI, BMW Z4, 2.
Race Stats
Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 34:04.382 (avg. 92.667mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.458 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:35.757 (93.561 mph)
Lap Leaders: #63, Laps 1-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #38 Stephen Blethen
Photo by Mandy Mobry
