The Sports Car Club of America learned this morning of the passing of Marc Gerstein, a 2007 inductee to the SCCA Hall of Fame.  A member of the Club since 1968, Gerstein was a longtime fixture in the Philadelphia Region.

One of the fathers of the SCCA Solo program, Gerstein was at the forefront of safety programs for both Solo II and what is now known as the Time Trials program. Throughout the years, he had been an active participant in Solo, Hillclimbs and Road Racing, holding official licenses in all three programs. For his service, Gerstein received the Solo Cup in 1978 and was the 2004 recipient of the Woolf Barnato Award.

Howard Duncan, SCCA’s Senior Director of Rally/Solo, said, “Marc was such an important and influential part of the Solo program and a fixture at National Conventions for decades. He was very often the one to have the opening question at Board of Directors Town Hall meetings, and it was usually the most probing question of the day. He also had a very funny, self-depreciating sense of humor.”

It’s indeed a sad day for the SCCA, and the Club wishes to sincerely thank Marc for all he has done.  While his presence will be sorely missed, his impact will still be felt each weekend as autocross participants across the country head out to have a safe and fun experience playing with cars.