If you have a European friend who doesn’t understand how the size of the United States may affect things, point them to SCCA’s National Solo® series for an example. One week ago, the Beeville Tire Rack SCCA® Solo National Tour was slowed by lightning and spring thunderstorms in Texas. But this past weekend, March 20-22, 2026, with the Tire Rack SCCA Las Vegas ProSolo Series? Pure heat.
Temperatures reached nearly 100 degrees for the 179 drivers on site, but Las Vegas Region and event chair Brian Newport handled the event like they were wearing oven mitts and didn’t miss a beat.
Doug Rowse designed two distinctive courses, making great use of the available space at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Reports point to the right-side course as hard to get right, rewarding those able to figure it out.
Monty Peck made history, becoming the first winner in a new program designed to reward those who volunteer to work the Challenges at the end of the meet. Each volunteer gets their name placed into a drawing, with Peck selected to earn a free entry into a future SCCA National Solo event. For fun, Peck also won the Bonus Challenge – details on that will come later in this article.
The SCCA Women on Track program kept doing its thing in Vegas, where Arbor Evans was coached by Laurie McCelvey. The timing sheets say it helped, too, because Evans and her CSX-prepared Mazda Miata got quicker and more consistent as the weekend went on.
Stay Classy
The temps were hot, but things were just as heated on the courses.
In F Street in particular, the battle went back and forth all weekend. At the finish, James Darden took the top spot in his Camaro, just 0.250sec in front of Cameron DeGroff. Tim Mason took the final trophy, only 0.071sec behind DeGroff in a three-way battle.
No shocker that Solo Spec Coupe was close, as that’s exactly what the class is designed for. Stephen Curtis was king of the course in Vegas, earning the class win by 0.157sec over Kinch Reindl.
Manfred Reysser was the talk of the weekend when he took the D Street Touring® class win. Why was that exciting? You’ll discover the entire story in just a few paragraphs from now.
Before that, though, check out the complete class results by clicking here:
Challenge On
As mentioned in this article’s opener, Monty Pack was willing to stay and work courses for the Challenges, but he also drew into the Bonus Challenge. We assume he figured his Porsche GT3 had better air conditioning than standing on the pavement, so he may as well maximize his time in the car. He beat Andrew Redding and Blake DeWit to make the final against George Curtis, and came out on top for the Bonus Challenge victory.
The Ladies classes seemed incredibly loaded in Vegas, so it was no surprise when the Ladies Challenge final four covered a quartet of women at the top of their games. Kate Fisher got the best of Kelsey Karanges on one side of the bracket, with Cindy Duncan toppling Christine Grice on the other side. Duncan got the better of Fisher in the final to take the top spot at Vegas.
Remember Manfred Reysser from four paragraphs up? Looks like he decided to maximize a limited number of runs in Vegas. Unable to make it to the event on Saturday, he showed up Sunday morning in his D Street Touring Scion FR-S and promptly zipped to the top of the class. He was fourth in the event on index, third in the final knockout Challenge round, and rolled through Brian Kelly, Daniel McCelvey, and Dennis Hubbard to take the Super Challenge win.
Vegas, Part II
It’s only a few days from the next Tire Rack ProSolo event, that event being the Tire Rack SCCA Las Vegas ProSolo on March 27-29 – yes, a second Vegas event!
Vegas II features a limited number of “Buddy Passes” to bring someone new along.
The Buddy Pass (which is also available at select events including the July 17-19 Tire Rack SCCA Grissom Solo National Tour and the July 24-26 Tire Rack SCCA Packwood ProSolo) is an opportunity for an autocross veteran to bring along a first-timer to a National SCCA Solo event for FREE!
Send an email to rallysolo@scca.com after you’ve registered yourself for an event. Assuming there are spaces in the program remaining, you’ll receive instructions for your buddy to enter the event completely free.
Photos by Taylour Wargo
