The party was firing on all cylinders Saturday at Road America as the Chicago Region June Sprints® presented by WeatherTech® got underway for the 71st consecutive year. Part of the Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST), this year’s event runs June 5-7, 2026, in Wisconsin at America’s National Park of Speed.
After a somewhat damp day of qualifying Friday, Saturday turned out quite nice for the 25-minute contests conducted for each of the nine run groups. A good-sized crowd was on hand all around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit – enjoying cookouts, a drift display, tons of activities, and some fantastic competition.
Part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program, Saturday winners at the June Sprints gobbled up the glory, as well as special trophies and commemorative bottles of Mazza Vineyards sparkling wine.
A GT-1 Family Sedan?
The June Sprints GT-1 field is populated by powerful American cars that include Chevrolet Corvettes and Camaros, Ford Mustangs, and a Dodge Challenger. However, a unicorn in that class is the No. 2 RD Aire/Residential Backhoe/Zeta/Two Three/Epic Electric Corp./SRI Toyota Camry shod with Goodyear tires and driven by Adam Romito.
A member of SCCA’s Wiregrass Region, Romito took a break from racing last year after earning a silver medal during the 2024 Runoffs® in GT-1 at Road America. A Dodge Challenger SRT delivered that podium result. Nonetheless, three weeks later he decided to switch things up.
“This car is brand new, and everything on it is brand new,” Romito said about the Camry. “We basically spent a year building this thing. Overall, it’s a more well-engineered piece. The body makes way more aero than the Dodge did.”
The GT-1 class mostly consists of “silhouette” racecars, which are vessels constructed along rule-guided, tube-frame standards that meet certain safety requirements. The purpose-built vehicles are then fitted with manufacturer-specific powerplants and bodywork.
Romito’s GT-1 Camry became his new project car. But like many builds, things rarely go as planned – which is part of the challenge and #funwithcars for many SCCA members. Bringing a new car to life is no small feat. It gets even trickier for a family team consisting of Adam, his father Matt, and mother Rhonda who serves as team manager and sheriff responsible for keeping the previous two from strangling one another.
“Literally, my dad and I do everything; cages and cars,” Adam chuckled. “The Dodge cars, we literally built those entire chassis in our shop on the floor.”
Various delays kept Adam off track last year. He then rolled out the new creation at HST’s Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta weekend in early March. Troubles developed there, as is to be anticipated with a fresh build. After that race, the Romitos spent more time sorting the Toyota. This weekend at the June Sprints, however, Adam was excited and ready to go.
The previous Challenger chassis driven by Adam was about 400 pounds heavier than the current Camry. As for the grunt, the Toyota is producing nearly 930 horsepower, which is about 80 more than what he had before.
Over the course of 36 years, Matt has never missed one of his son’s race weekends. Rhonda has only missed two, with a third being tallied this weekend during the June Sprints. That’s because Adam’s wife is about to give birth to their first child, and mom is back at home on watch.
Speaking of watching, those trackside at Road America or viewing the HST broadcast online Saturday saw some very fast cars and exciting GT-1 competition. Romito came home in the runner-up position 8.944sec behind winner Dave Ruehlow in the No. 31 Ruehlow Racing Chevrolet Camaro.
SCCA Brings ‘Em Back
There’s a seemingly endless list of accomplished drivers at the June Sprints competing across 25 different car classes. However, one racer of particular note strapped into the No. 111 Wolf Motorsports Elan DP-02 machine Saturday as part of the eight-entrant Prototype field. That driver was Lawrence Loshak of SCCA’s Milwaukee Region.
First joining the Club in 1996, Loshak spent a little time at Solo events before embracing wheel-to-wheel competition. He claimed his first Runoffs® National Championship in 2006 driving an E Production car, then followed that up with another National Championship in 2010, this time in a D Sports Racer (DSR) machine.
Loshak, however, had more in him. He doubled up on Runoffs wins in 2013, claiming victory in Formula 1000 and H Production (HP) on his way to being named that season’s Mark Donohue Award winner. Then for good measure, he added a fifth National Championship to his credit in 2014, winning HP once again before shifting focus to pro racing.
While Loshak left SCCA competition at that point, he remained a formidable driver from then through today. He even finished second in the Trans Am Series championship one year. But like so many others who spend years away from the Club, something always draws them home.
In Loshak’s case, he strolled back into the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing paddock almost exactly one year ago. Thanks to a friendship with Bart Wolf and Wolf Motorsports, he rented a Prototype car for the 2025 June Sprints. It turned out to be a fun weekend at Road America that brought back a flood of great memories.
“That particular weekend I spent with two close friends I’d known since Club Racing, Bart Wolf and Jason Miller,” Loshak recalls. “We hung out that entire weekend, all day at the track and then going to Siebkens. I was quickly reminded of the fun of going racing from my good ol’ Club Racing days. It is more than just racing.”
Perhaps it was fate, but Loshak came across Jean-Luc Liverato at last year’s June Sprints, and Liverato was selling his Prototype racecar. Discussions were had and a deal struck, and that’s the car Loshak is in this weekend at America’s National Park of Speed.
“I’ve just been so enamored of the look of these cars, the speed, and they’re just so beautiful,” Loshak said of the Prototype sleds. “They’ve now got a handful of these all being taken care of at Wolf Motorsports. We’re sharing data, sharing parts, and collectively everything is working really well.”
The purchased car is what Loshak has been knocking around in this season during some U.S. Majors Tour® events. The car has been entirely restored and refreshed, and there may be a 2026 Runoffs appearance for this driver-car combination at Road America in Wisconsin when fall comes around.
“I won the DSR Championship in 2010. But here I am 16 years later,” Loshak said with a chuckle. “I’m back in my stomping grounds, especially here at Road America.”
Unfortunately, Loshak pulled down pitlane and out of the race after only a handful of laps Saturday. While surely a disappointing result, perhaps there’s some consolation in the fact his friend, Bart Wolf, got the Prototype victory in the No. 28 Wolf Motorsports Elan DP02 car.
Saturday Race Winners
Below are provisional race winners from Saturday’s Chicago Region June Sprints presented by WeatherTech. Conducted at Road America as part of the 2026 Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour, each entry below includes Car Class: Driver Name, SCCA Region, and Car.
American Sedan®: Andrew McDermid, Milwaukee Region, Ford Mustang
B-Spec: Stewart Black, North Carolina Region, Chevrolet Sonic
E Production: Tim Schreyer, Great River Region, BMW 325is
F Production: Stephen Simonds, Houston Region, Mazda Miata
H Production: Chris Schaafsma, Chicago Region, Volkswagen GLI
Formula Atlantic®: Dudley Fleck, Iowa Region, Swift 016 Mazda
Formula Continental®: Brandon Dixon, Alabama Region, Citation F2000
Formula Enterprises® 2: Steve Whitston, Milwaukee Region, SCCA Enterprises FE2 Mazda
Formula 600: James Weida, Indianapolis Region, Scorpion W1
Formula F: David Adorno, New York Region, Mygale Formula F
Formula Vee®: Andrew Whitston, Milwaukee Region, Protoform P2
GT-1: Dave Ruehlow, Milwaukee Region, Chevrolet Camaro
GT-2: Ethan Tovo, Chicago Region, Toyota TA2 Camry
GT-X: Anthony Smith, Milwaukee Region, Ligier JSP 320
Prototype: Bart Wolf, Milwaukee Region, Elan DP02
Prototype 2: Mike Reupert, Milwaukee Region, Stohr WF1
Spec Miata: Kyle Greenhill, Chicago Region, Mazda Miata
Spec MX-5: Camden Gruber, Washington DC Region, Mazda MX-5
Spec Racer® Ford Gen3: Caleb Roethel, Milwaukee, SCCA Enterprises SRF3
Super Touring® Lite: Danny Steyn, Florida Region, Mazda Miata
Super Touring® Under: Anthony Geraci, New York Region, Lotus Exige
Touring 1: Roy Lipner, Chicago Region, BMW M4
Touring 2: Rylan Hazelton, San Francisco Region, Honda Civic TCR
Touring 3: John LoGiudice, Milwaukee Region, Ford Mustang
Touring 4: Mario Carini, Milwaukee Region, BMW Z4/E89/2.5L
More Sunday from June Sprints
If you thought Saturday was exciting, then there’s more in store for you Sunday at Road America during the 2026 Chicago Region June Sprints® presented by WeatherTech®. Each of the nine race groups will again have a turn on track, except Sunday’s races around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit will be 13-lap or 45-minute affairs. The one outlier to that schedule are the GT-1, GT-2, GT-X, American Sedan® and Touring 1 cars in group eight. That race will be 15 laps or 45 minutes in length.
The best way to enjoy the June Sprints is to be trackside at America’s National Park of Speed. Spectators are most certainly welcome, and the price is only $40 for a Sunday pass. Plus, anyone 16 years of age and under gets in free with a paying adult.
If you can’t get to Road America, the second-best option for enjoying HST competition is the free online broadcast produced by DriversEye Live and available anywhere around the world through SCCA’s YouTube page. Coverage starts at 8 a.m. Central Time, with Gregg Ginsberg and pro racer Tom O'Gorman again providing insightful commentary.
As always, live HST Timing & Scoring is also available throughout the weekend at scca.com/live. Sunday victory podium celebrations can also be viewed at the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing Facebook page.
Photo: Dave Ruehlow took the GT-1 win Saturday during the June Sprints at Road America, which is part of the Hoosier Super Tour.
Photo by Jeff Loewe
