The number one super challenge during the June 12-14, 2026, Tire Rack SCCA® Toledo ProSolo® was Mother Nature, who tossed in a dramatic plot twist right at the end and became the ultimate qualifier.
Though weather was fantastic from Friday’s registration and course walks through Sunday morning, storms rolling in across the plains packed enough notice to cancel the Bonus Challenge in hopes of completing both the Ladies Challenge and the Super Challenge. At the conclusion of the Ladies Challenge, however, the event underwent a lightning delay. Competitor vote decided to skip the Super Challenge – the right call as the weather continued through the afternoon.
Still, the Northwest Ohio Region-hosted event was full of storylines and competition. Alex Jones saw his courses praised for the fun factor and ease of visuals. Because of that, the courses were fair and the class battles were tight.
Class Competition
At the top of the results sheet is Super Street, and there, Pat Salerno put his Porsche Cayman GT4 RS at the top of the charts. It wasn’t by much, though, with Doug Rowse’s Porsche 911 GT3 just 0.035sec behind, and Brian Conners (Salerno’s co-driver) just 0.164sec out of the lead to complete the podium.
Chris Yoder showed a flair for the dramatic, going from third to first in his final run of the weekend to take D Street victory. Yoder catapulted over Alex Piehl and Darian Taggart for the win, with his Toyota GR86 just 0.004sec in front of Piehl’s GR86.
It takes the right kind of Lizard Brain to last 10 years in anything, let alone motorsport, but DJ Alesandrini’s first ever National event was the 2016 Toledo ProSolo. A short 10 years later, he claimed victory in C Street Touring at the same event – though there have been multiple wins in between, of course.
Defending Kart Modified National Champion Samuel Dougherty proved his quickness and the aerodynamics of flowing locks from the back of the helmet. Dougherty was fourth in Race Tire Index 1 after the first day, but cleaned up some runs and threw down a lap that tossed him to the top of the RT Index 1 and the peak of the PAX.
Want to know more of the action? Check out the class results:
Challenge – Singular
As previously mentioned, only the Ladies Challenge was completed at Toledo.
Andie Albin was third in Ladies Class 1 competition, but qualified for the Challenge in her F Modified Doof Wagon. Once in, she topped Holly Schwedler, who finished ahead of her in class competition, and Ladies Class 4 winner Meredith Brown to advance to the finals. Albin then took down Ladies Class 3 top finisher Jen Fox in the final round to secure the Ladies Challenge victory.
The Super Challenge didn’t happen, although we do know who qualified. Super Challenge points will be awarded based on qualifier seeding along with the Challenge participation point for everyone who opted into the challenge.
This season’s ProSolo Series points can be found here, and will be updated soon with the results from Toledo.
Up Next For ProSolo
Up next is the only way to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, and that’s at Bristol, Baby, with a ProSolo and Solo® National Tour double header.
The Tire Rack SCCA Bristol ProSolo takes place July 1-3 as the first of a double event weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, where that ProSolo is followed on July 4-5 with the Tire Rack SCCA Bristol Solo National Tour.
Can’t make it to Bristol? Check out these other National Solo events.
ProSolo Series
Photos by Samuel Dougherty and Chris Yoder
