Julie Hammons started volunteering with the Sports Car Club of America® at a Memorial Day event in 1981. “In those days, you worked on a logbook before you were approved,” she explains. “I didn’t become a member until 1986.”...Read more

The late John McGill, self-titled "General Overall Director" (GOD) at the Nelson Ledges Road Course for nearly 30 years, was a tireless worker and relentless encourager whose focus helped make a primitive and out-of-the way...Read more

Beginning Dec. 1, 2024, requirements will change for SCCA® Flagging & Communications (F&C) license renewals, phasing in the requirement to complete F&C certification training. The required certification coursework...Read more

It all began in the 1960s when Beth Burkhard’s parents, Sheila and Josh Cockey, were invited to a race at Marlboro Speedway by a cousin who was a Formula Vee® racer. They were hooked and started working Flagging &...Read more

It’s the goal of numerous SCCA® members to start locally and build their skillset enough to participate in FIA World Championship events. Several have done it – and we’re not even counting drivers. Kim Kuzma McFarland is a...Read more

Kathy McLeod’s first experience with sports car racing came as a spectator at the Chicago Region June Sprints at Road America in 1966. Three years later, she was dating a gentleman who was going to Road America to race, so...Read more

It’s likely that many SCCA® members, including a lot of drivers, have no idea what the Club’s Race Data Technician does. In short, the job is to collect the objective vehicle dynamics data needed for the performance of a car,...Read more

It’s a pretty distinguished list, the people who have climbed the ladder from SCCA® to Formula One. Some of the notables include Dan Gurney, Mark Donohue, George Follmer, Phil Hill, and Tarin Finn. Wait, Tarin Finn? Don’t...Read more

Brian Williams went “straight” into motorsports, but it took some curves before he was introduced to SCCA. “I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and there was no road racing,” he says. “It was either dirt track, round-d-round, or...Read more

Don Drennon first spectated at Road Atlanta at a Can-Am race in 1974. In 1987, while spectating at the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs®, he heard a recruiting pitch that was often repeated over the PA system: “Want to get...Read more