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Honoring American Veterans: General Curtis E. LeMay
The era of early street road races ended abruptly after a series of serious accidents in the early 1950s. The SCCA racing program was saved by sports car owner and enthusiast General Curtis LeMay who was head of the United...Read more -
Need a Project? Learn The Art of Solo Course Design
It’s been two months since the 2015 Tire Rack Solo National Championships Presented by Garmin VIRB and we suspect there may be some boredom in the community. Our solution? Learn to be a course designer. Below is the...Read more -
Grassroots Motorsports: $2015 Challenge
Our friends at Grassroots Motorsports recently hosted their annual celebration of low-cost racing builds with the $2015 Challenge. The event meets every year at Auto Plus Raceway in Gainesville, Florida, seeking the finest...Read more -
Shop Manual - Chapter 12: C Street Prepared
THE GURU: If you were at Nationals this year, Billy Davis beat you in PAX. With the overall PAX time at the 2015 Nationals and a driver who has won Nationals (by a healthy margin) the last two year (in a class that's for the...Read more -
The Complete Racer: Be a Professional
Resuming Mazda Motorsports’ countdown of things a racer must do to achieve greatness is to always be a professional. Whether in or out of the car, at or away from the track, how you conduct yourself will make a profound...Read more -
SCCA Supports Youth Education via Motorsports and Greenpower Program
TOPEKA, Kan. (Nov. 5, 2015) – The Sports Car Club of America has pledged its support of GreenpowerUSA, a program aimed at getting school-aged children interested in S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) subjects...Read more -
#TBT Just One of the Guys
The following article was originally published in the April 1972 edition of SportsCar, written by Judy Stropus. Just “one of the guys”—that’s what they call me. And, if the Women’s Libbers are listening, believe me, I’m...Read more -
Stewart Takes home RRDC Mark Donohue Award
TOPEKA, Kan. (Nov. 4, 2015) – Calvin Stewart, of Novi, Michigan, was named the latest winner of the Road Racing Drivers Club’s Mark Donohue Award. Stewart won the award after a thrilling victory in Formula 500 at the SCCA...Read more -
Trans Am Series Unveils 50th Anniversary Championship Schedule
Series to tour 12 tracks, make Watkins Glen return In March of 1966, 44 cars took to the track at Sebring International Raceway in what was the first running of the then entitled “Trans-American Sedan Championship.” On March...Read more -
2016 Solo CAM Rules Released
The purpose of CAM is to attract automobile enthusiasts who are currently interested and/or participating in Goodguys®, Ultimate Street Car Association®, or other similar events for "classic" vehicles manufactured in North...Read more