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Runoffs

3rd Time’s the Charm: Stephens Earns SRF3 Championship Gold

As the final afternoon of Hagerty Race Days at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America in Elkhart Lake came around, it was time for the Spec Racer® Ford Gen3 (SRF3) race, one of SCCA’s most popular, enduring, and hotly contested classes. When the Runoffs is held at Road America, races last […]

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Rookie Newell Wins Spec Miata at His First Runoffs

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, was more than ready for Spec Miata (SM) this year. As usual, the race was an epic struggle worthy of the reputation that the class has earned over the years. Heading into the second and final Hagerty Race Day, Brett […]

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Lampe Makes It Two For Two with Spec MX-5 Gold

Editor’s Note: This article was updated Oct. 5, 2025, based on official results and due to post-race penalty assessment. Leading up to the Oct. 5, 2025, Spec MX-5 (SMX) race at the 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco at Road America, Camden Ebben claimed the Tire Rack Pole Award in the No. 55 Mazda […]

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Eaton Earns 5th Runoffs Win, Clinches AS Super Sweep

Gregory Eaton found redemption at this year’s  62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. After leading last year’s American Sedan® (AS) race from flag to flag before being disqualified, the four-time champion returned to claim a clean victory — and with it, an SCCA Super Sweep, awarded […]

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Jason Miller brings Prototype Gold home to Wisconsin

Jason Miller has been trying for a championship for 30 years, first coming to the Runoffs® in 1996 in a D Sports Racer. But this year, at the 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco at Road America, the resident of nearby Plymouth, Wisconsin, finally made his dreams a reality. With two second place […]

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Candelaria Finds “Something Special” with T1 Runoffs Victory

It only takes a few cars to make a great race, and the Touring 1 (T1) field proved it with just five cars on grid at the 62nd SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Tire Rack Pole Award winner James Candelaria, led the five-car grid in his […]

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Who Will Win the Runoffs? AS, BS, STL, STU

Last week, we presented you with a series of articles where we pondered who would win the 2025 SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco, which is taking place Sept. 29-Oct. 5 at the incredible Road America racing circuit. We’re going to look at who will be the top contenders in some of the most […]

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Who Will Win the Runoffs? Spec Miata and Spec MX-5

Two of the most intense classes during any weekend during the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA® Road Racing season are Spec Miata and Spec MX-5. Inches decide the best of the best — and sometimes it’s not even inches, as we discovered at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs® in 2023. Thus, it’s no surprise that when […]

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Who Will Win the Runoffs? SRF3 and FE2

Two of the most intense classes to watch at the upcoming Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2025, SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco will be Spec Racer® Ford Gen3 (SRF3) and Formula Enterprises® 2(FE2). Why? Because these spec classes level the playing field — that means only the best drivers rise to the top. If you’ve […]

Road Racing

Clinching the 2024 FR Championship Title is Only the Beginning for Patrick Woods-Toth

Winning championships is a consistent habit for Patrick Woods-Toth, who claimed the 2022 Ron Fellows Karting Championship, then the 2023 SCCA Pro Racing®-sanctioned Formula 4 United States Championship, and now the 2024 SCCA Pro Racing-sanctioned Formula Regional Americas Championship. However, the young driver from Saint-Lazare, Quebec, is just getting started. “Traveling from Quebec to each […]