Picture of Philip Royle

Philip Royle

An automotive journalist (and past editor of SCCA’s SportsCar magazine) for longer than he’d care to admit, Philip has been autocrossing for…longer than he’s been an automotive journalist. Having also participated in RoadRally, RallyCross, Track Days, Time Attack, Road Racing, and as a volunteer, Philip is a cliché in that he came for the cars and stayed for the people (and the cars).

More articles by Philip Royle

Runoffs

Don’t Let Your SCCA Runoffs Memories Get Away, Get These Photos Now (Many Are FREE!)

What a week it was at Road America. On Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2026, the iconic 4.048-mile circuit once again played host to the Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs®, and the track delivered the kind of racing, competition, camaraderie, and memories that make this historic winner-take-all event so special. You came to Road America, you […]

RallyCross Nationals

Who Will Win RallyCross Nats? Stock

The road to the 2026 SCCA RallyCross® National Championship is about to go where it’s never gone before. Arizona. Following an SCCA National Championship season that’s already taken competitors through the Tire Rack SCCA® ProSolo® Finale, Tire Rack SCCA Solo® National Championships, and Mission Foods SCCA National Championship Runoffs®, the next stop is Camp Verde, […]

These Are the Cars Hagerty’s Editors Dream of Driving on Track, and One’s an SCCA Classic

SCCA® members don’t just dream about motorsports – we live it. Despite that, there are cars you look at and think, “That’d be a heck of a car to run around the track.” And you’re not alone. The editors at Hagerty, the Official Insurance Partner of the SCCA, are cut from the same cloth. The media […]

Time Attack Nationals

With a Town Takeover and More, The Upcoming Time Attack National Championship Just Got Even Cooler

This is it, folks – this is the last time we’re going to remind you to enter the inaugural Tire Rack SCCA® Time Attack National Championship. This Oct. 22-25, 2026, event will mark the first time SCCA has ever crowned National Champions for Time Attack competition, so it goes without saying that there will be […]

Runoffs

These Members are SCCA’s 2026 Workers of the Year, and Your Words Explain Why

These are the people standing at the corner stations when the rain starts falling. They’re on the grid when the temperatures climb, they’re in tech when the wind cuts through their jackets, and at registration long before the first drivers get to the track. Through heat, cold, rain, wind, or perfect racing weather, they show […]

Runoffs

Ybarra, 14, Wins Formula F as Youngest Runoffs Champ in History

Formula F (FF) is known to be one of the most hotly contested classes in SCCA® Road Racing, and at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA National Championship Runoffs® at Road America, the class lived up to that reputation in so many ways. Going into the Oct. 4, 2026, Hagerty Race Day, any of the top […]

Runoffs

Stewart Earns STU National Championship in 10th Runoffs Showing

Editor’s note: This article was modified to include a post-race penalty that affected the race winner. Chances were good that a Lotus was going to finish on the Super Touring® Under (STU) podium. And one did. What nobody saw coming was the 360-degree spin another Lotus took in one of the most dangerous sections of […]

Runoffs

Workman Claims 2nd F Production Title in Unpredictable Runoffs Race

To put it mildly, the F Production (FP) race during the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America was utterly unbelievable in its unpredictability. There, one driver picked up his second championship in the class during a battle that saw drama unfold all but simultaneously before the race ended under caution. This […]

Runoffs

Fleck Leads Formula Atlantic to Checker for Second Runoffs Gold

Formula Atlantic® (FA) is synonymous with fast, and qualifying certainly indicated the FA race at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America would live up to that reputation. 2024 FA National Champion Dudley Fleck had put his No. 74 Swift 016a Mazda on the Tire Rack pole, but not by much. […]

Runoffs

Dramatic T3 Race Sees LoGiudice Earn Runoffs Title in Rookie Debut

The 63rd running of the Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® technically took to Road America’s 4.048-mile circuit on Oct. 1-2, 2026, with two days of qualifying, but it was Touring 3 that had the honor of seeing the first green flag during the Oct. 3-4 Hagerty Race Days – and what a way to […]