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5 Steps to Getting Your Windshield Banner on Straight

If you’re headed to a National SCCA® event, like the upcoming Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials National Championship or the SCCA RallyCross® National Championship Presented by Bingham Equipment Company, or you attended the recent Tire Rack SCCA Solo® National Championships, windshield banners are a prerequisite. This is a good thing. For many of these events, […]

Runoffs

McDermid Claims 9th Runoffs Title in American Sedan

The first of two championship race days at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America concluded on Oct. 3, 2026, with American Sedan® taking the green moments after Touring 2. With cool temperatures and the setting sun popping through the clouds, the V8 engines of the American Sedan class closed out the Hagerty Race […]

Runoffs

Futrelle Clinches Fifth National Championship in FE2

The championship races of the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America kicked off on Oct. 3, 2026, during the first of two Hagerty Race Days held at the world famous 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit. With cool 59-degree and a solid cloud cover, the Mazda-powered Formula Enterprises® 2 (FE2) class took to the […]

Autocross

5 Reasons to Team Up

With the increase in gas prices and tariffs making imported car parts more expensive, motorsports isn’t getting any cheaper. Regardless, it’s a sport we’re all addicted to, so justifying the additional costs is part of our fiber. The question is, how can we sustain our motorsport addiction while still being able to keep food on […]

Autocross

Tuning Tips: Change One Thing at a Time

At the racetrack, I like to keep things simple. The KISS method (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is perfect for me. I’m not the smartest guy, so I appreciate it when things are as linear as possible. That’s why when I make a change to the setup of a race car, I change ONE thing at […]

Road Racing

5 Ways to Manage Your Road Racing Tires

I’ll admit it – I’m a broken record when it comes to tires. “Tires are everything!” I can’t stop saying it in the articles I write (kinda like this one). Obviously, I’m obsessed with tires, because (again, broken record) tires are everything. Tires are the only thing between your race car and the track surface, […]

Autocross

5 Tips for Planning Your Season

There’s a quote I’m very fond of because it often rings true in the world of racing: “There’s no plan like no plan.” As we enter the early stages of the 2026 competition season, the question is: Do you have a plan? At face value it may seem like a ridiculous question. You might ask, […]

Autocross

5 Things I Learned from Losing

Losing sucks, there’s just no way around it. It totally sucks. I really, really hate to lose. So, for obvious reasons, I try to win. In fact, I work very hard to win as much as possible, because, you know, I hate losing. Playing with cars over the years, I’ve won more than 160 times. […]

RallyCross

5 Ways to Succeed in the Prepared Rear RallyCross Class

There are a few different ways to attack the dirt while competing in SCCA® RallyCross® — there’s Stock, Prepared, Modified, Constructor, and UTV classes, plus front-wheel-drive, rear-wheel-drive, and all-wheel-drive variations. There are plenty of combinations that have been successful, like a Honda Civic in the Stock Front class or a heavily customized Subaru WRX STI […]

Autocross

5 Ways to Remove Cone Marks

With the 2025 Tire Rack SCCA® Solo® National Championships in the history books (which, in my humble opinion, was one of the best I’ve attended), all that’s left to do is get those pesky cone marks off of the finish of our cars. But how? While I was at the Solo Nats, I tried five […]