They were driving different cars than they did a year ago, but Michigan teammates Matt Spicuzzi and Alex Lozano replayed the 2025 Touring 4 race to open the second of the Hagerty Race Days at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI. Spicuzzi and Lozano finished one-two in Ford Mustangs last year, then repeated that performance in Mazda RX-8s this year.

“It was kind of the last-minute decision. After our Mustangs got kicked out [of the class] last year, we weren’t sure we we’d come back,” said Spicuzzi. “Two weeks ago, we said, ‘Last time at Road America for a while, we’ll go and see what happens.’ This car has let me down before, so I was hoping that it didn’t do that. But fortunately, we made it to the end today.”

Celebrating his victory on the podium with Mazza sparkling wine, the Official Sparkling Wine of SCCA, Spicuzzi relished his second-consecutive Touring 4 National Championship, achieved in three attempts.

Spicuzzi, the Tire Rack Pole Award winner in his No. 63 Huffmaster Racing/Hoosier RX-8 thanks to a 2:35.876 lap turned in the only dry qualifying session on Friday, got the jump at the start, and pulled out a two-second lead in the early stages of the 13-lap race.

By halfway, Lozano started closing the gap, then with three laps to go was back on Spicuzzi’s bumper. Lozano had some glimpses of the lead in the closing stages, especially as Spicuzzi hung the rear end out at the exit of Turn 5, but the best he could do was show Spicuzzi the nose of his No. 198 AMJ Racing/HR Speed Shop/Hoosier RX-8 in Turn 8.

The final gap to Spicuzzi at the finish was 0.458sec.

“He was struggling to make the left-handers, and I wasn’t as good through the Carousel, so it was kind of an accordion effect back and forth,” explained Lozano. “I had to avoid him pretty bad one of the times, but I spent a lot of time trying to get back through. I was pretty much out of brakes by the end of the race, so I didn’t have a whole lot to make a move. But, man, just a great, great race, super fun.”

Kevin Fryer had a solo run to third in his No, 98 Mazda MX-5, finishing some 28sec behind Lozano.

“It was probably the longest race of my life, trying to make sure I didn’t make any mistakes or anything,” declared Fryer. But a great, great start, and I was able to hang with them long enough to get a gap to the rest, which I needed.”

Arguably the best battle in the race was between Madin Workman and Stephen Blethen in two different Mazda models, Workman in an MX-5 and Stephen Blethen in an RX-8, for fifth. From the mid-point of the race, Stephen Blethen and Workman battled back and forth, spending large portions of several laps side-by-side. Workman led into Turn 14 on the final lap, but Stephen Blethen moved left at the exit as Workman moved right, and won the drag race to the checkered. Stephen Blethen earned the Sunoco Hard Charger award by claiming fourth, up from his eighth-place starting position. Workman finished fifth, and Derrick Ambrose rounded out the top sixth. 

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners. 

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Sunday’s Touring 4 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 34:04.382 (avg. 92.667mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.458 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:35.757 (93.561 mph)
Lap Leaders: #63, Laps 1-13 
Sunoco Hard Charger: #38 Stephen Blethen

 

Photo by Mandy Mobry

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 Day with Tire Rack Polesitter and Detroit Region member Andrew McDermid leading the field to the green flag in his No. 24 WeatherTech/Discount Tire/Motorsta Ford Mustang GT. McDermid shared the front row with second-place qualifier Daniel Richardson in his No. 22 Hoosier/AutoGear/Carbotech/GT/Anze Chevrolet Camaro.

Eight-time SCCA National Champion, McDermid got a great jump at the green flag, taking the lead into Turn 1. Then in Turn 2, McDermid had a massive lockup, allowing second-place driver Washington DC Region’s Richardson to get to McDermid’s rear bumper. Third-place qualifier Ross Murray held third place until lap two, when Atlanta Region’s Michael Kamalian got his No. 99 RevolutionCNC.com/Hoosier/G-Loc/MCS Ford Mustang GT around Murray in Turn 3.

At the front of the pack, things were a four-wheel drift, classic Mustang-Camaro battle with McDermid leading and Richardson in tow. The two began to gap the field, with Richardson earning an early fast lap a few tenths of a second quicker than McDermid before a full-course yellow bunched up the field.

On the restart, McDermid and Richardson wasted no time accelerating away from the field. Meanwhile, Murray reclaimed third place in Turn 1, passing Kamalian.

Richardson, a two-time National Champion, had great handling in his Camaro while McDermid had a big motor in his Mustang, which caused the two drivers to accordion lap after lap, although McDermid never relinquished the lead.

For third place, Kamalian got by Murray, but then on lap nine, Murray suffered mechanical issues, forcing his retirement from the race.

With the race winding down, Philip Smith, who started fifth, seemingly came out of nowhere and took third from Kamalian. Kamalian didn’t roll over, though, and on the penultimate lap, he squeezed back past Smith for the final spot on the podium.

In the final laps, Richardson gave it everything his Camaro had but it wasn’t enough to catch McDermid, who took the checkered flag and his ninth SCCA National Championship title. To celebrate, McDermid cooked the rear tires off his Mustang at just about every corner of Road America – standard fare for a McDermid Runoffs victory – before heading to the podium celebration to spray Mazza sparkling wine with Richardson and Kamalian.

“Oh, man that was wonderful,” said a cheery McDermid. “Danny Richardson really put the pinch on me, he did a really good job, and the WeatherTech Mustang really came through like a champ!”

Second-place finisher Richardson, teary-eyed, announced that he was retiring his now-vintage Camaro after this event. “It’s been an emotional year for us, this car has done so much, this is the last race for it, and I was hoping it would be on the top step, but you know, she did a good job.”

Third-place finisher Kamalian was happy with his podium performance, although he admitted that getting there involved numerous ups and downs. “It was more than interesting, with my spin, and trying to keep up with the front two guys, and Ross and everybody else,” he said. “It was a fun drive in the car.”

Kamalian’s journey also earned him the race’s Sunoco Hard Charger Award. Philip Smith finished fourth, Kent Biddinger fifth and Andy Schniedermeyer sixth.

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Saturday’s American Sedan race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 42:03.824 (avg. 75.063 mph)
Margin of Victory: 0.849 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:28.471 (98.153 mph)
Lap Leaders: #24, Laps 1-13 
Sunoco Hard Charger: #99 Michael Kamalian

 

Photo by Jay Bonvouloir

The first Hagerty Race Day at the 63rd running of the Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs®® at Road America concluded with a Touring 2 (T2) race that saw Tire Rack Pole winner Northwest Region’s Scotty B. White convert the pole into victory in his No. 0 Knight Transport/Hoosier/Xtreme CMT 2023 Ford Mustang.

White had experienced quite a morning, having been disqualified from the Touring 3 race earlier in the day. For the better part of three decades, White has chased a Runoffs win, with the title often slipping through his fingers at the last moment. He described his moment of redemption as going “from elation to depression and back to elation.”

White led the field to the opening green flag with Rylan Hazelton’s Honda Civic TCR to his left, but the pony car galloped away from its petite pursuer, pulling a 2.4sec lead after the opening lap.

Hazelton’s Civic was being harangued by William Bolt’s No. 199 Hoosier/Carbotech/Bolt Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 GS, and on the third lap, Bolt slipped through to second. The Corvette C5s of Robert Weston and Josh Carroll ran fourth and fifth, but the gaps were closed when a full-course caution flew on that third lap due to debris from opening-lap accidents that removed Alan Kossof, Robert Wellington, and Aaron Kaplan from the race.

With six laps run, the field took the green flag once more, with Bolt tucked under White’s rear wing, but the leader’s advantage was secure. Hazelton’s Civic, with its small displacement, got swamped by V8 torque, with Carroll’s No. 35 Endsight Chevrolet Corvette C5 Z06 claiming third, and Weston, in another Corvette, filling the Honda’s mirrors.

Initially, Bolt wouldn’t let White go, and the pair swiftly gained more than four seconds advantage over Carroll, who wasn’t shaking off Hazelton and Weston. But on the second lap after the restart, Bolt had a slow lap that cost him almost two seconds.

The main attention turned to the Goliath vs. David battle for third between Carroll and Hazelton. The Corvette stretched away with horsepower on the straights, the Civic clawed back the deficit whenever the road turned or heavy braking was required.

Unfortunately, it was under heavy braking for Turn 5 with two laps to go that Hazelton dropped his right-side wheels onto the curb, inevitably losing some stopping power and going the long way into the runoff zone. That ended Hazelton’s hopes of a podium and allowed the charging Weston into fourth. Weston was within a second of Carroll at the checkered flag despite the latter running his fastest lap on the final tour of the 4.048-mile course. 

Said the relieved Cal Club Region member Carroll: “It’s kind of amazing. I’ve been doing this for 20 years and I’ve never gotten a Runoffs National Championship podium. It’s my first time back since 2014, and I’m just blown away, honestly. Just speechless.”

Runner-up Bolt admitted afterward that he used up his tires too swiftly in his efforts to pressure White. “Scotty was so fast, I was just doing everything I could to keep up with him,” the Atlanta Region member said. “After the week we had getting this thing prepared, I’m so happy and thankful for the team, thankful for everything.

“She’s so much fun, she’s such a good-balanced car, sliding it is a lot of fun!”

Weston crossed the line in fourth, Hazelton recovered to finish fifth, and David Holmes rounded out the top six. Patrick Howe claimed the Sunoco Hard Charger award by moving from 19th on the grid to 10th at the checker.

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Saturday’s Touring 2 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 40.59.822 (avg. 77.016 mph)
Margin of Victory: 03.544 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:23.141 (101.807mph)
Lap Leaders: #0, Laps 1-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #3 Patrick Howe

 

Photo by Jeff Loewe

When it comes to motorsport, there’s always a chance, and it’s never over ‘til it’s over. Formula Vee® (FV) driver Brian Farnham, of SCCA’s Neohio Region, proved that to the utmost late Saturday afternoon during the first of two Hagerty Race Days at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® taking place Oct. 3-4, 2026, at Road America in Wisconsin.

Farnham, in the No. 15 Quixote/Bugslife/Noble/KearneyDD Vortech machine, drove from the rear of a 34-car field to claim victory after a 10-lap contest around Road America’s 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit. The hard work netted him a second Runoffs gold medal, and his fourth-ever visit to the victory podium to receive a commemorative bottle from Mazza Wines, the Official Sparkling Wine supplier to SCCA.

“I don’t even know what to say,” Farnham proclaimed after the race. “It’s a dream come true to come through like that.”

After Friday’s qualifying session, Farnham’s car experienced some trouble during Tech inspection. There was an issue with the vehicle’s exhaust, and he was penalized and ended up starting 35th in the field.

“It’s just amazing,” Farnham continued about the victory. “I’m ecstatic and this is just the best.”

Certain developments played a crucial role in Farnham’s ability to execute his feat at America’s National Park of Speed. At the start, Tire Rack Pole Award winner Zachary Whitston was out front of the colorful kaleidoscope of cars that headed into Turn 1 after the long front stretch. That lap ended with Andrew Abbott leading Donnie Isley, Chris Jennerjahn, and the rest.

The second lap saw an incident develop exiting The Kink, and the field was led into pit lane by reigning FV Champion Alex Scaler after the black flag was shown. The event was halted for around 12 minutes for cleanup before the contest was restarted with about 17 minutes remaining in what became a 40-minute, timed event.

The restart’s pace on lap four was slow, which allowed Scaler to get a bit of a gap on the rest of the field. But it didn’t take long before everyone caught up, and Andrew Whitston actually led the lap followed by Abbott, Scaler, Zachary Whitston, Isley, Graham Loughead, Steve Whitston, Jennerjahn, with Hunter Phelps-Barron rounding out the front pack.

By the next lap, Farnham appeared in seventh thanks to the field bunching up for the restart. On lap six, he moved to sixth; and lap seven saw him sitting second with time running out in the race.

When the white flag flew to start the 10th and final lap, Farnham was out front followed by Zachary Whitston, Scaler, Steve Whitston, Andrew Whitston, Abbott and Isley – the final two experiencing trouble on the last lap and departing the fight.

Coming through Kettle Bottoms and into Canada Corner, drivers remaining in the hunt seemed unsure who wanted to be in the lead. So, Farnham took the front spot and prepared for battle through the last couple corners. The others, however, couldn’t quite hook up to make things work, and Farnham ended up with a 0.089sec victory over runner-up Steve Whitston in the No. 18 LOA Construction Protoform P3 car. For Steve, that earned him his first Runoffs silver medal.

“It was a great race, and a little wild out there,” Steve said, noting he thought he’d lined things up perfectly for a run at victory before Farnham hesitated a bit through Turn 13 and disrupted his rhythm. “I don’t know if he missed a shift or had some kind of a mechanical problem, but his car completely slowed down.”

Only 0.096sec behind Steve in third was his brother Zachary in the No. 27 Whitmoore and Associates Protoform P2 car. That is Zach’s third bronze medal in nine National Championship appearances.

“I was glad to be there at the end,” Zach said. “Obviously, I’d like one more lap if we could do it over.”

Andrew Whitston finished fourth only 0.263sec off the leader, and fifth was Scaler just 0.112sec further back. The Sunoco Hard Charger award went to Tad Lenhart after he started 37th and finished 21st. Farnham, who started 35th due to a penalty, was not eligible for the award.

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Saturday’s Formula Vee race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 40.48 miles
Overall Time of Race: 42:40.269 (avg. 56.919 mph)
Margin of Victory: 0.089 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:45.272 (88.175 mph)
Lap Leaders: #25, Lap 1; #79, Laps 2-3, 5; #12, Lap 4; #27, Lap 6; #18, Lap 7; #15, Laps 8-10
Sunoco Hard Charger: #55 Tad Lenhart

 

Photo by Jay Bonvouloir

Whatever the event, whatever the track, MX-5s tend to produce some of the best racing. During the Oct. 3-4, 2026, Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America, the Spec MX-5 (SMX) field of third-gen NC Miatas put an exclamation point on that point, with sensational battles throughout the 22-car field.

Hagerty Race Day around the 14-turn, 4.048-mile course was Cam Ebben’s day; his performance in his No. 66 MX-5 was nothing if not astonishing, climbing from last place on the grid to win by four seconds.

“This means everything to me,” said the Milwaukee Region member. “I’ve grown up here, watching from those bleachers at Turn 5. I even watched my dad race his Mazdas around here, which inspired me to get into this class in the first place.

“A lot of things had to go my way today and they definitely did: I got some good breaks from others’ misfortunes, which opened doors for me. And from there I got into the lead and did what I know I can do best.”

Skyler Cottrell made a strong start from the Tire Rack Pole pursued by William Wallis and Joey Andrews, but no one looked like they were breaking away (it’s SMX racing, after all). Following them, Lincoln Larson, in the No. 16 Trackdaytire/LVRY/Mazda MX-5, led Weston Duchak, in the No. 40 Duchak Motorsports MX-5, at the end of the opening lap, with Jarrett Jones in sixth, also in close quarters.

On lap four, Larson pushed Wallis past Cottrell and into the lead, then tucked in behind the former leader while watching his mirrors for Duchak and Jones. While the top five were covered by six-tenths of a second, Andrews had fallen one second behind, getting passed by Ebben.

Ebben’s charge from the back of the field (having missed qualifying) was assisted with eight laps to go when Wallis, who ultimately finished ninth, made a slight error and dropped to fifth. Cottrell and Duchak then also went off track on a possible oil spill at Hurry Downs, and it took just one more lap for Ebben to snatch the lead. 

Ebben worked hard to shake off his pursuers, and by lap nine of 13, he held a 1.6sec lead, with Duchak, Cottrell, Larson, and the recovering Andrews giving vain chase.

While the leader had pulled away, the second-, third- and fourth-place cars of Duchak, Larson, and Cottrell had drawn well clear (in relative terms) of the Jones vs. Andrews battle. Yet with two to go, they started slowing each other in their exchange of positions, which brought Jones’ and Andrews’ cars back into the podium fight. Larson and Cottrell’s scrap for third lost them time to Florida Region’s Duchak, who ultimately earned the runner-up spot, and allowed Jones and Andrews to enter the fray. In a thrilling final-lap flurry of drafting and out-braking, Larson reclaimed third, while Cottrell was passed by Jones, who took fourth and left Cottrell in fifth. Andrews rounded out the top six.

Duchak seemed content with his runner-up finish, stating: “I was driving as hard as I can while maintaining my tires, just sitting there letting everything happen around me. Toward the end, I had to pick up the pace to secure P2. [I] managed to do it and I couldn’t be happier.”

Utah Region’s Larson appeared similarly happy with third after emerging from the melee with a somewhat battle-scarred racecar.

“It was amazing,” he remarked. “I was running with some very talented drivers… There was hard racing back and forth with everyone, but I was trying to keep the car cool… deciding where to put my car, with Skyler right behind me.”

Starting last on the grid, Ebben also grabbed the race’s Sunoco Hard Charger award.

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Saturday’s Spec MX-5 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 34:15.438 (avg. 92.168 mph)
Margin of Victory: 04.007 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:36.414 (93.168 mph)
Lap Leaders: #9, Laps 1-3, 6; #52, Laps 4-5; #66, Laps 7-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #66 Cam Ebben

 

Photo by Jeff Loewe

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 begin the weekend’s National Championship races.

Leading the 12-car field to the starter’s stand was Kansas City Region’s Nic Hammann in his No. 41 Nissan/Carbotech/Paragon Brakes Nissan 370Z Nismo on the Tire Rack Pole, a spot he earned after breaking the existing Runoffs qualifying track record. His time was a full second up on the field, but the race wasn’t going to be easy for the defending Touring 3 champ, as Scotty B. White had his Ford Mustang V6 on the outside pole, with Rob Piekarczyk in a Toyota 86 third and John LoGiudice sitting in fourth his own Mustang.

By the time the 13-lap race had concluded, Hammann had led, dropped to second, challenged for the lead, and wound up in the wall just yards short of the finish line. Meanwhile, the driver who crossed the finish line first would be relegated to last, allowing LoGiudice to take the win in his very first Runoffs appearance.

Let’s begin with the start.

With a flick of the wrist, the green emerged from the starter’s hand and the field hammered down. Hammann pulled White, getting a clean run into Turn 1 followed extremely closely by White, with the two already putting a gap on LoGiudice in third and Gamaliel Aguilar-Gamez in fourth, followed by William Bolt and the rest of the field – Piekarczyk fell to the middle of the pack at the green.

It took no time for this to turn into a two-car race, with Hammann gapping White by 1.6sec just three laps in, while the two ran away from LoGiudice and the rest of the field by more than five seconds.

The race for third was keeping itself in line, but Aguilar-Gamez chased LoGiudice with a vengeance, pushing to get his 370Z into the final podium spot. The story was the same in the battle for fifth, with Piekarczyk and Bolt all over each other while working lap four. Soon thereafter, Bolt slowed, allowing Piekarczyk to lay claim to the position.

Aquilar-Gamez was looking strong, but a tire lockup heading into the fast Turn 5 sent him into the tire barrier, handing fourth to Piekarczyk.

At the same time, White had set the fastest lap of the race while following Hammann, White gaining on Hammann and dropping Hammann’s lead to a tick over half a second.

Tight on Hammann’s bumper, White popped to the inside into Turn 1 with five laps to go, his momentum good from Turn 14, but not good enough to get clear. Showing he meant business, White took the lead four corners later.

The next lap, it was Hammann’s turn to show a nose into Turn 5, but White maintained the spot. This was the beginning of the final duel as the two leaders closed on the back of the field.

On the final lap, Hammann looked to the inside into Turn 1, then again into Turn 5, this time taking the spot. White fired back, jumping to the inside to reclaim the lead in Turn 6. Running to the inside into Turn 14, Hammann pulled even with White with the two touching mid turn as they headed onto the front straight. That contact led to more as they climbed the hill to the checker. It was there that Hammann found himself bouncing through the grass, running through a series of Mission Foods signs, and making hard contact with the tire barrier under the Mission Foods bridge.

A post-race evaluation of the incident resulted in White being placed last in the results, with Milwaukee Region’s LoGiudice earning the win in his No. 73 After Breast Cancer Diagnosis Ford Mustang V6. Neohio Region’s Piekarczyk in his No. 99 Kryderracing/Carbotech Toyota 86 crossed the line in what would become second, and Colorado Region’s Michael Pettiford took third in his No. 4 GO 4 IT/Hoosier/Carbotech Pontiac Solstice GXP. Jared Lendrum finished fourth, with Ben Sedler fifth, who also claimed the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for his run from 10th on the grid. Thanks to his lapping some of the field, Nic Hammann earned a sixth-place finish.

LoGiudice was happy with his race. “I hate to use this term, but it’s better to be lucky than good, but given my profession as a physician, I don’t want to be lucky, I want to be good,” he said. “[Gamaliel] started to creep up and something happened at [Turn] 5, but luckily he didn’t pressure me in the second half of the race.”

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Saturday’s Touring 3 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 52.62miles
Overall Time of Race: 33:14.385 (avg. 97.715 mph)
Margin of Victory: 37.141 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:27.540 (98.772 mph)
Lap Leaders: #41, Laps 1-8; #0, Laps 9-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #43 Ben Sedler

 

Photo by Jay Bonvouloir

The thunderous roar of 18 GT-2 cars opened up action Saturday afternoon during the first of two Hagerty Race Days that make up the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® held Oct. 3-4, 2026, at Road America.

John Atwell, in the No. 07 XRC/DFW Concrete/A&J Lab Portal Ford Mustang, led competitors to the green flag for the 13-lap contest after claiming a Tire Rack Pole Award. He earned that Friday with a record-breaking GT-2 qualifying lap of 2:09.634 around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit in Wisconsin’s Elkhart Lake.

Going into Turn 1, Atwell was side-by-side with Brad McAllister, in his No. 80 Hoosier/Periodontal Associates Toyota Camry, who started second. By Turn 3, Atwell had the lead. McAllister, however, was relegated to third thanks to a charging Tony Ave in a Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup.

Down the long Moraine Sweep and into Turn 5, Ave closed in and took the lead on the opening lap. He held that top spot until the third lap when Atwell reclaimed it heading into the third corner. A lap later in the same corner, McAllister was able to move around Ave for the second spot. At that point, fourth was held by the No. 51 Hoosier/Kalin Construction/G-Loc Dodge Viper ACR-X of Jonathan Start, and Jack Stanford sat fifth in a Ford Mustang. Sixth belonged to Lonnie Hochstetler in a Chevrolet Camaro, and reigning GT-2 Champion Jorge Nazario was seventh in a Chevrolet Corvette.

Atwell, from SCCA’s Texas Region, expanded his lead for the next several laps and was never really challenged on his way to a 20-second margin of victory when the checkered flag flew. That earned him his first Runoffs victory in three starts. He also reset the GT-2 Runoffs race lap record at America’s National Park of Speed with a time of 2:10.650.

“It was fun and a really good weekend for us,” Atwell said before heading to victory podium to uncork a bottle from Mazza Wines, the Official Sparkling Wine supplier to SCCA. “We unloaded pretty fast, then we just improved on it. This has always been a race that I haven’t been able to complete. Now I have, so I can check that off my list.”

McAllister also had a relatively uneventful trip to the runner-up spot by race’s end, with a 5-second margin back to the third-place finisher. For McAllister, that is his third silver medal at the National Championship event.

“Second is better than third. So, I’ll take it,” McAllister quipped after the race. “I didn’t have anything for John (Atwell). So, well done on his part.”

The third and final podium step was contested for a bit by Ave and Start. By the fifth lap, Start had gotten by and continued on to his fourth bronze medal in 14 Runoffs starts.

“It’s not the result that we wanted,” Start admitted. “But it was a good race and a good weekend.”

The back half of the race became a contest to see if other drivers could get by Ave to improve their spots. Hochstetler had removed himself from the conversation earlier after a trip through the grass exiting The Kink, and Stanford had already slipped down the running order.

Nazario and Stephen Sauers, however, tried to close in. But Ave ended up holding the fourth spot, finishing one-second ahead of Sunoco Hard Charger award winner Nazario who started ninth and finished fifth. Sauers finished sixth in a Ford Mustang.

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Saturday’s GT-2 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 28:57.721 (avg. 109.020 mph)
Margin of Victory: 19.114 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:10.650 (111.541 mph)
Lap Leaders: #144, Laps 1-2; #07, Laps 3-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #165 Jorge Nazario

 

Photo by Jay Bonvouloir

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 course mid-morning with Tire Rack Polesitter and Atlanta Region member Franklin Futrelle leading the eight-car field toward the green flag. Futrelle was followed by second-place qualifier Steve Whitston and third-place qualifier Darryl Wills.

When the green flag dropped for the 13-lap sprint race, four-time National Champion Futrelle, in the No. 97 Factory 97 Motorsports FE2, got the jump on the rest of the field and grabbed an early lead into Turn 1. Then on lap two, Central Carolinas Region’s Paul Schneider, who qualified fifth, moved up the field in his No. 73 Comprent Motorsports/Loria Medical FE2 and passed Wills, in the No. 47 Hillenburg Motorsports FE2, for third. Schneider immediately began to challenge second-place driver Whitston.

While Schneider and Whitston battled for second place, Futrelle stretched his legs, gaining a second per lap over the entire field. On lap three, Schneider made his move and got the pass over Whitston for second place, but Whitston didn’t quit and stayed on Schneider’s gearbox.

While Futrelle walked away from the field with determination (setting his fastest time on lap eight), things heated up for third place with Houston Region’s Wills challenging Whitston for that coveted podium. On lap nine, Wills had a huge slide in Canada Corner, obviously giving it everything to catch Whitston. Wills collected himself and continued the chase. Then three laps from the checker, Whitston went off between Turns 5 and 6, handing third to Wills.

When the checkered flag flew, Futrelle scored his fifth National Championship with an 11.176sec lead over second-place finisher Schneider. Wills claimed the final podium spot.

Futrelle was all smiles after the race. “[It’s a] special day! JD, my crew chief all week long, showed up from Athens a week early and prepped this car, and it’s the best car I’ve ever had,” he said. “He’s got a ton of podiums, but this is his first championship as a crew chief, so, shout out to JD, good job!”

After the race, second-place finisher Schneider, who finished third last year, said, “One step closer! I’m looking forward to Road Atlanta next year. Hopefully I can get the win there!”

For his part, Wills enjoyed the race. “It’s the best thing you can do, without a doubt,” he said before heading to the podium celebration to spray Mazza sparkling wine. “It’s a great little car, gets around here in a hurry, it’s a lot of fun.”

Will Franklin finished fourth, Tom Burt fifth, and Mark Greb sixth. The Sunoco Hard Charger Award went to Schneider for his charge from fifth on the grid to second.

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Saturday’s Formula Enterprises 2 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 29:33.587 (avg. 106.815 mph)
Margin of Victory: 11.176 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:11.881 (110.500 mph)
Lap Leaders: #97, Laps 1-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #73 Paul Schneider

 

Photo by Jay Bonvouloir

With an eye on defending his 2025 National Championship in the class at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs®, Brandon Dixon claimed the Formula Continental® (FC) Tire Rack Pole with a vengeance. His qualifying time of 2:10.686 on his No. 7 Citation US2000 fell short of the Runoffs qualifying track record, but it was 1.4sec faster than second-place qualifier and 2024 FC National Champion Michael Varacins. Another second back sat Gavin Moore in third, with fourth-place starter Bill Johnson another 0.9sec behind. Big gaps, indeed, but qualifying is one thing and the race is another.

The 10-car field passed under the Mission Foods bridge on Oct. 3 looking for the green on the first of two Hagerty Race Days, and when the starter showed the flag, all throttles lit up. Dixon caught the green flag the best of the group, quickly getting a multi-car lead over Varacins, with a similar gap to Brian Tomasi (up to third from his sixth-place grid spot) and once more to Bill Johnson.

Moments later, Formula Enterprises® 2 also took the green in a split start (coverage of that race will be on SCCA.com as well).

Fast-forward 13 laps, and it was Dixon still out front taking the checker with an enviable lead over the field. “This has been a great week,” Dixon said after winning the race for the second straight year, adding that his team struggled a little bit earlier in the week. “We got some issues sorted and then the rest of the week has been sort of picture perfect.

“The Runoffs is always very special. I grew up watching this race in Turn 5 about 4 or 5 years old on my dad’s shoulders and never dreamed I’d wind up in this spot, much less to repeat. I couldn’t be happier.”

While Dixon ran away with the win, others were determined to spray Mazza sparkling wine with Dixon on the podium.

At the halfway point, it was Dixon, Varacins, and Tomasi with substantial gaps between them, which made the battle between Dean Kiriluk and Johnson the race to watch. Kiriluk made a smart pass on Johnson for fourth, but Johnson had fight in him, keeping Kiriluk in sight. Up front, Dixon had a 6.5sec lead over Varacins, with Tomasi another four seconds back. Kiriluk, now in fourth, faced an insurmountable 10-second deficit to third.

That 10-second gap was the least of Kiriluk’s concerns (although it would soon take care of itself), as Johnson was not content with fifth, passing teammate Kiriluk to put himself back into fourth. Then, with a few laps remaining, Tomasi’s race ended prematurely, with him retiring from the race, advancing Johnson to third and Kiriluk to fourth.

At the checker, it was Alabama Region’s Dixon with the win, followed nearly 13 seconds later by Varacins out of Chicago Region in his No. 65 Pepperball/Speed Sport/Hoosier Van Diemen RF00.

“It was really just a matter of keeping it clean, keep it on the track and get the thing to the finish line,” said Varacins. “I was hoping I could stay with [Dixon] for a lap or two just to kind of help me pull away from the rest of the group, and it kind of worked out that way a little bit.”

The battle for the final step on the podium was hot, coming down to Johnson vs. Kiriluk, with the two just a few tenths apart for several laps, swapping positions multiple times. Then, exiting the Carousel on the final lap, bad luck struck as the back left suspension on Kiriluk’s car gave way, putting him in the wall and allowing Johnson to cruise to the line in third in his No. 42 Portable Work Tools Van Diemen RF01.

“That was probably the best racing I’ve had in this class,” said Kansas City Region’s Johnson of the battle between him and his teammate. “He was faster in some spots, I was a little faster in some spots, and the draft actually played a huge role in how we got back and forth past each other. It was great, and it was a lot of fun.”

Chris Scharnow finished fourth with Christopher Campanale in fifth. Kiriluk finished sixth, one lap down. In seventh was the Sunoco Hard Charger Gary McDermott, who claimed that award by picking up three spots during the race.

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Saturday’s Formula Continental race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 28:43.063 (avg. 109.947mph)
Margin of Victory: 17.477 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:11.389 (110.913 mph)
Lap Leaders: #7, Laps 1-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #55 Gary McDermott

 

Photo by Jeff Loewe

Kansas Region’s Jesse Prather captured an emotional eighth SCCA® National Championship to equal the tally achieved by his father, Kent Prather, after a gripping battle for victory in the H Production class on Oct. 3, 2026, at the 63rd running of the Mission Foods SCCA National Championship Runoffs®.

Prather’s deciding move on this Hagerty Race Day came at Turn 1 on the 13th and last lap around the 4.048-mile Road America course, sending his little Mazda 2 hard down the inside of the Tire Rack Pole-winning VW Jetta of Chris Schaafsma, and carrying enough momentum to stay ahead.

This pair didn’t have it all their own way, however, as from lap three to checker, they were shadowed by a resurgent Steve Sargis, whose Triumph Spitfire had carved through from the back of the HP pack following mechanical issues in qualifying.

Afterward, a moist-eyed Prather chilled in his No. 34 JPM/Carbotech/Mazda/AMSOIL and declared: “That was the best damn race I ever had! Chris and I worked together really well. As soon as we saw Steve coming, we quit battling and he pushed me quite a bit. He’s got more power than I do, I’ve got better brakes than him … But what a pleasure to race with those guys out there.”

Schaafsma could hardly have made a better start in his No. 23 G-Loc/RaceKeeper/NGP/Tech53/Hoosier 1990 VW Jetta, but Prather’s 2011 Mazda 2 starting alongside him remained on his outside through Turns 1, 2, 3, and 4 until finally the little blue Mazda edged ahead on the run down to the hard-braking zone of Turn 5. At the start of lap two, Schaafsma pulled alongside on the pit straight but was on the outside and eventually had to concede to the Mazda again.

In the meantime, Sargis’s No. 15 Hoosier/Carbotech Triumph Spitfire had carved through from near the back of the grid to where he was right with the leaders into Canada Corner on lap three.

Sargis’s arrival in his mirrors made Schaafsma all the more determined to get around Prather, and with nine laps to go, he got the job done before Turn 1. Blackhawk Valley Region’s Sargis, too, probed the Mazda’s defenses through lap five, but the Spitfire was going to have to find a turn to make the pass, as it couldn’t out-power the more modern cars on the straights. Sargis had a grandstand seat to see Prather dive down the inside of Schaafsma’s VW at Turn 5 to reclaim the lead.

The Mazda survived a wild moment out of Canada Corner on lap seven and lost enough momentum to allow the trio to fan across the track into Turn 1, and for Sargis to briefly taste the lead, but so tight to the apex that he ceded momentum on exit. He appeared to back off on lap nine to watch the lead duo bump-drafting along the straights.

Into Turn 1 on lap 11, Schaafsma claimed the lead from Prather just past the start/finish line, by which time Sargis was back in the fray and stalking the pair. Into the last lap, Prather made a hard lunge at Turn 1 to snatch the lead and carried enough momentum to retain the advantage. Schaafsma’s retaliatory attempt at Turn 5 was fouled by what sounded like a missed gear, and the lost momentum on exit actually allowed Prather to escape to victory. 

Prather’s Mazda crossed the line 0.882sec ahead of Chicago Region’s Schaafsma who nonetheless recovered to stave off Sargis by just under two seconds. Sargis, for his run from 11th on the grid to third earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award. The three were followed by Brayden Connolly in a Fiat X, Greg Gauper in a Honda Civic Si, and Chris Albin in his VW Golf, rounding out the top 6. 

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Saturday’s H Production race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 34.36.360 (avg. 91.240mph)
Margin of Victory: 0.882 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:38.036 (92.212mph)
Lap Leaders: #23, Laps 1, 5, 11-12; #34, Laps 2-4, 6-10, 13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #18 Steve Sargis

 

Photo by Jay Bonvouloir

After claiming his inaugural Tire Rack Pole Award on Friday, Derek Ketchie and his No. 15 Babyface Fabrication/G-Loc Honda Civic led a 16-car Super Touring® Lite (STL) class to the green flag Saturday morning as part of the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Road America in Wisconsin. Temperatures where in the low 50-degree range for the 13-lap contest on the first of two Hagerty Race Days taking place Oct. 3-4, 2026, to identify the best of the best competing in the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program.

The STL race, one of 23 slated at America’s National Park of Speed over 48 hours, featured a stacked field of competitors that included three previous National Champions in the class. Nonetheless, Ketchie held strong into Turn 1 at the start and emerged with the lead. Behind him, Nick Leverone got by the No. 9 OceanMachinery/Nelson/MCS Mazda MX-5 of Danny Steyn for second. Defending STL Champion Mike Taylor found his way to fourth, and Jose Osiris Peña slotted fifth in the No. 199 Wave Products/La Cremosa Honda CRX followed by Adam Sargis.

The opening lap concluded with Ketchie at the front, Steyn second after getting around Leverone, and Taylor making up the front pack with Peña and Sargis a bit behind. Positions changed further on the second lap as Taylor moved around Leverone for third.

The fourth lap saw Leverone retake the third spot as Taylor’s car experienced troubles and slowed before departing the race. Out front, Ketchie had only managed to generate a half-second lead on Steyn.

As the race progressed, Ketchie and Steyn were able to move off a bit, leaving Leverone and Peña 6-seconds back working out third and fourth positions. Sargis was sitting comfortably fifth with Amy Mills, Gonzalo Aponte and Bill Collins thrilling spectators with some tight racing right behind.

The race’s midway point saw Peña move around Leverone for third. In fourth was Sargis with a car emitting smoke, and Aponte was now leading Mills in the battle for sixth and seventh.

With four laps remaining, Steyn started to put the pressure on Ketchie. On successive laps, he showed his nose to the inside of Ketchie going into Canada Corner. Ketchie, from SCCA’s Central Carolinas Region, got squirrelly exiting the last corner at one point after placing his rear tires in the grass. Still, Steyn couldn’t capitalize and Ketchie crossed under the checker a few laps later with a 0.499sec victory over Steyn. That’s win number one for Ketchie in three attempts.

“Wow. I’m shocked that I’m here,” Ketchie said while being interviewed before his victory lap. “This was such a rough week. We worked and we worked so hard all year to get here. This has been a phenomenal experience. You have to pinch me because I still can’t believe this is happening.”

Steyn finished second for his fourth silver medal in STL at the Runoffs. That’s the eighth time he has had the opportunity to uncork a bottle from Mazza Wines, the Official Sparkling Wine supplier to SCCA, during a podium celebration. Additionally, this was Steyn’s first Runoffs race since a serious incident at the National Championship event two years ago sidelined him for more than 12 months.

“It’s wonderful to be back. Road America, SCCA, the Runoffs, my family … you know how much this means to me just to be back playing with everyone I love,” Steyn said. “But what a hell of a drive by mister Derek Ketchie. I had nothing for him.”

Nearly 10 seconds back, Peña and Leverone continued their battle around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit to see who would claim the final podium step. Ultimately, Peña got the spot by only 0.584sec over Leverone and his Mazda Miata. For Peña, this was his eighth podium appearance in 10 Runoffs races.

Further back, Aponte and Mills were mixing it up behind Sargis. On the last lap, however, Sargis’ car expired. That gifted the fifth spot to Aponte in a Honda S2000 and earned him the Sunoco Hard Charger award after starting in the 15th position. Just 0.375sec back, Mills finished sixth driving a Mazda Miata.

The 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® is the pinnacle of American amateur motorsports and crowns Sports Car Club of America™ Champions as part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program. In 2026, two Hagerty Race Days at Wisconsin’s Road America decide 23 gold-medal winners.

The live, online Runoffs Broadcast presented by Mazda features video over both competition days at SCCA’s Official YouTube Channel. Live timing and scoring for each race is also available at SCCA.com/live.

Below are official results for Saturday’s Super Touring Lite race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs; with finish position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, and laps completed.

 

Race Stats

Length of Race: 52.62 miles
Overall Time of Race: 32:50.467 (avg. 96.143 mph)
Margin of Victory: 00.499 seconds
Fastest Race Lap: 2:30.657 (96.728 mph)
Lap Leaders: #15, Laps 1-13
Sunoco Hard Charger: #44 Gonzalo Aponte

 

 

Photo by Jay Bonvouloir

After three qualifying sessions held over two days, starting grids for the upcoming Hagerty Race Days are now set for drivers competing across 23 car classes during the 2026 Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® taking place Oct. 3-4, 2026, in Wisconsin at Road America.

That means we now have the list of 2026 Tire Rack Pole Award winners. Each polesitter has earned $500 to spend at Tire Rack. Equally important is the psychological and competitive advantage they gain by starting out front, thus enhancing their chance of reaching the checkered flag first. Winners then head to a victory podium celebration where they’ll uncork and spray a bottle from Mazza Wine, the Runoffs’ “Official Sparkling Wine.”

The next two days of racing will see competitors tackle Road America’s iconic 14-turn, 4.048-mile circuit that has been making motorsports history for 70 years now. Each contest is scheduled to be either 13 laps or 40 minutes in length.

Firsts!

While it’s always great to gather up Tire Rack Pole Award honors, a driver’s first time is pretty special. Within the list of 2026 Runoffs polesitters, there are plenty of first-time tales.

Let’s begin with Derek Ketchie, who drove his Honda Civic to a first ever pole in Super Touring® Lite. Perry Richardson is a first timer, too, and came all the way from SCCA’s San Francisco Region with his Stohr WF1 to claim the top Prototype starting position.

Kudos also goes to Dudley Fleck who garnered his only Tire Rack Pole Award on Friday in Formula Atlantic® driving a Swift 016a Mazda in his 12th Runoffs appearance. At the other end of that spectrum is David Ybarra, a young man who drove his Mygale SJ14 Honda to the pole in Formula F on his very first go at the National Championship.

In Spec Miata, Brett Kowalski claimed his first pole, which is a major accomplishment considering 15th was his previous best starting spot in five Runoffs appearances. Then in Spec MX-5, Skyler Cottrell took his first pole in only his third go at the Runoffs, his inaugural visit taking place back in 2022 at VIRginia International Raceway as part of the Spec Miata field.

Also on the list of “firsts” is Stephen Simonds in F Production, who this year piloted his Mazda Miata to an inaugural Tire Rack Pole Award. He was at the top of the chart for two of the three qualifying sessions this year. Richard Astacio also now owns his very first Tire Rack Pole Award after he and his Lotus Exige showed themselves to be the quickest Super Touring Under combination.

The Tire Rack Pole Award winner in Formula Vee® (FV) was Zachary Whitston. That’s his first, and fifth overall for the Whitston family. Although, Zach has a way to go if he wants to catch brother Andrew who has started at the front of the FV field four times in 15 years.

Finally, that brings us to Scotty B. White. By no means a newcomer to Tire Rack Pole Award honors, seeing he already had three, he did earn his first-ever pole in the Touring 2 (T2) class driving a Ford Mustang GT. The one thing that has escaped White in 47 previous Runoffs races is a National Championship. Could this be his year? Starting on pole in T2 certainly can’t hurt his odds, right?

Reigning

When a reigning National Champion starts on pole during a Hagerty Race Day, other competitors already know they’ll have their work cut out for them if they’re going to earn a gold medal. That will certainly be the case in Touring 4 where reigning champ Matt Spicuzzi drove his Mazda RX-8 to a third-straight pole.

The same scenario exists for those in the Formula Continental® (FC) field as current Champion Brandon Dixon, in a Citation US2000, claimed his fourth Tire Rack Pole Award – that’s two in a row for him as far as FC competition is concerned.

Current Formula Entreprises 2 National Champion Franklin Futrelle will again lead the field to the green flag just before lunch on Saturday as he claimed his second consecutive Tire Rack Pole Award in that class. That’s his fourth, with the previous two coming in Spec Racer® Ford Gen3 (SRF3) events.

Perhaps no surprise to anyone, but in 2026 Tony Ave managed to notch his sixth overall Tire Rack Pole Award, this one being his fourth in the GT-1 class. As the reigning GT-1 National Champion, he’ll be a force to be reckoned with in Sunday evening’s race – assuming he has any energy left from the other four Runoffs races he’s competing in across both Hagerty Race Days this year.

Superfast

Each Tire Rack Pole Award recipient is fast in one way or another. A few, however, are uniquely quick. That is certainly the story for Calvin Stewart. On Friday, he executed a lap of 2:18.489 in his Novakar Blade Suzuki, which reset the Formula 600 qualifying record at Road America. It also led to his fifth Tire Rack Pole Award.

Other speedy drivers of note include those who reset qualifying track records at America’s National Park of Speed on Friday. First on that list is Touring 3 (T3) driver Nic Hammann and his Nissan 370Z Nismo. Hammann, the reigning T3 National Champion, turned a lap of 2:27.890 to reset the class lap record at Road America on his way to a second-straight Tire Rack Pole Award.

B-Spec racer Josh Schmidt gobbled up his second pole award in a Chevrolet Sonic, and with a lap of 2:51.987 he also now owns the class qualifying record. John Atwell, driving a Ford Mustang in the GT-2 field, reset the track’s fast mark with a 2:09.634 en route to what will be his first pole appearance on a Hagerty Race Day.

Tyler Stephens also now owns the SRF3 qualifying track record after he produced a lap of 2:27.443 on his way to a first-ever Tire Rack Pole Award. The top seven qualifiers in the class were also under the previous record, so expect that to be one humdinger of an event Sunday afternoon.

’26 Runoffs Qualifying Results

Tire Rack ’26 Pole Award Rundown

Below are provisional polesitters across the 23 different Runoffs classes with driver name, SCCA Region, car, and fastest lap time. An asterisk (*) indicates a new qualifying track record at Road America.
– American Sedan®: Andrew McDermid, Detroit Region, Ford Mustang GT, 2:26.911
-*B-Spec: Josh Schmidt, North Carolina Region, Chevrolet Sonic, 2:51.987
– E Production: Jon Brakke, Land O’Lakes Region, BMW Z3, 2:29.239
– F Production: Stephen Simonds, Houston Region, Mazda Miata, 2:33.275
– H Production: Chris Schaafsma, Chicago Region, Volkswagen Jetta, 2:39.406
– Formula Atlantic: Dudley Fleck, Iowa Region, Swift 016a Mazda, 2:02.513
– Formula Continental: Brandon Dixon, Alabama Region, Citation US2000, 2:10.686
– Formula Enterprises® 2: Franklin Futrelle, Atlanta Region, SCCA Ent FE2, 2:12.326
– Formula F: David Ybarra, Texas Region, Mygale SJ14 Honda, 2:23.047
-*Formula 600: Calvin Stewart, Detroit Region, Novakar Blade Suzuki, 2:18.489
– Formula Vee: Zachary Whitston, Lone Star Region, Protoform P2, 2:46.536
– GT-1: Tony Ave, Central Carolinas Region, Chevrolet Camaro, 2:02.981
-*GT-2: John Atwell, Texas Region, Ford Mustang, 2:09.634
– Prototype: Perry Richardson, San Francisco Region, Stohr WF1, 2:02.281
– Prototype 2: Greg Gyann, Chicago Region, Stohr WF1 Suzuki, 2:10.606
– Spec Miata: Brett Kowalski, Pan American Region, Mazda Miata, 2:42.173
– Spec MX-5: Skyler Cottrell, Atlanta Region, Mazda MX-5, 2:36.472
-*Spec Racer Ford Gen3: Tyler Stephens, Northeast Oklahoma Region, SCCA Ent SRF3, 2:27.443
– Super Touring Lite: Derek Ketchie, Central Carolinas Region, Honda Civic, 2:30.537
– Super Touring Under: Richard Astacio, New England Region, Lotus Exige, 2:24.912
– Touring 2: Scotty B White, Northwest Region, Ford Mustang GT, 2:23.977
-*Touring 3: Nic Hammann, Kansas City Region, Nissan 370Z Nismo, 2:27.890
– Touring 4: Matt Spicuzzi, Detroit Region, Mazda RX-8, 2:35.876

Watch ’26 Runoffs from Road America Online

Complimenting both Hagerty Race Days is a multi-camera Runoffs broadcast presented by Mazda. Available online around the globe, enjoy the action via smartphone, tablet, smart TV, or desktop and laptop computer at SCCA’s YouTube channel. Up-to-the-moment timing and scoring data is also available at the Runoffs Live Timing/Scoring webpage.

John Fippin, Brendan Kaczmarek, Larry MacLeod, and Tom O’Gorman will provide the color and play-by-play over the two days. Heyward Wagner also returns to his role in pit lane for race insight, as well as immediate reactions from the podium finishers. The high-quality race broadcast will again be assembled by longtime Runoffs producers at Apex Broadcast.

Of course, the Runoffs at Road America is best enjoyed in person, and spectator ticket prices are very reasonable. Click here for ticket information, then get out to America’s National Park of Speed for two fantastic days of racing.

’26 Runoffs Broadcast        Runoffs Timing/Scoring

Photo: Tire Rack Pole Award winners at 2026 Runoffs 

Photo by Jon Krolewicz

Hawk Performance, the Official Brake Products of SCCA® since 2003, added an extra layer of excitement to Friday qualifying at the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA National Championship Runoffs® by recognizing one driver from each competition class who made the biggest improvement in position over three qualifying sessions. That hot-shoe was named a Hawk “Brake-Through” Performer and now receives a free set of Hawk brake pads for a street car, race car, or tow vehicle.

For nearly 30 years, championship winning drivers and teams have demanded Hawk Performance motorsports brake pads. The company leverages its experience on the track, and technology used in aerospace and the military, to make first-class products in the USA. It has also helped to keep Runoffs volunteers fed and ready to go during some lunch breaks Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2026, at beautiful Road America in Wisconsin. 

Hawk’s advanced technology is also available for daily-driven cars, trucks, and SUVs thanks to Hawk Performance street products. With the LTS compound for SUVs and Jeeps, Super-Duty pads for tow vehicles, and brake fluids for both the street and the racetrack, Hawk has every braking need covered. Learn more by visiting HawkPerformance.com, then help out by giving Hawk a “like” on Facebook and Instagram.

Hawk “Brake-Through” Winners at ’26 SCCA Runoffs

The following list contains the names of Hawk “Brake-Through” Performers for the 2026 Runoffs. Each entry below includes the car class, driver’s name, SCCA Region, and number of positions gained between the first and third qualifying sessions. Competitors had to post a time in the first or second session to be eligible. In the event of a tie, the driver who found the most time in session three was named the award winner.

Winners can retrieve their reward by visiting the Contingency Table in Tech on Saturday, Oct. 3, between 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Central Time.

– American Sedan®: Andrew McDermid, Detroit Region, (7)
– B-Spec: Jim Ebben, Milwaukee Region, (12)
– E Production: Jon Brakke, Land O’ Lakes Region, (3)
– F Production: Peter Shadowen, Florida Region, (7)
– H Production: Greg Gauper, Milwaukee Region, (5)
– Formula Atlantic®: Dudley Fleck, Iowa Region, (1)
– Formula Continental®: Bill Johnson, Kansas City Region, (2)
– Formula Enterprises® 2: Dean Oppermann, Chicago Region, (0)
– Formula F: Andrew Moran, Cincinnati Region, (5)
– Formula 600: Joseph Schwartz, Milwaukee Region, (2)
– Formula Vee®: Dave Scaler, South Jersey Region, (13)
– GT-1: Dave Ruehlow, Milwaukee Region, (0)
– GT-2: Jack Stanford, Atlanta Region, (2)
– Prototype: Lee Alexander, Milwaukee Region, (3)
– Prototype 2: Greg Gyann, Chicago Region, (2)
– Spec Miata: Nicholas Bruni, Washington DC Region, (21)
– Spec MX-5: Skyler Cottrell, Atlanta Region, (8)
– Spec Racer® Ford Gen3: Isaac Roethel, Milwaukee Region, (14)
– Super Touring® Lite: Derek Ketchie, Central Carolinas Region, (5)
– Super Touring Under: Anthony Geraci, New York Region, (2)
– Touring 2: Bart Adams, Houston Region, (3)
– Touring 3: Rob Piekarczyk, Northeast Ohio Region, (1)
– Touring 4: Alex Lozano, Detroit Region, (4)

Photo by Philip Royle

While all eyes are on the Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2026, Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® right now, the planning for the 2027 Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour season is also full throttle.

Part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing Program, the tentative 2027 Super Tour schedule offers a direct path to the Runoffs through events at a variety of racetracks across the country, many of which SCCA racers are familiar with.

“We’re excited to continue bringing the 2027 Hoosier SCCA Super Tour to many of the same tracks as we did this year,” said Sydney Davis Yagel, SCCA’s Senior Manager of Road Racing. “The return of Sebring and the opportunity to work with Central Florida Region again is one I’m looking forward to.”

The Sebring International Raceway event was absent from the 2026 schedule but returns to kick off the Hoosier Super Tour season on Jan. 8-10, 2027. The 3.741-mile, 17-turn course is a competitor favorite and one of the oldest continuously operating racetracks in the U.S.

Buttonwillow Raceway Park will be the first West Coast event of the year, taking place Feb. 20-21. Events at Buttonwillow are always a driver favorite, much in part to Cal Club Region’s organization of the event.

With the home of the Runoffs moving to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in 2027 and 2028, the Atlanta Region-hosted Hoosier Super Tour event on March 5-7 will be a must-attend.

The series continues on the East Coast with a visit to VIRginia International Raceway on April 3-4, before heading to Oklahoma for a stop at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit on April 24-25. May and June will feature back-to-back weekends at Portland International Raceway and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and the Chicago Region June Sprints® at Road America and Watkins Glen International, respectively.

After a smashing debut in 2026, the Hoosier Super Tour will return for a season finale at Barber Motorsports Park, located just outside of Birmingham, AL, on Aug. 28-30.

“Tennessee Valley and Alabama Regions did a fantastic job hosting their first Hoosier Super Tour last year, and we can’t wait to finish out the season there again in 2027,” said Yagel. “With Fridays not available due to a long-standing track partnership, the 2027 event will feature a unique three-day schedule from Saturday through Monday.”

There’s a possibility for an 11th Hoosier Super Tour event, but details are still being ironed out.

“This time of year, we typically focus on finishing our current season,” said Yagel, adding, “however, we know how important it is to get dates out to drivers and volunteers to plan for the upcoming year. We’re excited to get most of these dates out in plenty of time for scheduling time off and working around family and school schedules.”

2027 Tentative Hoosier SCCA Super Tour Calendar

The final points-earning event of the 2027 Hoosier Super Tour will be the Oct. 17-23, 2027, National Championship Runoffs, held at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

For more information about the Hoosier SCCA Super Tour, check out the Super Tour website.

About the Hoosier Super Tour

The Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour offers a heightened experience for both competitors and race fans, with the series boasting a live video broadcast featuring up to 12 cameras via DriversEye Live and a professional announcing team, all streamed for free to SCCA’s YouTube channel. Weekends include segmented timing and scoring, a service unavailable at most amateur motorsport events.

Dedicated staffing with a series Race Director, Clerk of the Course, timing team, administrator, and technical inspector working in conjunction with local event personnel is an additional feature of the Hoosier Super Tour. SCCA public relations staff provide weekend race coverage and post-race winner videos streamed onto SCCA’s Road Racing Facebook page.

Hoosier Super Tour events also have enhanced weekend social activities for volunteers, drivers, crew, and family, where applicable.

The Hoosier Super Tour serves as Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing’s nationwide point championship. The point structure remains the same as previous years with the best six Hoosier Super Tour races, plus a Runoffs finish, contributing toward points championship scoring. Point totals for the Hoosier Super Tour are maintained by SCCA National Office staff, and can be viewed at SCCA.com’s road racing points page.

Only SCCA Full Competition License holders may register to compete at Hoosier Super Tour events.

Photo by Dave Green

It’s dry, cool and sunny at Road America in Wisconsin, which is fantastic for challengers taking part in Friday’s final qualifying chance during the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® taking place Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2026, at America’s National Park of Speed.

By day’s end we’ll know which drivers across 23 different car classes will lead their respective fields to the green flag over two upcoming Hagerty Race Days. The quickest drivers will also be feted tonight with Tire Rack Pole Award honors.

Each class has one more 19-minute session today around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit positioned between Elkhart Lake and Plymouth. Things will progress quickly, so don’t miss a moment of the video broadcast coverage at the SCCA YouTube channel. Live Timing/Scoring for qualifying can also be monitored by clicking the link below.

’26 Runoffs Qualifying Timing/Scoring

Rewards Aplenty Friday

Valued partners add so much every year to the entirety of Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing Program activities. That most certainly includes the final day of qualifying at the Runoffs, during which Hawk “Brake-Through” Performers and Tire Rack Pole Award winners will be announced.

Hawk Performance, the Official Brake Products of SCCA since 2003, adds an extra layer of excitement by recognizing one driver from each competition class who makes the biggest improvement in position by day’s end. That hot-shoe receives a free set of Hawk brake pads for street cars, race cars, or tow vehicles. Winners, however, must have posted a time in an earlier qualifying session to be eligible for this reward.

For nearly 30 years, championship winning drivers and teams have demanded Hawk Performance motorsports brake pads. The company leverages its experience on the track, and technology used in aerospace and the military, to make first-class products in the USA. It has also helped to keep Runoffs volunteers fed and ready to go during lunch breaks.

Hawk’s advanced technology is also available for daily-driven cars, trucks, and SUVs thanks to Hawk Performance street products. With the LTS compound for SUVs and Jeeps, Super-Duty pads for tow vehicles, and brake fluids for both the street and the racetrack, Hawk has every braking need covered, and learn more by visiting HawkPerformance.com. Then help out by giving Hawk a “like” on Facebook and Instagram.

There’s even more excitement Friday after qualifying concludes with an elaborate Tire Rack Pole Award ceremony held in Road America’s Victory Circle. The quickest drivers receive $500 to spend at Tire Rack and gain a competitive and psychological advantage during Hagerty Race Days. The ultimate goal? Reach the checkered flag first for a special victory podium celebration and the chance to spray a bottle from Mazza Wines, the Runoffs’ Official Sparkling Wine supplier for more than a decade.

Super Sweep Contenders in ‘26

Established in 2009, the SCCA Road Racing Super Sweep is one of the most demanding accomplishments a Club racer can achieve. To merit the award in 2026, drivers must win one Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour race, a Hoosier Super Tour Points Championship, a U.S. Majors Tour® Conference Championship, and a National Championship Runoffs race – all within a single class.

Only three elite drivers earned Super Sweep honors in 2025, which stands as testament to the immense skill and commitment required for the feat. That shortlist included Jeff Dernehl in GT3U, Gregory Eaton in American Sedan®, and Spec MX-5 driver Ethan Lampe.

At Road America this year, 13 different classes have drivers who could achieve a Super Sweep – and nearly 20 drivers are still in the hunt before Hagerty Race Days begin. Some drivers only require a Runoffs race win, while others need a combination of factors to align.

It’s a complicated equation, especially when a Runoffs performance counts toward the Hoosier Super Tour Nationwide Points Championship.

The best way to stay on top of developments is to pull up the Runoffs Hagerty Race Day video broadcast at SCCA’s YouTube channel.

Big Friday Night Party Plans

Friday is a humdinger when it comes to end-of-day entertainment. The fun begins at 6 p.m. with the Tire Rack Pole Award celebration at Road America’s Victory Circle. That’s followed by this year’s #2Fast2Tasty Block Party, which is made possible thanks to the event’s title sponsor, Mission Foods. The Block Party will be centered around victory circle and includes an expanded catering queue so everyone gets plenty to eat. Victory circle is also where the 2026 Worker of the Year Presented by Mazda awards will begin at 7:30 p.m., that way everyone can experience the surprise.

Photo by Philip Royle