The Summit Racing Equipment Road Racing program is the backbone of the SCCA with a program for almost everyone. Road Racing offers the opportunity to experience the excitement by climbing into a racecar and competing against other amateur drivers or working on a corner within inches of all the action.

Volunteer Workers & Officials

Getting involved as a worker or official is as easy as going to a local event and volunteering to help. Workers are issued a license just like the competition drivers, and can work their way up through the four levels of licenses by participating at different events and gaining the knowledge and experience necessary to hold a national specialty license. SCCA licensed workers help staff most of the motorsport events held in the United States in one capacity or another. To start your journey as an SCCA Volunteer Worker, please visit: http://www.scca.com/trackside.

Competition Driving

Club racers begin their racing careers by requesting a novice permit and participating in an SCCA Driver’s School. Upon successful completion of the school, drivers then compete in three races to earn an SCCA Full Competition License. Holders of a Full Competition License can compete in Regional, U.S. Majors Tour and Hoosier Super Tour events. A separate Regional and National license is no longer required.

The Hoosier Super Tour and U.S. Majors Tour are the top levels of amateur road racing in North America. The U.S. Majors Tour featured 34 events in six geographic Conferences during 2019, giving top racers a true season-long point championship to chase. Of those 36 weekends, 11 were Hoosier Super Tour events. The Hoosier Super Tour and U.S. Majors Tour are only one step below SCCA Pro Racing, and many of the Pro drivers in SCCA series, as well as other series, developed from the SCCA Road Racing ranks.

Among the largest Road Racing events held this year were Hoosier Super Tour races at Sebring International Raceway, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, VIRginia International Raceway, Watkins Glen International and the June Sprints® at Road America. The biggest event in Road Racing each year is the SCCA National Championship Runoffs.

Road Race Levels

The U.S. Majors Tour is the pinnacle of amateur championship racing in North America.

This isn't Easy Street. This is where America's best amateur drivers race. It means start-to-finish, wheel-to-wheel action. It's where drivers not only put their cars on the track, they put their pride on the line.

Make no mistake, this is not country club driving. The kindred spirit found here is mixed with fuel and emotion. Adrenaline pumps a little harder here.

Take a close look. It's not for everyone. If you long for the flag that welcomes or denies you, we have a spot for you. Welcome to the Majors.

Hoosier Super Tour

Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour consists of multiple weekends at premier tracks across the United States.  Each event includes two races for each Runoffs-eligible car class.

Venues are selected based on various attributes.  Some have decades of history with a record book featuring the biggest names in all of motorsport. Other sites are top “pro” tracks offering the best quality racing surface and amenities. And certain tracks were selected because they are the best “club” courses in the country, where challenging layouts are matched with warm hospitality and a “family feel” to the paddock area.

Offering a heightened experience for both competitors and race fans, Hoosier Super Tour events include segmented timing and scoring, streaming video coverage with on-site play-by-play radio calls featuring insight and entertainment, and dedicated staffing with a series race director, administrator and technical inspector. 

Hoosier Super Tour drivers earn points toward two separate point championships, the U.S. Majors Tour Conference Championships, which include other non-Hoosier Super Tour Majors events, and the Hoosier Super Tour Championship.  Hoosier Super Tour Champions earn a free set of tires, a commemorative trophy and jacket for their achievement. The points structure is the same as the U.S. Majors Tour with the best six Hoosier Super Tour races, plus the Runoffs finish, going toward deciding class champions.


2026 Hoosier Super Tour Schedule

As always, the calendar is subject to change, but the 2026 Hoosier SCCA Super Tour consists of the following events:

February 21-22: Buttonwillow Raceway Park; Buttonwillow, CA 
(Cal Club Region – Western Conference)

March 6-8: Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta; Braselton, GA
(Atlanta Region – Southeast Conference)

April 4-5: VIRginia International Raceway; Alton, VA 
(North Carolina Region – DUAL Northeast/Southeast Conferences)

April 25-26: Hallett Motor Racing Circuit; Jennings, OK
(Ark Valley Race Group – DUAL Mid-States/Southern Conference)

May 9-10: Portland International Raceway; Portland, OR
(Oregon Region – Western Conference)

May 15-17: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course; Lexington, OH 
(Ohio Valley Region – Northern Conference)

June 5-7: Road America- WeatherTech Chicago Region® June Sprints®; Plymouth, WI
(Chicago Region – Northern Conference)

June 19-21: Watkins Glen International; Watkins Glen, NY
(Finger Lakes Region – Northeast Conference)

August 29-30: Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL
(Alabama & Tennessee Valley Regions – Southeast Conference)

The Hoosier Super Tour is also a gateway to the SCCA National Championship Runoffs being held September 28 - October 4, 2026 at Road America.

  

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The SCCA National Championship Runoffs has evolved into what is now commonly agreed to be the pinnacle of amateur American motorsports. The Runoffs were named by Car and Driver magazine as one of the Top 10 racing events in motorsports and Edmunds called the event “an institution.” This year marks the 62nd Runoffs, and a return visit to Road America.

Several hundred drivers compete for National Championship medals in 23 classes. Every year, the event produces close, competitive racing and provides a glimpse at future road racing stars. Starting in 2014, the Runoffs began a rotation of tracks hosting the event for just two or three years at a time, like golf’s U.S. Open or the Super Bowl. 

Qualification Criteria

There were two qualification paths to the Runoffs this year, utilizing the U.S. Majors Tour/Hoosier Super Tour path and the Majors path. The Majors path is based on race weekends, race finishers and points. For the Majors path, drivers had to participate in four Runoffs Qualifier weekends and achieve a top three finish within a class, or top five finish in Spec Miata or Spec Racer Ford Gen3. Defending Runoffs Champions have the option of using a Champions provisional to qualify.

Why go to the Runoffs? 

While the big names make thousands or even millions of dollars a year, Club racers normally compete for trophies. There are a few classes supported by contingency sponsors throughout the season, but most of the time when a Club driver is on the track it is for fun and to test himself/herself against fellow competitors. Winning a National Championship at the Runoffs means defeating the best SCCA Road Racing has to offer, and allows victors to claim, “I am the best in the country.” The long list of past National Champions reads like a who’s who of motor racing: Bobby Rahal, Graham Rahal, Jimmy Vasser, Scott Sharp, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, Skip Barber, Boris Said, Michael Galati and Paul Newman are just a few of the familiar names. For many of these drivers, a National Championship was just a stepping-stone on their way to making a name for themselves in auto racing. A National Championship looks good on the racing resume and can help with sponsorship proposals for the following year. Securing a sponsor can help with a bigger and better season the following year, be it in Club or Pro Racing.

SCCA National Championship History

From 1951 through 1964, Sports Car Club of America determined its amateur road racing National Champions on a nationwide point basis from the United States Road Racing Championship, a select series of National races run throughout the country. In the first three years, only one overall champion was named. From 1954 on, champions were named in each of the SCCA amateur classes. In 1964, it was decided that a better way would be to gather the best amateur road racers in one place to compete against each other in an Interdivisional Championship Event. In the first two years, the winners were not officially recognized as the SCCA National Champions. 1966 was the first year the event was officially designated as the SCCA National Championship event. In retrospect, The Runoffs winners of 1964 and 1965 are similarly recognized. Therefore, in 1964, there were two Championships - the final year of the point series and the first year of the Runoffs.

Runoffs History

Over the years, the name has changed, as well as the method of qualifying for the event. But the idea has remained the same: gather the best amateur road racers in one place and let them compete against each other. For the first six years, the Championship event alternated between Riverside International Raceway in California (1964, 1966 & 1968) and Daytona International Speedway in Florida (1965, 1967 & 1969). For the next 24 years, the Runoffs were held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The Runoffs moved to Lexington, Ohio and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course from 1994 to 2005. In 2006, the Runoffs added a fifth track to its resume, that of Heartland Park Topeka in Kansas, followed by Road America in 2009. In 2014, the Runoffs started an alternating schedule. To begin this new rotation, SCCA selected one of the country’s most historic road courses west of the Mississippi: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This marked the first time the Runoffs took place out west since the event’s final visit to Riverside International Raceway. Since then, the Runoffs has visited Daytona International Raceway (2015), Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2016), Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2017), Sonoma Raceway (2018), VIRginia International Raceway (2019) and Road America (2020) before returning to Indianapolis in 2021. The Runoffs called VIR home for 2022 and 2023, and from 2024 to 2026, the Runoffs head back to Road America.

During the early years, the event was known as the American Road Race of Champions (ARRC). The first year at Riverside saw 183 cars entered in 13 races for 17 classes. Practice began on Wednesday with qualifying Thursday and Friday followed by races on Saturday and Sunday. In 1973, when Champion Spark Plugs signed on as the event sponsor, the name became the Champion Spark Plug Road Racing Classic (CSPRRC). In 1983, the words “The Runoffs” were added to the Champion Spark Plug Road Racing Classic. Then in 1985, Valvoline Oil took over as sponsor of the event and it became the Valvoline Road Racing Classic - The Runoffs (VRRC). 1987 saw the name shortened to just “The Valvoline Runoffs,” which was used until 2005 when Kohler was named as the presenting sponsor. The 2007 event was sponsored by AT&T, with Subway presenting the 2010 event.

Many Road Racing drivers are not interested in becoming a professional racer and are content to test themselves annually at the Runoffs, which makes for many return entries each year. During the 24 years that the Runoffs were held at Road Atlanta, many of the competitors gathered quite a following of local fans.

The number of entries has grown over the past 30 years. The race in 2004 eclipsed 700 drivers for the first time, and 709 drivers started in 24 class races at Road America in 2014. But that record was reset in 2017 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with 969 entries. The biggest race in Club Racing has always been supported by the workers from across the country. Each year the event attracts workers from as far away as Hawaii and Canada.