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.
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 features six geographic Conferences which provides and opportunity for drivers to compete for a season-long point championship against the best in their area while limiting travel. The Hoosier Super Tour takes that concept on the road, highlighting events at some of the best tracks in the country that count toward a true nation-wide point title.
The annual Hoosier Super Tour schedule and line-up of race tracks would be right at home on any professional road race calendar. Watkins Glen International, Portland International Raceway, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Chicago Region SCCA June Sprints® at Road America and VIRginia International Raceway are just a few of the world-renowned tracks that the series visits. The biggest event in Road Racing each year remains 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
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.
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.”
Several hundred drivers compete for National Championship medals in 24 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
The 2026 qualification paths to the Runoffs were participation based. Competitors must have participated in three Hoosier Super Tour/Conference Majors weekends or two Hoosier Super Tour/Conference Majors plus two Regional races to qualify. No matter the path, drivers must have also completed three individual Hoosier Super Tour/Conference Majors races to earn an invitation. Defending Runoffs Champions have the option of using a Champions provisional to qualify.
Why go to the Runoffs?
SCCA Club racers compete for trophies and bragging rights, 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, Patrick Gallagher 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.
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 1983, the Runoffs was first introduced to the title as the "Road Racing Classic - The Runoffs” and by 1987 the event name was shorted to The Runoffs - no matter the commercial title or presenting sponsors.
The event continues to evolve, but remains the most competitive and highly attended amateur race in the nation. The race in 2004 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course eclipsed 700 drivers for the first time, and 709 drivers started in 24 class races at Road America in 2014. The all-time participation record was set 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 and beyond. Each year the event attracts workers from as far away as Hawaii and Canada.
