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’21 Solo Contingency Programs Now Available

Visit the SCCA Solo Contingency Webpage for Details Poetry has made a resurgence in popularity of late, so we thought we’d try our hand at using it to deliver news. Without further ado, here’s a limerick for the 2021 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo crowd concerning contingency: Here’s a story ’bout autocrossSCCA Solo the best for usBut […]

Dahnert Hired as SCCA Sr. Director of Finance and Administration

A familiar face is returning to the Sports Car Club of America’s office in Topeka, Kansas. Jeff Dahnert has resumed the role of Sr. Director of Finance and Administration for the SCCA, a role he previously held from 2004 to 2009 before serving the Club as President and CEO from 2009 to 2013. During Dahnert’s […]

Here’s Your Chance to Save on Track Nights with SCCA & Hagerty

Prepare for Your Track Night Entry Discounts! Track Night in America Driven by Tire Rack is a non-competitive, no-stress, entertaining, easy and inexpensive way to get on track. Have a fun streetcar and want to have a great time behind the wheel, but are you trying to stay on a budget simultaneously? When we say […]

Racing Miatas: The Ultimate Community Experience | Sam Silver Interview

Experience the high-committment thrills and intense competition of Spec Miata racing with the Sports Car Club of America. In this feature, we sit down with dedicated SCCA driver Sam Silver to explore why this popular class, which exclusively utilizes Mazda Miatas, is a cornerstone of amateur club racing. Whether you are battling for every single […]

Looking Forward to Buttonwillow With Racers360

Are you headed to Buttonwillow Raceway for this weekend’s Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour?  Do you want to show up ready to go and be fast from your very first on track session? If you answered “yes” to both of those, then Racers360 may be your new favorite website! In the videos below we […]

Join Us On GRM Live!

We love our friends at Grassroots Motorsports, their passion for all things #FunWithCars, and their ability to turn any situation into a chance to have a great time. In that vein, we–in the Marketing Department–get a little nervous when JG Pasterjak hosts Heyward Wagner on GRM Live to talk about the SCCA. You never know […]

Get To Know The SCCA Foundation

We know the legal language, some of us by heart over the years — “The SCCA Foundation supports hands-on education and safety programs, recognizes excellence in automotive engineering education and promotes the SCCA’s heritage and club history. The goal of the SCCA Foundation is to give back to our communities.” Yeah, yeah — but what […]

SportsCar Feature: Loving The Job

Words by James Kearney (This article first appeared in the June, 2020 edition of SportsCar Magazine.) International pro races may be on his worker resume, but 2019 Steward Worker of the Year Steve Pence says SCCA is home To be honest, every driver harbors the fantasy that their racing talents will be widely recognized, ultimately […]

CAM Roars into 2021 with Challenge Calendar

The Tire Rack CAM Challenge Series Powered by SCCA, America’s Pro-Touring Autocross Championship Series, has revealed its event schedule for the coming year. While the series may look a bit different than before, CAM certainly will still be gettin’ ‘er done in 2021. Six SCCA National ProSolo events will contain special CAM Challenge elements within. […]

Female-Led F4 Team Signs Emily Linscott as First PMH Powering Diversity Scholarship Winner

Emily Linscott takes runner-up honors and entry scholarship in PMH Powering Diversity program The new PMH Powering Diversity Scholarship initiative took its first steps in creating change at the grassroots level today as Emily Linscott from Essex, England, was announced as the runner-up scholarship winner for the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda. Linscott was awarded […]

Submissions Open for 2021 Wendi Allen Scholarship

Both applications and nominations are now sought for the 2021 Wendi Allen Scholarship Fund (WASF). Submissions must be made by March 1st at 8am CST and should include what makes someone a good nominee, how they got started in autocross, competitive background, Club involvement, and plans for the 2021 Solo season.  Complete Submission Here! A Selection […]

Hoosier Super Tour COTA: Sunday Notebook

The Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour’s second weekend ran on Sunday at Circuit of the Americas (COTA): Moving and Shaking: We know who is going to win GT-2. It’s the class with the regulars — The Fall-Line Racing crew, the Phoenix Performance racers. We know who is going to win, right up until we […]

From SCCA To F1: COTA Is Special

The SCCA has played a role in Formula One, almost from the beginning. The only Formula One World Champion born in the United States, Phil Hill, was an SCCA Champion before he was a World Champion. The other World Champion from the United States, one Mario Andretti (who was born in Italy, of course, but […]

Hoosier Super Tour COTA: Saturday Notebook

The Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour’s second weekend ran on Saturday at Circuit of the Americas (COTA): Simonds Says: New race cars are full of teething and headaches — or at least they’re supposed to be. Perry Simonds, with the help of fame Production car shop Jesse Prather Motorsports, built a brand-new F Production […]

At A Glance: ’21 COTA Super Tour

Quality Check Everything is bigger in Texas, but even when it’s not, there’s an opportunity for greatness. Take the E Production field this weekend, for example. Though only three cars deep on the event entry list, we’re expecting no shortage of action. Why? The names on that list. First, there’s Matt Reynolds. Reynolds has become […]

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