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East Coast RallyCross Winners on High

East Coast RallyCross Winners on High in Maryland A Maryland hilltop was where nearly 70 competitors came together for the July 8-10 SCCA East Coast RallyCross National Challenge. Hosted by the Washington DC Region at a location nicknamed “Gravel Mountain” near Frostburg, Maryland, this event was only the second ever RallyCross National Challenge conducted in […]

Mazda Motorsports: Justin Hille, Spec Miata

Justin Hille claimed the 2015 SCCA U.S. Majors Tour Northern Conference Championship, and aims to do the same in 2016 with just two weekends remaining. He’s currently sitting in first with a seven-point lead over Voytek Burdzy. Although the Spec Miata field is always tight, the Runoffs are heading to Hille’s home track, Mid-Ohio. Many […]

2016 Tire Rack Heavy Metal Showdown: Tune-In

Who’s Going? We are only a few days away from the last Match Tour of 2016, and many Northeastern drivers are preparing for the last of the nearby tours before Solo Nationals! The weatherman is calling for a chance of precipitation Saturday morning which should make for some interesting, drying-condition runs as we transition into […]

2016 Tire Rack Packwood Championship Tour: Event Recap

Event Results Day two of the Packwood Championship Tour resumed on Sunday after a great Saturday night banquet again at the Packwood Firehouse just down the street from the site. The fire fighters put on a very tasted BBQ chicken dinner with all the fixings, and the region supplied craft beer from Gigantic Brewing, along […]

Look Ahead! Be Smooth!: The Instructor’s Anthem

Every driving instructor, whether on the street or in competition, has shouted it from the right seat as they hold on for dear life. They sound simple and fairly obvious, but are you actually doing it right? Terry Thomas at Grassroots Motorsports takes us to school. “For us drivers, the most important component of fight-or-flight […]

SportsCar Feature: Randy Pobst on the Other Weight Transfer

This article first appeared in the May, 2016 edition of SportsCar Magazine. SCCA members can read the current and past editions of SportCar digitally here after logging into their account; To become an SCCA member and get SportsCar mailed to your home address monthly in addition to the digital editions, click here. “Your primary job as […]

Spartan-Like Battles at GingerMan SCCA Majors Day 2

Spartan-Like Battles Mark GingerMan SCCA Majors Day Two Several drivers achieved back-to-back Class wins Sunday during the second day of racing at the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour at GingerMan Raceway.  But claiming those victories wasn’t always easy, and some of the battles delivered new faces to the top step of the victory podium. The Group […]

2016 Tire Rack Packwood Championship Tour: Saturday Recap

Prelim Results The Packwood Championship Tour started with a damp surface as expected by the forecast, but quickly dried and was close to dry when the first cars took to the course. It was clear it would be a third run race for group 1 with the drying conditions, but that didn’t stop Mitch Fagundes […]

No Racing Gingerly for GingerMan Majors Wins

No Racing Gingerly for Wins at GingerMan SCCA Majors First Day While the clouds that moved overhead during Saturday’s SCCA U.S. Majors Tour at GingerMan Raceway may have looked soft and billowy, the competition on the ground was anything but right from the very beginning. The thunderous GT-1, GT-2, GT-3, Touring 1 and American Sedan […]

My SCCA Life: Paul Pfanner

This article first appeared in the April, 2014 edition of SportsCar Magazine. SCCA members can read the current and past editions of SportCar digitally here after logging into their account; To become an SCCA member and get SportsCar mailed to your home address monthly in addition to the digital editions, click here. Paul PfannerCEO & Executive […]

At a Glance: GingerMan Majors

Storylines/Things to Watch: Back to the Track — It has been a couple weeks since the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour Northern Conference has been in action.  Back then it was at Road America and the WeatherTech® Chicago Region June Sprints®.  Many of the competitive drivers that raced at the Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin venue will again […]

2016 BFGoodrich Tires Updates

BFGoodrich has announced that they will be releasing an update to the Rival S tire. Based on details provided by BF Goodrich and Tirerack, the SEB has determined that this new version of the tire has undergone significant changes. Section 13.3-B-4 of the Solo Rulebook requires the eligibility test to be reset. Therefore the updated […]

Carl Haas — 1930-2016

With heavy hearts, the Sports Car Club of America recognizes the passing of Carl Haas, a 2007 inductee into the SCCA Hall of Fame. Initially a Club Racing driver, Carl was a sports car racing pioneer, becoming the importer of Lola cars and building many successful race teams in Formula 5000, Can-Am, Super Vee and […]

#TBT Defining Spec Racing

When SCCA Enterprises released the Sports Renault in the early 1980s, you could buy the complete car for $10,000. The car has developed into the Spec Racer Ford Gen3 which is running parallel to the second generation car through the 2017 season. The modern price of a brand-new Spec Racer is $38,000. So, for the […]

Grassroots Motorsports Tacos and Talent Welcome Party

Who doesn’t love free tacos, free tires, and world class entertainment? The answer is nobody, and once again at the 2016 Solo Nationals, Grassroots Motorsports magazine, The Lincoln Visitors Bereau, the SCCA, and BFGoodrich team up to provide the Solo community with at least two of those things. The Grassroots Motorsports Tacos and Talent Show, […]

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