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Apr 6, 2011

Tire Rack SCCA Solo Tour Reaches San Diego

The Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Tour spent last weekend in the sun of San Diego, and while Qualcomm Stadium isn’t directly on the beach, the paved parking lots were once again a popular destination for Soloists. Hosted by the San Diego Region SCCA, the Qualcomm Stadium site is a favorite among National Tour competitors. […]

Apr 6, 2011

First Time Around

Friday afternoon, while most of the San Diego National Tour was busy unloading cars from trailers and setting up their paddock spaces, Shields Hull quietly and unassumingly was changing back to his street tires so he and his Miata could make the trip home for the evening. His paddock area was simple enough, a jack, […]

Apr 6, 2011

Mineral Wells ProSolo Report

By Drew VanderPloeg Pro Soloists traveled from far and wide to the Mineral Wells Aeropark (about 45 minutes west of Ft. Worth) for the first Pro Solo of the 2011 Season. The Mineral Wells site offers quite the expanse of asphalt to compete on, allowing course designer Jerrett Jan the requisite space to offer 40+ […]

Apr 6, 2011

San Diego Tour – Paddock Notes

In an effort to bring you the solo news that matters most, we will be experimenting with a few different formats and styles of reporting news and views. The latest is a Paddock Report, keeping you up to date on all the event buzz. So here is the report from the San Diego tour, complete […]

Apr 3, 2011

BFGoodrich SCCA Super Tour Round Two Concludes At Hallett

Five Sports Car Club of America Club Racing national groups battled the 1.8-miles of Hallett Motor Racing Circuit and the Oklahoma winds, capping a thrilling day of racing during Round Two of the BFGoodrich Tires SCCA Super Tour series. The BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour races were part of the Green Country Grand Prix hosted by […]

Apr 3, 2011

Qualifying Finished At Hallett BFGoodrich Super Tour

Each of the five groups of SCCA Safe Racer National Series classes have completed morning qualifying sessions at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in preparation for this afternoon’s Round 2 of the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour. Justin Pritchard, a three-time National Champion in Formula Cars from Granville, Ohio, led Group 2 with a fast time of […]

Mar 30, 2011

BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour Moves To Hallett

The top level of the Sports Car Club of America’s Club Racing program will visit Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in Jennings, Ok., April 2-3, for Round Two of the six-round 2011 BFGoodrich Tires SCCA Super Tour. The event, hosted by the Ark Valley Race Group, is part of the annual Green Country Grand Prix held […]

Mar 30, 2011

Hollis Takes SCCA TireRack ProSolo Gumout Super Challenge

The season-opener for the 2011 Tire Rack® SCCA ProSolo Tour looked a lot like the way 2010 ended, with defending Gumout Super Challenge season winner Andy Hollis, from Austin, Texas, capturing the title at the Mineral Wells (Texas) ProSolo. The event was hosted by the Texas Region under sunny skies all weekend long. Hollis finished […]

Mar 23, 2011

Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Series Event Information

The first round of Tire Rack SCCA Divisional event dates have been released. The following events are Single Event Divisional Championships: * · NEDIV: July 30-31, Seneca, NY * · SEDIV: July 30-31, Moultrie, GA (near Cecil). GLDIV: August 6-7, Peru, IN * · CENDIV: July 16-17, Milwaukee, WI * · SOPAC: June 25-26, El […]

Mar 23, 2011

Event Coverage – Dixie Tour

By Perry Bennett Almost 250 of the nation’s best drivers converged on the small town of Cecil, Georgia for the season opener of the 2011 SCCA National Tour. With a population of 274 residents, the size of the town more doubled (when you account for family and friends in attendance) during the weekend spent at […]

Mar 23, 2011

Event Coverage- Houston Tour

by Drew VanderPloeg The 2011 Houston National Tour brought competitors to Royal Purple Raceway(otherwise known as RPR, and formerly known as Houston Raceway Park) in Baytown, TX. This was a new location than had traditionally been used for this event in the past. Previously Houston Tours had been hosted at Gulf Greyhound Park, a dog […]

Mar 23, 2011

Houston Tour Video

On board footage with James Wilson in the 2011 D-Stock WRX

Mar 22, 2011

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour Continues In Houston

Just one week removed from the season opener in Georgia, the Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Tour moved to Royal Purple Raceway, just outside of Houston, for Round Two of the season at the Tire Rack SCCA Houston National Tour. Competition was fierce in every class amongst the nearly 170 competitors in the field throughout […]

Mar 16, 2011

Dixie National Tour Opens Tire Rack National Tour Season

The 2011 Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Tour officially opened this past weekend, bringing 240 competitors to the South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil, Ga. The Dixie Region hosted the event for the fifth consecutive year, making use of the available space in the paddock of the multi-use facility that hosts drag races and oval […]

Mar 14, 2011

Lymphoma Claims SCCA Champion, Trans-Am Racer Lagod

SCCA Champion Maxwell “Max” Lagod passed away Saturday following a battle with Lymphoma. He was 41. Known in the SCCA circles as “Mad Max,” Lagod was a two-time SCCA National Champion in GT-1 (1996-1997) and recorded 75 SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series starts. Spending most of his Trans-Am career in an era of Ford, Chevrolet […]