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2024 Solo Nationals Registration Kicks off Soon — Yeehaw!

Howdy, partners! Saddle up and get ready to ride on down to the grandest shindig this side of the Mississippi! We’re callin’ all you fine folks to register for this year’s rip-roarin’ Tire Rack SCCA® Solo® National Championships that’s sure to be a hootin’ and hollerin’ good time. Dust off your boots, grab your hats, […]

Ten Years on, Track Night is the Gift That Keeps on Giving, and It’s a Gift You Can Give, Too

The world was a different place 10 years ago. In 2015, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and France reached an agreement on the war in eastern Ukraine, Windows 10 was released, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning British monarch in history, Dieselgate was barely a rumor, NASA found liquid on Mars, SpaceX landed its first uncrewed Falcon […]

5 Ways to Beat the (Brake) Heat at a Time Trials Event

If you’re heading to your first SCCA® Time Trials event, I have one quick word of setup advice for you: brakes. Most of the time, we don’t have to think much about the brakes on our cars. If we’re driving to the grocery store to buy more Cap’n Crunch Berries and come across a red […]

Sunday Hoosier Super Tour at The Glen: Nürburgring Practice, Race 310, One Super Starter

The penultimate Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) event for 2024 has come to a close. The May 31-June 2 visit to Watkins Glen International (WGI) saw drivers take on the 3.4-mile, 11-turn layout that included both The Boot and Inner Loop portions of the circuit. An event hosted by SCCA’s Finger Lakes Region, […]

Hoosier Super Tour Saturday at The Glen has Curb Enthusiasm, a Prowling Coyote, and Livery Lookalikes

Penultimate on the Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) 10-event schedule for 2024, the May 31-June 2 visit to Watkins Glen International (WGI) is hosted by SCCA’s Finger Lakes Region in the western portion of New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It’s an incredible destination with a long and legendary 3.4-mile, […]

Inside the SCCA: FE2 and SRF3 Racer Charles Russell Turner

(Looking for an inside line on the Club? “Inside the SCCA” is a podcast that features interviews with the Club’s leading personalities, but it’s not owned by SCCA®. Instead, it’s an independent media outlet managed by Rule 15 Productions and hosted by longtime SCCA member and journalist Brian Bielanski. He uses the Club’s name with […]

Racing Toward Hoosier Super Tour Nationwide Points Supremacy

The Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) rolls into Watkins Glen International (WGI) May 31-June 2, 2024, for the season’s penultimate event supported by SCCA’s Finger Lakes Region. The legendary 3.4-mile, 11-turn circuit will challenge more than 210 entrants over the weekend. The WGI event is also one of the last two regular-season chances […]

Is your NC’s Rear End Too Hot? Mazda Motorsports Has the Solution

To understate the obvious, racing is rough on components. That’s not to say automotive parts aren’t up to the task — as many SCCA® members have discovered, they’ll take a beating and come back for more. Still, that abuse adds up, ultimately shortening the item’s lifespan. The trick is minimizing abuse wherever possible, which is […]

Inside Solo: What the Solo Events Board Does

(Each month, Nick Dunlap, the Solo® Events Board (SEB) chair, brings you the latest goings-on as seen by the SEB, including SEB membership changes, explanations of rules adjustments, and more.) In last month’s column, we covered how Solo® rules come to be, then discussed what the Advisory Committees (ACs) to the Solo Events Board (SEB) […]

The Solo National Tour Portion of Spring Nationals 2024 Kept the Party Going

If the Tire Rack SCCA® Lincoln Solo® National Tour at Lincoln Airpark is designed to give a taste of the upcoming Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships experience, then buckle in, because this year is going to be a doozy. The extra special Memorial Day showdown, taking place May 25-27, 2024, saw 336 drivers take […]

Spring Nationals 2024 Kicked Off with a ProSolo Not to be Forgotten

If you’re not an SCCA® autocross devotee, Lincoln is the name of a U.S. President. If you’re an SCCA Solo® enthusiast, then Lincoln is Nebraska’s capital city, and where you’ll find Lincoln Airpark — an expansive cement playground for experiencing tremendous #funwithcars. That second Lincoln (the one in Nebraska) is where 234 entrants gathered to […]

New SCCA Partner Malco Automotive is Set to Clean Up Your Motorsport Weekends

What does your street car, tow rig, and race car have in common? They’re all probably dirty. This might not seem like an issue because, in a best-case scenario, it just makes your vehicles look bad. Worse case, though, you might be struggling to see through the windshield or adhere decals for your next SCCA® […]

SCCA Member Anniversaries: May 2024

One hundred thirty members of the Sports Car Club of America® celebrated milestone membership anniversaries this month. Celebrating 25-, 30-, 35-, 40-, 45-, 50-, 55-, 60-, and 65-year memberships, these SCCA diehards experienced #funwithcars and kept coming back for more. If we were to present a “determination” award to a group of members (which we […]

Hagerty Literally Brings the Party — And Discounts, and Insurance, and…

When a company wants to partner with the Sports Car Club of America®, we ask ourselves a variety of questions — but the biggest, most important one is what value it brings to Club members. If the potential partner’s values don’t align with those who make up the SCCA, then it’s a pass. When that […]

Nomination Deadline Nears for SCCA Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025

Chances are, you know someone in your Region or Division who’s been more involved with the SCCA® than you ever thought possible. Their membership has potentially been decades long and their contributions to the Club astound you every time you hear the stories. Well, that person sounds like an excellent candidate for the SCCA Hall […]

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