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The Road Racing Department Does Track Night

When you have a racetrack within driving distance, a fun car sitting in the parking lot that’s begging to be driven and a Track Night in America driven by Tire Rack event scheduled, what do you do? The answer for two SCCA staff members was simple August 20th. You go to Track Night! Eric Prill […]

Social and Distant: RoadRally Is The Answer to the 2020 Blues

What’s the perfect activity for 2020? It has to be contained and socially distant. It should limit exposure to others. It’s the 21st century, so the latest in technology should always be involved. And lots of people are searching for a new activity, so it should be something scalable to advanced users, yet a simple […]

RallyCross Tech Time

Words by Matt Wolfe This article first appeared in the August, 2020 edition of SportsCar Magazine. Everyone can read the current and past editions of SportCar digitally here. To become an SCCA member and get SportsCar mailed to your home address monthly in addition to the digital editions, click here. A friendly and welcoming tech inspection experience can […]

Mazda MX-5 Alphabet Soup

NA, IT, CRB, NB, GT, STL, EP, NC, T4, ND1, SM5, T3, MX-5, ND2, SADEV, SMX … The world of Mazda Miatas can be confusing when it comes to SCCA road racing. To help understand the acronym fest, below you’ll find a piece penned by Club Racing Board Chairman Peter Keane that gives a brief […]

ProSolo Added To National Solo Schedule

We just announced three new Tire Rack SCCA Solo Championship Tour events for the remainder of the year, but there’s one more event being added to the National Solo schedule. November 6-7 will bring a ProSolo-1 to Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA. ProSolo-1 is a modified, single-course version of the traditional ProSolo that utilizes […]

Time Trials Nationals Sold Out!

For the first time in its three-year history, the Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials Nationals Powered by Hagerty has reached the entry cap and is officially a sold-out event, with 250 competitors on the entry list. View Entry List “This is a really important milestone in the rebooting of the Time Trials program,” Heyward Wagner, […]

Your Track Night Rewards: All You Need To Know!

Track Night in America driven by Tire Rack is the program of a car enthusiast’s dreams — time on track with friends old and new. How could it get any better? Glad you asked! The Tire Rack Track Night Performance Rewards Program gives you money back for doing two of your soon-to-be favorite things — […]

Solo National Tour Schedules New Events

The Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour has added four additional Championship Tour events to the 2020 calendar in an attempt to bring some autocross competition back to the world despite the challenges offered during this calendar year. The events currently plainned for the remainder of 2020 are: September 4-6: Champ Tour in Bristol, TN […]

Elections Draw Near, Be Sure You’re Registered!

The time to cast your vote and be heard isn’t far off! No, we’re not referring to “that” election. Instead, we’re talking

Maximize your Track Night benefits!

No one can deny how fun it is to spend time on track. Whether you’re there by yourself or with a group of friends, experiencing the thrill of performance driving is exhilarating. And after you have done it once, you have to go again and again. Eventually, you will need to either replace the brakes, […]

Inside SCCA: The Rule Process

Last week, in this space, we had a discussion of FasTrack, the “minutes” of the SCCA and updates on rule changes. But are you aware of HOW those rule changes come to be? It may come as a shock, but nearly every rule in SCCA’s major competition platforms are there because of a request and […]

Competition Shines at 2020 DirtFish RallyCross Nationals

Competitors woke up Sunday morning to much milder weather in Topeka, Kansas for the final day of competition at the 2020 DirtFish SCCA RallyCross National Championships. A brief rain shower during the first heat helped keep dust down but it was not enough to create any mud. The long, flowing course used nearly all the […]

2020 DirtFish RallyCross Nationals Day 1 Dirty Digest

The 14th annual DirtFish SCCA RallyCross National Championship has begun at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas. Drivers started their weekend with new check-in and tech procedures on Friday, allowing for drastically reduced physical proximity. Once all entrants were checked in, a socially distant drivers meeting spread the 112 drivers out across the grid area […]

The Gracie Project

Success in motorsports is never a guarantee, but Grace Hackenberg is not your average enthusiast, and hers is no average story. The August 2020 issue of SportsCar magazine just landed in mailboxes, so we wanted to give you a peak at one of its featured stories. You can always read the most current and back issues […]

2020 Peru CAM Challenge Fast Notes

This past weekend, 126 competitors converged on the Grissom Aeroplex in Peru, IN. for the annual Tire Rack SCCA CAM Challenge East. While the focus of the event was on the 94 CAM drivers in the three classes: Traditional, Sport and Contemporary, an additional 32 drivers partook in the non-CAM index class. All competitors got […]

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