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Confidence and Speed: Audra Paradie’s Journey That Led to the Wendi Allen Scholarship

Women’s History Month offers a great opportunity to dig into the stories behind the announcements, and Audra Paradie’s journey is undeniably one worth telling. Beyond the results sheets and a recent press release is a driver motivated by passion, persistence, and a clear desire to grow within the sport, all of which ultimately led her […]

With a Little Hawk FAQ Knowledge, This Busted Brake Bleeder Screw Was No Big Deal

While I didn’t stop competing at SCCA® events, my dedicated race car sure took a hiatus. My E Production Mazda was raced in 2019, then underwent the knife for a major overhaul in early 2020. Covid happened, life happened, inspiration dried up, and the next thing you know, it’s late 2024 and I’m barely picking […]

Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Inducts SCCA Racing Legend John Morton

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America stands as a cornerstone of the racing world. Recognizing luminaries of the sport, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has inducted motorsport legends of all kinds, including numerous who cut their teeth in SCCA® competition, like Skip Barber, Bob Bondurant, Briggs Cunningham, Mark Donohue, John Fitch, George […]

Öhlins Becomes the Official Suspension System of SCCA

The Sports Car Club of America™ and Öhlins have joined forces for a three-year agreement naming Öhlins as the Official Suspension System of the SCCA®. With this partnership, Öhlins will extend discounts and contingency programs to SCCA members, with Öhlins also becoming involved in SCCA’s Track Night in America® Driven by Tire Rack program. “Similar […]

Hagerty: If We Needed A $15,000 Car…

It’s an interesting question, isn’t it? If you needed a car and had $15,000 to spend, what would you purchase? This is something the folks at Hagerty.com/media recently pondered, and their list has a number of winners on it. Now, there is a caveat to the ponderance. For instance, if you needed to tow, you’d […]

How Alex Scaler’s Decade-long Hunt for Runoffs Gold Locked in the 2025 SCCA President’s Cup

“The President’s Cup? I knew about [winning it] only a few days before the 2026 SCCA® National Convention. I never contemplated winning the award, never thought it was anything that would ever happen to us …” It was maybe not on freshly crowned Formula Vee® National Champion Alex Scaler’s mind, but very few other people […]

Beeville Stormed into the 2026 ProSolo Season with a Showstopper

SCCA’s Lone Star Region, Beeville, and Naval Air Station Chase Field were fantastic hosts for the opener of the 2026 Tire Rack SCCA® ProSolo® Series during the March 6-8, 2026, weekend, even if mother nature had other plans for the Lone Star State event. Though rain threatened Saturday’s runs, the wet stuff missed the site […]

Dr. James W. Butler – 1949-2026

Dr. James W. Butler joined the SCCA® in 1973 at age 24, becoming very active in the SCCA community. While he competed in SCCA Solo® and SCCA Road Racing’s Showroom Stock class, he is best known for his contributions to the medical side of the sport. Between 1980 and 2014, Dr. Butler served as the […]

From the President: It’s Time to Level Up the 2026 Season

(This article, from SCCA® President and CEO Mike Cobb, appears quarterly on SCCA.com.) I covered this in my last column as well as during the 2026 SCCA National Convention, but I’ll say it again: 2025 was a wild ride. From Regional events all the way to the National Championships, SCCA hosted amazing events, but participation […]

Inside the SCCA Podcast: How 15-year-old Asad Nikadambaev Beat Multiple SRF3 National Champions

(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 […]

Jenny Brown’s 2026 Just Got Even Busier Thanks to the Wendi Allen Scholarship

In February, the Sports Car Club of America™ announced that Atlanta Region member Jennifer Brown was one of this year’s three Wendi Allen Scholarship recipients. As a scholarship recipient that is funded by Mazda Motorsports (the other two scholarships are backed by SCCA® Foundation), Brown will receive assistance, both financial and other, that will enable […]

Rumspringa and Interloper at Sunday’s Road Atlanta Hoosier Super Tour with Wet Winners

Like a mischievous gremlin, Mother Nature toyed with the first two days of Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) competition March 6-8, 2026, in Braselton, GA, during an event hosted by SCCA’s Atlanta Region. Part of the larger Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program, the hope was that conditions would stabilize Sunday and […]

International Women’s Day: Women Power the SCCA

We often say that the SCCA® would not be what it is today without the women who had the drive to take the Club to new heights. In many ways, that was the underlying point of the article that ran on scca.com on March 2, kicking off the Club’s Women’s History Month celebration for 2026. […]

Return to Racing, a Secret ‘Tool’ and Saturday Winners from Hoosier Super Tour at Road Atlanta

Mother Nature jumped in and played a role during the opening two days of Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) action on the 2.54-mile, 12-turn circuit at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Friday was humming along nicely during the event hosted by SCCA’s Atlanta Region March 6-8, 2026, as part of the larger Summit Racing Equipment SCCA […]

“Bring It Back”: SCCA Volunteers Excited for Hoosier Super Tour and Runoffs

SCCA’s Atlanta Region hosts the Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) March 6-8, 2026, at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program, the next couple days hold some cache thanks to an announcement proclaiming the site as venue of the 2027-2028 Runoffs® National Championship. From 1970 through 1993, Road Atlanta […]

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