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SCCA RallyCross vs. Rallycross

If you’ve watched rallycross racing on television or on the Internet, you might think it involves jumps, frequent crashes and missing bodywork. While those things are part of some forms of rallycross, they are not part of SCCA® RallyCross®. In RallyCross®, competitors race one at a time. Rather than a group of cars racing together […]

Tire Rack Champ Tour Celebrates July 4th Weekend

Competitors converged on Bristol, Tennessee for four days of Tire Rack SCCA® National Solo Competition over Independence Day weekend. Situated between Bristol Motor Speedway and Bristol Dragway, 265 drivers took to the Tire Rack Championship Tour courses designed by Chris Harp. Though forecasts predicted intermittent rain for the duration of the event, only one heat […]

2017 Tire Rack Packwood Champ Tour: Tune-In

Entry List The weather is looking great and 256 entries are in the system. It’s time to get ready for the 2017 Tire Rack SCCA Packwood Championship Tour. Fierce battles are antipated in all categories. Street Tires, DOT R-Compounds, and slicks will be on the pavement in beautiful Packwood, Washington. If you can’t make it, […]

The Draw of the Indianapolis Runoffs – Part 1

By SportsCar Staff Writer Jason Isley Like many Sports Car Club of America® members, Jennifer Isley has experienced a lot of what the SCCA® has to offer, from RoadRally to Solo to Club Racing, but the idea of racing across the famed yard of bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway renewed her interest. “I started road […]

Registration Open for Kansas Targa Heartland

Registration is open for another SCCA® Targa event this year, Targa Heartland. Taking place August 5-6 in Topeka, Kansas, Targa Heartland is a multi-discipline event which gives automotive enthusiasts a chance to sample many of the programs SCCA offers in a low-pressure, highly-social environment. Heartland Park Topeka will be the hub for Targa Heartland events […]

Charlotte Track Night Sets Event Records

In the debut Track Night in America driven by Tire Rack event at the famed facility, 90 drivers tackled the same Charlotte Motor Speedway road course that the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series machines will take on during the 2018 playoffs. In addition to the on-track participants that filled the Novice, Intermediate and Advance classifications, […]

Winning Wednesday – Falken Tires

We celebrated the birthday of the United States with fireworks – but we’ve got even more!  Ken Maisonville, of South Haven, Michigan, is signed up as an Intermediate driver at the July Track Night – Southwestern Michigan. And for his registration, Ken is going to pick up a free set of Falken Tires as this […]

Mel Shaw — 1946-2017

The Sports Car Club of America® confirms the passing of driver Mel Shaw, 70, of Voorhees, New Jersey, during an event Sunday at Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota. “My deepest, deepest sympathies go out to Mel’s family and friends,” said Mike Cobb, SCCA President and CEO.  “To all who are close to Mel, please know […]

RallyCross Newbie No More

Seattle RallyCross® racer Savannah Hoover drove down to DirtFish Rally School in Snoqualmie, Washington to participate in the SCCA® Novice Rally School and Northwest Rally Association RallyCross® Fest during Memorial Day weekend. Saturday’s school started with classroom instruction and quickly moved out to the hallowed grounds of DirtFish. With expert instructors giving advice from the […]

SCCA Bracket Enduro Slated for July at Iowa Speedway

An SCCA® Bracket Enduro event will take place July 15-16 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa — located about 30 minutes east of Des Moines.  This will be a three-hour Enduro plus Sprint Races for two-driver teams.  The entry cost is only $300 per team. SCCA Bracket Enduros are short endurance events created to give […]

Wednesday Winner: Tim Anderson, And AutoPower Roll Bars

Ok, MAYBE the car in this picture wasn’t actually at Track Night in America driven by Tire Rack.  But if Autopower can do that for a Bonneville speed record-level of car, imagine what they can do for your ride at at Track Night?  One person who doesn’t have to wonder is Tim Anderson, who will […]

Tire Change for CAM Cars

In keeping with the desire to preserve CAM rules as both brief and straightforward, the SCCA Rally/Solo Department has decided to only maintain an exclusion list for CAM competition tires.  The Department has opted to add the Yokohama ADVAN A052 to the exclusion list as that tire is considered to be one of the few […]

2017 Bristol Champ/Match Tours: Tune-In

For only the second time this season, there will be two events, back-to-back, on the same weekend in the same location. Just a month ago, the masses flocked to Lincoln, Nebraska for a Tire Rack ProSolo and Championship Tour. This weekend, it’s for a Championship Tour and Match Tour in Bristol, Tennessee. The weather is […]

U.S. Majors Tour Site Swap

A change has been made to the U.S. Majors Tour Mid-States Conference schedule.  The event planned for July 22-23 at Motorsport Park Hastings in Nebraska has been cancelled.  In its place, two additional U.S. Majors Tour events have been added to the 2017 Mid-States Conference calendar.  The first will be August 5-6 at Heartland Park […]

5toGo: 2017 Toledo Champ Tour

Entry List Tradition has it that the SCCA generally makes its final stop on the Championship Tour circuit in the town of Swanton, Ohio, home of the Toledo Express Airport, and this year is no different.  On July 28th, the  Toledo Champ Tour is the last taste of national three-run style autocross that competitors will […]

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