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Are You Ready for the Time Trials National Tour’s First Visit to Pocono?

We’re not going to pander to you and tell you that the June 15-16, 2024, Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty at Pocono Raceway is something you won’t want to miss. Actually, we’re pretty proud that you’re smart and secure enough not to fall for that sort of thing. However… If […]

Shootout

Rain Couldn’t Dampen Any Spirits at the Grissom CAM Autocross Challenge

It wouldn’t be a Tire Rack SCCA® CAM Autocross Challenge if weather didn’t add a degree of difficulty, but it surely didn’t dampen the spirits of anyone on hand at the Grissom Aeroplex in Peru, IN, over the May 31-June 2, 2024, weekend. With 124 muscle cars in attendance, it was among the largest Classic […]

Autocross

Persistence & Determination: How Steve O’Blenes Became SCCA’s 2023 Solo Driver of the Year

A third consecutive SCCA® Solo® National Championship title — the eighth of his career — enhanced by his winning the prestigious 2023 SCCA Solo Driver of the Year award, promised great things ahead for 2024 for Californian Steve O’Blenes. But this year’s Tire Rack National Solo season has opened for him with frustration. After notching […]

Solo Nationals

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, […]

Track Night in America

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 […]

Time Trials

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 […]

Super Tour

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, […]

Super Tour

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, […]

Road Racing

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 […]

Super Tour

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 […]

Road Racing

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 […]

Autocross

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) […]

National Tour

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 […]

ProSolo

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 […]

Road Racing

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® […]

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