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2021 Peru CAM Challenge Fast Notes

Grissom Aeroplex in Peru, Indiana, was the location of the final “regular season” Tire Rack CAM Challenge Series Powered by SCCA event of the year with more than 140 drivers in attendance. And there was certainly no shortage of Classic American Muscle to be observed over the course of three days. Saturday’s Class Competition On […]

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Lyn St. James Still Blazing Trails

SCCA Hall of Famer Lyn St. James is a two-time class winner at Daytona, a class winner at Sebring, and a class winner at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. She has also competed at Le Mans, qualified for the Indy 500 seven times, and was a 1988 record speed holder of 212.577 at Talladega in […]

Solo Nationals

Solo Nationals: The Non-Essential Essentials

Is this your first time making the trip to Lincoln for the Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals? Packing for a week in Lincoln might be the most challenging part of the whole experience. Luckily, you have the opportunity to learn from those who have come before you and we’ve compiled some helpful hints for what […]

Track Night in America

Renee Dupuis Helping More People On Track

Getting started in motorsports can be a leap of faith for those who haven’t done it before, but it sure gets easier when there’s someone there willing to help you through the process. Renee Dupuis is one of those faces. After participating in arrive and drive programs over the past 15 years, she jumped into […]

ProSolo

21 Oscoda ProSolo Fast Notes

To say there was close competition at this weekend’s Tire Rack Oscoda ProSolo would be an understatement. Of the classes that were represented at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Michigan during the last “regular season” ProSolo of the year, winners of all but a single competition class were decided by less than one second. Close Competition in […]

Runoffs

Avery Towns: From Track Night To The Runoffs And Beyond

Is it possible to go from Track Night in America to the Runoffs in just a little over a year? It is if you’re ambitious like Avery Towns. Towns, a 17-year-old student at Jesuit Dallas who grew up a self-proclaimed car guy, has parlayed skill, ambition and right-place, right-time into one of the top rides […]

Autocross

Jalopnik Shows the Way to Autocross

If you want to dabble a bit in the world of motorsports, or just want to have fun with your car and see what it can do, then autocross is the activity for you. Held at vacant airport spaces or empty parking lots coast to coast and border to border, a slew of SCCA regions […]

Time Trials

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ridge Motorsports Park

It has been one magnificent month for the Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty. First there was Palmer Motorsports Park in Massachusetts for the July 4th weekend, followed by the Time Trials National Tour visit to South Haven, Michigan, and GingerMan Raceway. The capstone for July was then positioned this past weekend […]

ProSolo

2021 Toledo ProSolo Fast Notes

The magnetism of concrete in the state of Ohio once again attracted 228 drivers to the shores of Lake Erie for the Tire Rack SCCA Toledo ProSolo in Swanton. Weather had a minor impact on the event as Saturday morning competition began in wet, but drying, conditions. By shift C, both courses were completely dry […]

Shootout

’21 CAM Invitational Plans at Solo Nats

The CAM Invitational is back, baby! In 2021, the Tire Rack CAM Challenge Series Powered by SCCA will hold its end-of-year faceoff the morning of Thursday, Sept. 9, at Lincoln Airpark during the 2021 Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals. But a little something new is in store for CAM competitors this time around. What will […]

Solo Nationals

SportsCar Feature: How Not To Win Solo Nationals

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. While much of this information was targeted specifically at Road America at […]

Runoffs

Must See, Must Drive: B-Spec Has Matured

As registration for the SCCA National Championship Runoffs opened in mid-July, there were absolutely no surprises that the top three classes were Spec Miata, Spec Racer Ford and B-Spec. Hold up — B-Spec? It’s true. One week into registration and 55 cars are signed up and ready to roll at Indianapolis. We can debate if […]

ProSolo

’21 Packwood ProSolo Fast Notes

The old Hampton Mills Lumber Yard in Packwood, Washington has long been a favorite of SCCA Solo competitors. With a covered “grid” and gorgeous surroundings, Packwood draws all sorts of autocrossers. And every now and again, autocrossers at Packwood draw the attention of locals — which happened during the recent Tire Rack Packwood ProSolo as […]

Time Trials

Weekend Wrap-Up: GingerMan Raceway

The Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty rolled into South Haven, Michigan this past weekend, July 17-18, for what turned out to be very tight competition on GingerMan Raceway’s 2.14-mile, 11-turn circuit. With nearly 90 entries on hand, including some of the largest fields seen to date in the Unlimited 1 and […]

Track Night in America

Moving From Track Night To Road Racing

Rare is the person who spends an afternoon on a race track and thinks “Gee, I sure am glad I got that out of my system.” More common is that first taste infects the soul, leaving the participant searching for a bigger and mightier “fix.” For Track Night in America drivers, that fix comes in […]

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