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Grab Track Night September Discount with Falken Tire

The fun isn’t near done in 2021 as Track Night in America Driven by Tire Rack closes out the summer with even more opportunities for you and your car to get on race circuits across the U.S. and blow off some steam while having a GREAT time! And so your experience is even better, Falken […]

Tom O’Gorman: Autocross Still Gives Pro Racers The Shakes

With at least 1100 entries each year, Tire Rack Solo Nationals is a unique experience. And that’s true no matter what your background may be, or where it may go. That remains true no matter how many pro road races you have competed in, or championships you’ve won. Take Tom O’Gorman, for instance. A four-time […]

SportsCar Feature: How To Win Solo Nationals

This article first appeared in the September, 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 […]

Hagerty Feature: Reading Your Rubber

Among the many reasons our friends at Hagerty are a wonderful partner to the SCCA is that they love #FunWithCars just as much as we do — and they are a wealth of knowledge on a variety of car-related subjects. The following article originally appeared on Hagerty.com. For this and all of Hagerty’s car-related content, visit their media […]

Seating Position Matters In Driving, Heres How To Find Yours

Are you setting yourself up for optimal control behind the wheel? Proper driver positioning is the foundation of every great lap time, yet many enthusiasts overlook the basics. In this episode of the SCCA Shop Manual, professional driver and coach Tom O’Gorman breaks down his approach to getting comfortable and capable in the cockpit. Tom […]

Charting a Course for RoadRally Development in Your Region

Are you looking to start a RoadRally program in your Region? Do you already hold the occasional Trek or Social Rally and are considering dialing it up a notch with additional and/or more challenging events? Perhaps you already conduct a few GTA rallies each year, but are intrigued by the possibility of adding TSD events […]

2022 SCCA Convention Plans Take Shape

Save the date for January 21-28, 2022 — the 2022 SCCA National Convention is coming back to help you, the members, lead this Club into the future. The 2022 Convention will build on everything we’ve learned in the past year, including the reality that it’s very hard to plan large indoor activities — especially ones […]

Get Sporty at Time Trials with the Car You Got

“Run what you brung” is a longtime colloquial phrase in motorsport and doesn’t take any level of diploma to understand. Back when SCCA got its start 75+ years ago, “run what you brung” was pretty much the norm. While that is not really the case anymore today in SCCA Road Racing, it still remains a […]

Running at Solo Nationals: A Refresher Course

Editor’s Correction, Sept. 6, 2021: The information about the tech inspection process in the “Check-In and Tech” section below was outdated in the original version of this article. We have updated it to reflect correct information, and apologize for the oversight. We’d like to thank 2021 Solo National’s Chief of Tech, Jinx Jordan, for bringing […]

KONI Outfits Your Entire Fleet

Surely by now, we all know the performance benefits of KONI Shocks on our race, track, autocross and even street car. But none of that matters if we don’t have a good way to get our competition car to the site. Luckily for all of us, KONI’s new STR.T LT Series performance shocks for pick-up […]

Runoffs Sweepstakes Gets Sweeter

It’s not too late to purchase tickets for the SCCA Foundation sweepstakes, help out a great cause, and win a VIP trip to the 2021 SCCA National Championship Runoffs at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, October 1–3. Even better, the VIP activities continue to grow. The list for the event already includes $2500 in travel expenses […]

Looking Forward: Pittsburgh International Race Complex

After a short break, the Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty is back in action August 28-29 at Pittsburgh International Race Complex (PittRace) in Wampum, Pennsylvania. The circuit, located in scenic and quaint Beaver County, is only about 45 miles northwest of Pittsburgh and easily accessible from multiple routes, including a the I-76 Turnpike […]

2021 RallyCross Nationals Registration Set to Open

SCCA’s national championship season is rapidly approaching, and that includes the 2021 RallyCross Nationals set to take place October 15-17 at Ross County Fairgrounds in Chillicothe, Ohio. Registration for that event will be conducted online in a “tiered” manner this year with the process beginning August 18 for a select set of competitors. The event […]

Track Profile: Road Atlanta

Registration is now open for one of the quickest-selling events on the Time Trials National Tour – at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta as part of the Atlanta Region’s American Road Race of Champions, November 5-7. There’s no wonder that it’s a quick and easy sell, though – the track is a favorite of drivers around […]

SportsCar Feature: Who Will Win Solo Nationals

This article first appeared in the July/August, 2021 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 […]

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