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Time Trials National Tour Travel Adventure in July

Cooped up at home way too long over the last 16 months? Need some “zoom” time that involves a car rather than a laptop or smartphone? Want to test positive for FUN-21 instead of COVID-19 this year? If so, Sports Car Club of America has plans for you! In July, the Tire Rack SCCA Time […]

SportsCar Feature: Utterly Hooked

This article first appeared in the May/April, 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. It wasn’t long ago that Justin and Eric Peachey were autocross newbies. […]

Hoosier Super Tour Portland International Raceway: Sunday Report

Wrapping Sunday was Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour competition from Portland International Raceway (PIR) in Oregon. An event hosted by SCCA’s Oregon Region, Sunday races were either 35 minutes or 25 laps in duration. Huffaker in a Nissan? Yes, you read that right. “Little” Joe Huffaker, inducted into SCCA’s Hall of Fame in 2020, […]

“Shelton Chicane” at PIR Honors an SCCA Great

Baseball, football, soccer, hockey, basketball … when a pro player has his or her jersey slung from the rafters or emblazoned upon a stadium wall, there’s no greater honor in the sports world. For motorsports, however, stringing up jerseys is a little problematic for multiple reasons. Not that it hasn’t happened at some ovals and […]

Hoosier Super Tour Portland International Raceway: Saturday Report

The Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour‘s eighth race weekend of 2021 opened competition Saturday at Portland International Raceway (PIR) in Oregon. An event hosted by SCCA’s Oregon Region; Saturday’s races were 25-minutes in length. Harris Hoard: With four family members on the grid, representing three generations, there was a slightly better chance someone with […]

Hagerty Feature: Top 20 Racing Cheats

Words by Preston Lerner 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 […]

At A Glance: ’21 Portland Hoosier Super Tour

It’s been two full years since the Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour has visited Portland International Raceway (PIR). On the Hoosier Super Tour calendar since the series’ inception, a “break” from Portland was taken in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. But it’s back in 2021 to this event hosted by SCCA’s Oregon Region, and […]

Looking Forward: Time Trials Tour at Eagles Canyon Raceway

The third event on this year’s Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty schedule takes place May 22-23 at Eagles Canyon Raceway in Decatur, Texas. With the Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals at NCM Motorsports Park less than a month away, the event at Eagles Canyon offers competitors a fantastic opportunity to get […]

PMH and SCCA Pro Racing Name Aaron Coalwell as New Technical Director for F4 U.S. and FR Americas

Parella Motorsports Holdings, in conjunction with SCCA Pro Racing, appointed Aaron Coalwell as the new Technical Director for the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda and the Formula Regional Americas Championship Powered by Honda. Buddy Fey, who has served as the Technical Director for the two junior formula series for three full seasons, […]

’21 New Jersey Champ Tour Fast Notes

Mother Nature wreaked havoc on day one proceedings at New Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford during the Tire Rack SCCA New Jersey Champ Tour this past weekend. Overnight rain Friday left the course damp to start Saturday competition. But by second runs of Heat 1, the course was dry. The specter of rain Saturday, […]

Getting Women on Track Across SCCA Programs

SCCA Women on Track has been providing opportunities for women to get involved in SCCA programs since its announcement at the 2018 National Convention. SCCA Women on Track became an official SCCA committee in May 2020, through the encouragement of SCCA leadership and support from the SCCA Foundation. Beginning as a group of women working […]

Your Club is Calling: How to Join the SCCA Board of Directors

The SCCA Board of Directors is made up of representatives from 13 geographic Areas, acting primarily as a policy-making body overseeing the direction of the Club. Unlike many corporate boards, the SCCA Directors are elected by members in a popular vote. The requirements to run are relatively simple — you must be a member in […]

Tuning to the Max for Unlimited Success

As an SCCA national program, Time Trials was created for motorsports enthusiasts wanting to compete on real race circuits without the pitfalls and costs associated with wheel-to-wheel racing. Intended to be accessible to a wide audience, Time Trials car classes are structure to include options for those only having access to “daily” vehicles perhaps used […]

Trent Hindman: From SCCA to IMSA

Trent Hindman is one of professional sports car racing’s budding superstars, competing full time in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge and the IMSA Prototype Challenge. In addition, the 25-year-old has generated a name for himself as a guy who can jump behind the wheel of anything. That isn’t an opinion, the facts back it up. This […]

Darlington Throwback Gives Nod To SCCA History

The NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington has an outstanding tradition that calls for NASCAR drivers to change their paint schemes for the one race to a “throwback” livery. Naturally, most of those are tributes to earlier NASCAR Cup Series looks that fans recognize. Ryan Newman and his partners at Kohler Generators won last weekend […]

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