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Five-Time Runoffs Champ Posthumously Awarded RRDC Honor

Former SCCA® competitor Tom Davey, who passed away last October at 81 years old, was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) as the 2023 Bob Akin Award winner during a January 2024 ceremony. From 1969-’84, Davey participated in 13 SCCA National Championship Runoffs® races. He emerged as Formula Super Vee National Champion in […]

The 2024 Solo National Tour Kicked off in Phoenix, Previewing a Fantastic Season to Come

SCCA’s Solo® National Tour crossed the timing line on the first event of its 2024 season with the Tire Rack SCCA® Phoenix Solo National Tour at Arizona Motorsports Park during the Feb. 24-25 weekend. On both Saturday and Sunday, competitors were met with perfectly sunny skies, minimal breeze, and temperatures in the high 70s at […]

Don’t Miss the Best Track Night Live Stream of the Year on Feb. 29

We’ll give up the ghost right now: This might be the only live stream the SCCA® Track Night in America® Driven by Tire Rack crew will do all year. But hey, that makes it the best, right? What else Track Night is the best at is getting people on the racetrack for pocket change. If […]

Member Anniversaries: January 2024

With SportsCar magazine, the official member magazine of the Sports Car Club of America®, halting publication with the January/February 2024 issue, the Club was left with a multitude of departments, features, and assorted whatnot that no longer had a home. Now that the final issue of the bimonthly magazine has reached the membership, the Club […]

SCCA Turns 80 — With the Help of Many, Many Regions

If you’ve been around the SCCA® for any amount of time, you’ve likely heard the story about seven car enthusiasts meeting in a Boston brownstone on the corner of Mt. Vernon and Brimmer Street on Feb. 26, 1944. That evening, Chapin Wallour opened his home to Everett Dickinson, John Duby, Arnold Engborg, Theodore Robertson, George […]

Super Tour Buttonwillow Sunday: Theft Recovery, Back in the Saddle, Saddling a New Stallion

Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) action from Buttonwillow Raceway Park (BRP) in California’s Central Valley continued Sunday with races that were either 17 laps or 35 minutes in length for each of the seven run groups. BRP’s 2.92-mile configuration 25 was used throughout the Feb. 23-25, 2024, event hosted by SCCA’s Cal Club […]

Family Affair Saturday at Buttonwillow Hoosier Super Tour

The third Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) weekend of the year held 25-minute races across seven run groups Saturday at Buttonwillow Raceway Park (BRP) during the Feb. 23-25, 2024, event hosted by SCCA’s Cal Club Region. Conditions Saturday were absolutely amazing. Not too hot, not too cold, and plenty of sunshine. The 2.92-mile […]

New “Circuit at Buttonwillow Raceway Park” Nears Completion: Super Tour at Buttonwillow

This weekend’s Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) runs clockwise on configuration 25 at Buttonwillow Raceway Park (BRP) Feb. 23-25, 2024, in the southern portion of California’s Central Valley. That specific layout is 2.92 miles in length and includes turns such as Sunrise, Sunset, and the Phil Hill. But this time next year, HST’s […]

Gold Pendant Sweepstakes to Support SCCA Women on Track

The Sports Car Club of America® is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2024, and no symbol has been more iconic in representing the Club through the years than the SCCA wire wheel logo. Now, thanks to an SCCA Women on Track sweepstakes fundraiser, you have the chance to win a gold pendant of that very […]

Weekend Wrap-Up: 2024 Vegas Time Trials National Tour

Vegas is a party town — but the Strip, laden with casinos and bright lights, isn’t the only place to have a blast in the city. The Sports Car Club of America® proved as much on Feb. 17-18, 2024, during the season opener Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty (TTNT) hosted […]

NCM Time Trials National Tour: Registration is Open!

We’re already two months into 2024, but have you had any #funwithcars yet? We don’t mean wrenching on beloved vehicles in garages, or whatever you do on roadways to and from work. We mean honest, blood-pumping #funwithcars at a track — especially a track hosting a Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials National Tour Powered by […]

Entering To Win This Sim Racing Setup Couldn’t Be Easier, But Time Is Running Out

While the racing done on this sim setup is virtual, the reality is that the time to enter the SCCA Foundation sweepstakes to win it is very much dwindling. What you need to know: The winner of the SCCA Foundation Winter Sweepstakes fundraiser for the “dream ultimate racing simulator” will walk away with a $15,000 […]

5 Things Drivers Need in the Paddock at an Autocross

One of the things I love about SCCA® Autocross (otherwise known as Solo) is the extremely low barrier to entry. Do you have a car? I do! Do you crave adrenaline? For sure! Then let’s go play with cars! It’s literally that simple. Autocross allows anyone the opportunity to find the extreme limits of their […]

Keep Up on Professional Racing With This Free Tool

Few motorsport enthusiasts are fans of just one pro series. You may be an IndyCar diehard, but you might also follow along with the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship and Formula 1. Then there’s NASCAR, the World Endurance Championship, Formula E, Trans Am, and more that likely pique your interest as well. With so many professional […]

Make a Choice (or Not), No Surrender Necessary and Give Him a Hand: Super Tour Sunday at NOLA

The sun came out in the bayou, and eight group races came and went to wrap the Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour at NOLA Motorsports Park on Sunday. Throughout the day on Sunday, we called the debate between Spec Miata and Spec MX-5 a draw, refused to wave a white flag to surrender (but […]

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