The final class championships were crowned for the Mid-States Conference of the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour Sunday at High Plains Raceway. Nineteen drivers scored class wins in five run groups under picture-perfect Colorado weather to close out the 2016 season. In race group one, Eric Prill led flag-to-flag to win overall in his F Production […]
A light mist greeted racers on the morning of the final round of the SCCA Western Conference Majors Tour on Sunday. After two days of dry weather and sunny skies, rain began falling on the west end of Portland International Raceway’s 1.97-mile road course as racing got underway. Big bore was first on track today, […]
SCCA Western Conference Racers Take Advantage of Cool Temps and Dry Track Fourth of July weekend in Portland can bring any kind of weather. At the final weekend of the SCCA Western Conference Majors Tour, Friday’s practice and qualifying sessions took place under sunny skies with temperatures in the high 80s. Then Saturday morning’s second […]
Mother Nature threw drivers a curveball at Saturday’s penultimate round of the 2016 Sports Car Club of America U.S. Majors Tour Mid-States Championship at High Plains Raceway. After qualifying on a damp to drying track in the morning, Group 1’s 25-minute race around the 2.55-mile circuit was again met with rain, in the form of […]
Storylines/Things to Watch: Conference Finales — Both the Western Conference and Mid-States Conference wrap up their 2016 calendar with Fourth of July weekend events, the Western Conference at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon; and the Mid-States Conference at High Plains Raceway in Deer Trail, Colorado. This will bring to a close an exciting 12-round […]
With the warmest weather of the three-day weekend beating down, drivers Sunday adjusted to more slippery surface conditions and coping with heat during day two of the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour at Watkins Glen International. Group 7 racers bookended the day, due to a change in Saturday’s schedule, with consistency being the necessary game plan. […]
Round Nine of the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour Northeast Conference began today at the picturesque and historic Watkins Glen International. Afternoon racing was slightly delayed due to some needed guardrail repair, which also resulted in Group 7’s race being rescheduled for 9:20 a.m. Sunday. Additionally, Round Nine races were shortened to 20 minutes. Shortened events […]
Watkins Glen International spent the winter months completely resurfacing the entire 3.4-mile, 11-turn course. The new surface features a porous top layer that drains to a solid layer below. New drains were added to create an optimally-draining track, said to go from soaked to nearly dry within minutes. This weekend’s ninth and tenth rounds of […]
Storylines/Things to Watch: The Grandeur of The Glen — Watkins Glen International was established on the streets of Watkins Glen, New York in 1948 and is one of North America’s premier racing facilities. In October of ’48, the Sports Car Club of America conducted its first road race at Watkins Glen with a course that […]
It’s a Fist-Pumpin’ Second Day at SCCA June Sprints When competitors lose a race they should’ve won, it feels terrible. But racers that get a victory when things looked bleak, they’ll pump their fist in the air. And that happened a couple times during the second day of competition at the WeatherTech® Chicago Region June […]
That’s the Breaks at Day 1 of the SCCA June Sprints at Road America If winning was easy, there’d be no reward in the accomplishment. That may be the adage many drivers are contemplating after seemingly assured victories slipped away during the opening day of racing at the WeatherTech® Chicago Region June Sprints® SCCA U.S. […]
Chaos, that’s what the uninitiated may suspect they’re witnessing when first entering an SCCA Timing & Scoring room. Voices are calling out numbers or shouting instructions. Folks are furiously scribbling away on sheets of paper as colorful cars go whizzing by on course just outside a window. People are hunched over laptop computers and glaring […]
The June Sprints is one of the signature events of the summer months in Wisconsin. Traditionally held on Father’s Day weekend, the event takes place this weekend for the 61st time. Since 2001, there has been more at stake for racers as the June Sprints represent the first jewel in the Chicago Region Triple Crown. […]
Storylines/Things to Watch: 61st Running of the WeatherTech® Chicago Region June Sprints — Road America opened its gates for the first time in September of 1955, and the first race run was an SCCA National race. The summer of 1956 was the first full season of racing at Road America, and it included the Chicago […]
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