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Vegas Baby! Sign Up Now for the Sin City Time Trials Nat Tour

If you live within a day’s drive of Nevada, we’d put money on the fact that you’ve been to Las Vegas. You’ve cruised the casinos and navigated the nightclubs — but it’s a sure bet that the one thing you haven’t done in Vegas is compete in a Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials National Tour […]

2024 Time Trials National Tour Season is Almost Here

The track has barely cooled from the 2023 Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty season, and here we are with the 2024 schedule. That’s right, what lies before you are seven weekends you’ll either be participating in Time Trials National Tour (TTNT) events, or wishing you were. But why are we […]

Weekend Wrap-Up: 2023 Georgia Time Trials National Tour

The final hurrah in 2023 for the Time Trials National Tour took place Nov. 3-5 in Braselton, GA, during the Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials National Tour at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Powered by Hagerty. The seven-event 2023 Time Trials National Tour (TTNT) calendar, plus Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials Nationals Powered by Hagerty, commenced […]

Scraping Your Time Together At The Race Track

Are you ready to shave those final, elusive tenths off your lap time? In this episode of the SCCA Shop Manual presented by Hoosier, multi-time SCCA National Champion Michael Varacins shares his expert strategies for finding that last second on the racetrack. Going fast is one thing, but achieving peak performance requires a methodical, scientific […]

Looking Ahead: 2023 Georgia Time Trials National Tour Mash-up Finale

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta is world famous. Just a few weeks back, IMSA held its end-of-year Petit Le Mans event at the 2.54-mile circuit, and crowned multiple champions on site when that endurance challenge was done. Now it’s your turn. It’s time for SCCA® drivers to have a crack at the fantastic facility located in […]

2023 Time Trials Nationals: Pictures Worth 1000 Words

Bob and Patty Tunnell — SCCA Hall of Famers — pull up a patch of concrete to enjoy the beautiful weather and welcome party Thursday evening. Women on Track awarded Lori Weber their Driver of the Event award. Lori and her husband are relatively new to track driving. They started at a Track Night in […]

Sunday TTN Notebook: Winners and More

Let’s call it what it is — Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials Nationals powered by Hagerty is the single largest Time Trials event in the country. And with the addition of the Grassroots Motorsports’ Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge, you don’t want to miss it next year. But if you’re coming next year, you […]

Women On Track Building Community at Time Trials Nationals

Though the name is “Women on Track,” the mission is slightly larger — to get more women participating in motorsports, no matter how best to do it. That includes driving on track, sure, but also autocross, and participating in other ways like volunteering at events or working as a mechanic. The first part of that […]

20 TTN Drivers Race Into GRM Ultimate Track Car Challenge, Joining Invitees

New at Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals this year is the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge, the Grassroots Motorsports program designed to find, well, the ultimate in track cars. It’s a natural fit, of course, because many of the fastest cars in the country are already here at NCM Motorsports Park for the largest […]

Saturday TTN Notebook: Teamwork and Unique People With Unique Cars

A popular mantra at SCCA track days, from Time Trials to Track Night in America, is that this is a “team event” – even though everyone is competing, working together ensures a clear track and the best practices to maximize everyone’s enjoyment. That was how Saturday morning at the SCCA Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals […]

Friday TTN Notebook: Rauck Fastest FWD At NCM Ever

Friday at the Oct. 12-15, 2023, Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials Nationals Powered by Hagerty at NCM Motorsports Park means the first day of drama, the first day of times, and the first day of posting one third of the weekend long scores. And with overcast, warm, and generally picture perfect day, all nine groups […]

Thursday TTN Notebook: It’s a Holley-Day at Time Trials Nationals

It’s time… the planning, the hoping, and the possibilities are now less abstract and more concrete, as today is the first official day of the 2023 SCCA® Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals Powered by Hagerty. And what a day it is. Thursday is the all-important practice day included in every registration, the chance to learn […]

Looking Ahead: Time Trials Nationals at NCM

With the Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials Nationals Powered by Hagerty moving back to the fall at NCM Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, KY, expect records to do the same (fall, get it?)– and that’s just one of the exciting things we’re looking forward to during the Oct. 12-15, 2023, event. For the sixth time, […]

Top Tips From An SCCA Time Trials Coach

Stepping into the world of the Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty — or any kind of track event — can be a daunting task with lots to ponder. Is my car up to speed? Am I up to speed? What experience level group am I in? What happens if I […]

Enter Now: Nine Items on Board for SCCA Women on Track TTN Raffle

Raffles are the best — especially when you’re automatically entered into the raffle by doing something you already wanted to do. And when that “something” is driving fast around one of the most exhilarating road courses in North America as part of the best Time Trials series in the nation, entering this raffle is a […]

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