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Hollis Takes SCCA TireRack ProSolo Gumout Super Challenge

The season-opener for the 2011 Tire Rack® SCCA ProSolo Tour looked a lot like the way 2010 ended, with defending Gumout Super Challenge season winner Andy Hollis, from Austin, Texas, capturing the title at the Mineral Wells (Texas) ProSolo. The event was hosted by the Texas Region under sunny skies all weekend long. Hollis finished […]

Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Series Event Information

The first round of Tire Rack SCCA Divisional event dates have been released. The following events are Single Event Divisional Championships: * · NEDIV: July 30-31, Seneca, NY * · SEDIV: July 30-31, Moultrie, GA (near Cecil). GLDIV: August 6-7, Peru, IN * · CENDIV: July 16-17, Milwaukee, WI * · SOPAC: June 25-26, El […]

Event Coverage – Dixie Tour

By Perry Bennett Almost 250 of the nation’s best drivers converged on the small town of Cecil, Georgia for the season opener of the 2011 SCCA National Tour. With a population of 274 residents, the size of the town more doubled (when you account for family and friends in attendance) during the weekend spent at […]

Event Coverage- Houston Tour

by Drew VanderPloeg The 2011 Houston National Tour brought competitors to Royal Purple Raceway(otherwise known as RPR, and formerly known as Houston Raceway Park) in Baytown, TX. This was a new location than had traditionally been used for this event in the past. Previously Houston Tours had been hosted at Gulf Greyhound Park, a dog […]

Houston Tour Video

On board footage with James Wilson in the 2011 D-Stock WRX

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour Continues In Houston

Just one week removed from the season opener in Georgia, the Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Tour moved to Royal Purple Raceway, just outside of Houston, for Round Two of the season at the Tire Rack SCCA Houston National Tour. Competition was fierce in every class amongst the nearly 170 competitors in the field throughout […]

Dixie National Tour Opens Tire Rack National Tour Season

The 2011 Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Tour officially opened this past weekend, bringing 240 competitors to the South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil, Ga. The Dixie Region hosted the event for the fifth consecutive year, making use of the available space in the paddock of the multi-use facility that hosts drag races and oval […]

Tire Rack Solo Tour Begins With Dixie National Tour

The 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins this weekend with the season-opening Dixie National Tour in Cecil, Ga. 252 entrants are on the preliminary entry list for the event at South Georgia Motorsports Park, 12 miles north of Valdosta. Like most Tire Rack National Tour dates, the weekend begins with an Evolution Performance […]

ProSolo Points Explained

Many of you have now seen the Howard Duncan memo that went out last week outlining the changes to the 2011 ProSolo season and Finale points system. While the system is reasonably straight forward, there are some interesting twists that will likely become key in determining the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo Class Champions. The […]

Q&A with Britain Smith – The Man Behind where2race.com

For those who don’t know you, tell us a little bit about your involvement in SCCA Solo. I started autocrossing competitively while living the in the San Francisco area a little less than 9 years ago. Back then I had a 1970 Porsche 914 with about as much hp as it needed to get out […]

Finish First

So you’re the course designer for an upcoming Solo event. At some point the site utilization plan has been finalized and you know where the pits, grid, boundaries, viewing areas, and maybe even the course area entry and exit will be. Finally, you can get to work on the actual course itself. What should you […]

A Memo From Howard Duncan – ProSolo Points Update

To: ProSolo Participants From: Howard Duncan, SCCA VP, Rally/Solo Subject: Mea Culpa, 2011 Class Points System Over the years I have not been shy about considering and trying a variety of things to enhance the ProSolo Series. However, while to the casual observer it may have appeared at times that these were quick and impulsive […]

2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championship Run Days

The SCCA National Solo staff released the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals Run/ Work days today- nice and early so you can make plans to be there! Tuesday/ Wednesday AM,AML ASP/ASPL BSP/BSPL CP/CPL CSP/CSPL DSP/DSPL ES/ESL FM/FML FP/FPL FS/FSL FSAE/FSAEL SM/SML SMF/SMFL SS/SSL SSM/SSML ST/STL XP/XPL FJA FJB Thursday/Friday AS/ASL BM/BML BS/BSL CM/CML CS/CSL […]

Texas Region announces incentives for the Texas National Series Events

Hey Autocrossers! The 2011 ProSolo in Mineral Wells is just around the corner. ProSolo events haven’t had very good attendance over the past years in Texas. In fact, the last ProSolo scheduled in Texas had to be canceled due to poor registration numbers. Looking at the recent entry numbers, the 2011 event is starting to […]

The “Whys” of the Street Touring Re-Org

by Steve Hudson When the Solo Events Board asked for member comment on the Street Touring rules change proposals in February’s Fastrack, it did not take very long for the forums to start humming. Pretty soon phrases like “done deal,””class killer”and “for sale”were flying around the web. To help us get away from the rumor […]

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