Mazda Motorsports is recognizing the best racing with the monthly Spirit of Mazda awards. In June, Dave Wheeler, of Advanced Autosports, was recognized for his contribution to the sport and integrity. He wrote the book on Spec Miata. No, really, he wrote The Spec Miata Constructors Manual, a book that has sold more than 3,000 […]
Sports Car Club of America drivers have a clear path from Club Racing to the Indianapolis 500, if they show the talent, after an announcement on Saturday that the Runoffs will be a part of Mazda Road to Indy USF2000 $200K Scholarship Shootout. Joined by other major open-wheel and karting champions, newly-crowned Formula F and […]
Fairly often, we get into a discussion of the best racing movies of all time. NASCAR fans mention Days of Thunder and Talladega Nights. Endurance fans tout Le Mans. Road Race junkies though love Winning. Not winning like the action of being victorious, but the movie starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Robert Wagner. The […]
Sebastian Landy got his racing start in karting, developed his skills in Spec Miata, became known in the Mazda MX-5 Cup, and now has progressed to the Audi Sport TT Cup. Landy, only 19 years old, is a full-time student at Babson College. He says, “my professors have been incredibly supportive trying to accommodate my […]
The 12-race SCCA U.S. Majors Tour Mid-States Conference campaign wrapped up at Pueblo Motorsports Park on Sunday. Five race groups took to the 2.2-mile, 10-turn road course to decide not only race wins, but who would take home top honors in the Conference standings. Max Mallinen, of Liberty Lake, Washington, showed why he is so […]
Round 10 of the Northern Conference SCCA U.S. Majors Tour, part of the SafeRacer Club Racing Program, was held in noticeably cooler conditions than Saturday’s sprint races. The result was three new lap records at a track that is no stranger to SCCA Club Racing. While the traffic was faster at the 4.048-mile, 14-turn road […]
The point championships are tightening up in the SCCA Northeast Conference Majors Tour, as the Championship wrapped round 10 of 12 on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Just one doubleheader race weekend remains in the Championship. On the track on Sunday, however, the racing remained intense for both those in the title hunt, and […]
The slipstream draft proved to make or break the hopes of many drivers looking to notch wins in Round Nine of the Northern Conference SCCA U.S. Majors Tour, part of the SafeRacer Club Racing Program. Less than ideal track conditions drew the front runners in many classes closer together for extended periods during each group’s […]
Just one race remains in the Mid-States SCCA Majors Championship following Saturday’s Round 11 races at Pueblo Motorsports Park. Only Sunday’s races remain after Saturday’s 25-minute races, leaving just 25 points available in each class. With the season winding down, one of the year-long storylines has been the debut of the third generation Spec Racer […]
Someone joked in victory circle that Saturday’s SCCA Majors Northeast Conference Round Nine at New Jersey Motorsports Park should have been renamed the “Phoenix Performance Invitational.” It wasn’t quite that dramatic, but Phoenix-prepared cars took wins in six classes during the afternoon’s 25-minute timed races. The Aquilante family scored three wins themselves, beginning with Andrew’s […]
As the 2015 racing season winds down, we are in the home stretch in many of our Majors Conferences. The Mid-States Conference finale takes place at Pueblo Motorsports Park, while the penultimate weekend for the Northeastern and Northern Conferences commences. The Northeastern Conference will be put to the test at New Jersey Motorsports Park, while […]
Thus far, a total of 32 companies have agreed to support the 2015 SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Garmin VIRB at Daytona International Speedway by offering contingency sponsorship programs. The organizations involved in the effort represent a range of roles, from auto manufacturers to motorsports retailers. Competitors will be able to register for these […]
Runoffs rookie, Joseph Cooley, started his first Runoffs fast, completing his registration within two minutes of the service opening. Cooley, from Durham, North Carolina, has competed in the Southeast Majors Conference this year to qualify his 2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata for the Runoffs in Daytona Beach, Florida. In the first hour, 201 drivers were registered […]
Online registration for the 2015 SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Garmin VIRB at Daytona International Speedway will open Wednesday, July 22, at 9 a.m. (CDT). Each race entry will cost $775 and are due Friday, Aug. 21. Sign up for a paddock spot is also available when registering. Additional add-ons, including registration for test […]
SCCA members, Ryan Lynch, Broomfield, Colo. and Max King, Franklinville, N.J., join four other Grand Turismo6 gamers as finalists for the chance to become Nissan’s next professional racecar driver as part of the Nissan GT Academy. The six finalists will represent the United States during the International Race Camp at Silverstone Circuit in England where […]
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