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2025 #SCCARunoffs Warming Up in Wisconsin

From California’s desert to a superspeedway in Daytona, the red clay outside Atlanta or coastal hills of Monterey, and through sunny days or hurricane remnants; Sports Car Club of America™ has crowned Road Racing’s best across the country for more than 60 years at a winner-take-all National Championship gathering. The tradition continues Sept. 29 through […]

Who Will Win the Runoffs? Prototype, FA, FC, FF, & FV

With the Sept 29-Oct. 5, 2025, SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco days away, it’s time for the final day of our “Who Will Win?” series — and we’ve saved the sexiest classes for last. Between Prototype, Formula Atlantic®, Formula Continental®, Formula F, and Formula Vee®, these race classes are the head turners, attracting […]

Who Will Win the Runoffs? GT-1, GT-2, & GT-3U

The Sept 29-Oct. 5, 2025, SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco begins…imminently! Just days from now, race cars will be circumnavigating Road America’s 4.048-mile, 14-turn racing circuit that’s neatly nestled between Wisconsin’s Elkhart Lake and Plymouth in the famed Kettle Moraine. Of all the classes, some of the most exciting to watch (and hear) […]

Who Will Win the Runoffs? AS, BS, STL, STU

Last week, we presented you with a series of articles where we pondered who would win the 2025 SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco, which is taking place Sept. 29-Oct. 5 at the incredible Road America racing circuit. We’re going to look at who will be the top contenders in some of the most […]

Who Will Win the Runoffs? Spec Miata and Spec MX-5

Two of the most intense classes during any weekend during the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA® Road Racing season are Spec Miata and Spec MX-5. Inches decide the best of the best — and sometimes it’s not even inches, as we discovered at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs® in 2023. Thus, it’s no surprise that when […]

UK vs. USA Racing: The Unspoken Differences

Discover the world of competitive wheel-to-wheel racing through the eyes of British racer Luke Pullen in this insightful episode of the SCCA® Shop Manual. After honing his skills in the United Kingdom, Pullen made the ambitious transition to compete in the highly competitive United States-based SCCA Spec MX-5 series. This video offers an engaging, fish-out-of-water […]

Who Will Win the Runoffs? SRF3 and FE2

Two of the most intense classes to watch at the upcoming Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2025, SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco will be Spec Racer® Ford Gen3 (SRF3) and Formula Enterprises® 2(FE2). Why? Because these spec classes level the playing field — that means only the best drivers rise to the top. If you’ve […]

Who Will Win the Runoffs? Touring Category

This year’s “Who Will Win the Runoffs®?” game kicked off with the Production classes, and we’re back for more, this time pondering who will stand atop the podium in Touring 1, Touring 2, Touring 3, and Touring 4 during the Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2025, SCCA® National Championship Runoffs Presented by Sunoco. There are a lot […]

Who Will Win the Runoffs? Production Category

The SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Sunoco is (checks watch) ONLY A WEEK AWAY! The Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2025, winner-take-all championship event will see hundreds of racers head to Plymouth, WI, for a battle at the historic Road America circuit, with its 4.048 miles and 14 corners challenging some of the best drivers in […]

Dare to be Different: Choppin’ a Tesla for SCCA EV Road Racing

SCCA® Road Racing has a storied, grassroots tradition of choppin’ production cars to construct competition vehicles. A chop-top Tesla, however, is pretty rare. Nonetheless, that’s exactly what Bruce Richardson of SCCA’s San Francisco Region did while exploring electric vehicle racing with the Sports Car Club of America™. It was a decade ago when Richardson, a […]

Thank Us Later: How to Spotlight Mazda Motorsports’ Parts Spotlights

Throughout the year, Mazda Motorsports highlights some of the parts available through its (freshly revamped) parts store. To find those Parts Spotlights, you need to head to mazdamotorsports.com, scroll to the bottom, then click the “Show More” button and scroll through the articles to find a Parts Spotlight. Or, simply bookmark this link and access […]

SCCA Has Just Lowered the Barrier to Road Racing in Two Very Significant Ways

SCCA® has just taken several big steps to broaden access for drivers and race cars. As of the beginning of September, SCCA no longer requires a Novice Permit to attend a wheel-to-wheel SCCA Drivers’ School; the Club also now allows Race Experience vehicles to be issued a logbook with what amounts to a “basic safety […]

How Does SCCA Tech Go?

Preparing your race car for an SCCA® Road Racing event requires passing a technical inspection, a critical process that ensures the safety of drivers, competitors, and corner workers. In this video, Scott Schmidt, an SCCA national tech manager, provides an essential guide to the annual inspection procedure. This inspection is mandatory once per year and […]

In the News: Texas Region’s Programs Welcome All

SCCA® Regions making the local news thanks to their motorsports program isn’t a rare occurrence — what is rare is when the reporter is actually a participant in the sport for more than one fun run. Brittany Breeding is not just KDAF-TV CW33’s host of the station’s “Fast + Functional” segment, she’s also a self-described […]

Trans Am Series Announces 2026 Schedule for 60th-Anniversary Season

The Trans Am® Series presented by Pirelli has announced its 2026 schedule for its 60th-anniversary season. As the longest-running professional road racing series in North America celebrates six decades of competition, the National Championship will visit 10 bucket list venues across the United States and Canada, while the Western Championship will feature a five-race schedule […]

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