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Futrelle Fends Off Teammates for SRF3 Victory

(editor’s note: this article has been revised based on official results) Franklin Futrelle ran a perfectly executed Spec Racer® Ford Gen3 race on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, during Hagerty Race Days at the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs®, holding back a pair of challengers on the final lap to capture his third career gold medal and […]

Moser Makes it Five with Intense STL Runoffs Battle

You could sum up this year’s Super Touring® Lite (STL) race at the 60th running of the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at VIRginia International Raceway by saying Joe Moser earned the gold medal driving his No. 36 Hoosier/King Motorsports/Carbotech Honda CRX Si, but that wouldn’t even begin to capture the spectacular nose-to-tail, flag-to-flag battle that […]

Ira Victorious in Shortened E Production Race

Late Saturday morning during a Hagerty Race Day at the 60th running of SCCA’s National Championship Runoffs®, E Production racer Greg Ira stood atop the victory podium and gleefully sprayed a bottle of Mazza Sparkling Wine, the Official Sparkling Wine of SCCA’s Runoffs. It was his third gold medal at the Runoffs, this one behind […]

Aquilante Bags 14th Career Championship in T1 in Flag to Flag Victory

Andrew Aquilante, of Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, solidified his hold on third all-time in SCCA road racing National Championships with a flag-to-flag win in Touring 1 on Saturday at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. The now 14-time Champion launched from the Tire Rack pole at the Virginia International Raceway green flag with a singular goal to […]

First-Ever Runoffs Co-Champions: Bruni & Pardus in SM

Here’s something we’ve never said before: today we crowned a pair of Co-National Champions at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs®. Spec Miata drivers Preston Pardus and Nicolas Bruni were crowned on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, during the first of three Hagerty Race Days, writing a new chapter in the Runoffs history books. How did we […]

Pancea Sets P2 Pace To Earn First Runoffs Title

The Prototype 2 (P2) field at the 60th running of the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at VIRginia International Raceway saw a field of 11 — largely made up of Stohr WF1s — take the Hagerty Race Days green flag on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, led by Tire Rack Polesitter and defending P2 National Champion Greg […]

Anderson Starts On Pole, Then Gets More in Touring 4

The first of three Hagerty Race Days continued at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) Friday afternoon during the 60th running of SCCA’s National Championship Runoffs® with a Touring 4 (T4) race — a field of 23 competitors facing sunny and warming conditions. At the front of the bunch was Tire Rack Pole Award winner Devin Anderson, […]

Ave Goes Wire To Wire For GT-3 Championship

Tony Ave, of Maiden, NC, earned his fourth SCCA road racing National Championship on Friday after leading the GT-3 field wire to wire at the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at VIRginia International Raceway. It was a redemption of an up-and-down day for Ave, who was leading the GT-2 race earlier in the first of three […]

Odrick Tackles GT-2, Scores a Championship

“This is really cool.” Those were the few, meek words Jared Odrick, of Lebanon, PA, could muster while choking back tears in pitlane immediately after winning his first SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® race in only his second attempt. Odrick, a former NFL player, started third in Friday’s GT-2 race at VIRginia International Raceway driving the […]

Turner Tilts To First Formula Enterprises 2 National Championship

An auspicious start to the Formula Enterprises® 2 race at the 60th running of the SCCA National Championship Runoffs® came back to Tire Rack Pole Award winner Russell Turner, of Montpelier, VA, who claimed his first gold medal on Friday during the Hagerty Race Days at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). Turner’s No. 32 Formula Enterprises/Mazda […]

Through Smoke, Richardson Claims 1st in American Sedan

After claiming his first-ever Tire Rack Pole Award on Thursday, Daniel Richardson and his No. 22 Hoosier/AutoGear/GentiumTech Chevrolet Camaro opened Hagerty Race Days — leading the American Sedan® field to the green flag Friday morning — for the first National Championship race at the 60th running of SCCA’s Runoffs® at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). Three-time […]

Kannard Breaks Through With His First Runoffs Gold in FP

Cliff Ira’s been fast in his No. 36 Cliff Ira Motorsports/JPM Honda Civic Del Sol Si, winning F Prod in 2021 — the first year he brought the car to the Runoffs. He’s also started the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® in second and third, but this year was the first time he’d earned the Tire […]

Road Racing Workers of the Year Announced at 2023 VIR Runoffs

The nationwide Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program wouldn’t be possible without the hard work of volunteers that handle everything from event operations through technical inspection. Each year, a select few of these volunteers are honored as an SCCA® Worker of the Year presented by Mazda. The 2023 SCCA Worker of the Year awards […]

2023 Runoffs Tire Rack Pole Award Winners from VIR

Three days of qualifying have come to a close at the 60th running of SCCA’s National Championship Runoffs® taking place Sept. 23-Oct. 1, 2023, along the central border of Virginia and North Carolina at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). Thursday was Tire Rack Pole Award day, which means 24 drivers have now been identified as the competitors who […]

2023 #SCCARunoffs: By the Numbers

The SCCA National Championship is full of stats, and finding some of the most interesting is a game we love to play. So, in the interest of the 60th running of the Runoffs, including the third time at VIR, let’s see what we can find: 2 Lately, Spec Racer Ford Gen3 championships have come in […]

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