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May 23, 2008

Thoennes Named SCCA Pro Racing Technical Manager

SCCA Pro Racing announced today that Jeremy Thoennes will join its staff as Technical Manager. Thoennes will focus on the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championships.Thoennes joins the SCCA Pro Racing staff after serving as Club Racing Technical Services Manager for Sports Car Club of America, Inc. since 2002.”Not only does Jeremy have a wealth of […]

May 14, 2008

Shifting Gears Takes on the Runoffs Move to Road America

The recently announced venue change of the SCCA National Championship Runoffs® from Heartland Park Topeka to Road America is the center of attention for this week’s installment of Shifting Gears on RacinBoys.com.Everyone has an opinion on the Runoffs move and Shifting Gears hosts Burr, Dusty and Wheelman are no different. Call in or email [email protected] […]

May 7, 2008

Production Cars, Grattan Raceway and Brad Rampelberg Featured on Shifting Gears

Production Car racing, this weekend’s Good Times National at Grattan Raceway and MX-5 Cup racer Brad Rampelberg are all on the schedule for tonight’s episode of Shifting Gears at 8 p.m. (EDT) on RacinBoys.comThe show kicks off with a call to 2007 SCCA Spec Miata National Champion and MX-5 shootout winner Brad Rampelberg about his […]

Feb 12, 2008

Pace American Trailer Giveaway Returns

Pace American, Inc., the Official Trailer of the Sports Car Club of America, Inc., has announced that it will again award one lucky SCCA competitor with a new Pace trailer, valued at more than $14,000.Re-named the Pace Lap Challenge, Pace American will reward precision driving throughout the 2008 Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Tour and […]

Jan 31, 2008

Remington Announces Cadillac Team Sponsorship For SPEED GT

MADISON, Wis. (Feb.1, 2008) – Remington Shaving & Grooming is proud to announce it’s first-ever sponsorship of a race team competing in the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge. The brand will be the primary sponsor of two Cadillac CTS-V race cars being campaigned in the 2008 SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT series.Team Remington Cadillac […]

Jan 16, 2008

Hyper Sport Brings Lotus Back to SPEED World Challenge

Hyper Sport Engineering has announced the construction of a Lotus Exige S for competition in the 2008 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship. The Lotus Exige S is the newest Lotus model to hit the streets. The Hyper Sport Engineering racecar will utilize the same light weight, forced induction 1.8 liter engine and […]

Jan 11, 2008

Rampelberg Wins Mazda MX-5 Cup Shootout

Brad Rampelberg, the Sports Car Club of America 2007 Spec Miata National Champion, has won the Mazda MX-5 Cup shootout and will receive a new MX-5 and parts necessary to compete in the 2008 SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup.Rampelberg, who beat defending SM Champion and 2007 MX-5 Cup runner-up Andrew Caddell to the […]

Dec 6, 2007

Playboy Signs On for MX-5 Cup

SCCA Pro Racing and Mazda North American Operations announced at the Performance Racing Industry show that Playboy Enterprises Inc. will be the new title sponsor of the MX-5 Cup series.The most exciting spec series in North America today, MX-5 Cup puts up-and-coming road racers into identically equipped Mazda MX-5s and lets them showcase their driving […]

Nov 8, 2007

MPME, Modified to Field Scion tC in SPEED World Challenge

Marshall Pruett Motorsports Engineering (MPME), Modified Magazine, and Scion have partnered to build and run the first professional road racing entry for the youth-oriented Toyota brand. “Scions are a familiar sight at import drag racing events, drifting events and car shows, and have some of the most active car clubs in America. In 2008, professional […]

Oct 12, 2007

Final Pace Hot Pursuit Winners Set From Runoffs, Drawing Today

Twenty-five drivers from the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by AT&T are now qualified for today’s drawing that will award one lucky SCCA member a Pace Pursuit trailer as part of the Pace Hot Pursuit Challenge.The registered driver from each of the 25 Runoffs classes with the closest variance between their fastest three laps throughout […]

Oct 4, 2007

Solo Pace Hot Pursuit Candidates Set For Trailer Drawing

) — Twenty-eight Soloists have been locked in with a shot to win a Pace Pursuit® trailer valued at over $14,000 and will be joined next week by 25 more SCCA Club Racers before the drawing Friday, Oct. 12.In each of the 10 Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Tour events, the eligible driver with the […]

Sep 20, 2007

SCCA Hall of Famer Argetsinger Honored with Akin Award

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (Sept. 21, 2007) – Long-time race promoter and race-car driver and inaugural SCCA Hall of Fame inductee Cameron Argetsinger was named by the Road Racing Drivers Club as the 2007 recipient of the Bob Akin Motorsports Award during a reception at the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen, N.Y., on […]

Aug 23, 2007

Volkswagen Named Official Pace Car of SCCA and SCCA Pro Racing

Volkswagen and Sports Car Club of America announced today an official partnership naming Volkswagen the Official Pace Car of SCCA and SCCA Pro Racing. As part of its official sponsorship, Volkswagen will provide pace vehicles for the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championships and the SCCA National Championship Runoffs® Presented by AT&T as well as course […]