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Inside the SCCA Podcast: HillClimb & RoadRally: What’s Ahead, with SCCA’s Heyward Wagner

(Looking for an inside line on the Club? “Inside the SCCA” is a podcast that features interviews with the Club’s leading personalities, but it’s not owned by SCCA®. Instead, it’s an independent media outlet managed by Rule 15 Productions and hosted by longtime SCCA member and journalist Brian Bielanski. He uses the Club’s name with […]

USRRC 2025: From the Lake to the River, and from Allegheny Foothills to Narrow Big-City Alleys

If, by chance, you wanted an excuse to enjoy time outdoors, exercise your favorite wheels, and immerse yourself in a bit of Heartland history, then Ohio and SCCA’s 2025 United States RoadRally Challenge® (USRRC) Oct. 10-12 was the perfect place to be. Organized by Neohio Region rallyists Greg Lester, Ron Johnstonbaugh, and Jeff Arendas, the […]

Rally Into Fall with These National & Divisional RoadRallies

As the leaves change and fall descends in a spectacular burst of colors, nothing could be better than hitting the road for an SCCA® RoadRally, taking you places you’ve probably never been before. Some events coming up fast, too. There are three RoadRallies to highlight, with the first taking place Oct. 19, 2025. Milwaukee Region’s […]

2025 USRRC Sneak Peek: Urban Alleys and Winding Buckeye Lanes Beckon

If you’ve ever paused while motoring through Ohio to consider its communities and its landscape, especially in the state’s eastern and southeastern Allegheny Plateau region, you will realize that adventures await once you leave the world of suburban arteries and Interstate highways. By hosting the 2025 United States RoadRally Challenge® on Oct. 10-12, the SCCA’s […]

Novices and Top Dogs Unite: This Year’s United States RoadRally Challenge is a “Coast-to-Coast” Buckeye Adventure Made for All

It would be impossible for someone who’s never driven a race car to enter the Indy 500, or for someone who’s never played football to be invited to quarterback at the Super Bowl, so imagine being encouraged to compete in what many consider a sport’s pinnacle event as an utter novice. At the same time, […]

Finding the Right Road: How Joe Akerman’s Love for RoadRally Helped Hollywood

Imagine getting paid to find great roads, striking vistas, and interesting towns and landscapes. Imagine also the work required to integrate those roads and vistas into movies and TV shows. Actually, you don’t have to imagine — you can talk with Cal Club Region’s Joe Akerman. We first met Akerman at last year’s United States […]

Over the Last 77 Years, This Rally Has Tested the Best. Can You Press On Regardless?

There’s the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indy 500, Monaco Grand Prix, and likely a few others, but in general, finding a motorsports event that’s still running after hitting the 75-year mark is rare. To that end, we present the Press On Regardless® RoadRally, which is about to celebrate its 77th event. Beyond that, you’re […]

These RoadRallies Will Keep You Cruising Clear into the Fall

While most know the Sports Car Club of America™ as a road racing or autocross organization, the Club was built on RoadRally. From the earliest of days, RoadRally became the backbone of the organization, with many competitors road racing one weekend and running rallies the next. The robust program drew much attention, with RoadRallies aplenty […]

Secrets to Success: The Nuts and Bolts of a USRRC Weekend

In November 2024 over the Veterans Day weekend, SCCA’s Cal Club Region and its RoadRally arm, the Santa Monica Sports Car Club, hosted the 29th United States RoadRally Challenge® (USRRC). The weekend marked both the fourth time Cal Club has hosted the USRRC, as well as the 20th anniversary of its first USRRC in 2004, […]

Divisional RoadRallies Heat Up as Competition Heads into the Summer

SCCA® RoadRallies are arguably the most accessible entry point into motorsports — but that’s not to say they’re easy. And that’s not to say they’re hard. Truth is, RoadRallies are what you make of them, which means everyone from a seasoned rallyist to a rookie team can enter just about any RoadRally SCCA offers and […]

Inside the SCCA Podcast: Getting into RoadRally

(Looking for an inside line on the Club? “Inside the SCCA” is a podcast that features interviews with the Club’s leading personalities, but it’s not owned by SCCA®. Instead, it’s an independent media outlet managed by Rule 15 Productions and hosted by longtime SCCA member and journalist Brian Bielanski. He uses the Club’s name with […]

Linda Dent — 1941-2025

Following a nearly 60-year history with the Sports Car Club of America™ that included numerous accomplishments, the Club is sad to announce the passing of Fort Wayne Region member Linda Dent. Linda and her husband Larry were inducted into the SCCA® Hall of Fame in 2017 for their dedication to many facets of the SCCA, […]

The 2025 USRRC will be an Unforgettable Shore-to-Shore Buckeye Adventure

SCCA® RoadRallies can truly be held anywhere there are public roads, but within America’s 50 states, there are a few spots that are all but designed to offer an incredible RoadRally experience. Case in point, the eastern side of Ohio has the I-77 corridor that runs from the Lake Erie shoreline in Cleveland all the […]

SCCA Presents Top Honors in RoadRally, RallyCross, and Solo Communities

Each year at the SCCA® National Convention, the RoadRally Board (RRB), RallyCross® Board (RXB), and Solo® Events Board (SEB) gather to celebrate some of the greatest achievements by members, Regions, and Divisions in their respective programs. Those awards include everything from outstanding rookie performances to season-long success to exceptional Regional and Divisional programs, with some […]

New Year, New You! So, Hey, New You: Try These Upcoming RoadRallies

You show us a New Year, and we’ll show you someone who’s made resolutions they’ll never keep. Instead of making an impossible New Year’s resolution, this year you should resolve to simply have more #funwithcars — and there’s no better way to kick the year off than by entering SCCA® RoadRallies. Speaking of which, check […]

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