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Targa Southland: The Classic Returned, the Points Didn’t Matter, and the Teams Loved It

For more than seven years, a Facebook group titled “Targa Southland” sat mostly dormant. A couple times a year, competitors from 2016 and 2017 would chime in, often when someone drove past Bart’s Bait and Tackle shop in northern Georgia, or when an old picture memory cropped up of one of many adventures that were […]

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Targa’s Final Stop of 2025 Is an Epic Tour of Chicagoland: Don’t Miss This Deep-Dish Drive

SCCA® Targa is the Club’s best kept track adventure everyone’s in love with. Not only have we been telling you all about it, but so have event participants via the Targa Facebook group. Fact is, virtually everyone who participated in 2016 and 2017, then Targa Texasland and Targa Southland this year, agree that if you’re […]

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Inside the SCCA Podcast: What is SCCA Targa?

(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 […]

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This Spec MX-5 Racer Tackled an SCCA Targa — Here’s Why She Recommends You Enter the Next One

Emy Kissick wasn’t who I expected to find in the paddock at SCCA’s initial Targa event of the 2025 season, Targa Texasland. A road racer who won a $50,000 Mazda Motorsports scholarship to race a full season of Spec MX-5 in the SCCA’s U.S. Majors Tour® and Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour in 2025, […]

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Targa Southland, the OG of SCCA Targa, is About to Hit the Road, And You’re Invited

Guess who’s back, back again. Targa’s back, tell a friend. Why tell a friend? Because SCCA® Targa events are team sports, so you’ll need a friend if you want to participate. Then — as we discovered during Targa Texasland earlier this year — you’ll make even more friends once the event begins. You’ll need to […]

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Targa Texasland Might Just Have Set a New Bar for SCCA Events

(This article is a first-hand experience of SCCA’s Targa Texasland, which took place April 30-May 4, 2025. If this event sounds fun, consider taking part in one (or both!) of the two upcoming Targas, Targa Southland, June 11-15, and Targa Chicagoland, July 30-Aug. 3. You can learn more on the Targa webpage.) “Welcome to SCCA® […]

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Targa’s Final Tour of 2025 to Hit Chicagoland — Why You Need to Register NOW

This is an easy one: You and a friend need to register right now for the team sport of Targa Chicagoland because registration is now open. Simple, right? Got more questions? Like what is Targa Chicagoland, when does it take place, and how’s it scored? I suppose we can answer those questions, too. Targa Chicagoland […]

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Last Call: Sign up for Targa Texasland Now so Y’all Don’t Miss the Fun

We’ve teased it, announced it, and now it’s (nearly) here! Targa Texasland is about to take place April 30-May 4, 2025, and with that week cresting the Texas horizon, this is your final chance to join the fun. What fun? All the fun, that’s what! SCCA® Targas are multi-city, multi-discipline events where a team of […]

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Targa Southland Event Registration Opens: What You Need to Know

Prior to this year, SCCA® had hosted only two Targas, both named Targa Southland. Now, eight years after the last one, Targa Southland is back, baby, with registration about to open for the June 11-15, 2025, event that will pit drivers against the clock at four different venues over the course of five days. What’s […]

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Targa Texasland’s Coming Up: What to Know & When to Enter

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect a schedule change from G2 Motorsports Park to MotorSport Ranch Houston. SCCA’s Targa was a simple concept. Well, as simple as a single event that hits multiple venues and features a variety of competition types (all jammed into five days) can be. Come to think of […]

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Targa’s Back, Baby, And This Time It’s Triple the Fun

We forgive you if you don’t recall what Targa is. Truth is, the last Targa SCCA® held was in 2017 with Targa Southland. That event was the second Targa the SCCA had ever hosted, the first coming the year prior. But while there have only been two Targas, legends were made during those events. And […]

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SCCA Guide: Driving Cross-Country to Racetracks

Ever dreamed of hitting the road for an epic cross-country adventure where your destination is the racetrack? It’s not just a dream—it’s an achievable reality. In this episode of the SCCA Shop Manual, presented by Hoosier, we follow SCCA members Doug Willie and Jackie Mutschler as they share their unique approach to “track tourism.” Discover […]

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2017 Targa Traverses Southland

All totaled, 50 teams took the challenge of the 2017 SCCA Targa Southland.  Teams began their adventure at the zMAX Dragway for an autocross, then on to Charlotte Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motorsports Park and Memphis International Raceway.  Along the way the teams autocrossed, competed in a TrackCross, Time Trial and RoadRally, participated in peer judged […]

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Registration Open for Kansas Targa Heartland

Registration is open for another SCCA® Targa event this year, Targa Heartland. Taking place August 5-6 in Topeka, Kansas, Targa Heartland is a multi-discipline event which gives automotive enthusiasts a chance to sample many of the programs SCCA offers in a low-pressure, highly-social environment. Heartland Park Topeka will be the hub for Targa Heartland events […]

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Targa Southland Returns in 2017

After a roaring success last year in its inaugural tour, the Sports Car Club of America® is bringing back in 2017 the adventure that is Targa Southland.  Taking place August 11-13, Targa Southland participants will again start their voyage in North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s zMax Dragway.  But this year, the festivities will wrap […]

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