May 31, 2018

2019 SCCA National Convention Dates and Location

For 2019, the annual SCCA National Convention will return January 17-19 to South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. This year’s National Convention will be very special as its theme is “Celebrating Our Legacy, Building Our Future” and serves as the official start of the Club’s 75th Anniversary celebration. The Convention will again be […]

May 30, 2018

An Autocrosser Goes Tracking

(Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Dave Hardy, an autocrosser for nearly 20 years) Short Version: The new SCCA Time Trials concept is awesome. It has the fun, competition, accessibility, and camaraderie of National level autocross coupled with the adrenaline of high-speed tracking. You should do it. Long Version: So, a bit about […]

May 30, 2018

2018 Tire Rack Lincoln Championship Tour Fast Notes

Commenting on the weather is usually a cliché cop-out in writing event recaps. That’s not the case with this past weekend’s Tire Rack Lincoln Championship Tour. It was HOT. We’re talking record temperatures, before you even factor in surface temperature on the concrete. Everybody should just be thankful it wasn’t asphalt. Considering the number of […]

May 29, 2018

2018 Tire Rack Lincoln ProSolo Fast Notes

For the first time this season, heat became a concern at a Tire Rack ProSolo® as record temperatures pushed 100 degrees in Lincoln, Nebraska. Drivers did their best to manage not only their driving, but the temperatures of themselves, their cars and their tires. The Solo Spec Coupe class has been causing a stir all […]

May 24, 2018

Finalized Time Trials Nationals Classing and Car Prep Rules

The Time Trials Board (TTB) has released the final classing and prep rules to be used at the 2018 Time Trials Nationals (TTN) event taking place September 28-30 at NCM Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Previously, the board had released final language for prep rules and classing at the Max and Unlimited level. Today’s […]

May 23, 2018

The RallyCross Learning Curve

Words by Greggar Helgeland In SCCA® Rallycross®, the shortest path to success runs through the driver seat, not the garage. Most RallyCross competitors agree that better performance is easier to find through driver preparation and education than it is through vehicle upgrades. Preparing your car is still beneficial, but driver development should always be the […]

May 22, 2018

Take 5: With Danny Kao

Background: Danny Kao has been an IT professional for the last 30 years. The first ten years he worked as an application programmer, while the next twenty were as the head of IT for three different, small biotech companies. Now he is an application analyst for a medium-size vaccine company. He has been married (sorry […]

May 20, 2018

Weekend Sweeps for Some at Portland Hoosier Super Tour

The Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour wrapped up its West Coast schedule Sunday at Portland International Raceway (PIR) during a weekend hosted by the SCCA’s Oregon Region. Eighteen drivers managed to sweep class wins over the course of two days, but that feat certainly didn’t come easy in many cases. One such example would […]

May 19, 2018

Competitors “Pour It On” in Portland Sat. at Hoosier Super Tour

The second of two West Coast Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour events got rolling Saturday at Portland International Raceway (PIR) during a race weekend hosted by the SCCA’s Oregon Region. Throughout the day, there was plenty of tight competition on the 1.977-mile, 12-turn circuit situated along the Columbia River. The “come back” of the […]

May 18, 2018

At A Glance: ’18 Portland Hoosier Super Tour

Storylines/Things to Watch:Last Spin Out West — Racing this weekend at PIR represents the second and final Hoosier Super Tour event for 2018 out west. The first event took place just a couple weeks ago at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in California’s Central Valley. For some drivers, PIR will be their last shot to generate points […]

May 17, 2018

SportsCar Feature: On The Job Training

This article first appeared in the May, 2018 edition of SportsCar Magazine. SCCA members can read the current and past editions of SportCar digitally here; To become an SCCA member and get SportsCar mailed to your home address monthly in addition to the digital editions, click here. Less than a year into the job, we catch […]

May 16, 2018

Future Runoffs Class Criteria Established

Planning for the potential expansion of Runoffs-eligible classes in the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA® Road Racing program, Sports Car Club of America’s Board of Directors approved a process by which classes would be selected for future National Championship Runoffs® events. The new process will provide each class an opportunity to guarantee its invitation based on […]

May 14, 2018

Rave Reviews for Tire Rack Street Survival

Since its very first class in 2002, the Tire Rack Street Survival program has educated more than 21,000 young drivers about the maintenance needs of their vehicles and the maneuvers that will keep them safe in emergency situations. After 16 years, the program is still well received around the country. Just check out some recent […]

May 11, 2018

Formula Enterprises 2 Conversion: Simple and Worth It

This article originally appeared at http://www.MazdaMotorsports.com SCCA and SCCA Enterprises announced the new Formula Enterprises 2 class a few months back, and now the first cars are showing up in U.S. Majors Tour competition around the country. The original Formula Enterprises car is a Van Diemen chassis with an engine that was used in Ford […]

May 10, 2018

Thank you for being Excellent to each other!

If you’ve been paying attention to our Instagram — and we mean if you aren’t following us on the Gram @sccatracknight, you really should — you might have noticed a sign in one of our posts that said, “Be excellent to each other.” It’s not just a must-know, pop-culture reference from Bill and Ted’s Excellent […]

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2019 SCCA National Convention Dates and Location

An Autocrosser Goes Tracking

2018 Tire Rack Lincoln Championship Tour Fast Notes

2018 Tire Rack Lincoln ProSolo Fast Notes

Finalized Time Trials Nationals Classing and Car Prep Rules

The RallyCross Learning Curve

Take 5: With Danny Kao

Weekend Sweeps for Some at Portland Hoosier Super Tour

Competitors “Pour It On” in Portland Sat. at Hoosier Super Tour

At A Glance: ’18 Portland Hoosier Super Tour

SportsCar Feature: On The Job Training

Future Runoffs Class Criteria Established

Rave Reviews for Tire Rack Street Survival

Formula Enterprises 2 Conversion: Simple and Worth It

Thank you for being Excellent to each other!

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