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Celebrity Benefits Come with Being Cal Club Volunteer

Mark Smith has been a Sports Car Club of America member for more than 25 years and is very active within the SCCA’s Southern California Sports Car Club.  As Race Chairman for this weekend’s Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour event at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Smith’s job is to do everything he can to make […]

April Time Trials Rules Release

After receiving and reviewing the most recent round of feedback and comments, the Time Trials Board has released an updated version of the 2018 Time Trials Nationals Rules. This update includes: Finalized language for allowed modifications at all four levels of preparation Finalized classing guidelines for the Max and Unlimited levels Proposed classing for Sport […]

At A Glance: ’18 Buttonwillow Hoosier Super Tour

Storylines/Things to Watch:Second Half of Season — The April 27-29 event at Buttonwillow Raceway Park begins the second half of the 10-event Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour season.  The race in Buttonwillow, California, also marks the first of two West Coast events, the second being May 19-20 at Portland International Raceway in Oregon. Follow […]

2018 Tire Rack Crows Landing CAM Challenge Fast Notes

For the first time, a Tire Rack CAM Challenge Powered by SCCA was held in conjunction with another Tire Rack National Solo event this past weekend in Crows Landing, CA. Of the 231 cars competing in the ProSolo, 27 were dedicated for the CAM Challenge. The competition was fast and furious all weekend long with […]

SCCA Veteran Outreach Program Goes Green

Foundation Funding Makes VETMotorsports Partnership Possible COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 19, 2017 – The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), through a grant from the SCCA Foundation, will kick off the second year of its celebrated veteran outreach program this weekend. The program, which will again be run in partnership with the award-winning non-profit VETMotorsports, works […]

Time for 2019 Hall of Fame Nomination Submissions

The deadline is June 15 this year for 2019 SCCA® Hall of Fame nomination submissions. Any SCCA member can submit a nomination to the Hall of Fame Committee. Submissions should be approximately two pages in length and summarize the nominee’s background and reasons for consideration. The goal should be to help the Nomination, Legacy and […]

Take 5: With Youmna Zalzal

Background: Youmna Zalzal was raised in Brooklyn, New York, and lived there until she moved to San Jose, California in 2009, where she currently works as a QA Analyst for a social networking site. Her first SCCA event was the 2015 Crows Tour. And while she didn’t participate in another SCCA event until the 2015 […]

2018 Tire Rack Crows Landing ProSolo Fast Notes

A murder of competitors descended on Crows Landing, California for the 2018 Tire Rack Crows Landing ProSolo® for a mirror image of Justin Tsang-designed courses. These courses featured some sublet offsets into huge crossovers across the runways. With the crossovers came many spins, tank slappers, and 4-wheel drifts as everyone tried to get their entry […]

Update to Remaining 2018 U.S. Majors Tour Schedule

While the U.S. Majors Tour® is well underway in some of the six different Conferences, there are others that are just starting to thaw out from winter and will soon begin their U.S. Majors Tour events.  A list of upcoming Conference events is below, and note the addition of a weekend at the end of […]

SCCA Veteran Outreach Program Goes Green This Weekend

Foundation Funding Makes VETMotorsports Partnership Possible COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 19, 2018 — The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), through a grant from the SCCA Foundation, will kick off the second year of its celebrated veteran outreach program this weekend. The program, which will again be run in partnership with the award-winning non-profit VETMotorsports, works […]

How to RallyCross: A Beginner’s Guide

Words by Greggar Helgeland SCCA® RallyCross® uses traffic cones to build race courses on grass or dirt fields, eliminating most hazards and barriers, which in turn makes RallyCross one of the least expensive and fun ways to race. The pace of RallyCross is generally below highway speeds, but the courses are demanding enough to satisfy the […]

2018 Tire Rack Crows Landing Championship Tour Fast Notes

Compared to the concurrent event in Texas, the 2018 Tire Rack Crows Landing Championship Tour was all sun and warmth. Drivers enjoyed the grippy concrete and a course designed by Justin Moore. In the 17-driver STX class, Adrian Cardenas put together an amazing set of runs to finish with a 1.846-second margin of victory over […]

SCCA Pro Racing Names Sydney Davis Yagel Snr. Mng. of Race Ops

SCCA Pro Racing has named Sydney Davis Yagel as Senior Manager of Race Operations. Davis Yagel, who will focus on assisting the vice president in various operational roles including interfacing with sanctioning bodies, manufacturers, track promoters and sponsors, has spent the last 10 years managing MSR Houston events and schools. During her tenure at MSR […]

2018 Tire Rack Texas Championship Tour Fast Notes

For those who didn’t blow away, the Tire Rack Mineral Wells Championship Tour was an ideal mix of barbeque, and fun driving with friends. David Whitener designed fast “chutes and ladders” courses that were both challenging and fun.  While staying clean was a challenge, drivers that could avoid the cones were rewarded handsomely on the […]

Race Against Mother Nature Sunday at VIR Hoosier Super Tour

After a beautiful opening day of Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour competition Saturday at VIRginia International Raceway, Sunday’s forecast was a bit different with severe storms expected in the afternoon during the race weekend hosted by the SCCA’s North Carolina Region. To beat the weather and make sure all drivers got their second race, […]

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