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Long Earns American Sedan Championship Flag to Flag

Any time a thirteen-time champion appears in your mirrors, it’s a bad sign. But for 19 laps on Saturday during the SCCA National Championship Runoffs American Sedan race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Peoria, Illinois’ Bryan Long looked like the experienced champion on his way to the gold medal. John Heinricy, who has earned more titles […]

Kemper Takes Formula Mazda National Title After Race-Long Battle

INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 30, 2017)- Oil spills, spin-offs, lapped traffic and tight racing defined the Formula Mazda (FM) Sports Car Club of America National Championship Runoffs® race. Defending his race line in the No. 4 Mazda Goodyear Star Formula Mazda on the final lap, Melvin David Kemper Jr., of Toledo, Washington, took the checkered for his […]

Redemption For Van Steenburg in E Production

Redeeming a near-miss from Daytona in 2015, Kip Van Steenburg, of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, snagged a long-awaited E Production title at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs on Saturday on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Chris Dryden, of New Freedom, Pennsylvania, and Jesse Prather, of Topeka, Kansas, completed the podium. Van Steenburg’s […]

McCusker Wins Runoffs Debut in Formula Continental

Austin McCusker, of Glen Head, New York, took the lead from the pole in Formula Continental and fought off all challengers in his No. 06 Dot Works/Primus Racing Van Diemen/Ford to win the 2017 SCCA National Championship in his SCCA Runoffs® debut. “It was an exciting race,” McCusker said, “I was just trying to get […]

Jackson Makes It Four for Four with GT-3 Runoffs Win

It was an all Canadian front row in the GT-3 race Saturday morning during the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Collin Jackson, of Langley, British Columbian, and Joe Kristensen, of London, Ontario, were side by side when the green flag waved. As it turns out, that was the closest the battle for […]

Daughtery Makes It Two in a Row with 2017 B-Spec Runoffs Victory

David Daughtery, of Fortville, Indiana, led every lap in his No. 1 Carbotech/Hoosier Mini Cooper at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to take his second consecutive SCCA Runoffs® B-Spec win and his tenth SCCA National Championship. Following Daughtery was John Heinricy from Clarkston, Michigan, in the No. 35 Hoosier/Mobil/Hawk/Matic Chevrolet Sonic and the No. 43 PhillipsRacePrep/HPD/Hooiser […]

Kulach Back-to-Back for Nissan in Touring 3

(updated: September 30 at 6:50 p.m. Eastern to reflect a change in third place in the official results) Indianapolis, Ind. (September 29, 2017) — Derek Kulach, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, took advantage of an early race incident involving the front-row qualifiers and cruised to his second straight Touring 3 crown on Friday at the SCCA […]

Two in One Day for Aquilante with GT-2 Runoffs Victory

The opening day of the 2017 SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was pretty good for Andrew Aquilante.  To start the day, he became the first-ever winner of a Runoffs event at Indianapolis with a dominant performance in the Touring 1 class.  Then to close out the day, he mirrored his morning performance […]

Prill Takes Maiden Runoffs Victory in F Production

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Sept. 29, 2017) – After 16 tries and seven national podiums, Eric Prill of Topeka, Kansas, clinched his first victory ever in the Sports Car Club of America National Championship Runoffs® Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Driving his F Production MaxtonsFight.org/JPM/Hoosier Mazda Miata, Prill crossed the Yard of Bricks more than two seconds […]

Runoffs Rookie Cowley Slices to Win

Nineteen-year-old Matt Cowley, of Tampa, Florida, outlasted a gaggle of other young competitors for a Formula F National Championship on Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the SCCA Runoffs. Seventeen-year-old Zach Holden, of Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, and 23-year-old Jonathon Kotyk, of Atlantic Beach, Florida, joined Cowley on the podium after spending time at the front of […]

Pardus Headlines Spec Miata at Runoffs

(updated: September 30 at 6:55 p.m. Eastern to reflect a change in second place in the official results) Spec Miata (SM) has been an exciting class to watch all week during the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  More than 100 drivers posted qualifying times during the week, and a Last Chance Race […]

Miserendino Takes SRF Win in Final Lap; Ends 8-year Drought

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Sept. 29, 2017)- In a tight battle for the Spec Racer Ford (SRF) National Championship, Mike Miserendino of Bakersfield, California, took the checkered flag in his MBI Racing machine for the first time since 2009 during the 54th Sports Car Club of America® National Championship Runoffs® at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway on […]

Grant Ends Drought With Formula Atlantic Win

Keith Grant, of Germantown, Tennesee, broke a 14-year SCCA National Championship Runoffs drought full of near misses with a win on Friday in Formula Atlantic at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Sedat Yelkin, of Austintown, Ohio, and Spencer Brockman, of Westport, Connecticut, completed the podium. Grant’s No. 40 Mazda/Hoosier/Polestar Swift 016a/Mazda started on the front row, alongside […]

Shafer Runs Away With Prototype 2 Class

Jeff Shafer, of Las Vegas, left the Prototype 2 field behind from the Tire Rack Pole and cruised to his second SCCA Runoffs title in a row on Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Tim Day, Jr., of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Greg Gyann, of Willowbrook, Illinois, joined Shaffer on the podium after a back and forth […]

First-Ever Indy Runoffs Win Goes to Andrew Aquilante in Touring 1

Andrew Aquilante became the first driver ever to win an SCCA National Championship Runoffs race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Friday morning.  For Aquilante, this is his seventh Runoffs victory.  But taking the win at Indianapolis in Touring 1 (T1) is something special. “It’s pretty cool to do this at Indy and be the first guy […]

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