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2012 Solo Nationals By the Numbers

Jeff Kiesel took his 7th consecutive championship by winning E-Modified. The win moved him into 2nd place on the all time open class consecutive list, four behind John Thomas. Kiesel’s streak is the longest active streak, one ahead of Mark Madarash and two ahead of Julian Garfield. Formula Junior driver, Julian Garfield extended his undefeated […]

Top Solo Champs Compete in Gumout All-Star Shootout

For the second year, the top drivers at the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships gathered for one final head-to-head shootout, driving the Gumout/Black Magic/BFGoodrich Tires Volkswagen Golf in the Gumout “Use Your Motorhead”All-Star Shootout. One driver was selected from each heat based on indexed PAX scores to even out the wide variety of classes […]

Final Champs Crowned at 40th Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals

The 40th running of the Tire Rack SCCA® Solo® National Championships concluded Friday at the Lincoln (Neb.) Airpark with the crowning of an additional 35 National Champions and eight more winners in Supplemental Classes. The four-day competition hosted 1,135 drivers at the largest motorsports competition in the world. The temperatures on Friday were considerably cooler […]

Stage Set To Crown Remaining Winners at 40th Tire Rack Solo Nationals

After crowning one set of National Championships on Wednesday at the 40th Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships, a second run of competitors have posted times and only one day of action remains at the Lincoln (Neb.) Airpark. G.J. Dixon, of Scarsdale, N.Y., rocketed to a 0.694-second advantage in the 41-car Super Stock field in […]

Henry To Pull the SCCA Championship Tripleheader

LINCOLN, Neb. (Sept. 6, 2012) — Sports Car Club of America members generally focus on one discipline–rally, road racing or Solo. Sam Henry is proof positive that one doesn’t need to be typecast, as he will tackle the Tire Rack SCCA Solo® National Championships, the SCCA National Championship Runoffs® and the SCCA RallyCross® National Championships […]

Jeremy Foley, Back On Track At Solo Nationals

You’ve seen the video. We’ve all seen the video. Amazingly enough, SCCA soloist Jeremy Foley walked away from a Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb accident that was so dramatic, everyone from the Today Show to Piers Morgan came calling. Now that Foley is back in the Solo paddock this week at the 40th Tire Rack […]

Initial Wave of Champions Crowned at 40th Tire Rack Solo Nationals

(ed. note – changed to reflect the correct G Stock winner) LINCOLN, Neb. (September 5, 2012) — With the first wave of competition complete, 33 SCCA National Champions were crowned on Wednesday at the 40th Tire Rack Solo National Championships. Run under sunny skies at the Lincoln (Neb.) Airpark, those Champions were set to receive their […]

40th Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships Complete Day One

The 40th running of the Tire Rack Solo National Championships completed opening day on Tuesday, setting the stage to crown the first round of National Championships after the second day of competition at the Lincoln (Neb.) Airpark. At the Solo National Championships, competitors get three runs on both the East and West course, with each […]

Gumout All-Star Shootout Returns to Solo Nationals

For the second time, Gumout and the SCCA are putting on the all-star race at the Tire Rack Solo National Championship. The top drivers in each heat will compete head-to-head in the Gumout/Black Magic/BFGoodrich Tires “Use Your Motorhead”Volkswagen Golf, with the quickest single run named the winner of the Gumout All-Star Shootout. Ten drivers will […]

Tharpe Wins Super Challenge Finale; Hollis Claims Season Title In Lincoln

Joe Tharpe, of State Center, Iowa, won the TireRack ProSolo Finale this weekend at the Lincoln (Neb.) Airpark, while a third-round finish in the Gumout Super Challenge was enough to hand Andy Hollis, Austin, Texas, the season-long point championship. Tharpe was the top qualifier in the Super Street Prepared class to qualify for the 32-driver […]

Record Entrants Amping Up For Solo National Championships

Ruby Slippers: This year marks the 40th running of the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships. The event spent 30 of its first 36 years in the Sunflower state, but it’s not in Kansas any more. For the fourth-consecutive year, the event will be held on the concrete runways of the Lincoln Airpark. SCCA has […]

2012 Solo Nationals PaddockNow

In the past, anyone who has been to Nationals has seen a giant paper map that we write on, edit, erase, change and generally mangle throughout the first few days before competition as people are arriving on site and scramble for a spot near there friends or in some specific area. For those who were […]

Contingency Programs for 40th Solo Nationals Open

The 40th Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships is expected to be one of the biggest in history, with competitors coming from across the country to the Lincoln (Neb.) Airpark, September 4-7. The contingency programs being offered to those competitors follow suit and are also among the largest in the 40-year history of the event. […]

40th Anniversary Solo Nationals Ladies’ Luncheon

UPDATED! Solo Performance Specialties has joined the sponsor list for the Ladies’ Luncheon. Check out their website at http://www.soloperformance.com/ Hey Ladies! Please join us for a luncheon, vintage slide presentation and a lively panel discussion celebrating 40 years of women in solo. This will be held during the Solo Nationals on Monday, September 3, […]

Jayhawk Motorsports Wins SCCA-Supported FSAE Event

SCCA workers and volunteers helped with the “dynamic”portion of the Formula SAE Lincoln event, June 20-23, and the University of Kansas took home the top trophy at the event’s first visit to the site of the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships. The 81-team event, made up from college students from around the world, took […]

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