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May 28, 2021

Line Up For The Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association Season

Earlier in May, you may have seen some stories about the recent Pine Mountain HillClimb at SCCA.com or GrassrootsMotorsports.com. It was an amazing event that combined the strengths of three different SCCA Regions to pull off. If you saw media coverage from that weekend, you may have thought to yourself, “Darn, I’m sorry I missed that.” If that’s […]

Apr 26, 2021

Regions Combine Assets For Sold Out HillClimb

For some, the idea of multiple SCCA Regions working together on one event would be too steep of a hill to climb. Those of you nodding your heads at that sentence are about to groan at the pun, because the East Tennessee, Blue Ridge and Central Carolinas Regions have done just that, for an already-sold-out […]

Apr 26, 2021

TrackSprint: Tasty Addition to Motorsport Smorgasbord

Time trials, track days, autocross, volunteering, RallyCross, RoadRally, HillClimb and road racing; the Sports Car Club of America offers quite the buffet of motorsport activities for those wanting to have fun with and around cars. And for each of the menu items listed above, there are a multitude of sub-options that appeal to every type […]

Mar 12, 2021

Staff Members Bring Life-Long Training And Love Of The Club

The National Staff of the Sports Car Club of America, to a person, carries a love of the Club with them in everything they do. But for a handful, that love came naturally, passed down from prior generations and embedded in their genes. Like everything children learn and absorb as they grow, each unique SCCA […]

Feb 2, 2021

Collaboration Creates New HillClimb Opportunity

HillClimb fans, block off May 1-2, 2021, on your calendars for a brand-new HillClimb taking place at Pine Mountain State Resort Park in Pineville, Kentucky, thanks to a collaborative effort put forth by SCCA’s East Tennessee Region, Blue Ridge Region and Central Carolinas Region with some help from SCCA’s Region Development and Experiential Programs Departments, […]

Sep 18, 2020

5 Ways to Have a Great TrackSprint

TrackSprint – the Time Trials format which requires you to get it right, right away. There are not 20 minutes here to get your rhythm down, or multiple sessions to perfect your lap; it’s just a few runs to nail the best time. If you’re new to TrackSprint – it’s when you run a portion […]

Feb 27, 2020

SCCA In the Media: Arizona Region

According to The Copper Era newspaper, which covers Greenlee County located along the Arizona/New Mexico border, the Clifton Hill Climb is being resurrected thanks to support from SCCA’s Arizona Region. After conducting the Clifton Hill Climb for three years straight starting in 2015, the event was put on hold for a couple years. A 2018 […]

Dec 11, 2019

SCCA Contingency: Perfect Partnership Between Sponsors/Racers

Each year through its 115 Regions and subsidiary divisions, Sports Car Club of America® sanctions more amateur motorsports events, engaging more enthusiasts, than any other sports car racing sanctioning body in the United States. In 2019, SCCA had more than 110,000 entries across its competition offerings, which include Road Racing, Solo, Time Trials, RallyCross, HillClimb […]

Mar 29, 2018

Marc Gerstein — 1935-2018

The Sports Car Club of America learned this morning of the passing of Marc Gerstein, a 2007 inductee to the SCCA Hall of Fame. A member of the Club since 1968, Gerstein was a longtime fixture in the Philadelphia Region. One of the fathers of the SCCA Solo program, Gerstein was at the forefront of […]

Aug 19, 2016

The Empire (Michigan) Hillclimb Revival: September 24th

Though they were once among the most popular forms of racing in the SCCA, hillclimb events have been on the decline. The construction of newer permanent road courses, lack of suitable sites, and increased road traffic has made holding these events a challenging task. Even so, many dedicated enthusiasts are working hard to keep the […]

Aug 10, 2016

Blue Mountain Region Paves Way

The SCCA’s Blue Mountain Region, which organizes Reading Hillclimbs in Pennsylvania, got a pat on the back recently for some good work they’re doing in their community. According to the Reading Eagle newspaper, BMR has taken part of the profits from annual hillclimbs and used the money to repave an 800-foot roadside path in town. […]

Feb 4, 2016

#TBT Hillclimb and the Era of Racing on the Roads

There was a time in SCCA history when closed-circuit road courses were not scattered across the country. Early in SCCA history, members wanted to test the abilities of their cars and themselves. Time trials were an early favorite, one of the formats being hillclimb. The concept was simple: close the road; time each competitor; whoever […]

May 8, 2014

Hoosier Releases A7 DOT Race Tire

Hoosier Racing Tire Sports Car DOT A7 Radials are Racetrack & Autocross Only tires developed for drivers who compete in autocross, time trial and hillclimb events in dry conditions where responsiveness and high levels of grip at lower operating temperatures are desirable. A7 Radials are also used for road racing on lightweight cars or when […]