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SCCA President Recognized by the Women’s Sport Foundation Project Podium

SCCA President and CEO Lisa Noble was awarded the 2014 Women’s Sports Foundation Project Podium Leadership Award by Lyn St. James, the second woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, at the Race Track Business Conference held, Dec. 10, hosted by the National Speedway Directory at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Indianapolis. Leadership […]

2015 SEDIV Solo Development Coordinator: Scott Dobler II

What have I gotten myself into? Yes, I did it… I took over as the Southeast Division Solo Development Coordinator (AKA Solo Steward) officially for the beginning of the 2014 season. My thinking was that everybody would be as excited as I was to attend Divisionals, and events would fall from the heavens like rain. […]

2015 Tire Rack SCCA Match Tour Rules

Next year will mark the third year of the Tire Rack SCCA Match Tour format. The first year’s format was completely different from the 2014 version. The last couple of events in 2014 seemed to have more and more members catching onto the format. With that in mind, we did not want to completely revamp […]

New Class of SCCA Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

Five names will be added the Sports Car Club of America Hall of Fame, Saturday, Feb. 21, at the SCCA Hall of Fame Banquet presented by Mazda during the North American Motorsports Expo (MSX) and SCCA National Convention in Charlotte. The 2015 class is made up of Roger H. Johnson, Oscar Koveleski, Ron Sharp, Dr. […]

Solo Development Coordinators

SCCA? SEB? GCR? BOD? DSSS? SSS? Sounds like we’re heating up Campbell’s Alphabet Soup! The Sports Car Club of America used acronyms to identify different aspects of the programs in the club. For over 25 years, all of the Divisions have had a DSS – Divisional Solo Steward. Through those years, the Divisional Solo Steward […]

SCCA Top Brass to Speak at Race Track Business Conference in Indianapolis

Three key players in the Sports Car Club of America organization will speak as part of the 2014 Race Track Business Conference, slated for Wednesday, Dec. 10, in Indianapolis. SCCA President/CEO Lisa Noble, SCCA Pro Racing President Robert Clarke and SCCA COO Eric Prill will be among the panelists at the motorsports industry event. Noble […]

ShopManual – Chapter 9: D Street Prepared

THE GURU: John Vitamvas has spent the last two years developing an E46-chassis BMW for D Street Prepared. His red 330Ci has been a fixture on the National autocross scene since the early 2000s. THE PITCH: Three generations of BMW 3-series compete with the Mazda RX-8 to create one of the most crowd-pleasing classes in […]

Ad-hoc Committees for Prototype Classes Dissolved

In June 2012, the formation of two ad-hoc committees to develop the rules for what has become Prototype 1 and Prototype 2 was announced. At that time, the commitment was made for the duration of the committees to last no longer than two years. Now, the time has come to dissolve the P1 and P2 […]

ShopManual – Chapter 8: Street Touring R

THE GURU: Brian Karwan is a Honda extraordinaire out of the Washington DC region, and is on his 10th year of SCCA Solo. Running his own parts fabrication business, Karcepts, Brian is extremely knowledgeable about what it takes to set up a car to win. His decals can be seen on many top-national cars at […]

SCCA Announces National Office Reorganization, Promotions Within Leadership

Sports Car Club of America, Inc. announced a restructuring of its National Office this week, positioning four current employees in more prominent positions and adding one new member to its staff. The restructuring aligns the entire office into three departments — Operations, Business Development and Administration. Each of the departments will work closely to support […]

2014 SCCA National Championship Runoffs Available on DVD

Sports Car Club of America announced the sale of DVD recordings of the 2014 SCCA National Championship Runoffs® from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Each of the 24 races of the 51st edition of the event are available for purchase on an eight-disk DVD set available in time for the holidays. The entire set, which recounts […]

Summary of Major Rules Changes for 2015

First, I’d like to thank all the members of the Advisory Committees for their hard work and dedication to helping the Solo program. These folks work hard and give an extraordinary amount of their precious time and energy to helping the SEB. Below is a summary of the major rule changes for 2015. These are […]

SCCA Unveils New-Look Convention, MSX Schedule and Pricing

The Sports Car Club of America National Convention, running in conjunction with MSX – North American MotorSports Expo February 20-21 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., unveiled a new look schedule and lower pricing for the 2015 event. The weekend opens with the SCCA Annual Meeting on Friday, February 20 and wraps with […]

2014 SCCA Solo Triad Award Winners: Gwen Habenicht

Gwen Habenicht, of Bahama, North Carolina, said that the Solo Triad Award was the result of a season-long goal meant to help her focus on performing well in competition. “At the beginning of 2014 Jim [Feinberg] suggested that I set a goal for myself for the year,” Habenicht said. “Achieving that goal would give me […]

2014 SCCA Solo Triad Award Winners: Eric Peterson

Eric Peterson, of Hillsborough, North Carolina, had always loved cars, but wasn’t sure how to transform that into something greater. At least that was until he attended a racing school at Road Atlanta. As they say, the rest is history. “I went through Road Atlanta’s three-day competition racing school in 1994,” Peterson said. “I loved […]

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