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STR, FSP, CPL Championships Awarded on the West Course

Heat two on the West course of the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships in Lincoln ended with National Championships for Street Touring Roadster, F Street Prepared, and C Prepared Ladies. After years of being seemingly snake bitten, Nick Barbato, of Whethersfield, Conn., finally pulled out his first career National Championship behind the wheel of […]

STU, Kart Mod and the CAM Classes Sort Out Championships on West

Heat three on the West course during the Tire Rack Solo National Championship at the Lincoln Airpark brought Street Touring Ultra, Kart Modified, and the Classic American Cam classes — a diverse group running in one heat. Brian Peters, of Litchfield, Ariz., laid down three times on Wednesday that were quicker than the class runner-up, […]

West Course Crowns Five Final Champs on Wednesday

C Prepared, E Modified, G Prepared, F Street Prepared Ladies and Street Touring Roadster Ladies wrapped the day on the West course in a diverse group that was as entertaining as any. Michael Maier, of Livermore, Calif., had to work for his seventh CP National Championship after the Mark Madarash, an eight time champion in […]

Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals Sets Participation Record During Thursday Runs

LINCOLN, Neb. (Sept. 4, 2014) — The world’s largest motorsports event is even larger in 2014 as the second wave began competition at the 42nd Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships on Thursday at the Lincoln (Neb.) Airpark. A total of 1,185 drivers have taken runs in the week-long event to crown the country’s best […]

Board of Directors Grab Their Helmets For Tire Rack Solo Nationals

The SCCA Board of Directors has, unfairly, been accused oftentimes of favoring one program over another. This week at the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships in Lincoln, the Board of Directors have grabbed their helmets and become an active part of the event. Four of the 13 area directors — Chairman John Walsh, Vice […]

National Champions and Winners From CSL, DS, STF, ESPL, CML, DML

It took each of her allotted three runs, but Mandy Owen, of Phoenix, Arizona, did what she needed to do to earn her second consecutive National Championship in E Street Prepared Ladies. At the controls of her No. 96 Goodspeed Performance Subaru WRX, Owen entered Wednesday’s competition with the class lead. After second runs, Owen’s […]

Wednesday Celebration Honors Prominent Soloists, Tire Rack National Champions

Lincoln, Neb. (Sept. 3, 2014) — Three of the Tire Rack SCCA Solo program’s highest honors were given out Wednesday night at the Lancaster Event Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, as part of the Wednesday’s Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships awards banquet. The Solo Cup, Spirit of the Sport and Driver of Eminence award were […]

Titles Awarded in CS, STFL, DM, STX on East Course

Heat Two A former Street Touring® X runner-up, Jeff Stuart, of Santa Barbara, California, earned his first SCCA National Championship, topping a 55-car C Street class, overcoming a 0.231-second deficit in his No. 193 Berry Family Racing/www.racetraceapp.com Nissan 370Z. Tuesday leader Chris Fenter, of Greenville, Wisconsin, finished 0.313-second behind in his No. 189 Mazda MX-5. […]

2014 Choose the Champs – Part 4

Time for Part 4 of Choose the Champs: Street Modified. Today, we speak with Jank Frayson. Jank is a long time muscle car guy, born in an era when cars were made of iron, stone and the hides of mastadons. The wheel project was just completed as Jank got into cars and he absolutely couldn’t […]

2014 Choose the Champs – Part 3

Time for Part 3 of Choose the Champs: Street Prepared. Today, we speak with Hilda High-Sprung. Hilda runs her own race team, High-Sprung Racing, featuring a 1969 Honda N360 Civic. They aren’t fast, but at least the car breaks a lot to keep them all busy. Hilda knows all about replacing hubs in grid and […]

Tire Rack Solo Nationals Underway!

The 42nd Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships are underway today at the Lincoln (Neb.) Airpark, and there are many ways to follow along if you can’t make it out to the event. When registration closed, the entry list sat at 1,161 competitors. If that holds, it would break the record of 1,157 set in […]

Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals Opens Tuesday In Lincoln

Lincoln, Neb. (Sept. 2, 2014) — The 42nd Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships got underway on Tuesday at the Lincoln (Neb.) Airpark, and though the air temperatures were high there wasn’t a cloud in the sky as the first classes of the nearly 1,200 autocross competitors set to run this week ran their first […]

Russell Wins Tire Rack ProSolo Finale Super Challenge and ProSolo Championship

Paul Russell, of San Diego, California, was the Super Challenge winner at the Tire Rack® SCCA ProSolo® Finale at Lincoln Airpark. The Challenge win allowed Russell to claim the 2014 ProSolo Super Challenge Championship. Kim Whitener, of Fort Worth, Texas, was the Ladies Challenge winner earning her the ProSolo Ladies Challenge Championship title. The Finale […]

Majors Tour Schedule Takes Checkers At Topeka

The SCCA Mid-States Conference Majors Tour, and the entire 2014 U.S. Majors Tour schedule, wrapped on Sunday at Heartland Park Topeka with six group races and settled the remaining open championships. Sunday’s schedule featured 21-lap races around the 2.2-mile HPT configuration to wrap the season. Championship battles were settled by scoring the best eight of […]

Official Recap: 2014 ProSolo Finale and Super Challenge Results

Paul Russell, of San Diego, California, was the Super Challenge winner at the Tire Rack® SCCA ProSolo® Finale at Lincoln Airpark. The Challenge win allowed Russell to claim the 2014 ProSolo Super Challenge Championship. Kim Whitener, of Fort Worth, Texas, was the Ladies Challenge winner earning her the ProSolo Ladies Challenge Championship title. The Finale […]

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