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Fauth Scores Pikes Peak Match Tour Win

David Fauth, of Aurora, Colo., won Sunday’s Evolution Super Shootout bracket competition, the third of seven scheduled events of the 2013 Tire Rack® SCCA Solo Match Tour. The Evolution Super Shootout presented by BFGoodrich Tires used class runs on Saturday to set the first 32 qualifiers in the bracket. Once the top 32 drivers were […]

Dixie National Challenge Report

Contributed by John Schellenberg This year’s Dixie National Challenge attracted competitors from seven states to the rolling hills of the Redneck Resort in Sweetwater, Tenn., for a weekend of SCCA RallyCross. The three-day event promised some stiff competition for the defending champions. Of the 31 drivers registered, four drivers from Florida made the long trip […]

Driver Jeffrey Bower Passes Away At Lime Rock

TOPEKA, Kan. (June 24,2013) – Jeffrey Bower, of Chester, N.Y., passed away on Friday during a Sports Car Club of America regional race at Lime Rock Park. Bower was 70-years-old. According to reports, Bower’s Formula Vee failed to slow or turn for a corner, ran off course and impacted a barrier. No other cars were […]

Registration Now Open for 2013 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships

Attention all soloists, registration is now open for the 2013 edition of the Tire Rack SCCA Solo® National Championships at Lincoln Airpark, in Lincoln, Neb. Only one hour into registration, there were over 100 completed entries. If you are planning to attend this marquee event, make sure to get you name in the hat early. […]

Solo Nationals Registration Opening – Paddock Now Details

By Randall Prince, Nationals Paddock Chief 2013 Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals Registration will open at Noon Central, on Friday June 21st. Once you have registered for Nationals you will gain access to PaddockNow which will allow you to select you paddock spot for the event. 2013 Nationals and PaddockNow is Back and IMPROVED! If […]

Drivers Meeting – June 2013

Howard Duncan has confirmed that the Northern States Championship Tour will be held at the Wilmington site as originally planned. There were previous issues with the site that caused a back up plan of Peru to be in place but we are now full speed ahead to Wilmington. The Farmington ProSolo has crossed the entry […]

Meet Brad & Jennifer Maxcy – 2013 Solo Nationals Event Chairs

Here’s a little story about a Southern boy from Texas and a Yankee girl from Connecticut. After each of our families moved to Phoenix, Arizona, we met in high school marching band (yes, we’re high school sweethearts!) later attending University of Arizona in Tucson together. After college, we moved to Texas and married shortly thereafter. […]

Explained: Match Tour

By Randall Prince As readers of SoloMatters, you’re generally informed about National level autocrossing. However, even with 6 events done in the past 2 years, there’s still a lot of questions to be answered about the new Match Tour program. So here is a quick run down of my perspective of the program as both […]

Top SCCA Drivers Sparkle Sunday In June Sprints Sunshine

Eight races, including repeat performances from Saturday’s four groups, highlighted Sunday’s SCCA WeatherTech Chicago Region June Sprints at Road America. All 12 of the weekend’s races were a part of the SCCA Northern Conference Majors Tour Championship. The morning opened with an overall runaway win from Tom Sloe’s Touring 1 No. 97 Hutter Racing Engines/Hoosier […]

First of Four SCCA June Sprints Races Completed on Saturday at Road America

The first four races of this weekend’s WeatherTech Chicago Region June Sprints are in the books from Road America on Saturday, part of the SCCA Northern Conference Majors Tour schedule. Following qualifying for all eight of the weekend’s run groups in the morning at the historic 14-turn, 4-mile road course, the afternoon of racing got […]

Jim Hayter Wins SCCA Foundation Raffle

SCCA Member Jim Hayter, of Lewis Center, Ohio, was announced Saturday as the winner of the SCCA Foundation Winner’s Choice Raffle. Hayter wins his choice of a 2013 Mazda Miata MX-5 Club Edition, a 2013 Mazdaspeed 3 or $18,000 in cash. The SCCA Foundation is the not-for-profit 501(c)(3) arm of the SCCA that supports select […]

Provisional Poles Set On Friday At Road America

Provisional poles were set on Friday afternoon at Road America, where the first laps were turned at this year’s WeatherTech Chicago Region June Sprints. The June Sprints are Round Five, and for select classes also Round 6, of the Eastern Conference Majors Tour. Friday afternoon’s qualifying 25-minute qualifying sessions, combined with a second session Saturday […]

Northern Conference Continues with June Sprints

What are we looking for this weekend at Road America? Here are just a few of the highlights: Sprinting Through The Weekend: The June Sprints have a long tradition in SCCA lore, but this year the event format gets a tweak. In addition to the eight 13-lap group races that start on Saturday afternoon and […]

Barbato Takes Second Tire Rack ProSolo Challenge of 2013 in DC

Nick Barbato, of Wethersfield, Conn., completed an East Coast sweep with a win in last weekend’s Tire Rack SCCA Washington, D.C., ProSolo Super Challenge, held in the parking lots surrounding FedEx Field. Victoria Benya, of Phoenixville, Penn., also stood atop the field, winning the event’s Ladies Challenge. While the rainy weather from early in the […]

Thompson Takes Match Tour Round Two in Peru

Carter Thompson, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., took home the big hardware, winning Sunday’s Evolution Super Shootout bracket competition, the second of eight scheduled events for the 2013 Tire Rack SCCA Solo Match Tour. The Evolution Super Shootout presented by BFGoodrich Tires uses class runs on Saturday to set the first 32 qualifiers in the bracket. Once […]

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