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From Targa to Time Attack Challenge: Kip Mitchell’s Adventure Has Him Coming Back for More

“I’m addicted,” laughs Kip Mitchell while standing in the paddock of Pittsburgh International Race Complex (Pitt Race) during the Sept. 19-21, 2025, Tire Rack SCCA® Time Attack Challenge. As early as the beginning of this year, Time Attack Challenge competition wasn’t on Kip’s radar. Now, he’s an addict eyeing multiple Time Attack Challenge events in […]

2025 Time Trials Nationals Wraps Day Two of Competition, Final Showdown Awaits

The Sept. 19-21, 2025, Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials Nationals jumped into full swing on Friday, and it would only be a slightly confusing metaphor to say that the gloves quickly came off. To parse that a little, some drivers put ON driving gloves, wheeled hard, and set new personal bests and reset track records, […]

2026 Sneak Peek: These Two Time Attack Challenge and SCCA Targa Weekends Are Set to Thrill

No, we haven’t announced the 2026 Tire Rack SCCA® Time Attack Challenge schedule. No, we also haven’t said where and when SCCA Targa events will take place in the coming year. That’s about to change. Sort of. While we’re still going to leave you in anticipation of the ins and outs of the complete nationwide […]

In the News: Texas Region’s Programs Welcome All

SCCA® Regions making the local news thanks to their motorsports program isn’t a rare occurrence — what is rare is when the reporter is actually a participant in the sport for more than one fun run. Brittany Breeding is not just KDAF-TV CW33’s host of the station’s “Fast + Functional” segment, she’s also a self-described […]

Multi-time Solo Nats Champ (and Pro Racer) Randy Pobst Has His Foot on the Gas in September

Randy Pobst is a multi-time SCCA® Solo® National Champion, multi-time Runoffs® National Champion, multi-time Pro Racing champion, and (to top it off) an SCCA Hall of Famer. His motorsport adventures have led him to being a factory driver for Porsche, Volvo, Mazda, and Audi, and he’s been the chosen wheelman for a number of amazing […]

High Speed Track Action at Autobahn Put an Exclamation Point on the Time Attack Challenge Season

You want high speed Autobahn action? The Tire Rack SCCA® Time Attack Challenge provided just that — at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL, that is. The weather during the Aug. 2-3, 2025, weekend was perfect with a grippy track, allowing personal bests to be set — and reset — all weekend long. Saturday ran […]

Time Attack Challenge Brings the Action to the West Coast with 2026 Multi-Event Series

The Tire Rack SCCA® Time Attack Challenge is no stranger to the West Coast, although it could hardly be considered a regular customer. In 2025, the Time Attack Challenge kicked off its eight-event series with a stop left of the Rockies — but that was it. Truth is, since the creation of the series (then […]

Autocross vs. Time Attack: Which Makes You Faster?

In this installment of the SCCA® Shop Manual presented by Hoosier, we explore how diversifying your motorsports experience can accelerate your development as a driver. Many enthusiasts from the Sports Car Club of America™ Sports Car Club of America community find themselves sticking strictly to either autocross or track days, but limiting yourself to a […]

There was Nothing Tricky About This Time Attack Challenge Weekend at Pocono, Just Fun and Speed

The Tire Rack SCCA® Time Attack Challenge rolled along during the July 19-20, 2025, weekend in Long Pond, PA, at Pocono Raceway, taking advantage of two different configurations at the Tricky Triangle to add even more challenge to an already competitive weekend. An impressive 90 cars were on track for the combined Time Attack Challenge […]

Time Attack Challenge is About to Head to Autobahn, And You’re Invited

Just like with any good competition car build, we assembled this preview article about the forthcoming Tire Rack SCCA® Time Attack Challenge at Autobahn Country Club on Aug. 2-3, 2025, at the last minute. And, just like most enthusiasts, we decided to cut corners where we thought nobody would notice. Enter AI. Let’s see what […]

Targa Southland: The Classic Returned, the Points Didn’t Matter, and the Teams Loved It

For more than seven years, a Facebook group titled “Targa Southland” sat mostly dormant. A couple times a year, competitors from 2016 and 2017 would chime in, often when someone drove past Bart’s Bait and Tackle shop in northern Georgia, or when an old picture memory cropped up of one of many adventures that were […]

Targa’s Final Stop of 2025 Is an Epic Tour of Chicagoland: Don’t Miss This Deep-Dish Drive

SCCA® Targa is the Club’s best kept track adventure everyone’s in love with. Not only have we been telling you all about it, but so have event participants via the Targa Facebook group. Fact is, virtually everyone who participated in 2016 and 2017, then Targa Texasland and Targa Southland this year, agree that if you’re […]

The Chase Is on at Pocono Raceway with This Upcoming Time Attack Challenge

Chase Briscoe did it last month. Denny Hamlin has done it five times. Daniel Dobalo and SCCA® phenom Connor Zilisch have also accomplished it. That’s right, those are the names everyone is chasing at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, PA, for the ultimate motorsports crossover — and the Tire Rack SCCA Time Attack Challenge is […]

From Sim Racing to SCCA: How One Driver Found “Octane Therapy”

Discover the inspiring journey of Joe Baker, a passionate SCCA® member whose racing roots trace back to the early days of simulator racing. In this video, Joe shares his transition from mastering tracks in virtual worlds like NASCAR Racing 2 to finding genuine thrill on real-world circuits in his 1994 Mazda Miata. Beyond the technical […]

The Action Was Hot, Hot, Hot During the Time Attack Challenge at CMP

Carolina Motorsports Park (CMP) is no stranger to the Tire Rack SCCA® Time Attack Challenge, having hosted an event in 2019, 2020, and 2022 before CMP’s return to the schedule this year. That’s probably why nearly 100 drivers were excited to be on track at the 14-turn, 2.279-mile course, which coincided with the final days […]

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