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SCCA President’s December 2023 Update Recap

The 2023 Sports Car Club of America® calendar is coming to a close, yet things are already ramping up for 2024 and the Club’s 80th anniversary. But before Club members entirely shift their attention to holiday celebrations, SCCA® President and CEO Mike Cobb offered a yearend recap Wednesday evening, Dec. 13, of the Club’s activities […]

2024 SCCA National Convention Sessions You Can’t Afford to Miss

It’s hard to believe, but the 2024 SCCA® National Convention is barely a month away. That means in a little over a month, every SCCA member will have access to gobs of information that’s capable of taking your Region to the next level. How’s that, exactly? Through knowledge, of course. This year’s SCCA National Convention […]

Check It Out: SCCA Member Benefits for Your Body

That’s a weird headline, but it’s true. Through the SCCA® Member Benefits program — which offers meaningful discounts to members of the Sports Car Club of America from carefully curated partners — you can outfit yourself on and off the track with some amazing kit, letting everyone know that you’re a true motorhead. Some of […]

F4 and FR Americas Teams Already Prepping for 2024 Season

The SCCA Pro Racing-sanctioned Formula 4 United States and Formula Regional Americas Championships concluded their 2023 seasons barely a month ago at Circuit of the Americas, yet even now, teams are prepping for the 2024 competition season, with cars slated to hit the track in early April. The coming race season brings with it many […]

Now Hiring: Two Staff Additions on the Marketing Horizon

The Sports Car Club of America® is expanding its Marketing team in 2024 — growing the current five-person team to seven — with the addition of a Social Media Coordinator and either a Creative Manager or a Multi-Channel Marketer. All are remote positions and are now open for resumes. “Over the last few years, we’ve […]

Inside One of the Best Runoffs Races of 2023

It’s not hyperbole to say one of the best performances of the 2023 SCCA® National Championship Runoffs at VIRginia International Raceway came in Super Touring® Under (STU). That race witnessed drama from the moment the green flag flew up until the last car passed under the checker 15 laps later. Of the 14 racers in […]

What You Need To Know About Balancing Your Race Car

Achieving a truly balanced race car is key to faster lap times and greater driver confidence. In this episode of the SCCA Shop Manual presented by Hoosier, suspension expert and longtime SCCA member Guy Ankeny breaks down the fundamentals of setting up your car for optimal autocross performance. Guy defines balance as a vehicle that […]

Track Night: Big Numbers, Big Savings, Big Fun

Numbers are boring, amiright? Who cares about statistics when you could be at the track ripping ’round corners? But numbers can be exciting. For instance, 130 is a thrilling number when you realize that’s the speed you were hitting on the back stretch. And 200? How pumped were you when you moved your braking point […]

Get Ready: 2024 National Solo Schedules Announced

The 2024 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour, Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo Series, and Challenge schedules are now available, and for those who thought waiting until March was too late in the year to start autocrossing, there’s fantastic news: This year’s schedule launches in February! Though the Solo National Tour builds to the 51st Tire […]

Hagerty: The Fourth-Gen Honda Prelude Moonshot

The fourth-gen Honda Prelude was an eyecatcher. Regardless of whether you were a seasoned car enthusiast or still finding your automotive footing when that car erupted onto the scene, the fourth-gen Prelude forced you to take notice. Even for today’s enthusiasts who only know the ’90s as “retro,” the 1992-’96 Honda Prelude stands as an […]

43 Drivers Earn 2023 Solo National Tour Points Championships

Similar to how competitors twist their way through orange-coned courses at autocrosses, the 2023 Tire Rack SCCA® Solo® National Tour curled its way around the United States during a 12-event season that began in March and concluded in November, with the 50th running of the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships tossed in for good […]

And the 2023 Mazda Shootout Winners are

Being a factory driver with support from an automotive manufacturer is the ultimate dream of nearly every race car driver. Two dozen young competitors, many of whom are SCCA® members, were seeking exactly that during the annual Mazda Spec MX-5 Shootout and Mazda MX-5 Cup Shootout conducted Nov. 15-16, 2023, at Carolina Motorsports Park in […]

The Fuel That Comes to You

In motorsports, fuel is kind of a big deal. Scratch that — it’s a huge deal. Unless your vehicle is powered by electrons, you’re relying on combustion to propel your competition vehicle, and while sourcing quality fuel is not usually an issue at racetracks, it can become problematic at autocross courses, if you run a […]

Inside the SCCA: 2024 Hoosier Super Tour Look Ahead

(Looking for an inside line on the Club? “Inside the SCCA” is a podcast that features interviews with the Club’s leading personalities, but it’s not owned by SCCA®. Instead, it’s an independent media outlet managed by Rule 15 Productions and hosted by longtime SCCA member and journalist Brian Bielanski. He uses the Club’s name with […]

Vegas Baby! Sign Up Now for the Sin City Time Trials Nat Tour

If you live within a day’s drive of Nevada, we’d put money on the fact that you’ve been to Las Vegas. You’ve cruised the casinos and navigated the nightclubs — but it’s a sure bet that the one thing you haven’t done in Vegas is compete in a Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials National Tour […]

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