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It’s Time for GRM’s Club Spec Mustang to Stop (And Also Collaborate and Listen)

There’s a lot of “stopping” going on in the latest Grassroots Motorsports (GRM) installment of its “Path to the Podium” YouTube video series, where GRM builds a Club Spec Mustang with eyes on attending (and hopefully finishing on the podium at) the 2026 Tire Rack SCCA Time Attack National Championship. There’s also collaboration in this video, […]

Bridgestone Becomes Official Tire of SCCA and Club Spec, And That’s Not All

Bridgestone and the Sports Car Club of America™ are partnering, naming Bridgestone as the Official Tire of SCCA, but the partnership runs far deeper than that. For one, Bridgestone will offer deals to SCCA members as part of the Club’s Member Benefits program. Furthermore, Bridgestone will work directly with SCCA’s Track Night in America® Driven […]

Club Spec Cayman Gets New Coilover Option as Class Nears Competition

Since the concept’s introduction in 2023, Club Spec has taken off. Shortly after registration opened for the 2026 Tire Rack SCCA® Solo® National Championships, Club Spec Mustang and Club Spec MX-5 entries quickly filled the entry list, with more than 70 drivers signing up. Likewise, the mid-October Tire Rack SCCA Time Attack National Championship will […]

GRM’s ‘Path to the Podium’ Club Spec Mustang Hits the Track

We’re four installments in, and the Grassroots Motorsports Club Spec Mustang has finally hit the track at a Tire Rack SCCA Time Attack Challenge weekend. Let’s back up. In a multi-part video series, Grassroots Motorsports is following along as GRM’s Video Editor Chris Tropea, under the watchful eye of GRM’s Tech Editor JG Pasterjak, preps an […]

GRM’s Latest Path to the Podium Video Makes a Club Spec “DIFF”erence

“Let’s talk a little bit about why you want a proper limited slip and why you do not want to weld your differential.” Those are the wise words spoken by Grassroots Motorsports’s Tech Editor JG Pasterjak in the latest installment of GRM’s Path to the Podium YouTube series, which takes an S197 Ford Mustang and […]

Grassroots Motorsports Path to the Podium Club Spec Series Returns, This Time Safer Than Ever

It’s been a little over two months since Grassroots Motorsports (GRM) launched its Path to the Podium video series, and we’ve been on the edge of our seat waiting for episode two. This series follows along as GRM’s video editor makes the jump from SCCA® Track Night in America® Driven by Tire Rack events to the […]

In Less Than Three Months, CSX and CSM will Crown Their First SCCA National Champions

It was June 13, 2023, when the world got a glimpse of what would become SCCA’s Club Spec classes. Back then, the concept was exactly that: an abstract idea, a general notion. Soon, though, ideas transitioned into solid reality, and by November, the SCCA® revealed that the first two cars to get the Club Spec […]

Grassroots Motorsports Video Series Introduces its Video Editor to SCCA Time Attack, Eyes National Championship Event

You’ve been lurking. You’ve been wanting to jump in. You just haven’t done it yet. And you wonder if you ever will. In amateur motorsports, that’s a tale as old as time. It’s also the tale of Grassroots Motorsports (GRM) Video Editor Chris Tropea. Thanks to a new GRM video series that involves SCCA® Time […]

Inside the SCCA Podcast: Club Spec Cayman

(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 […]

Club Spec Porsche Concept Makes National News

A little more than a month ago, the Sports Car Club of America™ revealed its Club Spec Cayman program, aiming for a full rollout in 2027 as an official class across multiple SCCA® disciplines. That announcementstated this new development mirrors that of the Club Spec MX-5 and Club Spec Mustang initiatives centered upon the philosophy […]

Club Spec Porsche: The Latest (and Best) Addition to Your Holiday Shopping List

From day one, the Club Spec concept was all about having as much fun as possible, in as many places as possible, with as many people as possible — with that, anything was possible. With the “build once, participate anywhere” mentality, Club Spec went from concept to reality in three months, with the contenders being […]

What Made Club Spec the Ideal Choice?

In this episode of the SCCA® Shop Manual presented by Hoosier, SCCA member Mark Pilson shares his journey into the Club Spec class and explains why it became the perfect platform for his 2009 Ford Mustang. Having previously campaigned a different vehicle in time trials and hill climbs, Mark was searching for a more level […]

Inside the SCCA Podcast: Club Spec’s Evolution, with Blair Deffenbaugh

(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 […]

SCCA President’s Update Set For Dec. 18

What’s been going on in the SCCA® lately? Quite a lot — and on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, at 7 p.m. CT, SCCA President and CEO Mike Cobb will tell you all about it during his live online President’s Update. What could he possibly have to talk about? Let’s look… The tail end of the […]

Club Spec Brought Great Fun for these Drivers, with More Adventures on the Way

Across the country, drivers are building Club Spec Mustangs and MX-5s, and seeing their first results in competition. We checked in with several of those drivers after the 2024 Tire Rack SCCA® Solo® National Championships to see how they did and ask about their plans for the coming year. “Nationals went well. We started off […]

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