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These Members are SCCA’s 2026 Workers of the Year, and Your Words Explain Why

These are the people standing at the corner stations when the rain starts falling. They’re on the grid when the temperatures climb, they’re in tech when the wind cuts through their jackets, and at registration long before the first drivers get to the track. Through heat, cold, rain, wind, or perfect racing weather, they show […]

Unofficially, the ‘B’ is Now for Bert

For a third year straight, Road America plays host to Summit Racing Equipment SCCA® Road Racing’s pinnacle event, the 63rd Mission Foods SCCA National Championship Runoffs® happening Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2026, in Wisconsin. The circuit, arguably one of the finest in North America, travels 4.048 miles and consists of 14 turns. Along that path are […]

SCCA Members Play Integral Role in Freedom 250 Grand Prix

Professional races in America rarely take place without the expert hand of SCCA® workers. From F1 to IMSA and beyond, its members of the Sports Car Club of America™ that help these events come to fruition. This fact was very much on display in our nation’s capital on Aug. 23, 2026, as SCCA members helped […]

For John Bodnar, SCCA’s Worker of the Year, Timing Can Be Everything

John Bodnar, SCCA’s 2025 Worker of the Year Presented by Mazda for Timing & Scoring, was focused on building a 1986 Honda Civic Si for HillClimbs when, in December 2009, he was seriously injured in a major car wreck on the street. “A lady pulled out in front of me, messed me up pretty good,” […]

“We Have a Winner Here!” – SCCA’s Worker of the Year Vicki Weinhold Knows When it’s Time to Celebrate

“The first thing I thought [when they announced I won the 2025 SCCA® Worker of the Year Award Presented by Mazda for Emergency Services] was, THOSE GUYS!” says Milwaukee Region member Vicki Weinhold as she thinks back to when her name was called for the honor at the 2025 SCCA National Championship Runoffs® at Road […]

2025 SCCA Worker of the Year Donna Thielke Knows What It Takes to Make a Race Weekend Great

“Well, Data is not the only specialty I do,” says Milwaukee Region’s Donna Thielke, 2025 SCCA® Worker of the Year Presented by Mazda award recipient for Data Acquisition. “When Glen [started] racing, because I’m his crew, I got interested in F&C. And I still do F&C periodically – on a three-day weekend, I try and […]

Celebrate the People Who Bring the Action by Nominating an Outstanding SCCA Volunteer or Mechanic for These Major Awards

The roar of the engines and the battles on track might be what draw fans and competitors to SCCA® Road Racing events, but none of it happens without the people behind the scenes. From the volunteers who keep race weekends running smoothly to the mechanics who put in long hours in the paddock and shop […]

Tony Jorgensen, 2025 Pit & Grid Worker of the Year, Can Tell You a Story

Had we known Anthony “Tony” Jorgensen in the mid-1960s when his very concerned dad first “encouraged” him to join the Club (hopefully saving his life), no way could we have pictured the tireless and popular SCCA® tech and pit volunteer he would become. Indeed, the then-17-year-old New Jersey hot rodder who lost his license for […]

Here’s How Working Trackside at SCCA Events Can Land You on an IMSA Corner

The Sports Car Club of America™ can be a launching pad in many ways, with SCCA® giving its members the opportunity to get closer to the racing action than they ever dreamed possible. We all know that drivers looking to excel in a motorsports career can begin their journey through SCCA and end up in […]

Tarin Finn Could Have Earned Her SCCA Worker of the Year Award in Many Different Ways

When Tarin Finn was named SCCA® Worker of the Year for Flagging & Communications during the Mazda-sponsored ceremony that took place at the 2025 SCCA National Championship Runoffs®, she may have been the only one who was surprised by the nomination. “I was completely honored,” Finn admits. “It was something I was not expecting. I […]

“Bring It Back”: SCCA Volunteers Excited for Hoosier Super Tour and Runoffs

SCCA’s Atlanta Region hosts the Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour (HST) March 6-8, 2026, at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Part of the Summit Racing Equipment SCCA Road Racing program, the next couple days hold some cache thanks to an announcement proclaiming the site as venue of the 2027-2028 Runoffs® National Championship. From 1970 through 1993, Road Atlanta […]

From Grid to Green Flag, Women Have Been Crucial in Driving SCCA Forward

From autocross and road racing to rally programs, event operations, leadership, and volunteer roles, women have been essential to the growth and success of the Sports Car Club of America™ over the last 80-plus years – a fact that needs celebrating during Women’s History Month and all year long. The contributions of women in the […]

Inside the SCCA Podcast: How Flaggers Communicate

(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 […]

This SCCA Couple is Heading to Vegas to Work Formula 1, And You Could Follow in Their Footsteps

If there’s one thing that’s for sure, it’s that FIA race weekends would struggle without the skilled workforce the members of the Sports Car Club of America™ bring to the weekend — something that will be on full display during the upcoming Nov. 20-22, 2025, Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. The fact is, it’s […]

F1 Flag Marshal Nadja Pollard Keeps Adding to Her Playbook

“I’ve worked with so many different skilled marshals who each gave me their tips and tricks for being a better prepared and efficient marshal,” explains Lone Star Region member Nadja Pollard. “I’ve always asked questions, and when I saw something that made a task easier or better for drivers, I added it to my marshal […]

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