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Photography Credit: Geoff Hewitt. The SCCA was quite involved in professional road racing by the mid-’80s, and in 1985 they launched the Playboy United States Endurance Cup, the sanctioning body’s first professional street stock series. A team points fund was sponsored by Escort Radar Warning Receivers, and 10 car manufacturers entered the ...
In an effort to boost participation, SCCA has announced a major proposal for its National Road Racing program. These changes, proposed for 2025, were shared via a webinar: “Tonight’s topics are centered around the National Road Racing program, which includes the Runoffs, Hoosier Super Tour, and Conference Majors,” Prill said during in the ...
IMSA and USAC, the story said, were “nipping” at the SCCA’s flanks. Even today, whether–and if so, how much–the SCCA should be involved in pro racing remains a bone of contention. Back in 1972, with The New York Times on its case, the SCCA was solid on the amateur level. Its trademark event, the Runoffs, traces its history to the ...
Wheel-to-wheel racing has a lot of barriers to entry, be it proper safety equipment, the right race car or securing the correct competition license. As a way to lower those barriers to road racing, the SCCA has introduced the SCCA Race Experience, a new program “focused on providing enthusiasts an opportunity to engage in SCCA wheel-to-wheel ...
The Mazda MX-5 Miata ND (2016–present) is one of the most popular cars in autocross competition, especially SCCA C Street (we’ll cover STR in a future story), and with good reason. It’s nimble, responsive and, most importantly, quick, straight off the lot. However, you can always make something better. We asked Brian Goodwin, of Good-Win ...
Club Spec Mustang follows a new vision for the SCCA: Create a rule set that allows one car to participate in multiple club offerings, meaning autocross, Time Trials, RoadRally and RallyCross. Club Spec Mustang, as the name might suggest, features the Mustang–specifically, the 2005-’09 GT model as well as the Shelby GT, Bullitt and ...
The Grassroots Motorsports forum is the perfect spot to chat autocross and NASA/SCCA racing, Miata, BMW, Porsche and more. There’s never a dull moment here. Welcome to the home of Grassroots Motorsports, the hardcore sports car magazine—and your home for car reviews, tips, and road racing news.
Then SCCA’s all-new Club Spec could be your answer. The concept behind Club Spec is to offer a single class across multiple SCCA programs in which the same car can be equally competitive without further modification between disciplines. While there is a basic plan for what Club Spec will look like, the SCCA is looking for input to help ...
SCCA introduced the Showroom Stock format to modern-day sports car racing at the onset of the 1972 season. Designed to be an economical racing platform for amateur drivers, the class placed a $3000 price ceiling on cars. Even back then, that price cap made Showroom Stock a significantly less expensive alternative to other race classes. 1980
Sharing this from the SCCA: The Sports Car Club of America® is saddened to announce the passing of two Club members — Amber Dawn Jorgensen and Des Toups — following an incident at a ProSolo® event held at the former Hampton Mills facility in Packwood, WA, July 14-16. On Sunday morning, July 16, a vehicle in the competition continued past ...