Sports Car Club of America (SCCA)

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For nearly 70 years, the Sports Car Club of America has been serving the needs of grassroots motorsports enthusiasts, and for more than half that time, Mazda drivers have played a key role in its activities. The 60,000-member organization sanctions more than 2000 events each year through its 115 regions in four key areas: professional racing, Club Racing, Solo and RallyCross. Mazda vehicles are not only eligible for competition in each of those disciplines, in many cases they dominate.

SCCA Club Racing

More Mazdas are raced on any given weekend in the U.S. than any other make, and much of that happens in SCCA Club Racing. With more than 30 classes of racing between Divisional and Majors events, there is a category for everything from nearly stock street cars to heavily modified production vehicles and on to sports racers and formula cars.

Mazda plays a key role in SCCA Club Racing by providing the basis for its largest class, Spec Miata. Made up of like-prepared versions of the first and second generation Mazda Miatas, the class has quickly become the most popular in SCCA. Mazda also provides engines for one of the most popular open wheel classes – Formula Mazda

Other categories where Mazdas can be found include: Touring and B-Spec, which feature lightly modified road cars (RX-8, Mazda6, Mazda3, MAZDASPEED3, MX-5 and Mazda2); Production and Super Touring, for more heavily modified road cars (RX-8, RX-7, MX-5, Miata); and GT, a class for tubeframe silhouette cars (RX-8, RX-7, RX-3, Miata). In addition, Mazda engines can be found in Sports Racing cars, open-cockpit, closed-wheel purebred racecars, and Formula Atlantic in addition to the two spec formula classes where Mazda engines provide power.

SCCA Club Racing includes both Divisional (formerly Regional) racing, where racers compete within their geographic area, and Majors racing (formerly referred to as National). Majors racing culminates in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs, where the National Champions are crowned each year. Racers who win a National Championship in a Mazda or Mazda-powered car are eligible for the Club Racer Shootout.

SCCA RallyCross

SCCA RallyCross allows almost anyone with a car to compete. Like Solo, the pylon-lined course changes each time. The difference is the surface on which the competition takes place. Dirt, grass, snow and ice are all fair game in RallyCross. The driver who best masters the loose or slippery surface and puts down the quickest time wins.