SCCA National Championship Runoffs

The Snyders are a racing family, the youngest of which are rising stars, and it all started with a single day in a Formula Mazda What started out as an outing at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving to get a racing license turned into a love affair that has blossomed into six […]

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Mazda drivers show good chances at the SCCA Runoffs in the stock-based classes Sonoma Raceway is a sinuous, up-and-down track that has drivers working overtime. It’s a highly transitional track with not much in the way of straightaways. All that is generally good news for Mazda drivers, as these cars excel in the twisty bits. […]

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Ahead of the SCCA National Championship Runoffs, we asked local experts for Sonoma Raceway advice Sonoma Raceway is considered among the most challenging tracks in North America. Some have espoused that if you can be fast at Sonoma, you can be fast anywhere. It’s a track that never lets you rest, has many corners that […]

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Will home track advantage be the deciding factor at the 2018 SCCA National Championship Runoffs?  Spec Miata rarely provides clear favorites for a National Championship Runoffs race. Who would have predicted last year’s outcome, where Preston Pardus, who hadn’t won a U.S. Majors Tour race to that point, would come out on top of a […]

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At age 69, Kemper won the SCCA Formula Mazda national championship, stepping onto the Runoffs podium for the first time Melvin David Kemper Jr. has been racing for nearly half a century, but it wasn’t until this year, at the young age of 69 that this year’s Formula Mazda Champion scored his first podium at […]

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Epic SCCA National Championship race will join three other classes to be broadcast in December For the first time in several years, households across the United States will be able to see the thrilling Spec Miata race from the SCCA National Championship Runoffs as it joins three other races from Indianapolis Motor Speedway airing on […]

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Longtime racer finds success in Touring 4 in a 12-year-old RX-8 Don Knowles has a long and storied history in production-based sports car racing. A six-time SCCA national champion, he also has a number of wins in professional racing, mostly in the Escort Endurance Series. Knowles holds the world record for 24-hour race victories; he’s […]

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Battling more than other racers, Dernehl shows what perseverance really means One of the greatest things about racing is that there’s always next year. Most racers don’t appreciate that nearly enough, but Jeff Dernehl of Roswell, Ga., will be one of those who appreciates the chance to get back in the driver’s seat and try […]

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Determination and prep, as well as friends and family, keep Ali Naimi running up front Ali Naimi just simply will not quit. The California driver has been racing at SCCA’s National Championship Runoffs for nearly two decades, competing in Showroom Stock and now in Touring 4. In his 18 attempts, Naimi has stood on the […]

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Jesse Prather finished third at the SCCA Runoffs in the car he built as a tribute to Tom Thrash With limited development time and one complete race under its belt, Jesse Prather’s expectation of a good finish for his very fresh first generation E Production RX-7 at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs seemed optimistic at […]

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