Darryl Wills may not have raced everything, but as he rattles off the list – flat track, motocross, offroad and road racing on two wheels; sprint cars, drag racing, offroad and sports cars on four – it sure seems like it. So it seems almost unlikely that a Formula Mazda, spotted during a visit to […]”
History has shown that, even with a given set of rules, there is no one right way to build a racecar. With enough latitude, designers will find unique solutions to solve a common problem. Witness things like six-wheeled Tyrell F1 cars, turbine-powered Indy cars or even diesel-powered sports cars. In SCCA’s Production category, a common […]”
At the 1977 Champion Spark Plug Road Racing Classic – what the Sports Car Club of America’s National Championship Runoffs was called then – at Road Atlanta, the B Sedan grid was full of Datsuns. That was only to be expected, as Datsuns had ruled the class for the previous six years. There was […]”
SCCA RallyCross – although not to be confused with the form of RallyCross where four cars compete side by side on a dirt and asphalt course with jumps and such – is hard on a car. Throwing a car sideways through mud, dirt or snow can be tough on a machine. Yet Jayson Woodruff’s Miata […]”
Production-based racecars are a perfect place for a racer to get started, and many drivers never leave the arena of Touring cars, Spec Miata and the like. But for the driver seeking something fast but who still wants something that looks like a road car, Grand Touring may be the ideal destination. The Sports Car […]”
There’s no doubt racing is fun and challenging at any level. But sometimes you just want to go faster. In many forms of racing, there are numerous things you can do to go faster, most of which cost money. Maybe a lot of money. If you’re racing a class like Spec Miata, though, there’s not […]”
Designed to produce affordable, simple racing, the B-Spec class is taking off within SCCA Club Racing, and racers can go pro racing if they choose with the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car B Championship. Based on subcompact cars – known as B-Segment cars in much of the world, hence the name – B-Spec is a […]”
The Miata isn’t typically the sort of car one pictures tearing around in a dirt-and-grass field in Oklahoma. Yet several drivers did exactly that and two of them claimed RallyCross National Championships in the process. The Sports Car Club of America had its final championship event of 2013 with the RallyCross National Championship at […]”
Hello, My name is Patrick Gallagher and I am a driver for CJ Wilson Racing in the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup. I started racing quarter midgets and karts when I was six and since then I have driven numerous racecars. Last year I was fortunate enough to drive for JAY Motorsports in the U.S. F2000 […]”
Every year, the Sports Car Club of America’s top Club Racers gather at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs to prove who is the best of the best. The 50th edition took place this past weekend at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., with a near-record entry of more than 700 cars. Out of 28 SCCA […]”
After a day of practice and three days of qualifying, the 2013 SCCA National Championship Runoffs races are ready to get underway at Road America for the 50th Anniversary edition. Eight Mazda drivers claimed pole positions for the races, including those in all-Mazda or Mazda-powered classes. All pole times were set on Tuesday, as rain […]”
The 2013 SCCA Tire Rack Solo National Champions were crowned at Lincoln, Neb., on Sept. 3-6, and nine Mazda drivers were among them. The Solo National Championships are the culmination of the Sports Car Club of America’s Solo program each year that includes ProSolo, Championship Tour and Match Tour events, plus hundreds of regional events […]”
Twenty-nine Mazda racers claimed titles in four conferences after the Sports Car Club of America U.S. Majors Tour season concluded in August. The U.S. Majors Tour is a collection of National-level SCCA Club races designed to elevate the racing experience for participants and serves as the top tier of National Championship racing. Events are held […]
Not since 1968 at the now-gone Riverside International Raceway has the Sports Car Club of America National Championship event been held west of the Rocky Mountains. In 2014 that changes as Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca hosts the Runoffs in California 50 years after the 1964 inaugural event at Riverside. “Club Racing is the heart and […]
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