SCCA Statement on COVID-19
March 28 Statement from NER BOD and RE
COVID-19 Update from the President | March 13 | 6:20pm
COVID-19 Update from the President | March 17 | 4:00pm
NER SCCA will strive to provide updates on event changes as soon as we are able. Please check our Facebook page, here on Pit Talk, and email communications for the latest.
CURRENT SCHEDULE CHANGES
March 22: Flagging Orientation – CANCELLED
March 28: Pre-Season Annual Tech at DWW Motorsports in Ayers, MA – CANCELLED
March 28: Cape Codders Courageous 2020 – CANCELLED
ALL AUTOCROSS EVENTS: Suspended until further notice.
April 4: Pre-Season Annual Tech at Midway Collision – CANCELLED
April 9-10: Drivers School – POSTPONED (Hope to reschedule.)
April 28-30: Formula Hybrid Dynamic Events 2020 – CANCELLED
May 16: Mt Snow RallyX – CANCELLED
2019 National Championship Events
2018 Pit Talk Yearbook
The 2018 Pit Talk Yearbook is now available and hitting mailboxes.
Inside the pages are all the 2018 Season Champions. Highlights from the Solo Nationals, Runoffs and Rally Cross Championships. Recaps from region events like RAL and the Boston Auto Show, as well as a racetrack wedding at NHMS. As well as new feature stories. Read those here (links on the right) or on the pages of Pit Talk.
Mike Rand Marks 50-Years Between Starts at Thompson Speedway
October 1968 to October 2018. Fifty years apart, and yet the same driver was turning laps at Thompson Speedway on the same weekend.
50 Years: Al Olmstead Marks a Half-Century with SCCA
In 2018, R. Allen Olmstead, known simply as “Al” to all of us, reached his 50th year as an SCCA member. For the last half-century, Al has been a familiar figure on flagging stations at tracks throughout the northeast.
GO FASTER! NER Members Launch RaceVoice
RaceVoice may be the next big thing in racing performance development, and it all started within our New England Region.
2018 Solo Rookie of the Year: Ryan Field
For the third time, one of NER’s own was awarded the honor of Solo Rookie of the Year for 2018.
2020 Driver School and CRE Schedule
For those looking to gain a competition license and get on-track experience, here are the 2020 dates for NER schools and CRE events.
2020 Pre-Season Annual Tech Scheduled
Get an Annual Tech done before the first race of the NER season on April 4 at Midway Collision Center.
2019 SEASON CHAMPIONS: Northeast Divisonal Series
Congratulate the winners of the 2019 NeDiv Series.
Coming in 2020: Race Thompson Speedway Under the Lights
Just added to the 2020 NERRC schedule is a one-day regional at TSMP with racing under the lights!
2020 Solo Schedule
The full schedule for the 2020 Solo/Autocross season is now available.
RESULTS: 2019 Solo Team Challenge
Final results from the final 2019 Solo Event - the TEAM CHALLENGE - are now available.
2019 SEASON CHAMPIONS: NER Autocross Class Champions
Congratulations to the 2019 New England Region Autocross Class Champions.
RESULTS: 2019 Stirling Moss Runoff
Final results from the Stirling Moss Runoff solo event for 2019 are now available. Stirling Moss Official Results Congratulations to Todd Kean - the 2019 Stirling Moss Runoff Champion! Final Overall Points Standings 2019 Season Results Winter Tire Takedown #1 Springtime Conage #2 Solo Airways #3 Dodging Orange [...]
RESULTS: Winter RallySprint and Canaan RallyX
Final results for the first two Rally events of 2020.
2020 Rally Schedules Released – RallyX, RallySprint, Road Rally
The 2020 schedule for all rally types is now available.
Snow Much Fun at Canaan Motor Club
Vojta Kubec recaps all the highlights from the Joker Lap/Don't Call it Joker Lap season ending events at Canaan.
RESULTS: Joker Lap/Don’t Call it Joker Lap
Final results from the last two Rallycross events at Canaan.
Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals Wraps on Sunday
BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (September 29, 2019) – The Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals Powered by Hagerty crowned champions on Sunday at NCM Motorsports Park after 194 entries competed to post the quickest combined TrackSprint, Saturday afternoon lap, and Sunday lap in an event that focused on the SCCA experience and comradery as much as the competition. The event combined performance driving [...]
From TNiA to Wheel-to-Wheel Racing: Two NER Drivers Share Their Journey
TNiA reignites a love for racing with two drivers and provides the pathway into wheel-to-wheel road racing.
John J. Godfrey – Racing Has Lost a Friend
Bob Green memorializes John Godfrey.
Reducing the Cost of SCCA Road Racing
Find a co-driver and consider a car-share arrangement to minimize the expenses and add the benefits of a race partner.
March RE Report
Rich Currey updates the region on the coming 2020 season.
SCCA National Convention: What We Learned
More than 450 SCCA members gathered in Las Vegas January 16-20 for the 2020 National Convention. The annual business meeting for the club also included more than 100 individual break-out sessions, as well as the Hall of Fame Dinner where the inductees into the 2020 HoF class were announced and honored. Over the course of the three days, attendees [...]
NER Returns to Boston Auto Show
The region was excited to return for the second year to the International Auto Show held at the Boston Convention Center.
NER Celebrates 2019 at Annual Meeting
More than 180 members gathered on January 4 for the largest NER Annual Meeting in recent years.
Connecticut Autocross and Rally Team Time Trial Series 2019
CART and SCCA Time Trials event details for 2019.
2019 Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour Schedule and SCCA Time Trials Website Launch
Full schedule for the 2019 Time Trials National Tour.
2019 Track Night in America Driven by Tire Rack Schedule
Full schedule for 2019 TNIA events.
Sports Car Profiles NER Worker Andrew Benagh
In the First Gear section of the November 2019 Sports Car Magazine, NER worker/volunteer Andrew Benagh is profiled.
Flagging Life: How F&C has Changed Through the Years
Written by: Dave Rodman My, what a difference a few decades can make -- obviously in any aspect of life -- but particularly in my experience, when it comes to "flagging and communications" or "F&C" as it's known in race track shorthand. But the first thing you ought to understand -- and the coolest aspect of the game, [...]
SCCA – It’s a Lifestyle
"SCCA, it's a lifestyle." Ain't it the truth! Childhood is special when one never grows up, but accrues all the wisdom and experience of adulthood, tempered with a child's reverent wonder. SCCA membership can foster that. And that never-ending childhood is particularly wonderful when you can engage in a pastime as a relatively young person -- and rapturously fall in love [...]
SCCA 2020 Schedules: Pro Solo, Super Tour, Majors, Time Trials
The national office of SCCA has announced and released schedules for many of the nation-wide series for 2020.
Registration Opens for 2020 National Convention
Registration Opens for 2020 National Convention
Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour 2019 Points Champions
Congrats to NER members Tyler O'Connor and Nick Leverone on their Super Tour Championships!
2018 Pit Talk Yearbook
With the launch of the new digital Pit Talk format last year, the region also committed to providing members with a printed annual yearbook. It is now available!
Mike Rand Marks 50-Years Between Starts at Thompson Speedway
October 1968 to October 2018. Fifty years apart, and yet the same driver was turning laps at Thompson Speedway on the same weekend.
50 Years: Al Olmstead Marks a Half-Century with SCCA
In 2018, R. Allen Olmstead, known simply as “Al” to all of us, reached his 50th year as an SCCA member. For the last half-century, Al has been a familiar figure on flagging stations at tracks throughout the northeast.
