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2019 RAL Event Schedule and Details
Dates, times and details for all RAL events.
RAL 2019 – Donations Needed!
Help make the 2019 RAL our biggest year ever. Start collecting and soliciting donations for our annual RAL raffles.
June 2019 – Letter from the RE
Region news and update from NER RE Rich Currey.
RAL 2019 T-Shirt Design Announced
Check out the design for this year's RAL t-shirt!
RAL Baseball Fundraiser: NER Members Can Enjoy A Game and Raise Money
Enjoy the game on July 23 and raise funds for the Children's Medical Center at UMass Memorial as part of our annual Racing Against Leukemia events.
200 Cars Arrive at LRP for Paddock Crawl
It was an action-packed weekend of racing at the annual LRP Paddock Crawl in CT.
RESULTS: 2019 NERRC #3 – Limerock Paddock Crawl
Official results from the 3rd NERRC event of the season are now available.
2nd CRE Held at NHMS over Memorial Day Weekend
Three drivers joined the fun at the NERRC Triple Regional for the region's second CRE of 2019.
Perfect Race Conditions for NERRC #2 at NHMS
130 cars took advantage of ideal race conditions to rack up 3 races of points at the second NERRC event of the season.
RESULTS: Cone-A-Thon – Points Event #6
Final results from the 6th Solo Points event for 2019 are now available.
RESULTS: Speedway Slalom – Points Event #5
Final results from the 5th Solo Points event for 2019 are now available. Speedway Slalom – Points Event #5
SCCA Event #4 Dodging Orange: A lesson In Looking Ahead
A Monaco inspired clockwise course challenged drivers during the fourth points event for the 2019 season.
RESULTS: Solo Points Event #4 – Dodging Orange
Official Results from NER Autocross Points Event #4 – Dodging Orange.
NER Takes 4 Podiums at Great Lakes National Challenge
Vaugh recaps the Great Lakes National Challenge Rallycross where NER took 2 first place and 2 second place finishes!
RESULTS: Okemo Blue Lot
Results from the Okemo, VT Rallycross are available here.
RESULTS: Canaan RallyCross
Results and photos by DaggerSLADE Media from the Canaan RallyCross.
2019 Schedule for New DirtFish RallyCross National Tour
The 2019 schedule for the new DirtFish SCCA® RallyCross National Tour, formerly known as the RallyCross National Challenge series, is now available.
2019 New England Region Schedule Links
Road Racing
Autocross
Rally
TNIA / Time Trials
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.
NEED YOUR INPUT: Women in Motorsports
Please complete a very brief survey on women in motorsports for a fellow SCCA member researching the topic.
Holiday Gift Guide for the Racer in Your Life
The countdown to the holidays is underway. Take advantage of the season's great shopping deals and fulfill a few wishes for the racer in your life.
NER Hosts First Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour
2nd largest Time Trials event held July 5-6 at Thompson Speedway.
June 2019 – Letter from the RE
Region news and update from NER RE Rich Currey.
Driving fans! The SCCA & Mazda Corral is BACK at Lime Rock Park!
July 19-20 - Be a part of the excitement in the SCCA Mazda Corral at Limerock Park during the IMSA Northeast Grand Prix.
RAL 2019 T-Shirt Design Announced
Check out the design for this year's RAL t-shirt!
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.
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 and Others form North American Time Attack Council
GRIDLIFE joins Global Time Attack and Sports Car Club of America® as the founding members of the NATA Council.
SCCA National Convention – Plan Your Trip Now
Don't miss out - start planning your travel to be a part of the 75th anniversary of SCCA at this year's National Convention.
2019 Hoosier Super Tour Schedule Features New Tracks
Next year, the Hoosier Super Tour features 11 events beginning in January and closing out in July. The lineup of tracks includes old favorites along with a couple venues new to the series.
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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.
