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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.
RESULTS: Thompson NERRC #7 – Championship Finale
Results for the 2019 NERRC #7 - Championship Finale Event
2019 Runoffs: T4 National Champ, Worker of the Year & Other Highlights
Recap of NER highlights from the 2019 SCCA National Championship Runoffs.
2019 Runoffs: 56th Annual Road Racing Championship
Daily highlights, news and recaps from VIR and the 2019 Runoffs National Championships.
63 NER Drivers and Workers Head to VIR for the 2019 SCCA Runoffs
39 drivers and 24 workers will volunteer and compete at the 56th National Championship Runoffs!
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: Orange Crush – Points Event #9
Final results from the 9th Solo Points event for 2019 are now available.
2019 Tire Rack Solo Nationals: By the Numbers
Every year, drivers come from far and wide to compete in the Tire Rack SCCA® Solo® Nationals. And each year Solo’s “official-unofficial” historian, Rocky Entriken tracks the results of each in his Solo Stats book. Entriken began the book as personal notes for writing the official SportsCar coverage of the event, something he has done every year since 1973 and [...]
Go for the competition. Stay for the family. #2019SoloNationals
Nigel Fenwick explains what draws people to Nationals, and then what keeps them there, and coming back year after year. Read his recap from the 2019 Solo Nationals.
Rally Round Up: Witch Way to the Covered Bridge?
Jon recaps the first Witch Way to the Covered Bridge GTA event.
RESULTS: 2019 “Witch Way to the Covered Bridge?” Rally
Final results from the 2019 "Witch Way to the Covered Bridge?" Rally.
NER Does the 2019 Rallycross National Championships
Vaughn shares the highlights from the 2019 RallyX championships - where NER brought home the Mod FWD title and three other podium finishes!
Nine 2019 DirtFish RallyCross National Champions Crowned
TOPEKA, Kan. (Sept. 22, 2019) -- The 2019 DirtFish SCCA® RallyCross National Championship is officially in the books. The word for the weekend was traction. Courses started off on grass with minimal footing and quickly turned to gummy, grippy dirt that became super slick mud, leaving competitors creatively trying to find fresh grass for a toehold once the rains set in. Those who competed [...]
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.
2020 NER Board of Directors: Submit Nominations
Nominations are open for the 2020 NER Board of Directors.
October RE Report
The 2019 season is wrapping up, but preparations for 2020 are in the works. First up - BOD Nominations!
Road Racing, Solo, & Rally Come Together at NHMS for RAL 2019
All three region specialties - road racing, solo and rally - came together at NHMS and raised thousands of dollars to support the UMass Memorial Medical Center as part of our Racing Against Leukemia 2019 event.
Letter from the RE: August 2019
August is upon us. Half of our season is done. By all accounts, it’s been a great year so far.
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 Foundation Sweepstakes
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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.
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.
