2021 NER Annual Meeting Recap

NER Holds Virtual Annual Meeting While the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to prevent large group gatherings, the New England Region hosted it's first virtual Annual Meeting last Saturday, on January 9. Similar to previous events, each program held a Town Hall session where schedules, rule changes, and questions for the coming 2021 season could be discussed and addressed. Then the club membership as a whole was invited to attend the full annual business meeting. During that meeting, the region welcomed SCCA President Mike Cobb, who gave a presentation on how the club from a national level weathered the pandemic and it's goals and plans for the coming year. We took a moment of silence for members that have passed in the last year, recognized those marking 25 and 50-year anniversaries, awarded region annual awards, heard reports from each of the region programs and committees, and welcomed the newest members to the 2021 Board of Directors. Immediate feedback from the membership was that the Zoom sessions were well organized and easy to access. Those looking to ask questions were able to be called upon. In general, the state of the region is good and healthy. Our financials are strong, and [...]

By |2021-01-12T12:44:09-05:00January 11th, 2021|Featured, Region News|
Read More

2021 NEDiv Schedule Announced

The SCCA Northeast Division has released the 2021 schedule of events. This schedule includes Super Tour and Majors, as well as the NE Regional and Divisional Series events. Also listed are all schools and track events, Hillclimbs, as well as the Time Trials schedule. 2021 NEDiv Schedule - Excel 2021 NEDiv Schedule - PDF NE Divisional Series The 2021 NERRC Schedule has already been announced. It can be found in full here. The NEDiv Road Racing Championship schedule will include the following events: Summit Point April 24-25 NJMP - Lightning June 5-6 Lime Rock Park June 12-13 Watkins Glen July 3-4 NHMS Aug 7-8 Pitt Race Aug 28-29 Watkins Glen Sept 24-25 Thompson Oct 1-2 Nelson Ledges Oct 30-31 Majors/Super Tours The following Super Tour and Majors events are schedule for the Northeast Division. Majors Summit Point March 20-21 Pocono May 29-30 Thompson July 10-11 NJMP - Thunderbolt July 17-18 *  NOTE: Runoffs Cutoff is Sept 11-12 Super Tours VIR April 10-11 Pittsburgh Int'l Race Complex May 1-2 Watkins Glen June 19-20

By |2020-12-09T19:27:38-05:00December 9th, 2020|Featured, Road Racing|
Read More

NEDiv Historic Racing Group 2020 Champions

Written By: Mike Harmuth HRG 2020 Season The season started almost two months late at Lime Rock in July and finished up at Watkins Glen in October.  Although we lost two events early this year we were able to get 7 points races in over 4 race weekends. There are 5 classes of cars effectively based on engine displacement, HRG-1 (under 1300cc) to HRG-5 (all V8s and larger). All the cars run on track at the same time but only score points within their group. About HRG The NEDiv Historic Racing Group ("HRG") is a committee, under the Northeast Division of the Sports Car Club of America, Inc.,  which governs wheel to wheel racing for the SCCA accepted series formerly known as the Volvo Historic Series. The Group is not associated with any one region but is part of the Northeast Division of the SCCA. The Group shall abide by the SCCA by-laws of the current GCR, the Historic GCR and any guidelines as set forth in the Group's regulations which are accepted by the SCCA National Office. The purpose of the HRG is to promote venues for competitors who desire to race Historic cars [...]

By |2020-11-15T20:45:37-05:00November 13th, 2020|Featured, Racing Life|
Read More

Stay up to date! Get PitTalk in your inbox!

Pit Talk, the official publication of New England Region, SCCA Inc., is published online and available free of charge to all members of the Region. Articles and advertising do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of either the New England Region, SCCA Inc., the National Organization of Sports Car Club of America, Inc. or the editors of Pit Talk. Articles appearing on this website may be reprinted without written consent provided credit is given to the author, the publication, and the New England Region, SCCA Inc.

© 2023 PitTalk | Contact Us