60th Anniversary
The 60th running of the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® at VIRginia International Raceway is almost here. Practice, qualifying and then three days of non-stop racing action will occur between September 23 and October 1, 2023.
Many of our NER drivers and crew are packing up this week to prepare for the tow down to VIR. Below is the full list of the 34 drivers competing under the NER banner.
NER Drivers
Greg Amy – #33 EP
Richard Astacio – #80 T4
Chris Barry – #07 FV
Raymond Blethen – #51 T4
Stephen Blethen – #50 T4
Spencer Bogar – #79 SMX
Allen Briere – #53 T3
Gerard Owen Callaghan – #21 FV
Craig Chase – #42 SRF3
Brian Goodman – #48 T1
Elivan Goulart – #70 SM
Ethan Goulart – #73 SM
Michael Hinkle – #37 FV
Steve Introne – #12 B-Spec
Chase Johnson – #04 FV
Edward Karabec – #39 T3
Thomas Kirchman – #62 SRF3
Chris Kopley – #03 GTL
Michal Kuna – #74 STU
Brian LaCroix – #12 T2
Kelly Lubash – #3 AS
Anthony Parker – #4 EP
Todd Parks – #21 P1
James Regan – #0 FE2
Kenneth Reilly – #47 SRF3
Anthony Ruddy – #86 B-Spec
Christian Sarnecki – #44 SM
Nathan Saxon – #16 SMX
Francis Selldorff – #19 T3
Frank Selldorff – #13 T3
Hugh Stewart – #23 T1
J B Swan – #3 B-Spec
Travis Washay – #30 T3
Thomas West – #56 AS
Live Broadcasts
For the 15th-straight year, Apex Broadcast will provide multi-camera coverage of all 25 winner-take-all Hagerty Race Day contests, as well as two bonus Spec MX-5 Challenge season finale races taking place at VIR during the ’23 Runoffs. Action from the 60th Runoffs will be available in real time at scca.com, the SCCA Inc. Facebook page, and the SCCA Official YouTube channel – links for which you’ll find below.
Before racing begins, there are three days of Runoffs qualifying Sept. 26-28 at VIR. That includes Sunoco 260 Tuesday, Hawk “Brake-Through” Performers Wednesday, and Thursday’s crucial Tire Rack Pole Day. An audio-only broadcast will be offered during qualifying with commentary provided by MacLeod and O’Gorman, as well as Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour announcers Bielanski and Ginsberg.
The audio-only qualifying feed will be heard around VIR via the public address system, and can be accessed Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the Runoffs Live Timing/Scoring webpage alongside current and archived Timing/Scoring data from all on-track sessions.
