Sports Car Club of America
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The SCCA is a club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rally, and autocross in the United States It runs many different programs for both amateur and professional racers.
The club racing program[1] (http://www.scca.org/amateur/club_racing/index.html) is the road racing division - purpose built race cars racing wheel-to-wheel on either dedicated race tracks or on temporary street circuits. Cars raced can be either modified production cars (ranging from nearly showroom cars with only additional safety equipment, to heavily modified cars that retain just the basic shape of the original vehicle) or designed-from-scratch "formula" cars.
Most of the participants in the Club Racing program are unpaid amateurs, but some go on to professional racing careers.
The annual National Championship for Club Racing is called the "Runoffs" and has been historically held at the Mid Ohio race track.
The Solo program[2] (http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/index.html) is the autocross programme. One car at a time, running a course laid out with traffic cones on a large paved surface, such as a parking lot or airport runway.
Competitions are held at the Regional, Divisional, and National levels. Each Division typically crowns a Divisional Champion in each class, awarded by winning a single event. Similarily, a National Champion in each class is awarded by winning the class at the National Championship (usually referred to as "Nationals") held the second week in September at Forbes Field in Topeka, Kansas. Individual National-level events, called "National Tours", are held throughout the racing season.
The professsional autocross series, called ProSolo, runs two cars at a time on mirror-image courses and features a drag racing style "christmas tree" start, complete with reaction times and 60' times. Class winners and other qualifiers (based on time differential against the class winner) then compete in a handicapped elimination round called the "Challenge". Points are awarded both in class competition and in Challenge competition, and an annual champion is crowned each September at the Pro Finale event in Topeka, Kansas
Road Rallies[3] (http://www.scca.org/amateur/roadrally/index.html) are run on open, public roads. These are not races in the sense of speed (obviously, speed limits are to be obeyed), but of precision and navigation. The object is to drive on time, arriving at checkpoints with the proper amount of elapsed time from the previous checkpoint. Trick is, you don't know where the checkpoints are.
The SCCA ProRally is a national performance Rally series similar to the World Rally Championship. At the end of the 2004 season SCCA dropped ProRally and ClubRally. A new organization, Rally America, picked up both series starting in 2005.
The SCCA also has many professional series[4] (http://www.sccapro.com/index.html) like the Trans-Am series.
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Divisions and regions
The SCCA is organized into regions and local areas, each organizing events in that area to make the events more accessible to people throughout the country. There are eight large areas of the country which form divisions and which are further sub-divided into regions.
Northern Pacific Division
The Northern Pacific Division consists of Alaska, Northern California, Idaho, Western Montana, Northern Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. It is broken into two major areas, Area 9 covering California and Nevada, and Area 11 covering the rest of the division. The SCCA regions within the Northern Pacific Division are as follows, with some of the main SCCA raceways listed:
- Region 27 (Northwest)
- Region 33 (San Francisco)
- Region 38 (Big Sky)
- Region 67 (Arctic Alaska)
- Region 96 (Oregon)
- Region 101 (Reno)
- Region 105 (Montana)
- Region 106 (Snake River)
Southern Pacific Division
The Southern Pacific Division consists of Arizona, Southern California, Hawaii, and Nevada. It is entirely within Area 11 (which is shared with the Northern Pacific Division). The SCCA regions within the Southern Pacific Division are as follows, with some of the main SCCA raceways listed:
- Region 2 (Arizona)
- Region 19 (California Sports Car Club)
- Region 46 (Hawaii)
- Region 57 (San Diego)
- Region 72 (Las Vegas)
- Region 88 (Arizona Border)
Rocky Mountain Division
The Rocky Mountain Division consists of Colorado, Eastern Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and is entirely within Area 8. The SCCA regions within the Southern Pacific Division are as follows, with some of the main SCCA raceways listed:
- Region 8 (Colorado)
- Region 50 (Utah)
- Region 52 (Southwest Montana)
- Region 53 (Rio Grande)
- Region 81 (Pan American)
- Region 108 (Yellowstone)
- Region 109 (Continental Divide)
Southwest Division
The Southwest Division consists of Louisiana and Texas, and is entirely within Area 7. The SCCA regions within the Southwest Division are as follows, with some of the main SCCA raceways listed:
- Region 9 (Delta)
- Region 32 (Houston)
- Region 41 (Texas)
- Region 44 (Southwest Louisiana)
- Region 60 (Central Louisiana)
- Region 69 (South Texas Border)
- Region 78 (Red River)
- Region 87 (West Texas)
- Region 98 (Lone Star)
Midwest Division
The Midwest Division consists of Arkansas, Southern Illinois, Western Iowa, Kansas, Northern Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Western Tennessee, and is entirely within Area 6. The SCCA regions within the Midwest Division are as follows, with some of the main SCCA raceways listed:
- Region 15 (Kansas)
- Region 16 (Kansas City)
- Region 21 (St. Louis)
- Region 30 (Oklahoma)
- Region 48 (Nebraska)
- Region 54 (Northeast Oklahoma)
- Region 58 (Southern Illinois)
- Region 66 (Mid South)
- Region 73 (Mississippi)
- Region 76 (Des Moines)
- Region 77 (Arkansas)
- Region 90 (Wichita)
- Region 107 (Ozark Mountain)
- Region 110 (Salina)
Central Division
The Central Division consists of Kentucky, Northern Illinois, Indiana, Eastern Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Southern West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Geographically the largest SCCA division, it is divided into two Areas, with Area 4 covering Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia, and Area 5 covering the remaining regions. The SCCA regions within the Southwest Division are as follows, with some of the main SCCA raceways listed:
- Region 4 (Central Illinois)
- Region 6 (Western Michigan)
- Region 7 (Chicago)
- Region 10 (Detroit)
- Region 13 (Indianapolis)
- Region 14 (Iowa)
- Region 17 (Kentucky)
- Region 18 (Land O'Lakes)
- Region 20 (Milwaukee)
- Region 24 (Neohio)
- Region 29 (Ohio Valley)
- Region 35 (South Bend)
- Region 36 (Southern Indiana)
- Region 47 (Southern West Virginia)
- Region 51 (River Cities)
- Region 56 (Lake Superior)
- Region 64 (Columbus Sports Car Club)
- Region 70 (Cincinnati)
- Region 74 (Central Kentucky)
- Region 75 (Indiana Northwest)
- Region 82 (Blackhawk Valley)
- Region 85 (Fort Wayne)
- Region 86 (Western Ohio)
- Region 89 (Northern Ohio Valley)
- Region 99 (Great River)
- Region 100 (Saginaw Valley)
- Region 102 (Badlands)
Southeast Division
The Southeast Division consists of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, and Southern Virginia. The division is split into two areas, with Area 3 covering the Gulf Coast regions, and Area 12 covering the remainder of the division. The SCCA regions within the Southwest Division are as follows, with some of the main SCCA raceways listed:
- Region 1 (Alabama)
- Region 3 (Atlanta)
- Region 11 (Florida)
- Region 12 (Gulf Coast)
- Region 34 (Buccaneer)
- Region 40 (Tennessee)
- Region 45 (Wiregrass)
- Region 55 (North Carolina)
- Region 61 (Central Carolinas)
- Region 63 (Old Dominion)
- Region 68 (Eastern Tennessee)
- Region 79 (South Carolina)
- Region 83 (Central Florida)
- Region 91 (Middle Georgia)
- Region 93 (Tennessee Valley)
- Region 94 (Chattanooga)
- Region 95 (Divie)
- Region 103 (Blue Ridge)
Northeast Division
The Northeast Division consists of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachussets, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Northern Virginia. The division is split into three areas: Area 1 covering New England and the New York City urban area, Area 10 covering Upstate New York, and Area 2 covering the remainder of the division. The SCCA regions within the Southwest Division are as follows, with some of the main SCCA raceways listed:
- Region 5 (Central New York)
- Region 22 (New England)
- Region 23 (New York)
- Region 25 (Northeastern Pennsylvania)
- Region 26 (Northern New Jersey)
- Region 31 (Philadelphia)
- Region 37 (Southern New York)
- Region 39 (Steel Cities)
- Region 42 (Washington D.C.)
- Region 43 (Western New York)
- Region 59 (Central Pennsylvania)
- Region 62 (Finger Lakes)
- Region 65 (Mohawk-Hudson)
- Region 71 (Glen)
- Region 80 (Mahoning Valley)
- Region 84 (South Jersey)
- Region 92 (Susquehanna)
- Region 97 (Blue Mountain)
- Region 104 (Misery Bay)
External links
Website (http://www.scca.org/)