20 TTN Drivers Race Into GRM Ultimate Track Car Challenge, Joining Invitees

20 TTN Drivers Race Into GRM Ultimate Track Car Challenge, Joining Invitees

New at Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals this year is the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge, the Grassroots Motorsports program designed to find, well, the ultimate in track cars. It’s a natural fit, of course, because...
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Looking Ahead: ’23 GingerMan Time Trials National Tour

Looking Ahead: ’23 GingerMan Time Trials National Tour

Racetracks are all the same, right? There are corners and straights, tire walls and fences, an entry gate, a paddock, and places to watch colorful cars zip by. But those who’ve been around motorsports for a bit know each...
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Club Spec – Big Interest, Next Step: more questions

Club Spec – Big Interest, Next Step: more questions

Can you believe it’s been two months since we announced the concept of “Club Spec,” a concept that would enable members to buy one car and use it in every kind of SCCA® event? Soon thereafter, we landed on GRM Live with JG...
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Looking Ahead: ’23 Georgia Time Trials National Tour Mash-up Finale

Looking Ahead: ’23 Georgia Time Trials National Tour Mash-up Finale

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta is world famous. Just a few weeks back, IMSA held its end-of-year Petit Le Mans event at the 2.54-mile circuit, and crowned multiple champions on site when that endurance challenge was done. Now...
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Club Spec – One Car Does It All

Club Spec – One Car Does It All

Imagine, if you will, a vehicle that can be built once, then driven competitively in different Sports Car Club of America® (SCCA) competition types without further modification – and then driven on the street to and from...
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Everything SCCA Can Fit

Everything SCCA Can Fit

Why hold one event in a weekend when you can invite everyone to play? It’s that simple-yet-effective concept that thrusts SCCA® mash-up weekends into orbit, leaving participants, workers, and organizers grinning for days....
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Club Spec: Meet the Contenders

Club Spec: Meet the Contenders

In June, the Sports Car Club of America® announced the Club Spec concept – the idea that anyone should be able to build a car to one common set of rules that has the performance and competitiveness for autocross and Tire Rack...
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Time Trials Nationals Becomes SCCA’s Indy 500

Time Trials Nationals Becomes SCCA’s Indy 500

How’s it like the Indy 500? We’re glad you asked. The simple answer is, with more than 200 participants, the event has become one of the premier events on the SCCA calendar, so it’s moving to a spring date—June 9–13, 2021...
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Limitless Speed and Thrills with Time Trials Unlimited

Limitless Speed and Thrills with Time Trials Unlimited

Eric Cartman, the cartoon character from TV’s popular South Park program, kind of summed up the philosophy of SCCA’s Time Trials Unlimited Category when he said, “Whatever, I do what I want!” The freedom to do whatever you...
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Tuning to the Max for Unlimited Success

Tuning to the Max for Unlimited Success

As an SCCA national program, Time Trials was created for motorsports enthusiasts wanting to compete on real race circuits without the pitfalls and costs associated with wheel-to-wheel racing. Intended to be accessible to a...
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Great Times Rain or Shine at Ridge Time Trials

Great Times Rain or Shine at Ridge Time Trials

A small but enthusiastic group of drivers navigated not only the amazing 2.47-mile twisting ribbon of a track that is Ridge Motorsports Park, located in Shelton, WA, but also the occasional downpour on the first day of the...
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Updated Proposed Category Rules Released

Updated Proposed Category Rules Released

Following a month of feedback and discussion by the Time Trials Board (TTB) an updated set of rules for the proposed category between Tuner and Max Categories has been released. Because of overwhelming support for most of...
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New SCCA National Time Trials Category Proposed

New SCCA National Time Trials Category Proposed

In order to close the gap between Tuner and Max while protecting category philosophies, the Time Trials Board (TTB) is proposing a category between Tuner and Max and is looking for feedback on the proposed category. Vehicles...
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National Tour Season Wraps at Road Atlanta

National Tour Season Wraps at Road Atlanta

This last weekend, nearly 70 Time Trials drivers hit Road Atlanta, a challenging and exhilarating 2.54-mile professional-level circuit located about an hour north of Atlanta, Georgia, for the final event of the SCCA Tire Rack...
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2020 Time Trials Nationals: The Results

2020 Time Trials Nationals: The Results

The 2020 Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials Nationals Powered by Hagerty concluded Sunday with KONI Podium celebrations for each class and overall winners. Additionally, several other significant awards and prizes were dished out...
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Palmer Motorsports Park

Weekend Wrap-Up: Palmer Motorsports Park

Situated atop Whiskey Hill in Massachusetts, Palmer Motorsports Park was where those who love having fun with cars came together this Independence Day weekend for the Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty. It...
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Auto Club Speedway to Kick Off Time Trials National Tour

Auto Club Speedway to Kick Off Time Trials National Tour

The Sports Car Club of America® has finalized the 2020 Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty calendar, confirming that the March 28-29 opening round Falken Tire West Coast Season Kickoff will be held at...
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'21 Time Trials National Tour Announced

'21 Time Trials National Tour Announced

The Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty will crisscross the country during the 2021 season, making stops at eight different race tracks in a calendar that ranges from March through November, hitting the...
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Looking Forward: 2021 Time Trials Nationals

Looking Forward: 2021 Time Trials Nationals

What do the Indy 500, Rolex 24 at Daytona, Grand Prix De Monaco and Daytona 500 all have in common with the Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials Nationals Powered by Hagerty? The answer is these are all single, marquee motorsport...
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Time Trials National Tour Travel Adventure in July

Time Trials National Tour Travel Adventure in July

Cooped up at home way too long over the last 16 months? Need some “zoom” time that involves a car rather than a laptop or smartphone? Want to test positive for FUN-21 instead of COVID-19 this year? If so, Sports Car Club of...
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10 Ways to Prepare for Your First Time Trials Event

10 Ways to Prepare for Your First Time Trials Event

Like a recreational runner deciding to leave the confines of their neighborhood and tackle the local 5K, Time Trials is an exciting adventure for a motorsports enthusiast. Maybe you're choosing a Time Trials event for your...
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Looking Forward: Time Trials Tour at Buttonwillow Raceway Park

Looking Forward: Time Trials Tour at Buttonwillow Raceway Park

The second event of this year’s Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour Powered by Hagerty takes place this weekend, April 10-11, at Buttonwillow Raceway Park situated toward the southern end of California’s San Joaquin Valley....
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NATA Council Creation: Road & Track’s Analysis

NATA Council Creation: Road & Track’s Analysis

Creation of the new North American Time Attack (NATA) Council was announced last week during the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show. Sports Car Club of America®, GRIDLIFE and Global Time Attack are the three organizations...
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Your Weapon of Choice & Pure Speed

Your Weapon of Choice & Pure Speed

Pure speed.  An open track, a driver and their “weapon” of choice, all coming together for a common goal: Outright speed and the cleanest, fastest single lap they can achieve.  If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and...
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TT Nats Saturday Notebook

TT Nats Saturday Notebook

News and notes, stories and ramblings, all from the paddock at NCM Motorsports Park during the Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials Nationals powered by Hagerty this weekend. Track Sprint Day: If Friday was all about the traditional...
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TT Nats Sunday Notebook

TT Nats Sunday Notebook

News and notes, stories and ramblings, all from the paddock at NCM Motorsports Park during the Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials Nationals powered by Hagerty this weekend. Nationally Nationals: This year’s event has literally put...
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TT Nats Friday Notebook

TT Nats Friday Notebook

News and notes, stories and ramblings, all from the paddock at NCM Motorsports Park during the Tire Rack SCCA Time Trials Nationals powered by Hagerty this weekend. Repeat Business: 2020 marks the third year that the Tire...
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Happy Holley-day! Holley Performance Offers Free Track Time For Time Trials Nationals

Happy Holley-day! Holley Performance Offers Free Track Time For Time Trials Nationals

Have you ever had a company just hand you a track day, completely free? Unless you’re a highly paid factory test driver, probably not. What if we told you Holley Performance was ready to do just that? Holley has been the...
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NCM Motorsports Park Home to Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals

NCM Motorsports Park Home to Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals

Sports Car Club of America® has selected NCM Motorsports Park, located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, as the host venue of the annual Tire Rack SCCA® Time Trials Nationals for the next decade. The event is set to take place at...
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TT Nats Thursday Notebook

TT Nats Thursday Notebook

Holley-Day Celebration: Thursday at Tire Rack Time Trials Nationals powered by Hagerty has become more than just a holiday – it’s a full-blown Holley-Day. For the second year in a row, the practice day – three 20-minute...
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