Scca?

[sicbeing]

I just checked out their webpage for the first time. It looks like lots of fun, but I know it can probably be expensive. I don't know much about it, except how much I'd like to try and drive a car on one of those tracks, especially against others.

Anyway, I couldn't find info I was looking for, like how to get into this. Or what kind of program/business SCCA is. Do they hold races? Or etc.

Also, if I did get into this, what kind of knowledge about cars should I have in order to participate in track races? I'd love to make a small hobby out of it.

 

[TheCracker]

Its good to see others getting interested in club racing - its the backbone of the racing scene.

I believe that SCCA is a govening body for motorsport in north America. To compete you'd probably have to have a racing licence and an eligible car, modified to what ever the SCCA stipulates safety wise (ie roll-cage, extinguiser, external engine shut-off switch etc etc)

I can tell you from experience that circuit racing is about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on, but it isn't cheep. Apart from the costs of buying a racing car - or modifing your own road car $$$$$ you could expect to pay out around $100-200 for a racing licence and medical. $500+ for a helmet, fireproof suit, boots, underwear, gloves etc. $100+ (wild guess) for annual club membership. $100-200 per race for entry fees per race - not including running costs.

Trackdays would be cheaper, but a bit like masterbation compared to the real thing. SOLO has a bit more competition, but you're racing against the clock - not wheel-to-wheel, i believe the courses they use tend to be coned circuits in car-parks etc as well.

Try these links for starters:
http://www.scca.com/Club/Index.asp?IdS=01CD68-14E2ED0&x=030|055&~=

http://www.scca.com/Inside/Index.asp?IdS=000003-55ACC80&Reference=436798&~=

http://www.scca.com/Club/Index.asp?IdS=01CD68-14E2ED0&x=030|057&~=

 

[Duke]

The Sports Car Club of America is the largest sanctioning body in the US. Another one to consider is NASA who are doing quite well filling holes in events and classes that the SCCA doesn't cover. The SCCA is an old institution and thus there is a huge element of politics in it (though that part is not likely to affect you as a rookie). The NASA folks are more interested in getting out and running.

Your easiest route is probably to look into Solo II, also known as 'autocross'. This is single-car racing run on a large parking lot or airfield on a course set up with cones. Cars are strictly classed by type and modification level, so it's easily possible to be competitive in the right street car with very little spent on modifications.

This will give you a safe chance to learn car control and dynamics at reasonable speed in a controlled environment. Plus in Florida there is a highly active autocross community - talk to ///M-Spec - and they are usually helpful to new people.

 

[JohnBM01]

And this is what Speed Channel show "Sports Car Revolution" really utilizes. At first, I didn't really like it because of the anti-tuner deal, not to mention the loudmouth Kazzer. This new season of SCR seems cooler. You have Sean Hyland and all.

When I get a driver's license, I thought about the SCCA. I kind of wanted to race Spec Racer Ford, and maybe one of the sportscar racing classes, like C Sports Racer, D Sports Racer, Sports 2000, I even thought about racing those super-sweet GT-1 class cars. If you watch Valvoline Runoffs coverage, you may have seen the different race classes you can race in. I don't know if it's this year or last, but the Runoffs will take place at a tough race course that the NASCAR Craftsman Trucks used to race, Heartland Park Topeka. It's probably better known for its drag race, but it's a tough place.

Don't like road racing? There's rally, autocross, and more. So many events, it's why the show "Sports Car Revolution" takes advantage of SCCA events to get racing onto the track and not on the streets. So take a good look, my Floridian friend.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Does SCCA do rally? I think I saw some American raly with some name like that and it was the worst rally I have ever seen.

 

[PSG]

The SCCA ditched ProRally. I believe the RallyAmerica sanctioning body took over that. They still have Rallycross, rallysprint and the relatively new Circuit Rally segment, however.

An upside to an SCCA membership is all the perks and discounts (from Barnes and Noble for example) you get, but footing the bill without actually racing isn't really worth it. You do get a magazine and depending on your local chapter, a newspaper, every couple of months from the SCCA.

 

[JohnBM01]

For example, if I competed, I'd be within the Houston SCCA. A time or two, I seen the publication for the Houston SCCA, featuring everything from how to get started, to finding race cars for sale and what valid classes it can enter... only a few places will get such SCCA material as this.

 

[Seventeen]

Anyone know if FF2000/Cooper Tires Championship is still an SCCA sanctioned event?

 

[kikie]

I'm going to use this old thread instead of starting a new one.

Can someone tell me more about (open) trackdays in the UK and Europe?? I heard that it is possible to drive on certain tracks (don't know which one) during certain days of the week with your own (road legal) car. Even with real racecars if you have one.

These tracks are open for the public if they want to race with there own car.

Thanks

 

[Dave A]

Yep, they're called track days and most tracks have them. What it costs and what days the track is open to arrive and drive depends on the track. What you need to do is find out what track you want to go to and then check that tracks website which will give all the details regarding times and dates and costs ect.

 

[kikie]

Yep, they're called track days and most tracks have them. What it costs and what days the track is open to arrive and drive depends on the track. What you ened to do is find out what track you want to go to and then check that tracks website which will give all the details regarding times and dates and costs ect.

Thanks live4speed (I see that you keep up your reputation as "most helpful")