Worker Highlight – RJ Gordy
April 11th, 2018 by James Chartres
How did you get started with SCCA? In the Fall of 1985 I read a magazine article praising SCCA’s success in its first year of competition with the purpose-built Spec Racer. I shared the article with a partner at work who also had an interest in cars. Our search led us to SCCA and their […]
read moreWorker Highlight – Marcy Crawford
April 4th, 2018 by James Chartres
How did you get started with SCCA? Way back in the dark ages, there was a series called Can Am. Back in high school a date who was an avid race fan took me to a CanAm race at Laguna Seca. In spite of horrible weather, it was one of the most fun times I’d ever […]
read moreThunderhill Major – Revised 2 Apr 2018
April 2nd, 2018 by James Chartres
Note: Schedule updated again for print version and to correct a minor error. Due to the high number of entries we have updated the event schedule to include Group 8. Group 5 was revised and split into Group 5 and Group 8. UPDATE EVENT SCHEDULE – Revised 2 April 2018 Entry allocations can also be […]
read moreWorker Highlight – Cornelia Bell
March 28th, 2018 by James Chartres
How did you get started with SCCA? An SFR-SCCA long-time member and legal secretary Scotty Crawford kept mentioning Sears Point in the late 1980s to mid-1990s when I was also working as legal secretary before retiring. At the time I lived in Novato, only about 15 minutes from Sears Point. I finally asked Scotty when SCCA […]
read moreRacing in the Rain
March 27th, 2018 by James Chartres
We spend a day at Laguna Seca with Spec Racer Ford driver James Chartres as we learn about racing with SCCA and what it is like to run in the rain. Big thank you to Ben Beames for the amazing video and RC Photography for the cover photo.
read moreNotes From The Archives – Arnolt Bristol
March 22nd, 2018 by James Chartres
Arnolt Bristol Words by: Gary Horstkorta Stanley Harold Arnolt II couldn’t have had better timing when he purchased a struggling marine small engine company, the Waukesha Engine Company in 1939 and moved it to Warsaw, Indiana. Combing his degree in Mechanical Engineering with a good business sense and with World War II on the horizon, the […]
read moreWorker Highlight – Gary Pitts
March 7th, 2018 by James Chartres
How did you get started with SCCA? In 1963, I did what they said to do on the back page of Road and Track; phone SCCA HQ in Connecticut (I believe) and ask where is your Region. It was in Montgomery, Alabama (I was in Auburn, AL) and I got in touch with the Regional […]
read moreNotes From The Archives – Don Dickey
February 22nd, 2018 by James Chartres
Don Dickey Words by: Gary Horstkorta Perhaps Don Dickey’s first race as a Novice class driver was an indication of what was to follow in the succeeding years. The event was the opening race of the 1952 season at Stockton Airport on August 24th. Dickey arrived with a nicely prepared XK-120 Jaguar which was entered in […]
read moreTom McCarthy has Passed Away
February 21st, 2018 by James Chartres
It is with great sorrow that we have learned that Tom McCarthy has passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2018. Tom McCarthy was the founder of Thunderhill, a man with 24+ patents, a contractor for Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and the biggest fan of grandson racer Tommy McCarthy. Tom held many positions in the club, […]
read moreThe Family that Plays Together Stays Together
February 17th, 2018 by James Chartres
Photo Left to Right: Dan Haney- No.49 Mazda Miata, Group 2 Gay Bentley – No.09 Mazda Miata, Group 1 Eric Bentley – No.39 Mazda Miata, Group 1 Brook Bentley – No.45 Mazda Miata, Group 1 Reid Fletcher – No.99 Mazda Miata, Group 2 Words & Photos By Lynne Huntting SFR and Vintage racer, Dan Haney, […]
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