Where the 4th generation Miata plays in SCCA autocross and how to extract the most speed out of itThe 2016-2018 Mazda Miata MX-5 (ND1) has been a powerhouse in C Street (CS), Street Touring Roadster (STR), and thanks to Ron Bauer, it has also proven to be a car to...

Mark Dudek is the Rookie of the Year after finishing sixth in STR in a MiataThere may be a decent amount of National Champions across the spectrum of SCCA's autocross classes, but there is only one SCCA Solo Driver of the Year – and for 2017, that honor befell Daniel...

The Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships has a problem, but it's a good problem. You see, for the second straight year, this massive autocross championship event in Lincoln, Neb., has hit its entry cap weeks prior to the event.In 2016, the event saw 1,302 competitors take on a pair...

Competitors converged on Bristol, Tennessee for four days of Tire Rack SCCA National Solo Competition over Independence Day weekend. Situated between Bristol Motor Speedway and Bristol Dragway, 265 drivers took to the Tire Rack Championship Tour courses designed by Chris Harp. Though forecasts predicted intermittent rain for the duration of...

SCCA autocrossers had to brave challenging weather at recent events at opposite ends of the country, fighting winds in California and rain in Pennsylvania as the Solo season heats up. The Tire Rack Championship Tour attracted competitors to Crows Landing and its former NASA facility, while Pittsburgh International Race Complex...

The November 2016 issue of SportsCar magazine, SCCA's official member magazine and sister publication to RACER and RACER.com, recently hit the mailboxes of some 60,000 SCCA members, and included in the magazine is coverage of SCCA's largest championship event, the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships presented by Garmin VIRB.The...

Mazda factory driver Kenton Koch enters first autocross national competition.The result was unreal.With budget in mind, I decided to build a car to compete in C Street (CS), a class with limited prep to allow cars to be competitive yet affordable. Good Car + Shocks + Single Exit Exhaust +...