The T1 race at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course was highlighted by a pair of breakaway battles. Andrew Aquilante of Chester Springs, PA, emerged with his sixth T1 gold, his 11th overall in Runoffs competition.While Aquilante and Mark Boden scrapped over the race...

Danny Bender scored his first career Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires race at Road America as part of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Road America 180 Fired Up by Johnsonville. Patrick Gallagher finished second with John Dean in tow in a race that served as Round 10...

Two drivers at the Runoffs got professional coaching with good results from different approaches. SCCA Touring 4 National Champion Daniel Bender received coaching from Tom Long at the Runoffs.It’s generally accepted that coaching can help even the most advanced of racing drivers. There is always a different way to look...

The 2014 SCCA Touring 4 National Champion sells Mazdas when he’s not racing them. The old motorsports saying, “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday” doesn’t get any more applicable than in the case of Daniel Bender.In this circumstance, he’s the one doing the winning, in a Touring 4 Mazda MX-5,...

Daniel Bender wins Touring 4 in an MX-5, followed by two other Mazda drivers.Leading a Mazda sweep of the podium, Daniel Bender, of Northbrook, Ill., notched his first National Championship title in convincing fashion at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tom Wickersham, of San Ramon,...

Daniel Bender, of Northbrook, Illinois, notched his first National Championship title in convincing fashion at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tom Wickersham, of San Ramon, California, came home second, followed by Izzy Sanchez, of San Mateo, California.In a race that saw two full-course cautions that...

Voytek Burdzy won SM on Sunday.Voytek Burdzy won SM on Sunday. Heat and humidity were the first things drivers often mentioned after crawling from their cars following Rounds 11 and 12 of the SCCA Northern Conference Majors Tour races at Grattan Raceway. The effort it took to win on the...