In the world of competitive SCCA autocross, swaybar modifications are a must. When it comes to SCCA's autocross rules, if your car came with a swaybar, chances are you're allowed to change it – and if it didn't come with one, you can probably add it. This works out well...

The Central Division SCCA regional races at Blackhawk Farms Raceway kicked-off this past weekend with Julian Garfield debuting as the 2017 Mazda Solo Advancement Scholarship recipient, competing in Spec Miata. Julian Garfield is an SCCA Solo National Champion, a former road racer, a freshman at the University of Kansas (about...

This past season, Mazda Motorsports has been honored to work with three-time SCCA Solo National champion Ron Bauer. Our honor will continue into 2017.Ron Bauer is an elite racer; but more than this, he is an expert developing racecars (and candidly, a pleasure to work with and from). For the...

In the space of a few weeks, the Nissan driver took his first wins in Pirelli World Challenge GT and a seventh SCCA Solo National Championship. It was a heck of a month for Bryan Heitkotter. Within the span of a few weeks in August and September, he not only...

We turned to Rachel Kerswill, 2014 and 2015 SCCA Solo National Champion, to guide those interested in becoming an autocross champion. This guideline outlines five key considerations when making your plan. Know Your Car: You will need to know whether your car is competition ready. Know maintenance or repairs need...

Washington state competitor took home the 2014 SCCA Solo National Championship in D Prepared driving an NC MX-5. Ron Bauer will admit the Miata didn’t appeal to him much when it was launched 25 years ago. Then he drove one. And then he built an MX-5 autocrosser and won a...

Rachel Kerswill is the 2014 SCCA Solo National Championship champion in C Street Ladies.Rachel Kerswill has been to two SCCA Solo National Championships. The fact that her winning percentage is now at 50 percent isn’t that unusual. The unusual part is that she went from worst to first.Granted, there were...