2. What is the SCCA?
• Founded in Boston, 1944
• Sanctioned first post-WWII road race in US:
the 1948 Watkins Glen Grand Prix
• Approximately 60,000 members today
• Principal source of volunteer Race Officials in
the United States
• Most US road racers come up through SCCA
• Amateur racing (there is a Pro subsidiary)
3. Road Racing
• Turn both left and right
• Uphill and downhill
• A short course might be 1.5 miles in length
• Watkins Glen: 3.5 miles
• Road America: 4 miles
8. Thompson International Speedway
Motorsports Park
» Thompson CT (NE Connecticut)
» revival of old road course
» originally used from 1951-1976
» Oval built in 1940, used almost continuously
» Family decided to revive the road course
9.
10. Whiskey Hill Raceway
» Whiskey Hill Raceway
» Palmer, MA (right off the Mass Pike)
» Opened last year
» On top of a mountain
» Technically challenging