SCCA – Photos From KCRSCCA Solo Event 2
I’m getting quicker at turning around these photos. …now if I could just get quicker in the car. If you were running this past weekend and don’t see your car, let me know. These were the sharpest and best images, but Jeremy and I took over 2000 images over the weekend! I’m sure we have at least one shot of everyone somewhere. Look for Jeremy’s article recapping the Novice School and Event #2 later this week. Kansas City... [Read More...]
SCCA – Kansas City Region Solo Season Kicks Off!
The Kansas City Region SCCA Solo season kicked off this last weekend, and what a very enjoyable start it was! It was a weekend packed full of racing. The off season was way too long and was finally coming to an end in Kansas City. I had the car packed up and ready to go Friday afternoon. Friday night I was so excited about getting back into the season at home that I could hardly sleep. I woke up at about 5:30 am on Saturday wide awake and adrenaline... [Read More...]
Episode 178.1 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast: SCCA Edition
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Craig Wilcox hustling his D-Stock MINI around the course at a KCRSCCA Solo Event. This is the national-caliber car Jeremy will be driving in Georgia at the Match TourOur SCCA Reporter, Jeremy Salenius, is headed down to Georgia to compete in the first SCCA Solo Match Tour event of the year. He gives us an overview of what the unique Match Tour format is and how it’s different from a regular Solo... [Read More...]
2013 SCCA Solo Season is Just Around the Corner
As the winter months start to wear off, it’s time to start dusting off the Solo gear and get ready for the new season. The 2013 season has many exciting things in store. Including a new event format called the Match Tour, release of a new BFG street tire that is set to shake up the street tire classes, all the ProSolo and National Tour events we look forward to every year and getting back together with our racing friends. Today I want to highlight... [Read More...]
SCCA – KCRSCCA Halloweenie Event
The Kansas City Region of the Sports Car Club of America held its final Solo event of the season this past weekend at the Metropolitan Community College Precision Driving Center. This final event was in part solo race, part masquerade ball, and all charity event. All of the profits from the event were donated to the club’s various charities as was the money raised from donations from the club’s various sponsors and partners including Patterson... [Read More...]
SCCA – Photog Stinks It Up in KCR Solo Event 10
It’s a good thing for me that Mr. Pechin didn’t show up last Sunday for the Kansas City Region of the Sports Car Club of America (KCRSCCA) Solo Event #10 held at the Metropolitan Community College Blue River Campus’s Precision Driving Center. I stunk it up!! Fill with confidence, or more accurately overconfidence, I went out to attack what I thought was going to be a fairly straightforward circuit. Dan Wheeler, the Event Chair and... [Read More...]
SCCA – From Racing Photographer to Racing Driver
Ok, maybe I’m reaching with the moniker “racing driver”, but I did compete in my first motorsports event. After photographing a few of the Kansas City Region SCCA Solo Events, and seeing how much fun everyone was having, I decided to finally give it a go myself. I was fortunate enough to get in at the last minute to the Solo School the club held the Saturday before the event and received some much needed instruction, correction,... [Read More...]
SCCA – First Experiences and Experienced Insights at a Solo Event
While I’ve been to the SCCA RunOffs before, I had never attended a solo event until this past Sunday. Wow! Simply, wow! I’m not sure exactly what I had expected from my first solo event (aka autocross), but I wasn’t expecting something as interesting, fun, and exciting as what I saw this past Sunday. In many respects, it reminded me of the vibe and feel of a rally. There was a mix of highly-prepped, purpose-built racing machines... [Read More...]
SCCA – My First Day as a Racecar Driver
INDEPENDENCE, MO (April 15, 2012), by Tim Steger — First off, as an Aerospace engineer, I don’t do thing without planning. I have had my racecar, a bone stock 93 base Miata, for about 25 days. I recruited a co-driver, who had won a trophy in the past in his own car. I figured he would help me get the car ready, then potentially help improve my driving skills. And yet, after the weeks of planning and wrench time, I realized I had more... [Read More...]
