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Andy Hollis

In 2006, his seven straight class wins and two Super Challenge victories lead to the Overall Championship in SCCA ProSolo.

Bowmanville

The Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport International Raceway) which hosts both minor grand prix races and major racing events by CASCAR, the SCCA, NASCAR, and the American Le Mans Series annually is located about 25 kilometres north of Bowmanville.

Dave McMillan

In 1979 he placed 9th in the USAC Mini Indy Super Vee series 8th in the SCCA Formula Super Vee Championship.

E. Pierce Marshall

Teamed with SCCA racers Dave Faust and Kirby Goodman, Marshall drove a Chevrolet Malibu with the 9C1 Police Patrol Package and a 350 cubic inch LT-1 Z-28 Chevrolet Camaro engine, finishing 13th in a field of 47 competitors, completing the run from Darien, Connecticut to Redondo Beach, California in 36 hours, 51 minutes.

F1600 Championship Series

The Carbir was to be driven by SCCA Formula Ford stand out Reid Hazelton but was unable to enter any races in 2013.

Ford SHO V6 engine

Two of the seven are notable; Jay Leno owns number 003 (the silver one), and number 005 (the purple one) included special modifications for competition in the SCCA, including a rollcage and 5-point restraints.

Harry Sauce

He continued to race SCCA into the 2000s, but was injured in a crash in 2008.

Hoosier Racing Tire

The company was founded in 1958, and has since provided tires for use in series sanctioned by IHRA, ARCA, CRA, NASCAR, IMCA, WISSOTA, SCCA, AIS, and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

Jaguar E-Type

A few years later, Gran-Turismo Jaguar from Cleveland Ohio campaigned a 4.2-litre six-cylinder FHC racer in SCCA production series, and in 1980 won the National Championship in the SCCA C-Production Class, defeating a fully funded factory Nissan Z-car team with Paul Newman.

Jim Trueman

The facility became one of the most popular road racing tracks in the United States, hosting also IMSA, Grand-Am, IROC, SCCA, motorcycle racing, vintage events, and various other races.

Marlboro Motor Raceway

The old parking lot area is currently leased out (according to Ghost Tracks by SCCA historian Pete Hylton, the site is being used for leaf mulching) but the track area itself has only been intruded upon by a neighboring branch of the Patuxent River.

Michael Mällinen

He won several championships racing in formula car and sports prototype series in IMSA, ALMS, Atlantic Championship, and SCCA.

In 2010, Mällinen won the American Road Race of Champions, finished third in the SCCA Formula Atlantic national championship series and third in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs driving a Swift Engineering TRD 014.a for Swan Racing.

In 2012, Mällinen finished second in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs driving a Swift Engineering TRD 014.a for Swan Racing.

In 2013, Mällinen finished third in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs driving a Swift Engineering Cosworth 016.a for Swan Racing.

Phil Henny

From 1969 until 1976, Phil participated in 19 races with SCCA and IMSA.

Salazar Racing

Salazar Racing is a Washington, D.C. based auto racing team currently competing in the One Lap of America, Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Autocross, and National Auto Sport Association (NASA) GTS and Spec E30 racing series.

SCCA Pro Racing

The Can-Am championship was a joint-venture between the Canadian CASC and the American SCCA.

Tim Paterson

Paterson has also raced rally cars in the SCCA Pro Rally series, and even engineered his own trip computer which he integrated into the axle of a four-wheel drive Porsche 911.

Truesports

He was one of few drivers in the field familiar with the Detroit street circuit (previously a Formula One course), and had won the SCCA Trans-Am Motor City 100 (a support race for the Formula One event) in 1987.

Warwick Brown

After competing in the North American SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championships from 1974 to 1976 Brown contested the Can-Am Series and was the runnerup to fellow Australian Alan Jones in the 1978 US Can-Am Series driving a Lola T333CS-Chevrolet for the VDS Team.


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