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SCCA Opens Tracks to Car Enthusiasts with Track Night In America Driven by Tire Rack
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Learn more about Track Night in America Driven by Tire Rack at TrackNightInAmerica.com.

TOPEKA, Kan. (March 18, 2015) – With an eye on bringing car enthusiasts to the race track to drive, shine and show, meet with car clubs or just hang out, the SCCA’s Track Night in America driven by Tire Rack opens up 20 tracks across the country once a month, on weeknights, beginning in April.

At its heart, Track Night in America is a gathering place for people to share their passion for cars with other community members. The program features an affordable after-work, weeknight lapping program for street cars and drivers ranging from track rookies to veterans.

“Track Night in America is, simply, about fun with cars,” Heyward Wagner, SCCA Director of Experiential Programs, said. “Traditional road courses have always been a bit of a secret society. This program is all about removing the mystery, eliminating hurdles and opening the doors so everyone can come play. Whether you’re a driver, friend or just hanging out, there is an experience for you at Track Night.

Track Night in America will run once a month at the designated tracks, with the schedule typically beginning at 4 p.m. Participants will get three 20-minute sessions for a $150 entry fee. Paced laps will be open and free to all attendees each Track Night.

Track Night in America driven by Tire Rack is open to the general public over the age of 18, with a valid driver’s license.

The fastest way to get on track, Track Night in America is split into three experiences based upon a driver’s comfort and skill level. Rookies will get extra attention from the gate through their on-track sessions in the Novice Experience, ranging from help removing loose items in the car (like floor mats and unsecured tire jacks) to coaching and follow the leader paced laps during their sessions.

Intermediate and Advanced participants can skip much of the pre-track minutiae by going online in advance to fill out tech sheets and complete a drivers’ meeting that reviews Track Night basics. Those participants will also have access to top-flight SCCA instructors and event staff for additional on-site questions and help.

The Track Night calendar opens in April with Track Night: Atlanta at Atlanta Motorsports Park (April 7), Track Night: Palm Beach at Palm Beach International Raceway and Track Night: NorCal at Thunderhill Raceway Park (April 9), Track Night: Dallas at MSR Cresson and Track Night: Pittsburgh at Pitt Race (April 14), and Track Night: New Jersey at New Jersey Motorsports Park (April 15).

“We at Tire Rack are extremely excited,” Matt Edmonds, Tire Rack Vice President, said. “Track Night in America is that opportunity to take automotive enthusiasts and ignite them, making them true driving enthusiasts like we are. Let them see that they can enjoy their cars performance in a safe environment. This is the chance get on a track and experience their vehicle and improve their driving skills. For years many drivers have asked the question, ‘I wonder what it would be like to put on a helmet and feel the thrill of driving on the pavement reserved for racers?’

“This is the answer to the question. Taking place around the country, at 20 dedicated tracks; not once in a while, but once a month, for four to five months or more during the year. This frequency of the events will allow you to come back and bring someone to share this adventure with you. This will have an exponential effect on the growth of driving enthusiasts, making it a wonderful opportunity for the SCCA. From the Tire Rack family, we’re very excited to be a part of generating new driving enthusiasm, and anxious to get launch this program.”

The launch of Track Night in America driven by Tire Rack is supported by the FIA Sport Grant Programme and Grassroots Motorsports. Each Track Night participant will receive a complimentary six-month subscription to Grassroots Motorsports magazine.

“The reception we’ve gotten from partners to this program has been great, and our friends at Tire Rack answered that bell in a big way,” Wagner said. “This partnership will allow SCCA, Tire Rack and our participants in the program to see a real and tangible benefit.”

More information on the program, including a full list of tracks and dates, is available at www.TrackNightInAmerica.com.

About SCCA Track Night in America:
Driven by Tire Rack with support from the FIA Sport Grant Programme, SCCA Track Night in America is “The Fastest Way to Get on Track” for automotive enthusiasts. Launched in 2015, Track Night in America was developed by the SCCA Experiential Programs Dept. as a way to make on-track experiences at race circuits more accessible to the general public. The Sports Car Club of America, Inc., founded in 1944, is a 65,000-member motorsports organization that incorporates all facets of autocross, rally and road racing at both club and professional levels. It annually sanctions over 2,000 events through its 115 regions and professional subsidiary. For more information, please visit www.scca.com.

About Tire Rack
Tire Rack, family-owned and headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, is America’s largest independent tire tester and consumer-direct source for tires, wheels and performance accessories. Their team of over 100 test drivers (their sales team) tests tires from every major tire manufacturer on the company’s state-of-the-art, 11.7-acre test facility. The findings are then posted on the company’s website, www.tirerack.com, where consumers can make an educated decision on a tire, wheel or performance accessory purchase.

Tire Rack has also collected results from more than 135,000 consumer surveys representing over 2.4 billion miles of real-world tire data, the largest known cache of such information anywhere. In addition various testing and informational videos are available online in their Video Center at www.tirerack.com/videos. Since 1979, Tire Rack has grown from a single-point retail store in Indianapolis to encompass over 2.2 million square feet of space in seven distribution centers across the country. A diverse and broad in-stock inventory from 18 major tire and 50 wheel brands can be delivered anywhere in the country, most in one business day. A national network of over 8,000 independent Recommended Installers are available to assist customers with installation of their purchases.


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Maybe just a sign of things to come, well the Majors were fun while it lasted... :)
SCCA replaced the Majors with Tracknight. (red letters next to Club Racing)
http://www.scca.com/
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Help me out please.

 

No physical required.

No license required.

No head and neck restraint required.

Do they have the same insurance we Club racers have?

Racing on track like Club road  racing.

Run any crap can you brung.

Most likely cheaper track time.

Run under the SCCA banner.

 

What else am I missing?


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$150 bucks is required :)

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While I think it is a good concept, I think the SCCA is losing focus on what its core competency is and what they do well.  I really think the club is trying to be too many things for too many people.  Look at the wild success of marque clubs catering to "Sports Car" enthusiast.  The SCCA really needs to focus on racing and making it the best in the country for amateurs. The clubs current model is failing and they are grasping at whatever they can...


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While I think it is a good concept, I think the SCCA is losing focus on what its core competency is and what they do well.  I really think the club is trying to be too many things for too many people.  Look at the wild success of marque clubs catering to "Sports Car" enthusiast.  The SCCA really needs to focus on racing and making it the best in the country for amateurs. The clubs current model is failing and they are grasping at whatever they can...

I'm going to disagree somewhat.  Over the years I've encountered so many people that want to get out on the race track and "give it a try".  Solo competitors, people who have done drag racing or circle track racing, car nuts, younger folks, wives (or husbands),corner workers and crew members.  The barrier to "giving it a try" had been high given that you had to find a race car to drive.  In more recent years track days have given many people a chance as has NASA DE.  SCCA has the largest membership but hasn't had a broad based program to make it easy for people to experience a race track so members often looked elsewhere.  SCCA has the infrastructure and relationships in place to host track day events without much of an investment and running evening events will make it easier for more of its membership to participate.  Seems like a natural fit to me like adding hors d'oeuvres to the menu.  I'm going to take a wild guess and say that there will be some people that become racers down the road that will be able to say later that this program helped them get started. 


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I can see it now. :)

https://www.youtube....h?v=b7iUKaPlBl8

 

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SCCA Track Night in America is based on pretty extensive survey data. Looking forward to seeing how it pans out.

 

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1st up...
http://www.tracknigh...ht-atlanta-copy

Date/Time: April 07, 2015, 03:00 PM - 09:00 PM EDT

Location: Atlanta Motorsports Park

Address: 20 Duck Thurmond Road, Dawsonville, GA, 30534

http://www.atlantamotorsportspark.com
 
I'd like to hear how it went.
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http://www.tracknigh...rica.com/events 
Palm Beach April 9th
Thunderhill April 9th
Pittsburgh April 14th
Dallas South April 14th


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