by Rick Bentson · Published August 1, 2017 · Last modified September 24, 2018
Why do I even bother unpacking? This past weekend, July 29-30 was the second of 3 consecutive weekends Iāll spend a Road America working corners. The first was the vintage race weekend, this past weekend was the Milwaukee Region Cat Majors race, and this coming weekend is the IMSA weekend, for which Chicago Region provides staffing. Iām beginning to feel like a resident.
The Chicago Region June SprintsĀ® has been contested for sixty-two years and many champions have come from and competed in this storied event. This year the June Sprints Grand Marshall is one of those...
Autocross / Road Racing / Social Events / Track Events
by Marcel Berkhout · Published June 27, 2017 · Last modified August 15, 2017
Chicago Region SCCA and the national SCCA organization are bringing the best of the clubās on-track programs to one action-packed weekend August 26-27 at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois. Called TrackFest, this event...
A wet track was no deterrent to fun at the first Chicago Region track day of the year on Friday, May 26. The 53 drivers who took to the Autobahn Country Club North Course...
by Erik Vandermey · Published June 2, 2017 · Last modified January 25, 2019
What did you do last weekend? How about the weekend before that? I just returned from the Indy 500, an annual tradition for myself and a group of friends that extends back to 1984. Several of these friends I see only at the Indy 500, yet when we do get together itās like it was just yesterday.
Saturday, May 20, 2017 the Chicago Region SCCA hosted our spring backroads tour as part of our G.O.A.T.S. (Get Out And Tour Series). The tour, a two and a half hour, 115 mile drive...
Those who attended the Chicago Region membership meeting on April 19 at K1 Speed were treated to an evening of storytelling by the Worldās Fastest Novelist, Burt āB.S.ā Levy.
With Snell SA2005 helmets expiring, quite a few of our members have gone out and purchased new helmets to replace their expired lids. However, if you’ve purchased a Simpson Voyager 2 helmet, you need...
The Chicago Regionās Competition Committee is offering an opportunity for one of our volunteer staff at Chicago Regionās Road Races to win the ride of their life. Based on your participation in the following...
We had 1,060 scored runs for a first autocross event of the year, and we could only do that with the efforts of all of you! You do not know how much we appreciate it. Not everything went without a hitch, but we have some good notes and ideas to bring some more efficiencies the next time around.
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