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Seems the Family Earnhardt has decided to build a new motorsports park facility in south Alabama. The facility will have a 7/10 mi hi bank oval (kinda like a cross between Richmond and Bristol?), a 1/4 mi drag strip, a dirt oval and a 3.5 mi course. In addition to Dale Jr, and his brother and...

Based on messages like this It might be time to implement some sort of manual "eye chart" to the sign up process.

Some of you might know Joe Skorch, a longtime racer here in the PHX area. I am reposting this for broader exposure. Last night (Thursday 12/22) my racecar and trailer were taken from my shop in Phoenix. The trailer was been recovered without the car or any spares inside. The car was my yelow...

I was wondering who might be there? Looking for a decent turnout to our first race of the season.

PanAm region is having a double regional at Arroyo Seco the weekend of March 5. There is a Friday test day (not an SCCA day, but rumor is it's free) and racing all weekend. The track is in Deming NM and from PHX it's probably a 4 1/2 or 5 hour tow. Less from Tuscon. I am planning on taking the...

The next race in Arizona Region is the double national Jan 14 - 17. The field is split this year with closed wheel running on Friday & Saturday, and open wheel on Sunday & Monday. If you're not racing, it is a good chance to work a speciality. If you have wanted to work a corner before, this is...

AZ Region will host a fall double drivers school and regional race the weekend of October 15-17. The school and race will be at Firebird Raceway Park in Chandler AZ. Information is available on the AZ Region web site at www.az-region-scca.org

There is a discussion on the production forum www.coloradoscca.org/prodcar/viewtopic.php?t=3291 concerning catastrophic failures of brake rotors, where the hub separates. I haven't seen this with our Spec RX7 group, although we did go through a period where we had some rotor failures due to...

It seems that there will be a street (?) race in Tijuana on Nov 7-9. I know that a few years ago there were some events held in mexico that a number of people went to with varying degrees of satisfaction. Any one know what is going on with this one? Any efforts to ease the border crossing issues...