SCCA Runoffs

My first trip to the SCCA runoffs at Road America Started off with torrential rains but once that cleared away it was an awesome week. This was my second trip out to Road America with the Truechoice Motorsports Support Trailer. The trailer actually makes it out there twice a year for the HSR & SVRA events but this was our first trip to the Runoffs. All I can say is WOW... this is grassroots racing at its finest. I love events with diversity and this had plenty of that. It is always nice to see the little guy racing against the factory supported guys. It was amazing with everybody crying about the economy that there were 600 plus cars in attendance. I usually end up taking a couple hundred pictures at each event so I decided to post the ones I thought were cool. Nice thing about Road America is that it is fan friendly and it isn't hard to find a good place to watch the action from.
There were campers and haulers everywhere. ( This picture was taken Saturday afternoon after people started to leave) but it was jam packed all week

I got a chance to wander down to the winners circle for a few races. You have to love the cars.

Top 5 head over to tech after the race.

I liked this spot to view the action from.

Anytime there is racing there is carnage.

Great weather for the actual races

A great spot to watch from our trailer was close to this area

Come out of the turn and up the hill.

Good cornering action.

This was one of the coolest cars I came across... Looks like a beater.

But has a pretty big inter-cooler, who would think?

Some of the manufactures set up support areas for their marques

Speaking of factory support ... look at the set up these folks had

They had some real estate roped off

What a rig for 1 car

A rig, a duellie, a trailer, a motor coach, and 1/2 a dozen golf carts.

Nice car

only 1 car though

Everybody is claiming territory. This did not seam to have any of the features of an A4 or A6

Just a thought...

Roebling Road

One of my favotite racing venues to visit with Truechoice is Roebling Road Raceway in bloomingdale, Georgia. Every spring I get to make the trip to Georiga for the SVRA spring race at Roebling road. It is always a great event featuring a large varity of very nice vintage race cars. This year was no disapointment, great cars, great racing, great folks, really what more could you ask for?

For those of you who have never heard of Roebling Road before here is a little history lession...

Roebling Road Raceway is a 2.02 mile (3.25 kilometer) road racing course located in Bloomingdale, Georgia. Opened in 1959, Roebling Road is relatively unique amongst racetracks in that it lacks any accommodations for spectators — there are no grandstands, no picnicking areas or any other sort of viewing facilities. The track was designed by John Rueter and held it's first SCCA event June 11-12, 1960. The track was financed by and named after SCCA supporter Robert Roebling, great grandson of John A. Roebling.
Roebling Road hosts events >300 days per year. Events range from media, pro teams testing cars, club racing, and performance driving education events. Club races include the Sports Car Vintage Association (SVRA), Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), BMW Car Owners Club of America (BMWCCA), Porsche Club of America (PCA), North American Sports Car Association (NASA), and the Vintage Drivers Club of America (VDCA). The track is used by cars, motorcycles and karts.
The track is a very safe and forgiving track, making it ideal to learn on. It is characterized by large amounts of run-off room and only a single wall.
Roebling Road is unusual in that it is owned by a local racing club, the Buccaneer Region of the SCCA. As a not-for-profit, non-spectator oriented track, it is one of the most inexpensive tracks to run on in the U.S.
Roebling hosts several driver's education oriented events each month. The format varies with the hosting organization. There are relatively expensive events where the organizers provide high performance cars and, there are significantly less expensive events where you bring your own car. As you work your way up in skill level you are allowed to drive on the track "solo". And it's far harder then you think. But it's every bit as fun as you imagine.