First SCCA Time Trials National Event to Close Second Creek Raceway

TOPEKA, Kan. (Aug. 24, 2005) - Even though the program has been in
existence for only a short while, Sports Car Club of America Club Racing
officials have announced that the Time Trials program is going back to
its roots for the "Last Hurrah at Second Creek Raceway," the first
National-level Time Trials event in SCCA history.

 

While the Oct. 15-16 Colorado event marks the beginning of a new era in
SCCA Club Racing, it will also signal the end of another as the Time
Trials National will be the last timed competition event at Second
Creek, which is scheduled to close permanently at the end of October.  

 

The Second Creek event has been dubbed the first "National" because it
will be the first Time Trials event run completely under the SCCA Club
Racing General Rules Competition (GCR)  and Solo Rules handbooks.
Previously, rules had been left to general interpretation at regional
events.

 

"Since we first unveiled the updated Time Trials program with three Club
Trial events in 2004, things have just exploded," SCCA Club Racing
Competition Manager Bryan Cohn said.  "By the conclusion of the
program's first season, we will have run 20 Club Trial events nationwide
and 64 Time Trials events overall.

 

"As far as I know, this is the only entry level road course program with
a national level event.  We're taking these steps because we want to
continue to cultivate what we believe is a substantial, grassroots road
racing program."  

 

Club Trials is the second step of the four-step Time Trials program and
is centered on driver instruction while introducing a race-against-time
element.  Both SCCA and non-SCCA members are allowed to participate in
street and race-prepared cars in Club Trials.  

 

In the upper levels of the Time Trials program (Track Trials and Hill
Climbs), only SCCA competition-licensed members are allowed to
participate, and only in Club Racing or Solo-prepared vehicles.  Like
Club Trials, competition is time-based as drivers navigate a course in
as little time as possible with the lowest time determining the winner.


 

SCCA Colorado Region Club Trials Steward Josh Hadler has been working
with the program since its inception (also at Second Creek) and said it
was time for a national-level event to happen.

 

"We have been looking for a way to try and get some form of National
event for Time Trials drivers," Hadler said.  "After much discussion and
planning, we have officially put the wheels in motion." 

 

All Regional and National Solo and Club Racing classes are encouraged to
enter soon as each day's activities will be limited to 60 participants.
Competitors can register online at www.sccatimetrials.org
<http://www.sccatimetrials.org/>  by clicking on the "Registration"
link.

 

Visit www.sccatimetrials.org <http://www.sccatimetrials.org/>  or 
www.scca.com <http://www.scca.com/>  for more information including
classifications and schedules.