Porterfield, a 32-year member of the RRDC and a 55-year member of the SCCA passed away in April 2012 at the age of 80. He was inducted into the RRDC in 1980 on the heels of his second consecutive SCCA B-Production national championship in a Corvette at Road Atlanta. Porterfield began his racing career in […]
That Tom had only two professional road racing wins, 1970 at Daytona and 1972 at Talladega in the IMSA Camel GT serries, is not indicative of what he contributed to sports car racing … in 1972 he purchased Georgia’s inactive Savannah International Raceway and turned it over to the local SCCA region to operate for […]
Bill Noble’s SCCA Hall of Fame citation: Bill Noble came from humble beginnings and had a country boy demeanor but was very sophisticated and a very astute businessman. The largest builder and supplier of Formula Vee engines. Outside of his racing world he bought and invested in real estate and he bought prime hunting land […]
Arch-rival to Randy Canfield. 3-time Runoffs winner in H Production with a Sprite — 1975-83-84. Has 6 more finishes in the top 5.
An SCCA Formula Vee standout who began racing in 1974, became Southeast Division champion in 1979 and validated that with 1979 and 1980 National Championships at the Runoffs. SCCA President’s Cup winner in 1980 after winning the Runoffs from a 26th place on the grid
Sir Stirling Moss OBE is arguably the greatest all-round racing driver of all time and a true icon of the motor racing world. Known during his career as Mr Motor Racing’ he became a professional driver in 1948, at the age of 18, racing a Cooper 500.His early career was meteoric, with works drives for […]
Don Marsh, 88, passed away in Dec. 2018. His obituary described his passion for the automobile: “His lifelong love of all things with wheels began as a little boy, a passion he pursued both professionally and personally. Don collected classic cars for years, toured actively all around the country and raced with both vintage cars […]
Burdie began his career in hot rod racing in 1946 and went on to compete in midgets on the dirt ovals and in hydroplane races. In 1950, however, he began a long association with the Sports Car Club of America as a road racer. He then became active as an official with the SCCA and […]
Denise was a race car driver from the 1940’s to the 1960s, and was a sports reporter for the New York Herald Tribune during the 1950s. She received the International Automotive Media Conference’s IAMA Recognition of Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000, was enshrined in the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2001, and inducted into the […]
IMSA driver/team owner from ’78 to ’90 with two victories as a driver. His Bayside Motorsports Camel GT team’s best year was ’87, scoring six victories in 11 starts…Sebring 12, Laguna Seca, Mid-Ohio, Sears Point, Columbus and Del Mar…with drivers Jochen Mass and Bobby Rahal. The team repeated at Sebring in ’88. His drivers read […]
One of America’s top open wheel drivers in the 1970’s….began racing as a teenager in Canada where he won multiple Formula Ford championships. Returned to the USA where he continued to dominate competition. Developed and drove a US-built Dan Gurney Eagle to the SCCA Formula Ford National Championship in 1978. Went on to score victories […]
In 1953, aided by Dr. John Knight and Chandler Lawrence, Gordon organized one of the SCCA’s first Driver Schools, held at Thompson, Conn. … Gordon, himself, began racing that year in the C Production class, then switched to C Modified in 1958 through 1967 … In 1955 he drove one of the Morgan factory’s cars […]
A member of the SCCA’s Philadelphia Region SCCA 1950, Oscar drove a 1948 MG-TC to his first SCCA Regional race win at Bone Stadium in September 1951. The following August he finished third on the Thompson (Conn) road course … He’s competed in hillclimbs, on public roads, airports, and real race tracks both small and […]
Shortly after his birth in Vienna, Austria, in ‘37 Kwech’s mother emigrated to Australia where he grew up. In the fifties, he began sports car racing with an Austin-Healey 100/4 for Leaton Motors. Kwech showed his mechanical engineering talent early building a custom sports car, the RM Spyder, with a Holden engine, which he later […]
Bob was CART’s Rookie of the Year in 1981. He finished 9th in points for Fletcher Racing Team …finishing fourth at Watkins Glen and Mexico. Lazier also competed in the 1981 Indianapolis 500 -starting 13th and finishing 19th. after a blown engine caused him to retire…. competed in many forms of motorsport in the 1970s […]
Although Jensen started racing in 1964 with a TR-3, and 45 years later is still driving a thunderous GT-1 class car in SCCA Nationals, his big love is vintage car racing … For the past 10 years he has been Competition Director for the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, where he races a 1969 Camaro and […]
Vowing to never be beaten by equipment, R. W. “Kas” Kastner literally not only wrote the books on how to win races and championships with Triumph race cars, but ran the Triumph Competition Department as its manager from 1960 to 1972 … before that he raced a Triumph TR-3 to an SCCA California Sports Car […]
Marty is a veteran Chief Steward of world-class races …His five-plus decades of racing involvement began in the mid-1950s as a racer on Southern California’s drag strips, then SCCA autocross and Club Racing … Taking time from his business world in marketing and finance for several large corporations, he promoted some SCCA Nationals through the […]
Harry Heuer was one of the dominant big modified racers of the early 1960s. Peter Hand Brewery purchased a pair of Mk II Scarabs from Lance Reventlow in mid-1959 and hired Augie Pabst, Jr., and Heuer to drive them with Heuer as team manager that first season. The new outfit was dubbed Team Meister Brauser. […]
Mike raced in the USAC Championship Car Series in the 1972-1976 seasons, with 28 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500. Was the 1972 Indy-500 Rookie of the year…finished in the top ten 13 times, with his best finish a 2nd position in 1972 at Ontario. In the 1978 Indy 500, Mike qualified a Penske Racing […]
Jim Jeffords kicked off his racing career in 1954 at the age of 27, married with four young boys and living in Milwaukee. By the end of 1960, he was a respected champion truly on the ascendancy when a mysterious allergy hospitalized him for nine months and ended his career. For his first two seasons, […]
Attracted to the burgeoning Southern California car culture of the late 40s through the 1960s, Dan began racing a Triumph TR2 in 1955 … There was the 1969 12 Hours of Sebring win in a factory Ferrari with Phil Hill and others, three Formula One wins at Rouen and Mexico City, sports car wins from […]
Known to everybody in the paddock as ‘Colonel Joe’ following his illustrious United States Air Force career. Won his first SCCA National Championship at the Runoffs at age 55, and as of September 2003, was still a viable threat to win the Runoffs at age 84. Competed in the Runoffs every year between 1969 and […]
Jim joined SCCA in 1956 so he could race his MG-TD, then graduated to an E Production class Morgan the next year … He raced open-wheel cars the next year, first a Cooper Mk. 5, then a Mk. 10 … Raced a Crosley-powered Three-Quarter Midget at the Teaneck, N. J. Armory under the pseudonym “Eddie […]
A vintage Brabham BT-8 was Dick’s first racing effort in 1982, at age 50. Won SCCA CenDiv championships in 1983 and ’86 .. 1991 IMSA Camel GTO Champion at age 59. Won GTU class at 1993 12 Hours of Sebring and 1991-92-93 GTU winner at 24 Hours of Daytona. 1991 IMSA American Challenge class season […]
Famed as a career Corvette driver, won three consecutive Pacific Coast championshis in ’63-65, won the Daytona 24-Hour GT Class in ’66, and set a GT track record at LeMans in ’67. Drove for Roger Penske at both Daytona and Sebring, developed, raced and won with Camaros in the Trans-Am Series and with Lola in […]
RRDC memberships are supposed to be for those who have worked to improve our sport by giving back in some way … they can also be for serious accomplishments behind the wheel … either way, John Cooper Fitch is exceedingly qualified … From his first SCCA amateur win at Thompson Speedway in Connecticut in 1949 […]
George Frey raced a Porsche Speedster from 1958 to 1974, resulting in podium finishes more often than not. This was during the golden years when driving the car to the races and maintaining your own car was being replaced by factory sponsorship. He road raced primarily in the Northeast division, where the Porsche-Meisters – Bruce […]
Gave up weekends behind the wheel for 40 years in the Tower as Chief Steward for various series/races including 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona, SCCA Runoffs, IMSA Firehawk, SCCA Trans-Am, SCCA Playboy Endurance Series and World Challenge, SCCA Truck Series, Formula Ford 2000, and HSR. Awarded Craig Hinton Trophy for contributions to […]
Chris Economaki, America’s best-known motor racing journalist and TV broadcaster, passed away Sept. 27, 2012 at the age of 91. Chris was the best friend of every up-and-coming driver in every form of motorsports could have – a man who had seen it all happen. No driver in any series, no publicist, no sanctioning body […]
At the age of 13, Vic’s father took him to see the first post-war British Grand Prix at Silverstone. He decided then and there he would become a race car driver, starting with a Mini-Cooper in 1961 and rallying in a DKW the following year …Five years later, he was doing both for the Porsche […]
A 1950s SCCA competitor in Jaguar XK120, Art had a varied and extensive background. During the ’50s, he and his partner, OCee Ritch, had a public relations and advertising company that represented the MG Mitten Company, Devin Enterprises and Gough Industries among other car-related organizations. He partnered Bill Devin and campaigned the first Devin SS. […]
One of IMSA’s all-time champions. Ex-U. S. Marines captain had his first taste of racing on motorcycles (and won a championship) while stationed at Okinawa in 1959. Began road racing in SCCA competition in 1964 with a BMW 700, Now has 46 IMSA wins on his lengthy resume; 25 in Kelly American Challenge series, 11 […]
Gil was the 2000 and 2001 CART Champ Car Champion and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500. He finished the 1991 British F3 Championship season in third, behind Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard, then won the 1992 British F3 Championship -scoring seven wins. He tested for the Footwork Arrows F1. In the U.S., he […]
RRDC Member since 1958. Began racing in 1948 with MG-TC. 3rd in British Empire Trophy Race. Won 10 straight SCCA National races, 9 SCCA CenDiv championships, 1963 SCCA National Champion in G Modified .. 1967 Runoffs champion in Formula B. 1969 GT class winner at 12 Hours of Sebring. 1970 GT class winner at 24 […]
Chris is a race car driver and grandson of Errett Lobban Cord, the founder of the Cord Corporation which also ran Cord Automobile. In 1987, Chris won the IMSA Camel GT Driver’s Championship…was invited to the International Race of Champions in 1988. During this time his best finish was sixth place, at Watkins Glen International. […]
