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Region named home to the 2007 SCCA National
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About Solo
Whether known as Autocross or SCCA Solo, the skills
required to be the fastest car around a pylon marked
course are the same as at Texas World Speedway. While
the competition puts a premium on driving skills - with
the fastest time often decided by a blink of an eye -
this low-cost, low risk motorsport gets your adrenaline
rushing through your system and makes you feel like
you've just set the land speed record. This is what
makes SCCA Solo so attractive and entertaining. Solo is
a low risk motorsport due to the speed limits placed on
it and is low cost because you can use your daily driver
- but, believe me, that does not reduce the excitement
level in the least.,
How many of you can say that you wouldn't get a thrill
going into a 90° corner at 50 mph, holding the gas pedal
to the floor until the very last second and then
cramming the brakes to just before full lock-up so that
you can negotiate the corner? Imagine what it is like
weaving back an forth through a series of cones - with
your gas pedal foot to the floor - and still keeping the
car under control; you finish the run and are leading
the competition by .245 of a second . Will the
competition catch you or is your lead of 245 thousandths
of a second ENOUGH? This is Indeed low cost, low risk
motorsports!
Yes, YOU can successfully compete in your mechanically
sound daily driver street car! The Alamo Region offers
Street tire classes, Women's Classes, Open classes and
rookie classes. All of these classes are then broken
down into like car types and levels of preparation, so
your Toyota Camry will not be in head to head
competition with a modified Mustang Cobra. It is not
uncommon to see mom or dad competing against their 16-18
year old son or daughter. This form of motorsport has
more driver participation than any other form in the
country. Each year there is a National Championship held
in Topeka Kansas, where people from all over the U.S.
and Canada (and occasionally from overseas) compete to
see who the best drivers in the nation are. Last year
there were just over 1,100 drivers in Topeka and this
year I expect even more.
What class would my car run in?
SCCA Solo has five major competition categories which
are then broken down in classes of like cars.
The major categories are as follows:
Street Tire Category
This category is intended for the person
"off the street" who had performed common hot-rodding
bolt on improvements. The National Classes include STS,
STS2, STX, and STU. Most of these cars are
used on the street as daily drivers (thus the name for
the category) and they must run on DOT legal Street
tires. These are truly Street tires and not the DOT race
tires you will find in the other categories. Most of the
cars in this category are driven to the event on these
tires.
Stock Category
This class is comprised of 9 classes, SS and from AS to
HS, divided according to performance potential and car
type, covering everything from Corvettes to Corollas.
Cars are essentially as they rolled off the showroom
floor with some generally, minor modifications allowed
to expendable parts as defined in the Solo Rule Book and
must run on a Street Legal DOT legal Race tires. These
race tires, although DOT legal, are truly intended for
racing purposes only and are generally hauled down to
the event
Street Prepared Category
This is a category which allows a certain amount of
"hot-rodding" to the cars, such as wheel size & width,
induction and suspension changes. This class has 6
classes, from ASP to FSP and there is a noticeable
increase in performance over the Stock classes. Many of
these cars are still used on the street as daily drivers
and they too must also run on street legal DOT legal
Race tires.
Prepared Category
This category is not intended for the street driven car,
though a few competitors do drive their Prepared cars on
the street. These cars have their interiors removed, one
bucket seat, a roll cage, and extensive engine &
suspension modifications. This class is comprised of 6
classes, from AP to FP and they all run on Racing
slicks. This category often has SCCA Production and GT
class cars in it and once again there is a noticeable
increase in performance over the Street Prepared
classes.
Modified Category
This is the class where you will find Formula Fords,
F440's , Sports racers and exotic production based home
built cars. This class is comprised of 6 classes, from
AM to FM and all of these bad boys are brought to the
event on trailers. My personal Favorite is the "Fiero
from Hell" that I have seen competing at the Solo
national championships. I believe that it is basically a
Fiero body and interior attached to a Formula Atlantic
framework. Truly an awesome sight! |
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