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Tonight: GRM's David S. Wallens speaks at SCCA National Convention

GRM's Editorial Director, David S. Wallens, will speak tonight, January 22, at the SCCA National Convention on how to build the future of grassroots racing.

SCCA to reintroduce Targa in 2025: Here’s the schedule

What's SCCA Targa? A way to travel to multiple tracks, in multiple types of competitions, all with the same car and all within one long weekend.

You Need This: Dodge Charger race car prepped by a Shelby engineer

This Dodge Charger, said to have been prepared by a Shelby American engineer, spent several years competing in SCCA Improved Touring throughout the San Fransico region.

All-new SCCA Street Car Shootout combines autocross and time attack

The all-new SCCA Street Car Shootout combines autocross in a lot and time attack on the track into one thrilling event.

January 3-5: Join the action at the first SCCA U.S. Majors Tour stop

Where can you find some of the fastest racers in the country? Try the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour. The season's first event takes place January 3-5 at Homestead-Miami.

Features: Want to go endurance racing? It's now easier than ever to compete.

Long-distance racing at a famed track like Daytona? Today’s endurance scene can make that happen.

Features: What’s hot in SCCA D Stock, circa 1985 | #TBT

What was the hot setup for D Stock back in the day? In 1985, we compared the Dodge Colt Turbo, VW Rabbit GTI, Chrysler Laser Turbo, and Nissan 300ZX to find out.

Columns: Motorsports is a mental game, too

Sure, having the fastest car on track helps, but our hobby is often much more cerebral than we give it credit for.

Features: Mopar racers: Are they just built different?

What possesses someone to track a bone-stock Chrysler PT Cruiser. Or a Dodge Durango. Or a vintage Dodge Challenger. Are Mopar people just different?

Features: How are treadwear ratings determined? It’s not how you think.

How does a tire really get a treadwear rating? We did a little digging–and the results might surprise you.

Brakes: Our 20-year-old Mustang was nearly metal-on-metal

As we rolled away in our 20-year-old Mustang, the seller mentioned that it might need a new rear wheel bearing. Sure enough, on the drive home, …

First upgrades for this Club Spec Mustang? Wheels and Tires.

Before we could raid the parts store for our 2006 Ford Mustang GT, we needed to consult the SCCA Club Spec Mustang rule book.

With those …

How hard could it be to find a used Mustang for sale?

Ford built a ton of Mustangs. And a lot of them didn’t meet our needs.

For this SCCA Club Spec Mustang build, we needed a 2005-’09 Ford Mustang …

Third at the Time Trials Nats: How we intend to get even faster

Every on-track experience is also a testing opportunity, particularly with a car like our 2015 BMW 435i where we’re building a fun and dependable track car–but only after …