Texas Region – Your Local Sports Car Club of America group

 

The Texas Region of the Sports Car Club of America was the original and only region in Texas when the Region was formed. Now it is just one of seven regions located in Texas. Centered in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, the Texas Region covers a geographic area north to the Oklahoma/ Texas border, east to the Texas/Louisiana border, south to the Waco area and west to the Abilene area. If you are not located in this area, look at the SCCA Region Locator to see which division and region you are located within.

 

If you are located in the D/FW metroplex, see our Events Calendar page for where and when we meet. You are invited to attend our next meeting to see what we're all about.

 

The Texas Region is organized similar to the SCCA’s National Office with a Regional Executive (the equivalent to a president) as the Region’s chief operating officer with a staff of officers and committees to support them. Providing oversight and direction to the Regional Executive and staff is a seven member Texas Region Board of Directors, elected by the membership at large for overlapping two year terms. Here, as at the National Office, it is this Board which sets Region policy, approves annual budgets and plans for the future of the Region.

 

Founded in 1944 by amateur motorsports enthusiasts, the SCCA today has many happy members. The organization is thriving as never before, and now sanctions more than 2,000 amateur and professional motorsports events each year. Spread across the country, the SCCA’s regional chapters provide true grassroots participation, and local amateur events at nearby circuits remain the backbone of club activities.

 

The individual SCCA regions are brought together into a powerful national club by a full-time professional staff headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. This National Office coordinates and administers rules, licensing, insurance, member benefits, and the various SCCA racing series.

 

The SCCA has its own national monthly magazine, "SportsCar", which offers lively coverage of the many different SCCA activities and is designed to quickly communicate all official club information.

 

SCCA Member Benefits

 

As an SCCA member, there are a host of benefits and special discount programs available to you.  It pays to be a member of the Sports Car Club of America!  Join The SCCA Today.

 

The SCCA insurance program to protect its members is the best and most comprehensive in motorsports today. No matter how you participate you are protected – no small achievement in today’s difficult insurance climate. SCCA is able to provide this kind of coverage for its members because it has one of the best safety records in motorsports. This is a direct product of SCCA’s thorough training programs and rigorous rules enforcement. In the SCCA, safety comes first.

What We Do... We Compete!

 

The Texas Region is considered a "full-service" region in that we offer events in all three major SCCA areas of competition – race, rally and solo (autocross). Being in the southern part of the nation, we are able to be active most of the year. We race in the Southwest Division (SOWDIV) from mid-February through November or even December in some years. There are plenty of activities in each of these three areas to keep most people very busy.  We also conduct several events where the proceeds are donated to a charitable organization.

 

What We Do... We Participate!

 

Competition is not the only area of activity in Texas Region SCCA. There are many areas of participation where people are needed. The Region takes a lot of people to make it work effectively and a lot of people to put on the many competition events we hold each year. The Region needs administrators to run it. It needs committee chairpersons and members to keep a variety of regional activities alive.

 

Groups such as the Texas Turn Marshals and Racer Chasers (TTM&RC), race specialists which comprise the bulk of the personnel and conduct region competition events. Persons can participate as turn marshals (the best seat in the house – at trackside), as Scrutineers conducting technical inspections of competitors’ cars, or in Timing and Scoring to keep track of the competitors’ positions in the event. You might want to be a Starter in the Starter’s Stand, a Registrar assisting in Registration, or in the Pits, Paddock or on the Grid keeping cars and their crews organized. Or maybe you might help as a Course Marshal setting up the track, maintaining it during the event, and taking it down after the event. Several remaining activities include being a race official such as Race Steward, administering the event, or a Race Chairperson or assistant Race Chairperson to organize the event. Many of these activities don’t require any training but for the activities which do, Texas Region will provide it. The one area that is often overlooked but that can be the most demanding is that of being a crew person.

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