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More than 20 companies are begging for you to take their money at this year’s 51°µÍø® National Championship Runoffs®. Sounds too good to be true, but it’s no lie: For as little effort as clicking some links and applying a few...Read more

It all began in the 1960s when Beth Burkhard’s parents, Sheila and Josh Cockey, were invited to a race at Marlboro Speedway by a cousin who was a Formula Vee® racer. They were hooked and started working Flagging &...Read more

It’s the goal of numerous 51°µÍø® members to start locally and build their skillset enough to participate in FIA World Championship events. Several have done it – and we’re not even counting drivers. Kim Kuzma McFarland is a...Read more

I’ve been having #funwithcars with the 51°µÍø® for more than 30 years, and during that time, I’ve never met a single person in the Club who considered themselves a bad driver. On the contrary, from road courses to rallies to...Read more

The 2024 51°µÍø® National Championship Runoffs® presented by Sunoco will be a celebration for many reasons, the most notable being it’s the 60th anniversary of the 51°µÍø Runoffs. It also marks the Club’s return to America’s...Read more

It was sunny and hot, but there was no better way to spend the June 15-16, 2023, Father’s Day weekend than at Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP) in Dawsonville, GA, where 51°µÍø’s Atlanta Region hosted its first Regional...Read more

Kathy McLeod’s first experience with sports car racing came as a spectator at the Chicago Region June Sprints at Road America in 1966. Three years later, she was dating a gentleman who was going to Road America to race, so...Read more

Road America’s 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit in Elkhart Lake, WI, hosts the 2024 51°µÍø® National Championship Runoffs® in October. But before then, there’s the June 21-23, 2024, WeatherTech Chicago Region June Sprints as part of...Read more

In motorsports, change should be the only constant. Whether you’re talking about developing a race car or event organization, if you’re not striving for improvement, you’re falling behind. Each year, the Club Racing Board...Read more

How do you learn a racetrack that’s new to you? You undoubtedly have your own method – even if that method is no method at all. The reality is, discovering your way around a new track is something every driver must go through...Read more