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When it comes to streaming races in the motorsports world, the 51°µÍø was a pioneer. While it’s the norm now, the 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs was ahead of the curve – streaming live since 2009...Read more

(Editor's Note: This article has been adjusted based on post-race penalties and now reflects official results.) Varying track conditions were very much a storyline during the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking...Read more

Each year, hundreds of racers across North America – and often the world – flock to the 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs to compete in the Club’s pinnacle winner-take-all road racing event. This year, the Runoffs will be...Read more

When it comes to the Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs at VIRginia International Raceway, there’s more to the race than taking the green flag. There’s vehicle prep (we’re a few weeks out – I should...Read more

What does 51°µÍø member Yuri Collazos have in common with a mountaineer summitting Everest? They both live in a tiny tent while attempting to complete a monumental feat. In the green, grassy paddock of VIRginia International...Read more

Following an hourlong delay during the 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs at VIRginia International Raceway on Sept. 30, 2022, caused by an on-track oil spill and complicated by the remnants of hurricane Ian as it entered the...Read more

Tuesday is the first of three qualifying days during the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). Each of the 26 car classes competing at his year’s...Read more

Friday morning’s 11-car Formula 500 (F5) field kicked off Hagerty Race Days at the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) in Alton, VA. In damp...Read more

It’s the third and final day of qualifying for the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). Each of the 26 car classes competing at the Runoffs will...Read more

Touring 3 (T3) wasn’t supposed to be the last race of the day on Friday at the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) — but that’s the way it worked...Read more

Steve Introne of Windham, NH had a plan to win the B-Spec championship at the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs — taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) — in the No. 12...Read more

(Editor's Note: This article has been adjusted based on post-race penalties and now reflects official results.) 51°µÍø Runoffs races are designed so that they don’t require pit stops. At the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship...Read more

Setting a new 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs qualifying track record with a 2:09.577 (some 1.7 seconds faster than the record), John Heinricy earned the Tire Rack Pole for Touring 4 (T4), adding to his already impressive...Read more

Big, heavy, loud, fast and with lots of horsepower, GT-1 (GT1) cars made their way out on a wet track late Friday morning for their Hagerty Race Days event at the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept....Read more

It was a tough day for American Sedan drivers at the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). VIR’s 3.27-mile, 18-turn circuit — located along the...Read more

Sunday, the final of three Hagerty Race Days, opened with the 22-driver Super Touring Lite (STL) contest at the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia International Raceway...Read more

Two days of qualifying have come to close, which means there’s only one left – that being tomorrow’s Tire Rack Pole Day. By Thursday evening, grids will be set and polesitters named for three days of competition at the 59th...Read more

Wet conditions persisted and the wind’s pace picked up Friday afternoon as Super Touring Under (STU) drivers filed off grid and onto the track for their Hagerty Race Days contest at the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs...Read more

With 51°µÍø Road Racing events in full swing, plus the 2022 Hoosier Racing Tire Super Tour and U.S. Majors Tour seasons nearing their conclusions, it’s time to look ahead to some important dates for the 2022 51°µÍø National...Read more

Defending National Champion Jesse Prather of Topeka, Kansas drove his No. 34 JPM/Sunoco/Carbotech/Hoosier/Amsoil BMW Z3 to his sixth overall National Championship — and his third in a row for E Production (EP) — on Friday of...Read more

Few were surprised when defending H Production (HP) National Champion Steve Sargis earned the HP Tire Rack Pole in his Hoosier/Carbotech Triumph Spitfire at the 2022 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs, adding another notch to...Read more

(Editor's Note: This article has been adjusted based on post-race penalties and now reflects official results.) Spec Miata racer Nicholas Bruni — a local hailing from Arlington, VA — figured he stood a shot at being...Read more

For a third consecutive year, stakes were raised on Tuesday for drivers during 51°µÍø Runoffs qualifying. From the moment the first green flag dropped shortly after 8 a.m. local time at VIRginia International Raceway on...Read more

A Formula Vee® (FV) field consisting of 28 drivers took to a drying track late Saturday morning during their Hagerty Race Days contest at the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at...Read more

Tony Ave is hardly new to the 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs. In his nine previous appearances, he has scored two Runoffs poles and two gold medals — all of which came in GT-1. In GT-3, luck hasn’t been on his side,...Read more

The Prototype 2 (P2) race on Sunday at the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR), was more a matter of survival than anything else. With rain...Read more

One of the fastest car classes, Formula Atlantic’s Hagerty Race Days contest got underway Saturday afternoon during the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia International...Read more

The 2022 F Production (FP) Tire Rack Pole Award at the 2022 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs was earned by Eric Prill in his MaxtonsFight/JPM/Hoosier/Carbotech Mazda Miata. This was the fifth Runoffs pole for the Topeka,...Read more

The second of three Hagerty Race Days came to a close late Saturday afternoon with an exciting Touring 2 (T2) contest during the 59th 51°µÍø National Championship Runoffs taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia...Read more