Club racing

The club racing program is the road racing division where drivers race on either dedicated race tracks or on temporary street circuits. Competitors require either a regional or a national racing license. Both modified production cars (ranging from lightly modified cars with only extra safety equipment to heavily modified cars that retain only the basic shape of the original vehicle) and designed-from-scratch "formula" and "sports racer" cars can be used in club racing. Most of the participants in the Club Racing program are unpaid amateurs, but some go on to professional racing careers. The club is also the source for race workers in all specialties.

The annual national championship for Club Racing is called the SCCA National Championship Runoffs and has been held at Riverside International Raceway (1964, 1966, 1968), Daytona International Speedway (1965, 1967, 1969), Road Atlanta (1970–1993), Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (1994–2005), and Heartland Park Topeka (2006–2008). Since 2009, the Runoffs are held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, for a minimum of three years.

Since the fifties until today Porsches 356 take part in these club races with great success. The 356s that take part vary from lightly modified cars to heavily modified ones that have only the basic shape of the original. They may be fitted with a tubular frame (only carrying a Speedster VIN), or may even be build on a time correct VW chassis. Furthermore they are often fitted with lighter bodyparts made from aluminium or glass fiber (only time correct material is allowed and therefore for example Kevlar or Carbon fiber for bodyparts are not allowed). The engines also have to be time correct.

This Speedster was produced in metal but was re-skinned in fiberglass. It has a fiberglass front and back end and has a full race car cage and pinned doors. It has been maintained by Aircooled Racing for the last five years.

Grappig om te zien hoe ze Porsches verbouwen tot SCCA-racers: