Author: RE Iowa Region SCCA

Iowa Region SCCA RallyCross #8 — Independence Speedway

 

October 7, 2026 | Independence, Iowa

 

October in Iowa usually means cooler temperatures, crisp fall air, and some relief from the summer heat. Apparently, nobody told Mother Nature.

 

Instead, we were treated to unseasonably hot October weather and extreme amounts of dust! The dry conditions turned Independence Speedway into a giant dust bowl, with every passing car kicking up another cloud. At times, finding the next cone was almost as challenging as finding the fastest line!

 

But a little heat and a whole lot of dust weren’t going to stop the fun. With nine runs apiece, plenty of close competition, returning familiar faces, and four newcomers, it was another memorable day of Iowa Region RallyCross!

 

Continue reading “Iowa Region Rallycross — October 7th, 2026” →

Iowa Region SCCA RallyCross – Mercer County Offroad Park
July 26, 2026
Mercer County Offroad Park delivered an outstanding day of Iowa Region SCCA RallyCross competition, with a fast and technical course that rewarded precision just as much as outright speed. Drivers navigated sweeping corners, changing grip levels, and had plenty of opportunities to test their luck against the orange cones.
The weather turned out to be one of the day’s biggest threats and blessing. A thick haze remained over the course for much of the event, and competitors couldn’t have been happier about it. Every time the sun did manage to break through, temperatures climbed instantly, reminding everyone just how hot a July RallyCross can become. The overcast skies kept drivers, workers, and spectators comfortable enough to enjoy a full day of racing.
At Mercer County, the cones are far from innocent bystanders. They absorbed hit after hit throughout the day, with many competitors picking up one-, two-, and three-cone penalties while searching for the fastest line. One ambitious driver in Prepared AWD even collected seven cones in a single run, proving that sometimes finding the limit means taking a few markers along for the ride. Several class battles were decided as much by avoiding penalties as by outright speed.

Continue reading “Iowa Region SCCA RallyCross July 2026 – Mercer County Offroad Park” →

Hello fellow racers and friends. Really quick. Thank you. Thank you for coming out when it’s hot and racing and thank you for everyone who helped make the tough decision. Thank you for speaking up when you knew things were too hot and weren’t getting cooler. For everyone who said something there were 5 who didn’t. I feel we made the right call.

On a cooler note, results are live on our results tab and here.

Raw – Pax – Pro/Nats – Final

Little Longer, oh my goodness it was hot. Me, being me I wore my normal autox outfit which apparently was too much clothing. Although I’ve had worse.

 

Continue reading “AutoX 2026 Event #7 Hawkeye Too Hot Tech Mini Recap” →

Guess what? I forgot to do an event #4 recap on here, but we did film one on Trackless Racing Club’s youtube. I believe it’s ready for upload… once it’s done I’ll put it here. Until then.

Results from event #4 can be found on the results page here

The event went smooth and the course was similar to our earlier Hawkeye Tech event with some slight tweaks, it’s a super fun layout and the event runs nice and smooth. We’re hinting at doing something different for the next Hawkeye Tech event. I’ll make a post about it soon.

Notable battles.

XB – 9 drivers. Bill taking first place in the Penguin Garage GR Corolla with a flying 30.851. 2nd Place was Mike in the Turbo Miata with a 32.312. 3rd and final trophy spot in class was Brett in the BRZ tS with a 32.509.

Novice – 11 drivers. 4th Place Alec in the 318i BMW with a 35.212 (30.247), 3rd Place David in the Mini with a 34.862 (29.946), 2nd Place Alex in the DST BRZ with a 36.310 (29.774) and 1st Place Ethan in the BS BRZ tS with a 35.677 (29.362)

Pro Pax – 8 drivers. 3rd Place Jeff in the Sprinto with a 28.042 (25.406), 2nd Place Jeremy in the same Sprinto with a 27.713 (25.108), eeking out 1st place is Andrew in the Tesla with a 29.728 (24.941). These are only the first 3 runs as Pro and Nats Pax Classes first 3 runs are all that count for class trophies and points similar to a big SCCA Solo Nationals event.

Nats Pax – 6 drivers. 2nd Place Ryan Klopf with a 30.901 (26.173) and 1st Place in the Camaro Ramon with a 30.700 (25.419).

This is going to be a short recap.

1.) Results are live here Results

2.) It was wet and kinda gross in the AM during setup, but we made the best of it. The latest round of concrete work allowed us to have a different finish and a few different routes on course. I think it worked out well.

3.) We had 11 Novice, 7 Pro and 5 Nats drivers. There were 35 drivers in open classes. Awesome turnout with the early morning rain (and our cap).

4.) Thank you everyone for coming out! please share photos and videos on our Facebook. Tag @IowaRegionSCCA.

Here’s a recap video.

Iowa Region SCCA AutoX #2 2026 @ Hawkeye Downs

We had 65 people enter and compete during the 2nd points event of 2026 hosted at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, IA. The weather was a little questionable before runs started but it turned out to be a great day for AutoX. We did 6 runs for the day split into 4 different heats. We did morning and afternoon runs.

Results are live here – Results

Nats Pax Battle, get it done in 3 runs.

The morning brought stiff competition with all classes but especially with the highly contested Nats Pax class! They had 9 drivers, after 1st runs only Ian had a clean run. 2nd runs were no cleaner only Ian was clean after 2 runs! Nats Pax only gets 3 runs to make it count each event, with everyone dirty except Ian going into run 3 everyone was itching to make it happen. When this happens, do you play it safe? do you go for the hero run? It’s a toss up. Skyler and Max both decided to try for hero runs and both ended up dirty! Mike was next in 5th with a clean run of 53.665 (XA 46.197), Zach’s first dirty run was still fast enough for 4th place with 54.295+1 (DST 46.161). Ian was clean all morning and it locked him into a 3rd place finish with a 55.278 (EST 45.051). Ryan and Keegan cleaned up their first two runs and were able to lock down cone free runs. Ryan with a flyer 51.544 (CAMS 43.657) and Keegan with a nearly unfathomable 49.398 (XB 42.432) sitting in first for Nats Pax!! Great driving everyone!

 
Continue reading “Autox 2026 Event #2 Hawkeye Downs Recap” →

2026 Event #1 Recap

Iowa Region SCCA Event 1 2026 Hawkeye Tech

Final Results

Pax Results

Raw Results

 

The Battle of the wind and cold

First off it was freezing this past weekend. Literally, there was frost on the ground when I left my house to drive to Hawkeye Tech. It didn’t warm up much till we finished the trophy presentation after the event was over.

During the morning runs things happened and I’ll update this with more info.

During heat 2 of the morning sessions more things happened. It was a little warmer but not alot. 

3rd and 4th heat we had competition, more on that later.

Final after clean up and everything we distributed the year end (2025) trophies. They are awesome!

2026 Iowa Region SCCA AutoX Schedule Teaser

10 Events for Iowa Region SCCA AutoX

19

April 2026

Hawkeye Tech

7:30am Gates Open

Waterloo, IA

Register

3

May 2026

Hawkeye Downs

7:30am Gates Open

Cedar Rapids, IA

Register

17

May 2026

Iowa City Municipal Airport

7:30am Gates Open

Iowa City, IA

Register

7

June 2026

Hawkeye Tech

7:30am Gates Open

Waterloo, IA

REGISTER

Complete Schedule found here