This weekend the Sports Car Club of America will crown 28 champions in their amateur classes and five Minnesotans will be on the grid in six different classes. Every year the SCCA gathers racers from all across the country to compete in their championship Runoffs. It’s a winner take all, all or nothing 23 lap fight and the winner claims the national championship, everybody else has to wait for next year.
Timothy Gray from Eden Prairie MN Sponsored by Ryan Companies US
Inc has brought two cars to the Mid Ohio the first a Spec Race Ford Third Generation and the other a GT2 Mustang that he’s run in select Trans Am professional races. Matthew Gray Chaska MN is also in the tough Spec Racer Ford Third Generation class. Stacy, Minnesota’s Mark Utecht is running his Honda Civic for the first time in the National Championships prepping for next year’s runoffs at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. James Randall, of Watertown MN, is racing in the ultra-competitive Spec Miata class. Finally there’s Steven Jondal of  Rushford MN who has put his Jondal Machine Inc. Red Devil JS14 Rotax in the fifth place on the grid.
 Mark Utecht from Stacy MN making his first appearance at the Runoffs September 22, 2016: during the SCCA Runoffs at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington OH.
Tim Gray, Eden Prairie, MN qualified two cars this one in SRF3 September 22, 2016: during the SCCA Runoffs at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington OH.
Matthew Gray from Chaska qualified in the hotly contested SRF3 class September 22, 2016: during the SCCA Runoffs at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington OH.
Steven Jondal from Rushford MN qualified fifth in Formula 500 September 22, 2016: during the SCCA Runoffs at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington OH.
Tim Gray, Eden Prairie, MN qualified two cars this one in GT2 September 22, 2016: during the SCCA Runoffs at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington OH.
James Randall from Watertown MN September 22, 2016: during the SCCA Runoffs at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington OH.
Photos and story by Rick Corwine.
Five Minnesotans Compete for SCCAÂ Championships This weekend the Sports Car Club of America will crown 28 champions in their amateur classes and five Minnesotans will be on the grid in six different classes.
