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J Michael Hemsley posted the article It Surprised Megan Tyler When She Won SCCA's Worker of the Year Award, but it Shouldn’t Have

Megan Tyler was surprised when she received the SCCA® Worker of the Year Award (presented by Mazda) for Race Administration. “I hadn’t really considered my volunteer work as Race Admin,” she laughs. “I joke that by working......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article It Surprised Megan Tyler When She Won SCCA's Worker of the Year Award, but it Shouldn’t Have

Megan Tyler was surprised when she received the SCCA® Worker of the Year Award (presented by Mazda) for Race Administration. “I hadn’t really considered my volunteer work as Race Admin,” she laughs. “I joke that by working......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley posted the article At Just 20 Years Old, Shelby Robbins is Hard at Work in Tech while Setting Sights on a Career in Motorsports

Shelby Robbins is an amazing young woman. How many 20-year-old women do you see in the Tech shed at SCCA® Road Racing events? Shelby might be it. So, how did Shelby become an Eastern Tennessee Region member and scrutineer for......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley posted the article Thomas McLeod’s Path to Becoming the Pit & Grid Worker of the Year Began When he was 7

Washington DC Region member Thomas McLeod went to his first sports car race when he was 7 years old – he says he’s been hanging around British cars ever since. He continued to spectate at tracks in Canada, where he’s from,......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley posted the article Nikki Prevenas, 2024 F&C SCCA Worker of the Year, Is Keeping up the Family Tradition

Sometimes, a person’s future is predetermined. When asked why she joined SCCA®, Blackhawk Valley Region’s Nicole (Nikki) Prevenas simply replied, “I was born into the SCCA. My mother worked corners while she was pregnant......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley posted the article ’24 Runoffs: Who Will Win E, F, and H Production?

The Sports Car Club of America® has been around for 80 years, and while organized, rules-based road racing didn’t begin until a few years into the Club’s existence, the “Production” category was there pretty much as soon as......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley posted the article ’24 Runoffs: Who Will Win GT-1, GT-2, GT-3, and GT-Lite?

There are a lot of predictions to be made in our “Who Will Win the Runoffs®?” series, but few are as difficult to predict as the Grand Touring classes. While the likes of Formula Vee®, Spec Miata, and Spec Racer® Ford Gen3......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article Tim O’Brien’s Journey to Becoming an SCCA Worker of the Year Is so Unique That It Involves U.S. Customs

SCCA® might have the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to thank for Tim O’Brien’s involvement in Timing & Scoring – something that ultimately led to him being presented with the 2023 Timing & Scoring Worker of the......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley posted the article Tim O’Brien’s Journey to Becoming an SCCA Worker of the Year Is so Unique That It Involves U.S. Customs

SCCA® might have the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to thank for Tim O’Brien’s involvement in Timing & Scoring – something that ultimately led to him being presented with the 2023 Timing & Scoring Worker of the......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article Giving Back has Led Joseph Menowsky III from the Driver’s Seat to Scrutineering, and becoming an SCCA Worker of the Year

If you were to pick a scrutineer for your tech shed, wouldn’t you want someone who has built race cars and has read the GCR cover to cover? If so, you’d probably pick Washington DC Region’s Joseph Menowsky III. He has built......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article Giving Back has Led Joseph Menowsky III from the Driver’s Seat to Scrutineering, and becoming an SCCA Worker of the Year

If you were to pick a scrutineer for your tech shed, wouldn’t you want someone who has built race cars and has read the GCR cover to cover? If so, you’d probably pick Washington DC Region’s Joseph Menowsky III. He has built......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article Details are Key for DC Region’s Betty Harrison, Recipient of SCCA’s Registration Worker of the Year Award

Betty Harrison’s introduction to SCCA® came in a roundabout way that is both unique and familiar. She had a horse, and a friend of hers who also had a horse was married to an SCCA racer. Her friends and another racing couple......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article From Working Pro Events to Helping Relaunch her Region’s Road Racing Program, 2023 Race Admin Worker of the Year Julie Hammons Has Quite the Resume

Julie Hammons started volunteering with the Sports Car Club of America® at a Memorial Day event in 1981. “In those days, you worked on a logbook before you were approved,” she explains. “I didn’t become a member until 1986.”......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley posted the article From Working Pro Events to Helping Relaunch her Region’s Road Racing Program, 2023 Race Admin Worker of the Year Julie Hammons Has Quite the Resume

Julie Hammons started volunteering with the Sports Car Club of America® at a Memorial Day event in 1981. “In those days, you worked on a logbook before you were approved,” she explains. “I didn’t become a member until 1986.”......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article 2023 Starter Workers of the Year: John and Beth Burkhard

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
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J Michael Hemsley posted the article 2023 Starter Workers of the Year: John and Beth Burkhard

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
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article A Trip to the Track Has Turned into a Lifelong Adventure for Kathy McLeod, SCCA’s 2023 Steward Worker of the Year

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
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article A Trip to the Track Has Turned into a Lifelong Adventure for Kathy McLeod, SCCA’s 2023 Steward Worker of the Year

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
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article Todd Heilicher Has Done a Lot, and Now He’s SCCA’s 2023 Race Data Tech Worker of the Year

It’s likely that many SCCA® members, including a lot of drivers, have no idea what the Club’s Race Data Technician does. In short, the job is to collect the objective vehicle dynamics data needed for the performance of a car,......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article Todd Heilicher Has Done a Lot, and Now He’s SCCA’s 2023 Race Data Tech Worker of the Year

It’s likely that many SCCA® members, including a lot of drivers, have no idea what the Club’s Race Data Technician does. In short, the job is to collect the objective vehicle dynamics data needed for the performance of a car,......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article How Brian Williams Became SCCA’s 2023 Pit & Grid Worker of the Year

Brian Williams went “straight” into motorsports, but it took some curves before he was introduced to SCCA. “I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and there was no road racing,” he says. “It was either dirt track, round-d-round, or......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article How Brian Williams Became SCCA’s 2023 Pit & Grid Worker of the Year

Brian Williams went “straight” into motorsports, but it took some curves before he was introduced to SCCA. “I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and there was no road racing,” he says. “It was either dirt track, round-d-round, or......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley posted the article How Brian Williams Became SCCA’s 2023 Pit & Grid Worker of the Year

Brian Williams went “straight” into motorsports, but it took some curves before he was introduced to SCCA. “I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and there was no road racing,” he says. “It was either dirt track, round-d-round, or......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article Meet Don Drennon, the 2023 F&C Worker of the Year

Don Drennon first spectated at Road Atlanta at a Can-Am race in 1974. In 1987, while spectating at the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs®, he heard a recruiting pitch that was often repeated over the PA system: “Want to get......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley updated the article Meet Don Drennon, the 2023 F&C Worker of the Year

Don Drennon first spectated at Road Atlanta at a Can-Am race in 1974. In 1987, while spectating at the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs®, he heard a recruiting pitch that was often repeated over the PA system: “Want to get......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley posted the article Meet Don Drennon, the 2023 F&C Worker of the Year

Don Drennon first spectated at Road Atlanta at a Can-Am race in 1974. In 1987, while spectating at the SCCA® National Championship Runoffs®, he heard a recruiting pitch that was often repeated over the PA system: “Want to get......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley liked the article ’22 Runoffs To Live Stream With Pro Broadcast Team

When it comes to streaming races in the motorsports world, the Sports Car Club of America was a pioneer. While it’s the norm now, the SCCA National Championship Runoffs was ahead of the curve – streaming live since 2009......Read more
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J Michael Hemsley became friends with Christopher Schaafsma

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J Michael Hemsley became friends with Dan Meller

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