Instructor’s Insight: Walking the Course Effectively While walking, you should have a clear view. If a crowd is blocking your view wait for them to clear. Try to imagine your view from the cockpit, your eyes will likely be at least a foot or two lower when sitting in your car. Identifying visual references like…

See the attached files for the lap records for the Club Course and Pro Course configurations at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   midohio 2.258 mile records jul 2026 midohio 2.4 mile records jul 2026

Slow In, Fast Out Give up a little at the entry to win a lot on the exit. The most natural thing in the world is to dive into a corner — turn in the moment you see it and clip the inside early. It feels fast. But an early apex quietly wrecks your exit:…

Backsiding Cones One concept that comes up on nearly every course walk is backsiding certain cones. We most often use this technique to maximize speed on corner exit and to stay ahead of the course in a slalom. It’s an essential skill to develop if you want to be consistently fast. However, not every cone…

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Instructor’s Insight: Driving Position Hey fellow OVR Autocrossers! If you’re reading this you’re probably like me and can’t wait until our next event. This is the event when you’ll have it all figured out and emerge victorious (at least that’s the plan)! This edition of Instructor’s Insights focuses on effective Driving Position and why it’s…

Oberserver’s Stand 21 – June 2026

Instructor’s Insight: Tire Pressure First things first: bring a tire gauge and a piece of chalk to every event. When you arrive at the event, mark three spots around the edges of your tires — basically the 12, 4, and 8 o’clock positions. Some tires will have multiple triangles like the ones shown in the…

Here are the 2025 Ohio Valley Region Road Racing Award Winners! The Phil Alspach Service To Racing Award: Dan Hodge **This is presented to an individual who has consistently contributed their time and talents to race operation throughout the preceding season or over a cumulative period of time. Ted Vedrinski Most Improved Driver Award: Madin…

Oberservers Stand 20 January 2026

2026 Great Lakes Division SCCA Road Race Schedule Event Dates Driver’s School Divisional Major/Hoosier Super Tour Other Events Track Events Feb 27 – 28 GLD 2026 Spring Conference @Ft. Wayne Apr 25 – 26 Driver’s School, WH May 2 – 3 BVR (M) @ Blackhawk Farms May 15 – 17 OVR @ MO (HST) May…

Class Final Position Points OVR Majors Drivers Mid-States Conference Standings Kamden Hibbitt SMX 4th 39 Aryton Grim SMX 8th 26 ————————————————————————————————————————————————— OVR Majors Drivers Northeast Conference Standings Jeremy Hill FA 1st 68 Bryan Scheible GT1 13th 25 Ray Mason GT2 3rd 61 Jeremy Lucas EP 4th 50 Mason Workman FP 5th 50 Kevin Ruck FP…

NAME CLASS POINTS GLD CHAMPIONSHIP Michael Allen 511703 ITS 42 6th Michael Allen 511703 SM 39 30th Michael Allen 511703 STL 90 1st Michael Allen 713335 SM 18 49th Alan Barr F6 18 8th Charley Baruth STU 230 1st Jack Baruth ITA 15 28th Jack Baruth GTX 225 1st Jack Baruth P2 175 1st Gary…

The election results for the 2026 year are here! The winners are as follows: Randy Tackett – 2 year term Doug Houdeshell – 2 year term Z Hardesty* – 1 year term *There was a tie for the third board position between Z Hardesty and Mark Harmon. The tie breaker was settled by the OVR…

You can find them here: https://ovr-scca.org/events/results/club-racing/

Observers Stand 19 – October 2025

You can find the results here: Time Trials Results

OVR Majors Drivers Mid-States Conference Standings Kamden Hibbitt SMX 3rd Aryton Grim SMX 7th ————————————————- OVR Majors Drivers Northeast Conference Standings Jeremy Hill FA 1st Bryan Scheible GT1 11th Ray Mason GT2 3rd Jeremy Lucas EP 4th Mason Workman FP 5th Kevin Ruck FP 8th Matthew Brannon HP 3rd Brayden Connolly HP 6th Jeremy Lucas…

This is for the DIVISIONAL Championship for Great Lakes As of July 30th, 2025 NAME CLASS POINTS Michael Allen SPECM 43 Michael Allen STL 71 Alan Barr F6 18 Charley Baruth STU 181 Jack Baruth GTX 125 Jack Baruth P2 125 Gary Blanarik SPECM 43 Mamie Brannon SRF3 25 David Brown ITA 13 Zane Brown…

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OVR SCCA Hoosier Super Tour 2025 OVR Hoosier Super Tour 2025-Worker/Volunteer ONLY

Ohio Valley Region Annual Tech 2025

2025 OVR Solo Annual Tech Inspection

Important Notice! For OVR Trophy Awards For OVR Road Racers! Drivers are required to report their own race results for NON-Great Lakes Division (GLD) SCCA Regional Races. In-GLD Regional Race results are already collected, because GLD has a pointskeeper for GLD events. Therefore, In-GLD Regional Race results do not need to be reported. And no…

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See the calendar entry. The meeting has moved to Thursday, February 20th.

Please note that the February 2025 OVR Board Meeting has been moved to 02/19/2025. Same location but the time has changed to 6:30 to align to Taranto’s new hours.

Region Board and Staff Volunteers

2024 OVR SCCA Award Winners

Navigate to each respective group to see the 2025 schedule.

Here are the Supplemental Regulations for the upcoming Solo season with OVR. 2025 OVR SCCA Solo Supplemental Regulations 2023 OVR SCCA Solo Supplemental Regulations  

2025 PAX/RTP Indexes Comparison Table Here: SCCA Solo PAX/RTP Indexes by Year 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 SS 0.836 0.835 0.833 0.830 0.823 0.822 SSP 0.857 0.857 0.855 0.853 0.853 0.853 AS 0.826 0.824 0.823 0.821 0.821 0.819 ASP 0.851 NA NA 0.849 0.849 0.849 BS 0.819 0.818…

Full Season Results Full Season PAX Results Full Season Novice Results PAX Challenge Results

RESULTS! These are the results for the Ohio Valley Region, SCCA 2024 election. THANK YOU to all the candidates who ran for office. Your passion and dedication to the region is greatly appreciated! Thank You to everyone who voted. And Thank You to everyone who came out to the Election Socializer last night. Total votes…

    The Observers Stand Editors Note: By David BrownOnce again we’ve got a packed issue for your perusal.First up is the current election for Regional Executive and Board of Directors. All voting is done electronically though MotorsportReg.com and just below is a link to follow. I f you have never used Motorsportreg.com before you will…

OVR-SCCA 2024 Election We have our Regional Executive (RE) position and 3 2-year board of director positions available in 2025. You can vote for One candidate for RE and up to Three candidates from the list of candidates seeking election. The candidates who are selected will begin their term on the OVR, SCCA board of…

Congratulations to Tom O’Gorman (F Street) and Sarah Miles (Xtreme Street A Ladies) for their SCCA National Championship wins! We are very proud of both of you and are honored that you are members of our region. GREAT JOB!

    The Observers Stand Editors Note: By David Brown The year has pushed past the halfway point and all of OVR’s programs have held or are about to hold events. I was happy to accept photos from Road Racing, Solo, and Rallycross from Michael Berchak at Berchak Media for publication in this issue of The…

OVR 2023 Awards Banquet Slide Show

  Editors Note By: David Brown Pushing out a quick Obervers Stand with a few updates and a reminder that if you like to procrastinate then you’re up for registering for the banquet. Below you’ll find a link and we would love to see you this year. The Banquet will take place at the Villa Milano…

  Editors Note: By: David Brown This issue is a tough one. For so many reasons I put this off as long as I could. Deep down I think I knew it would be better to get this over with all at once. In waiting a few weeks I was able to include one final obituary…

Phil Alspach (follow that link to Phil’s Facebook profile) was a huge contributor to both the SCCA and the Ohio Valley Region. Phil’s SCCA membership dates back to the 1950’s and Phil was very involved in leading our region and volunteering in so many ways. Here are some excerpts of so many kind words from…

Ohio Valley Region – SCCA – Bylaws – 2022

VIRTUAL DRIVERS MEETING Welcome to the Ohio Valley Region (OVR) Solo Virtual Drivers’ Meeting. This meeting is designed to give you all of the information you need to have fun at your event, whether you already know it or not. Reading, understanding, and following all elements of this meeting helps us save time and ramp…

OVR and our entire SCCA family have lost a champion who loved the sport of auto racing, who volunteered his time and shared his talents to others, including our region throughout his lifetime in our racing community. Sam was currently very active, donating his talents as treasurer and board member of OVR along with continuing…

The Observers Stand Editors Note By: David BrownI must apologize. Its been much too long since I’ve put an issue of The Observers Stand out and I have only myself to blame. Transitioning to a new computer caused me much more of a snag than I ever thought was possible. Couple that with the relatively mild…

SCCA Road Racing Rules

Ohio Valley Region 2022 Award Winners

The Observers Stand Register for the Wrap up to the 2022 Season Awards Banquet Registration closes soon. It’s been a bit since we’ve gotten a chance to get together so please join us on February 4, 2023 an J Liu in Worthington. Link to register is HERE Editors Note: By: David Brown The holidays have passed and…

The Observers Stand Are you ready to get together again? Great! Its time for a SOCIALIZER Nominations October 4, 2022 7:30pm El Vaquero 9130 Dublin Rd Powell OH 43065 Appetizers and light foods will be provided. Full menu and bar available for purchase Elections will also take place at El Vaquero on November 29, 2022…

The Observers Stand Editors Note: By: David Brown Wow has this year gotten off to a fast start. Just like that we’re into mid March and the racing seasons are getting underway. I was lucky enough to get a last minute opportunity to go to the Daytona 500 again this year and it was great getting…

The Observers Stand Editors Note: By: David Brown Welcome to another issue of the Observers Stand. I’ll be brief- This issue is an attempt to list winners in lieu of our Awards Banquet. I’ve tried to include everything I have received and put it out to the membership in as easy to read form as I…

You’re watching your favorite race, and you notice people in white standing track side. You wonder who those people are – and how they got lucky enough to be there! Odds are, those workers in white are proud members of the SCCA® family of volunteers and officials! There are so many places behind the scenes where you…

  The Observers Stand Editors Note By David Brown The Competition season is wrapping up as I type this out in early November. Since you probably don’t want to hear much from me so I’ll be brief. We’ve got stuff in this issue! Lots of stuff! Many thanks to Racer Phil and Rich Grunenwald for Runoffs…

Editors Note Thanks for opening another issue of The Observers Stand online edition. We’ve had all programs wound up and running flat out over the past several months. Solo has completed their first season at Fortress Obetz and is already looking towards next year. Rallycross is still playing in the dirt and the SCCA National Championships will be at the…

The Observers Stand Editors Note By: David Brown I start this issue on a very sad note. We’ve all dealt with a COVID hangover for many months, but for so many of us it finally hit way too close to home. Ohio Valley Region Board of Director Barry Baker passed away on December 30, 2020 after…

  The Observers Stand Editors Note By David Brown 2020 has been quite the year. Forget from an SCCA or an OVR perspective–Just in general. I’ll spare you the rehash of the details that I’m sure you already know. We’ve all learned to do things differently. That includes your 2020 Ohio Valley Region Board of Directors and…

The Observers Stand Editors Note: By: David Brown I’m sure by now you’re absolutely and completely sick of hearing about the Coronavirus and COVID-19. While it has and will continue to effect everything we do in our lives, rest assured OVR Chiefs and Chairs have been planning for when we can get back on track safely….

  The Observers Stand Socializer Update: Annual Tech Saturday April 4 10:00am-2:00pm Alliance Autosport 4991 Transamerica Dr Columbus OH Editors Note: By: David Brown Welcome to the second issue of The Observers Stand Newsletter While it is the offseason for most of our competition programs we do still have plenty of information to inform our members. You’ll notice…

The times they are a changing…. The Observers Stand The End of the Line– 2019 RE Report Its been fun. No really it has. Despite  way more visits to the doctor and hospital than anybody should have in a lifetime these last two years really were fun. My second two years as your Regional Executive…

What is the SCCA? The Sports Car Club of America, Inc., founded in 1944, is a 67,000-member motorsports organization that incorporates all facets of autocross, rally and road racing at both club and professional levels. With headquarters in Topeka, Kansas, the SCCA annually sanctions over 2,000 events through its 115 Regions and professional subsidiary. To…

What is Track Event The Track Event is a high performance driving event. These are “non-competitive events and are based on the instruction and practice of performance driving and car handling.” This definition is critical, but what does that mean for participants? This means that there is no timing permitted for the participants’ laps –…

Here is the article written by Matt Collins and published in the Observer Stand. The article was provided as a series of pictures and was recreated by Randy Tackett. The Lynn Stanberry Cup – Membership Has Its Privileges