2019 SCCA Runoffs @ ViR – EJ's Motorsports

Just got back from a week away at the 2019 running of the SCCA Runoffs, the national championship event for SCCA road racing competitors.

I signed up to corner marshal for six days of the event – basically all of the qualifying and races, minus the test days. This was my second Runoffs, having attended the 2017 Runoffs held at Indy.

It was exciting to visit ViR, a track I haven’t been to since 2005, when I was participating in One Lap of America as a co-driver in a lightly modified E46 BMW owned by my friend Christo Tinkov. The SCCA staff did a good job of changing up our assignments each day, making sure we got different stations each day and thus different perspectives of the track. I was at 1 (Horse Shoe), 6 (Snake), 7 (Snake), 9 (Climbing Esses), 15 (Rollercoaster), and 17 (Hog Pen).

Rustic stations look great, but the shingles leave a lot to be desired when it starts to rain.

The view of Oak Tree from the access road.

Jared Lendrum brought his T3 STI and his T4 BRZ.

Honda had a T3 Civic factory racer on site.

The data acquisition guys from MoHud discuss their work.

With vendors on site, you can try on flagger suits before you buy them.

Working station 1, we discuss how we’ll work the day.

MoHud racers Jared Lendrum and Charlie Campbell attend the NER paddock party.

MoHud flag chief Rich Alexander catches up with Montreal F1 friends.

Found MoHud racer Jason Smith and his AS Mustang.

Flag meetings kick off before the sun comes up.

A Spec Racer Ford left it’s hood at our station after dropping two wheels over the curbing.

Beautiful moon over our cabin in Buffalo Junction, Va.

A back marker spraying oil for 2 laps meant big problems for competitors in the GT-1 race.

The tradition toast ends the event, honoring those members who have passed during the year.

By the end of the week, we all agreed that after being on our feet all week, we’d appreciate the sitting for the long ride home that much more. It seemed odd not being in that early morning flag routine come Monday morning. A good way to send off the year that was the 2019 race season.

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