ABE Vestal Memorial Steel Town Showdown Saturday and Sunday, September 19 & 20, 2015 8:00am - 5:30pm ' Pittsburgh International Race Complex, 201 Penndale Rd Wampum, PA 16157 SCCA website: http://scca.com Steel Cities Region website: http://stcscca.com Mahoning Valley Region website: Http://mvrscca.org Pittsburgh Raceway Complex website: http://pittrace.com
First and foremost, Pittsburgh International Complex welcomes the SCCA Majors Tour to our facility. It s an honor to host such a great event. We hope you see and feel the changes going on around the complex. We strive to deliver the best racing experience. 2015 has been a very big year at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. The 400 acre complex offers karting, corporate events, autocross, drifting, and performance racing. Other amenities has been in the process expansion for over a year. 2015 has been the year where the largest part of this dream has come to fruition. The facility was formerly known as BeaveRun. Jim and Kathy Stout SRT Viper Racers bought the property with the desire to create a motorsports destination for the entire community to be proud of. Since taking over, the Stouts have activated three-stage renovation process. After construction is complete, the complex will have an additional road course called the South Track completing an exciting Full Circuit of 2.8-miles. In 2012, owners Jim and Kathy Stout, began a series of upgrades that included an expansion of the Performance Racing surface. The North Track, built in the early 2000s. The original North Track was known for two very long drag strip style straight, blind corners, and it s shorter length made it most suitable for Driver Education Programs. Measuring 1.6 miles in length, there was always a plan to expand the circuit with the South Track addition. May 2015 brought the final step of this process to fruition. Pavement was laid and the full racing circuit at Pitt Race was expanded to 2.8 miles. The North Track was always considered to be a horsepower track without a lot of technical aspects to it. The South Track adds the technical aspect with a lot of elevation change and some blind turns. You ll have to hold onto the steering wheel pretty tight. When you look at the new circuit as a whole, it s got something for everyone, states Pitt Race marketing director, Dominic Cincotta. Owner, Kathy Stout promises, The new circuit will be approximately 2.8 miles with 18 turns. It s on natural terrain and we ll have an 85-foot elevation change. You ll never get bored with it. It s always going to be challenging. The 1.2-mile addition of the South Track introduces racers to various new challenges. As drivers enter the new track off of Pit Lane, they encounter a very long straight away that abruptly ends with a sharp left that begins an 85-foot vertical decent through a set of esses. At the bottom of this drop, the track takes a horseshoe bend to the left and racers begin an 85-foot accent back up the hill. After a short stretch over the hill drivers enter an undulating set of esses before re-entering the North Track on old turn 4. This presents a new challenge at old turn five since cars will be approaching the turn and incline at a much higher rate of speed. New passing zones, hard breaking, and technical esses have elevated this track into a world-class motorsports facility. We re proud to have the SCCA Majors Tour at Pitt Race as part of our inaugural season for the new full circuit. We hope everyone finds something for them. While not racing we have great karting, a spectacular view on Spectator Hill, and the Pitt Stop Pro Shop which includes an upgraded and expanded selection with the race simulator. Pittsburgh International Race Complex prides itself on being a facility for and by racers. The staff is here to help you in anyway possible. Just look for the grey shirt and happy face around the facility and they ll help you, whether it s locating a building, providing information on schedules and programs, or giving you a lift to the top of Spectator Hill, the staff is here to serve you. Please take time to walk around and experience as much of it as you can. We encourage you to visit other teams, take photos (no drones), and spread the word about Pitt Race. We are where Passion meets Performance and we hope that shows! Pittsburgh International Race Complex is a professional motorsports facility committed to creating a fun and friendly, yet competitive environment that serves the needs of our employees, customers, and community.
TOURING In response to the ever increasing performance of today's street cars and, to expand participation by various manufacturers. Touring 1 (T1) features the Porsche 996, Aston Martin Vantage and Touring 2 (T2) includes the Chevrolet Camaro SS, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo and others. Touring 3 (T3) include the BMW Z4, Ford Focus ST and the Honda S2000; while Touring 4 (T4) is comprised with the likes of the Scion FRS and Acura RSX-S. B Spec A newly created segment of race cars called B-Spec targets the sub-compact market. The aim of the class is to provide (relatively) cheap access to racing, with the intention of the sanctioning bodies to maintain a single spec for the cars so that they can compete in any series with minimal changes. PRODUCTION Series produced cars, which are allowed a range of performance modifications while retaining their original design, structure and drive layout. There is no age limit, so Production includes many cars as old as 50 years and as new as current body styles. The three performance potential based classes include: E Production (EP), F Production (FP) and H Production (HP). EP is the fastest of the Production classes with HP running the slowest in the category. Several cars in the Production classes can be run in more than one class, just by changing the engine between races. Cars included in Production classes come from a diverse group ranging from the MG Midget, Turner, Fiat X1/9, Alfa Romeo Spyder, Austin Healey Sprite, and Lotus Super 7 to the BMW 325, Mazda Miata, RX-7, Nissan 240, Honda Civic, Suzuki Swift GTI and Toyota MR-2. SUPER TOURING Super Touring features late-model production-based vehicles with a series of modifications to their drivelines and bodywork. STU are mid-level performance cars of 3.2 liters and under. STL is a small bore tuner class for cars of 2.0 liters and under GRAND TOURING GT cars are purpose-built, highly modified silhouette replicas of series-produced sports sedans. GT cars are permitted tube-frame chassis. GT-1 cars are the fastest of the category, and are the closest to the SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series. GT-2, GT-3 and GT Lite cars get progressively lighter and less powerful. Cars include Toyota Celica's, Mazda RX-7s, Nissan 200SX, Honda Civics and Austin Mini Coopers.
FORMULA The eight formula classes are all single-seat, open wheel racecars. There is incredible power to weight ratios in each class. The classes in order of fastest to slowest are: Formula Atlantic (FA), Formula 1000 (FB), Formula SCCA (FE), Formula Continental (FC), Formula Mazda (FM), Formula F (FF), Formula 500 (F500) and Formula Vee (FV). FA cars have motors that generate as much as 240hp. Motorcycle engines are the basis for the F1000 class where displacement is limited to 1000cc. The FC runs a stock 2-liter engine with about 150hp while the FF 1600 motors make around 120hp. FM utilizes a sealed Mazda rotary engine. FV is the most popular classes in SCCA. FV entries all run 1200cc stock VW engines. F500s run small displacement, two-stroke engines like snowmobiles. SPORTS RACING There are three classes of purpose-built road racing cars with full fiberglass bodies. Underneath, these cars are pure racing machines. The power plants in these cars vary from homebuilt "pieces and parts" engines to sealed identical motors. The Prototype 1 (P1) and Prototype 2 (P2) classes feature a variety of chassis including homebuilt, innovative designs and manufactures produced cars. The Spec Racer Ford (SRF) is a one -design, single seat car utilizing a sealed Ford engine, built by SCCA Enterprises. AMERICAN SEDAN American Sedan (AS), comprised of Chevrolet Camaros, Pontiac Firebirds and Ford Mustangs, are production-based chassis with modified suspensions and brakes. Engines are carbureted 302 and 305 CID V-8s that have been balanced and blueprinted. Spec Miata The Spec Miata (SM) class is intended to provide the opportunity to compete in low-cost cars with limited modifications as its name shows, Spec Miata is a "specified" class. This means that the rules for allowable modifications to the car are very strict. The class intends to put drivers on a very even footing by making their cars as identical as possible.
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Want to get closer to the Road Racing action without driving? BE A SCCA CORNER WORKER! You cannot get a better view of the racing anywhere else. The racing cannot happen without the corner workers and training is free. Please contact Paula Hawthorne for additional information 412-378-4223, or contact Pitt Race for positions available 724-535-1000