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• PACESETTERS.(News)(antitrust suit between Specialty Tires of America (STA) Inc. and Hoosier Racing Tire Corp.)(Mazda North American Operations and Sports Car Club of America hired BFGoodrich brand )

  - 2009-06-22

  STA lawsuit vs. Hoosier hearing set PITTSBURGHThe judge in the federal antitrust suit filed by Specialty Tires of America STA Inc. in September 2007 against Hoosier Racing Tire Corp. has set a hearing for July 14 following motions by all parties...

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• POBST AND CUNNINGHAM CLAIM CHAMPIONSHIPS.(NEWS)(Sports Car Club of America )(Brief article)

  - 2008-12-15

  Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH The SCCA Speed World Challenge motored along in 2008, with competitive fields filled with mostly familiar faces. One big reason: With the Speed network as title sponsor, a solid television package is in place. ...

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• ALPHABET SOUP; SCCA, NASA: What's the difference? BY STEVEN COLE SMITH.(NEWS)(Sports Car Club of America)(Organization overview)

  - 2008-10-27

  When the checkered flag fell on the 25th and final race of the three-day weekendthe GT1 class competition at the 45th Annual SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Heartland Park Topekait also ended the SCCA's three-year stint at the track, less than a mile from the...

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• SCCA SPEED WORLD CHALLENGE TALKING POINTS.(2007 Fan Guide)(Sports Car Club of America)(Pierre Kleinubing wins RealTime Racing Acura TSX)(Randy Pobst wins Touring Car class)

  - 2007-03-12

  Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH Part of the name of the SCCA Pro Racing Speed World Challenge points to one big reason for the series' success in 2006: "Speed,'' as in "Speed TV.'' With the cable network as a presenting sponsor, the series is bound...

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• RUNOFF REBIRTH; The SCCA's cornerstone event finds a new home.(Sports Car Club of America)

  - 2006-11-06

  Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH Topeka, Kansas, population 122,088, suffers from a bit of an inferiority complex, which is unfortunate and unnecessary. This is, after all, the state capital. It features numerous fine restaurants and museums and art galleries, and it is not that far...

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• Reporters' Notebook; Behind the news with Crain's writers.(Forest City Enterprises Inc. planning for a new convention center)(Sports Car Club of America National Championship)(Mike Cyphert of Walter & Haverfield LLP.)(Northeast Ohio entrepreneurs meet

  - 2005-09-19

  Talk is cheap, but it can be interesting * A casual conversation about an old idea might have helped to rekindle the interest of Forest City Enterprises Inc. in bringing a new convention center to the real estate giant's Tower City Center. ...

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• SPORTS CAR NATION; The SCCA Runoffs is a Tribal Happening.(Motorsports)(Sports Car Club of America)

  - 2004-10-11

  Byline: BILL McGUIRE The Sports Car Club of America likes to call the Runoffs "the Olympics of motorsports.'' Amateur road racers come from all over America to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to compete in their national championship races. To underline the metaphor, the...

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• Pikes Peak, Colo., Sports Car Club of America Race Will Be Run in Dark.

  - 2004-05-27

  By Todd Jacobson, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 27--Drivers for this year's Falken Tire Pikes Peak International Hill Climb will need more than strong nerves when they arrive for the 82nd race to the 14,110-foot summit. ...

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• STATE OF THE CLUB; Of course someone is complaining, but club racing is stronger than ever.(News)(Sports Car Club of America)

  - 2003-11-10

  Byline: J.P. VETTRAINO Call it Showroom Stock B, NASCAR-style. The biggest controversy at this year's SCCA Valvoline Runoffs had nothing to do with events during 24 national championship races 'round the tricky sports car course at Mid-Ohio. It came down to a "clerical error''...

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• RECRUITING THE YOUNG GUNS; SCCA chief Steve Johnson wants the Fast and Furious crowd to try a little road racing.(opinions of Steve Johnson, CEO of Sports Car Club of America)

  - 2003-02-17

  Byline: BILL McGUIRE Through the ups and downs of its nearly 60 years in existence, the Sports Car Club of America has never lacked for detractors and critics. Naturally, president and CEO Steve Johnson isn't one of them. And the SCCA is equally bullish...

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