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The Beginning
SCCA was created in 1944, and some of the head events produced under the club's brand were resident day trials. Initially courses were laid absent on usual roads, however shortly these courses gave system to circumstance configurations establish elsewhere as groups of markers on asphalt, or concrete parking lots, or on deserted airfields. The objective was, and continues to be, to break a competitor through a course, and establish the best time.
SCCA Grew And So Did Autocross
As SCCA grew its local chapter program, the number of autocross competitors grew very. Between 1944 and 1958, the club and its events attracted 10,000 members who were afforded an opportunity to compete nearly every weekend. Between 1958 and today SCCA now manages over 114,000 members, and well over 300 events yearly.
The 70s
The autocross craze experienced further growth when SCCA initiated its coordinated local, regional and national event program. In this case, amateur racers competed on the basis of local, and regional points, and the resulting totals could be rolled up and qualify for what subsequently became a "National Runoff."
Name Change
In these events, racers line up next to one another laid out on parallel courses, but separated by sets of double cones. When the timing lights go green, the racers run their respective courses against the clock. Then, the competitors swap courses and go again, to determine a total time for both courses.
By the 1980s SCCA was growing again, and motor sports fans and amateur racers were flocking to various weekend race events, including autocross. In an attempt to generate more excitement across the board, the sanctioning body changed the brand name from Autocross to "Solo." The event organization, and class processes were also revised to create a ladder program between novice drivers (Solo II), intermediate amateurs (Solo I) and a new professional class called "ProSolo."
