The 59th SCCA National Championship Runoffs took place Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2022, at VIRginia International Raceway. A beautiful, top-notch venue found along Virginia’s southern border with North Carolina, more than 500 competitors were on hand to contest 26 championship races around the 3.27-mile, 18-turn circuit.
Tire Rack Pole Award winners emerged after three days of qualifying under marvelous conditions. The remnants of Hurricane Ian then moved in off the Atlantic Ocean, generating substantially different weather for all three Hagerty Race Days. That meant the track vacillated between soaked, wet, sort of wet in places, kind of drying, and somewhat dry from one moment to the next.
An extremely tricky scenario indeed, but 26 skilled drivers managed to claim Runoffs victories in contests that had to be watched intently until the very last corner of the final lap – at any given moment of every race, anything could happen at a moment’s notice.
The SCCA National Championship Runoffs returns VIRginia International Raceway in 2023. Until then, detailed writeups of each 2022 Runoffs battle can be found below. Video replays of each 2022 Hagerty Race Days battles are currently available for on-demand viewing broken down by day (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). Videos are currently being broken into individual races for easier viewing consumption, with more information coming soon.
2022 Runoffs Recaps
- Workers of the Year: 2022 Workers of the Year Acknowledged
- Tire Rack Pole Awards: Runoffs Tire Rack Pole Award Winners from VIR
- American Sedan®: Eaton Wins Messy AS Race; Earns Third Championship
- B-Spec: Introne Strategizes, Takes B-Spec Championship
- E Production: Prather Drives Perfect Race to Third Consecutive EP Title
- F Production: Prill Claims Third Runoffs Title in Thrilling FP Race
- H Production: Twists & Turns Lead Schaafsma to HP Runoffs Win
- Formula 500: F5 Driver de Vries Tiptoes to Second Runoffs Victory
- Formula Atlantic®: Mayer Motors to FA National Championship
- Formula Continental®: Nolan Allaer Carries on Family Tradition of FC Wins
- Formula Enterprises™ 2: First for Monette with FE2 Runoffs Triumph
- Formula F: Kotyk Dominates FF For His Fourth Runoffs Title
- Formula Vee®: Farnham Plows Ahead for First FV National Championship
- Formula X: Russell Takes First Runoffs Win with Formula X Victory
- GT-1: Herb Repeats in Rain for GT-1 Win
- GT-2: GT-2 Win Gives Aquilante Super Sweep After Review
- GT-3: Redemption for Ave as He Claims GT-3 Runoffs Title
- GT-Lite: Shadowen Earns Fifth Runoffs Gold Medal in GT-Lite
- Prototype 1: Romer Wins Prototype 1 with Smart Pit Stop
- Prototype 2: Gyann Endures to Win Second P2 Championship
- Spec Miata: Bruni Survives SM to Claim First Runoffs Title
- Spec Racer Ford Gen 3: Futrelle Claims Second Runoffs Gold, First in SRF3
- Super Touring® Light: Maloy Claims First STL National Championship
- Super Touring® Under: Moser Defends STU Title in Shortened Race
- Touring 1: Aquilante in T1 Notches 12th Runoffs Championship
- Touring 2: Rezzetano Defends T2 Championship with Tricky Win
- Touring 3: Jason Ott Wins T3 Championship in Torrential Downpour
- Touring 4: Mast Earns T4 Gold, Increasing Runoffs Titles to Four
Photo by Rick Corwine
