#37347 Revise 3.7.4 to reflect changes to Runoffs Qualification

Three distinct paths exist for qualifying for a Runoffs invitation. Invitations are issued to all drivers in invited
Runoffs-eligible class based on the following minimum qualifications:
1. U.S. Majors Tour Super Tour and/or Conference Events
A competitor must meet participation requirements.
a. Participation Requirements
Participate on track in a minimum of three (3) separate U.S. Major Super Tour and/or Conference event
weekends and have a minimum of three (3) individual race finishes, all in the same class. Events may be a
part of any Conference.
A driver may substitute two (2) Regional-sanctioned weekends for one (1) of his three (3) Majors weekend
participation requirements. Eligible Regional weekends shall occur between the conclusion of the previous
Runoffs and a date not less than two (2) weeks prior to the start of the Runoffs or as otherwise specified in
the Runoffs supplemental regulations.
This replaces Majors event participation but not the Majors finish or points requirements.
Endurance races are not eligible
b. Performance Requirements
A competitor must meet one of the following:
1. Finish in the top 10 of a Conference’s point standings in class, or, in classes with more than 20
participants, finish in the top 50 percent.
2. Finish in the top 50 percent of the Super Tour point standings following the last Super Tour/Majors race.
Example: If 100 drivers participate in a class within a Conference or the Super Tour in the current race
season, the top 50, who score any points, will receive an invitation.
2. Division Championship Events
There are both participation and performance requirements to qualify for the Runoffs through the Division
Championships qualification path (if available):
a. Participation Requirement: A competitor must participate on track in a minimum of four of a single
Division’s event weekends in the same class. All events occurring between the conclusion of the previous
Runoffs and two (2) weeks prior to the start of the current Runoffs held in a single division count toward the
participation requirement of four (4) regional/divisional event weekends regardless of whether they are a
divisional championship points race.
b. Performance Requirement: Each Division will determine the events that count as points races in their
Divisional Championship point standings. A competitor must finish in the top three positions in his class
point standings, except SM and SRF3 where the top five will be invited. Drivers that have qualified through
the Majors path or are the Defending National Champion in the class, will not be removed from the Division
point standings. Drivers qualifying outside of the Top 3 (or Top 5 for SM and SRF3) will not move up.
c. Invitations will be extended to competitors meeting the requirements at a period of time two weeks prior to
the start of the Runoffs event. This allows Divisions to run programs year-round, if desired.
d. In addition to the Top 3 (Top 5 SRF3/SM) Divisional points earners nationwide, SCCA BoD will allow drivers
in the top 50% in the Central and Great Lakes Divisions for 2024 to be eligible for Runoffs invitations on a
space available basis.
3 2. Defending Runoffs Race Winner
In addition, a current defending Runoffs race winner, who has not met the Runoffs invitation requirements in
3.7.4.A.1 or 2, may be accepted as an entrant even if he did not meet the participation requirements of
3.7.4.A.1 or 2.
a. The entry will not be included in the total count of Runoffs invitations.
b. He may compete only in the class(es) being defended, though he may compete in any car eligible for the
class(es).
c. He will not bump anyone from the field who was invited based on the qualifications in 3.7.4.A.1 or 2.
d. A driver may not invoke the provisions of this section in two consecutive years in the same class, even if he
repeats as a Runoffs race winner.
4 3. Additional Requirements
The driver must hold a current SCCA Full Competition License.
B. Refusal Of Entry
A competitor whose entry has been refused for the SCCA Runoffs may protest and appeal only the refusal of his
entry, and he may protest up to 15 days before the start of the event. (See 4.4.6.)
C. Invited Runoffs Classes
All classes with a combined two-year event average of at least 4 5.0 participants in Majors and Runoffs competition
will automatically be invited to the following year’s Runoffs. Classes not meeting that criteria may be invited as the
event format and venue permits. The Road Racing department, in consultation with the Club Racing Board, will
determine and announce by January 1 the Runoffs-eligible classes invited to the next Runoffs consistent with the
event format and venue. For example: If the two-year period includes 68 Majors weekends and two Runoffs, for a
total of 70 events, a class would need at least 280 350 participants over that period to average 4 5 per event.
1. A Runoffs-eligible class with a minimum of 10 qualified drivers entered who have participated in at least one on
track session at the current year’s Runoffs will name a National Champion.
2. A Runoffs-eligible class with a minimum of 3 race starters and fewer than 10 qualified drivers entered who have
participated in at least one on track session at the current year’s Runoffs will name a National Champion but
subsequently be on probation for the following year’s Runoffs. Should a class on probation at the Runoffs fail
to have a minimum of 10 qualified drivers enter and participate in at least one on-track session the year it is on
probation, that class may run as a supplemental class but will not name a National Champion. A Runoffs-
eligible class that does not have a minimum of 3 race starters, regardless of probation status, may run as a
supplemental class but will not name a National Champion.
3. Classes may be combined as needed to limit the number of race groups with a preference for combining no
more than 2 classes for any race.