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The Sports Car Club of America's Pro Spec Racer championship had a ten-year run before it was cancelled midway through the 2003 season.
The series was suspended after round three at Mosport International Raceway.
The event only drew eight entries.
The championship failed because it needed to receive the support of event promoters, sponsors and participants.
However, renewed interest in a Pro Spec Racer series revived the championship in 2010. It was called the SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Series. The car used in the series is the very popular Spec Racer Ford. This affordable, low maintenance, purpose-built vehicle is a popular category at Sports Car Club of America club racing events and attracts large fields with close racing. The car is a single-seat, open-cockpit tube-frame chassis sports racer manufactured by SCCA Enterprises in Colorado. The Spec Racers are identical and powered by a sealed four-cylinder, SOHC, 1.9-liter Ford engine with a five-speed transmission. This combination produces 105-horsepower and a top speed of 135-mph. The suspension uses a rocker arm design (front and rear) with coil-over shocks on each corner and adjustable front and rear sway-bars. All competitors use a spec tire from Goodyear. The 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Series consisted of ten races conducted during five doubleheader weekends. The series kicked off in May at Virginia International Raceway and concluded at Road Atlanta in November.
Rounds three and four of the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Series were held at Mosport International Raceway. Drivers would compete in two contests around the ten-turn 2.459-mile road course. |
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The start of round four for the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Series at Mosport International Raceway. The pole-sitter, Scott Rettich, in the No. 17 Alliance Autosports prepared Spec Racer Ford, leads a field of seventeen entrants into corner one. Beside Rettich is the other front-row qualifier, Brian Schofield driving the No. 61 PM Racing Spec Racer Ford. Trailing the leaders are Richard Spicer and Herb Sweeney IV. |
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Richard Spicer has been a Spec Racer Ford participant since 1997 and earned two National titles. In the season opener at Virginia, Spicer collected a victory and seventh-place finish in the No. 65 Spicer Racing Spec Racer Ford. He qualified third for round three at Mosport. On lap-3 of the race, Spicer moved to second. Eleven circuits later, he passed Scott Rettich for the lead and win. On Sunday, Spicer finished second. |
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The driver of the No. 17 Alliance Autosport Spec Racer Ford, Scott Rettich, was another veteran of the National racing scene. He earned a pair of runner-up results at this year's season opener. Rettich started race one at Mosport on the pole, but on lap-15, he was passed by Richard Spicer and collected his third second-place finish of 2011 by a margin of 0.270-seconds. On Sunday, Rettich went flag-to-flag for the victory. |
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Brian Schofield won his first National Spec Racer Ford championship in 2010. His 2011 Pro Series campaign got off to an excellent start with a fourth-place finish and a victory in rounds one and two. The driver of the No. 61 PM Spec Racer Ford was gridded second for Saturday's race at Mosport. During the contest, he lost a spot to Richard Spicer and finished third. Schofield delivered the same results in the finale. |
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Jeffrey Lehner didn't participate in the first two rounds of the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Series at Virginia International Raceway. Lehner was piloting the No. 77 Johnstown Auto Parts sponsored Spec Racer Ford. In the weekend's first race at Mosport, he started and finished in the fourth position. Lehner was gridded sixth for Sunday's contest. A pass on Herb Sweeney IV was rewarded with another fourth-place result. |
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The podium for round four of the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Series at Mosport International Raceway. Standing on the top step is the winner and new points leader, Scott Rettich. On the left side of the rostrum is the runner-up and winner of race one at Virginia and round three at Mosport, Richard Spicer. Completing the podium is the third-place finisher, Brian Schofield, who also has a victory this season. |
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| POS | START | DRIVER | CAR | ENTRANT | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 3 | Richard Spicer | Spec Racer Ford | Spicer Racing | 20 | - |
| 2 | 1 | Scott Rettich | Spec Racer Ford | Alliance Autosports | 20 | - |
| 3 | 2 | Brian Schofield | Spec Racer Ford | PM Racing | 20 | - |
| 4 | 4 | Jeffrey Lehner | Spec Racer Ford | Johnstown Auto Parts | 20 | - |
| 5 | 7 | Herb Sweeney IV | Spec Racer Ford | H.T. Sweeney & Sons | 20 | - |
| 6 | 8 | Carl Harris | Spec Racer Ford | Four Seasons Radiator | 20 | - |
| 7 | 5 | Jean-Luc Liverato | Spec Racer Ford | 8-Ball Racing | 20 | - |
| 8 | 9 | Robert Reed | Spec Racer Ford | IceRace.com | 20 | - |
| 9 | 11 | Mark Vultaggio | Spec Racer Ford | Dinosaur Racing | 20 | - |
| 10 | 13 | Bruce Myers | Spec Racer Ford | Seacoast | 20 | - |
| 11 | 6 | Lee McNeish | Spec Racer Ford | - | 20 | - |
| 12 | 10 | Michael Hausknecht | Spec Racer Ford | Nixon Peabody LLP | 20 | - |
| 13 | 14 | Randy Youngma | Spec Racer Ford | - | 20 | - |
| 14 | 15 | Richard Wiehl | Spec Racer Ford | CITGO | 20 | - |
| 15 | 16 | Frank Vultaggio | Spec Racer Ford | Dinosaur Racing | 20 | - |
| 16 | 18 | Donald Kahn | Spec Racer Ford | Motion Dynamics | 20 | - |
| 17 | 19 | Carl Warren | Spec Racer Ford | - | 20 | - |
| 18 | 17 | Thomas Cirillo | Spec Racer Ford | - | 9 | Mechanical |
| 19 | 12 | Tom Riley | Spec Racer Ford | TRAC Consulting | 5 | Mechanical |
| POS | START | DRIVER | CAR | ENTRANT | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 1 | Scott Rettich | Spec Racer Ford | Alliance Autosports | 20 | - |
| 2 | 3 | Richard Spicer | Spec Racer Ford | Spicer Racing | 20 | - |
| 3 | 2 | Brian Schofield | Spec Racer Ford | PM Racing | 20 | - |
| 4 | 6 | Jeffrey Lehner | Spec Racer Ford | Johnstown Auto Parts | 20 | - |
| 5 | 4 | Herb Sweeney IV | Spec Racer Ford | H.T. Sweeney & Sons | 20 | - |
| 6 | 8 | Carl Harris | Spec Racer Ford | Four Seasons Radiator | 20 | - |
| 7 | 7 | Jean-Luc Liverato | Spec Racer Ford | 8-Ball Racing | 20 | - |
| 8 | 10 | Randy Youngma | Spec Racer Ford | - | 20 | - |
| 9 | 14 | Bruce Myers | Spec Racer Ford | Seacoast | 20 | - |
| 10 | 12 | Lee McNeish | Spec Racer Ford | - | 20 | - |
| 11 | 16 | Donald Kahn | Spec Racer Ford | Motion Dynamics | 20 | - |
| 12 | 13 | Tom Riley | Spec Racer Ford | TRAC Consulting | 20 | - |
| 13 | 17 | Frank Vultaggio | Spec Racer Ford | Dinosaur Racing | 20 | - |
| 14 | 9 | Michael Hausknecht | Spec Racer Ford | Nixon Peabody LLP | 20 | - |
| 15 | 19 | Carl Warren | Spec Racer Ford | - | 17 | - |
| 16 | 15 | Richard Wiehl | Spec Racer Ford | CITGO | 15 | Accident |
| 17 | 11 | Robert Reed | Spec Racer Ford | IceRace.com | 2 | Accident |
| 18 | 5 | Mark Vultaggio | Spec Racer Ford | Dinosaur Racing | - | Did Not Start |
| 19 | 18 | Thomas Cirillo | Spec Racer Ford | - | - | Did Not Start |
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