Club Information - SCCA Montana Region 105

Monthly Club Meeting

Meetings are temporarily postponed, unless members request an online meeting. Please see the link above.

Once in-person meetings are allowed, we meet once a month on the last Thursday of each month and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. The dress and atmosphere are casual. All are welcome to attend whether you’ve raced with us before or you’d just like to check us out. We usually meet at the Amigo Lounge.

Club History

Montana Region’s history goes back to the late 1950s, when Montana Sports Car Clubs were formed throughout the state. Three divisions were designated at that time. The Western Division was based in Butte, the Southern Division in Billings and the Northern Division in Great Falls. Out of that alliance, three popular events emerged becoming part of the scoring for the Montana State Championship. Butte was the home of Pipestem Hill Climb. Billings hosted the Black Otter Hill Climb, and Great Falls was the host of the Town & Country. Of the three events, Black Otter is still run under the alliance of Northwest Hill Climb Association. The two Hill Climbs would be Solo I events today. The Town & Country was a two-day Solo II event, using the perimeter road of the fairgrounds. The fairgrounds encompassed 116 acres. The second part of the event, a T & D Rally, of approximately 75 to 100 miles, ran on Saturday night. To win the weekend, you had to compete and do well in both events. In the late 70s, rising insurance costs and other factors pretty well dictated that the independent clubs needed a national alliance. SCCA was the choice, and movement was set afoot to make it so.

Since becoming an official region in 1980, Montana has done itself proud. In the early years, the Commander’s Cup Solo II event was established. This two-day Solo II event was used as a fund-raiser for the State MS Chapter, with Malmstrom Air Force Base as the host site. Our best fundraising year netted about $1,800.00 for MS.

Montana also took great pride its continuous involvement in the Northwest Region & Montana Double National Races. In 1986, Montana Region received the SCCA Chairman’s Award for Membership Growth and the Formation of Yellowstone Region-Rocky Mountain Division and Big Sky Region-NorPac Division. We co-shared the award with NWR.

As to the present, Montana has proudly developed a multi-region challenge Solo II event, Top Gun. 2019 will be the 32nd running of this two-day event.

Montana region continues to look for ways to improve the quality of our events and our continued community involvement.

This region covers the large cities of Great Falls, Helena, and Butte, in the central section of the state. Montana is the 4th largest state in the US and has 4 SCCA Regions; three are members of NorPac (Northern Pacific Division) and one is a member of the Rocky Mountain Division.