San Francisco Region is proud to announce that we will host an all-new Hoosier Super Tour event for 2023 called the WESTERN SHOOTOUT. This exciting development has been a work in progress with SCCA to create national enthusiasm during the western swing of the Hoosier Super Tour. Our core themes being to provide all racers with the most on-track time, excellent competition, and draw East Coast Racers West for a piston packing National Event. By taking full advantage of Thunderhill Raceway Park, the weekend format will use all configurations of the East Course and the Full 5-mile Course. Planned for May 2023 the Western Shootout weekend starts with Thursday practice sessions, a Friday Cup Race on the 2-mile short East Course, a Hoosier Super Tour Sprint Race#1 on the 3-mile East course on Saturday, ending with the main Hoosier Super Tour Feature Race #2 event Sunday using the full 5-mile course. Unique to the Western Shootout Super Tour event will be the naming of 2 championship titles. The first being the traditional Hoosier Super Tour Titles awarded for the Saturday and Sunday Races and a special second award to the Western Shootout Champion. To win the coveted Western Shootout Title the racer having gained the most points from the combined three races – The Cup Race, The Sprint Race and the Feature Race – will capture the title for each competing class. No other race event has more track time, more courses and more awards than our San Francisco Region Western Shootout. This will be a spectacle, drawing the best National racers from around the country to our home turf for a fun filled weekend. Competition should be fierce, the excitement extreme and the thrills to last throughout the event leading up to the Western Shootout Championship trophy ceremony on Sunday.
San Francisco SCCA has secured the requisite approvals and is currently advancing plans to host the event May 2023. We are also creating an interactive website – westernshootout.com – to be launched in the coming weeks. News releases are scheduled for the site, the region and the greater Sports Car Club of America homepage with write-ups occurring regularly both in The Wheel and SportsCar Magazine, as well as, on the scca.com website for national release. Additionally, to attract racers, provide information and create global recognition we are building a YouTube Channel for Livestream broadcasting and exclusive videos.
Your help to plan for and promote the event will be essential for its initial success and its growth over the coming years.
Mark your calendar now to become the first Western Shootout Champion. Spread the word and encourage your friends from around the country to come out West for this memorable racing event. This is a multi-year commitment from San Francisco Region SCCA to its members, to attract the best, to boost participation, while stimulating National participation and making The Western Shootout a sought-after annual destination. Mark your calendar now to become the first Western Shootout Champion. Spread the word and encourage your friends from around the country to come out West for this memorable racing event. This is a multi-year commitment from San Francisco Region SCCA to its members, to attract the best, to boost participation, while stimulating National participation and making The Western Shootout a sought-after annual destination.
