The SCCA Archives contain the history of American motorsports as represented in the official records of the SCCA since its founding in 1944. SCCA Hall of Fame member Harry Handley compiled the collection during his service as the SCCA Archivist, a position he de facto created when the SCCA office relocated it’s headquarters from Westport, Connecticut to Denver, Colorado. Having served as the first manager of Rally/Solo for the club, Handley is credited for originating the Archives and saving much of the club’s history from the dumpster during the relocation. He continued to serve in that capacity until his passing in 1996.

With funding by the SCCA Foundation, the SCCA Archives have been relocated to the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) in Watkins Glen, NY. As the permanent home of the Archives, this amazing collection of materials is being professionally reviewed, catalogued, sorted and preserved by professional archivists J. Their first order of business is cataloging the  full written inventory of the contents of every box in the collection, with new content arriving as members and their families find historical racing material, such as a fine trove of material from SCCA Hall of Fame recipient, R. David Jones. As material gets cataloged, it gets transferred to archival quality containers as needed for long-term preservation. The IMRRC offers “finding aids” to allow digital searches for materials in response to inquiries from SCCA members and the public. In time, the digital inventory will be available online and searchable by anyone. READ MORE