This is it, folks, your last chance to take part in SCCA’s best kept secret. 

SCCA® Targa events are tiny but mighty, packing oodles of action into a four-day road trip that includes daily challenges between racetrack sessions. It’s you, a teammate, and a bundle of friends (or soon-to-be friends) having the time of your life. It’s something you don’t want to miss. But with SCCA Targa Great Lakes coming up on July 29-Aug. 1, 2026, (the last SCCA Targa of the year), if you don’t enter soon, you’re going to miss out on the action.

And this might be the last SCCA Targa.

Or it might not be.

The point is, we don’t know if (or when) SCCA Targa will return, so enter SCCA Targa Great Lakes now, because the world is filled with uncertainty.

Tour de Great Lakes

First off, if you don’t know what SCCA Targa is, this link is a good primer.

SCCA Targa Great Lakes isn’t actually a tour of the Great Lakes. In fact, you’ll only see one Great Lake on this adventure. But you’ll see it a lot.

This trip of a lifetime begins on Wednesday, July 29, at Blackhawk Farms Raceway in South Beloit, IL, which is more than a stone’s throw from Lake Michigan, but not by far. Once on-track sessions have wrapped, teams will hit the road en route to Grattan Raceway Park, located deep in the Wolverine State in Beldin, MI. Glance to the left during your drive to that racetrack and you’ll undoubtedly see the water.

Following Thursday morning’s Grattan road course adventure, Targa teams will head to Tire Rack’s headquarters in South Bend, IN, (water to the right). Tire Rack’s HQ might sound boring if you didn’t know that Tire Rack has an amazing on-site test facility equipped with asphalt for an autocross and skid pad, all enveloped by a prolific sprinkler system that may or may not be activated while Targa is there. And on Thursday afternoon (the same day you’ll be lapping Grattan), you’ll be competing on said Tire Rack test facility.

That evening, teams will head to another “South,” this one to the north of where you were, though, meaning it’s back to Michigan for Targa teams, this time to South Haven, home of GingerMan Raceway. Track time will ensue on Friday, July 31. And ensuing after that is another ensuing road trip back around the lake to Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL (water to the right), where you’ll be competing on the South Circuit.

There’s More

Between all of those on-track adventures come side quests that help teams score additional points. Some Targas this year have seen poker runs while others have included stop-offs at scenic overlooks.

What’s in store for Targa Great Lakes? Fun stuff, that’s what! And on an SCCA Targa, that “fun stuff” is where memories are made.

Get Going

With the event coming up on July 29-Aug. 1, as you can imagine, registration is already open.

When you click that “register” button, remember that the $975 entry fee is per team, not per driver, meaning this voyage just got a whole lot more affordable considering both you and your teammate will score wheel time at each venue.

Also remember Targa Great Lakes concludes at the Tire Rack SCCA Time Attack Challenge at Autobahn, and Targa teams looking to enter the Time Attack weekend will save 10% on their Time Attack entry fees.

Grab a friend, concoct a fantastical team name, and hit the road at SCCA Targa Great Lakes.

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