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Only about five years overdue, here is the new-and-improved teamscr.com!  What started in 1997 as the home of the biggest Saturn road racing team in North America has evolved into your comprehensive resource for improved vehicle dynamics and high-performance brake system engineering.  As you can see, this site is still under development, but we are making rapid progress.  (What else would you expect?  We are a race team, after all...) 

Please contact us with feedback and check back often to see the latest improvements.  Thanks for stopping by!

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UpComing Events

Thu, Sep 16th, @8:30am - 04:30pm
Introduction to Brake Control Systems: ABS, TCS, and ESC
Fri, Sep 17th, @8:30am - 04:30pm
Introduction to Brake Control Systems: ABS, TCS, and ESC
Mon, Nov 1st, @8:00am - 05:00pm
Applied Vehicle Dynamics
Tue, Nov 2nd, @8:00am - 05:00pm
Applied Vehicle Dynamics
Wed, Nov 3rd, @8:00am - 05:00pm
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Have You Read It?

The Book

Yes, in fact we did write the book on brakes, thank you very much...

High-Performance Brake Systems: Design, Selection, and Installation by Author James Walker, Jr.

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James Walker, Jr.

James Walker, Jr.
 James Walker, Jr. is the man who started scR motorsports and subsequently allowed it to spiral out of control to its current state.

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We're Gonna Take You to School

SAE logoThrough scR motorsports consulting, James Walker, Jr. has developed an extensive portfolio of vehicle dynamics and hydraulic brake system courses that he delivers exclusively through SAE International.  All seminars have undergone industry technical review, received SAE approval, and are sanctioned to award Continuing Education Units (CEUs) as authorized by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training.

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Welcome Saturn race fans!

scR logoOnly about five years overdue, here is the new-and-improved teamscr.com!  What started in 1997 as the home of the biggest Saturn road racing team in North America has evolved into your comprehensive resource for improved vehicle dynamics and high-performance brake system engineering.  Through our open-enrollment engineering seminars and plain-English technical publications, our years of high-performance race engineering experience can help take you from mid-pack to the front of the field in no time at all.

For those die-hard Saturn race fans who continue to turn to us for technical assistance, we have retained all of the race team content from the old teamscr.com.  In our motorsports section you can still find a wealth of information about our cars as they continue to race under new sponsorship (yes, we have kept up with them), our drivers (we tell ourselves that we were real race car drivers before the kids came along), our crew (those selfless, dedicated volunteers who were too easily bribed with promises of Outback Steakhouse), and our vast technical database.  Over twenty years of combined SCCA road racing experience is here at your virtual doorstep.  We hope that you continue to find the material both entertaining and informative.

Our three-way partnership in 2002 and 2003 with SPS racing, R^3 motorsports, and the original team scR provided a couple of knockout race seasons.  So, sit back and surf on.  Get Current News on our various exploits (racing and otherwise), read up on Tech Articles written by people who actually race their cars, peruse our tongue-in-cheek Newsletter Archive, browse our extensive Photo Gallery, watch our action-packed Videos, meet the Drivers and Teams, and get official scR Stuff.  Any way you look at it, if you are a Saturn motorsports enthusiast, there is something here for you.  Thanks for stopping by!

First Win at MidOhio!
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Introduction to Brake Control Systems: ABS, TCS, & ESC

I.D.# C0315, Duration: 2 Days

Once reserved for high-end luxury vehicles, electronic brake control systems are quickly becoming standard equipment on even the most inexpensive cars and trucks. Today, nearly every new vehicle benefits from the optimized braking, enhanced acceleration, or improved stability that these systems provide. This comprehensive seminar introduces participants to the system-level design considerations, vehicle interface requirements, and inevitable performance compromises that must be addressed when implementing these technologies.

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This course is also available in a self-study e-Seminar!

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The semi-triumphant return of scR motorsports
Written by James Walker, Jr.   
Monday, 28 December 2009 19:29

Here we go again...

As most of you have long since forgotten, I (scR motorsports founder James Walker) last competed in door-to-door SCCA Club Racing competition over six years ago.  Hopefully nobody remembers that our last race, in October of 2003, at Mid-Ohio, ended two laps prematurely when the alternator decided to work a little overtime and pushed so many electrons into the battery that there was no more room for the acid, thereby spewing it into the fan assembly and thus all over the engine compartment.  Not quite the memorable way to end a quasi-successful seven-year motorsports endeavor, but hey, that's racing.

Has it really been six years?  Six years and one month?  Six years, one month, and twenty-five days?  Yes, but who's counting?  Now, three kids, two employers, and one relocation to Houston later, scR motorsports is back to re-stake our claim as THE force to be dealt with in North American wheel-to-wheel motorsports.  Or something like that, if not “exactly” that.

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In Our Photo Gallery

In Our Video Gallery

Jeff Lawton in the #34 ITA Saturn Cranks off a Qualifying Time 7/10ths Under the Track Record
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No Hood Pins at 100 MPH
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NARRC Runoffs, Jeff Lawton #34 Saturn
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Crazy Joe´s Off, IT Fest Mid Ohio
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scR motorsports Watkins Glen 09/16/01
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The Motorsports Gateway

SSC #34 Victory LapEverything you've always wanted to know about scR motorsports - and more.  Get the latest news on our various exploits (racing and otherwise), read up on tech articles written by people who actually race their cars, peruse our tongue-in-cheek newsletter archive, browse our extensive photo gallery, watch our action-packed videos, meet the drivers and teams, and get official scR stuff.

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Daily Dose of Tech

Improved Handling with Anti-Sway Bars

by John Comeskey of SPS and James Walker of scR motorsports

Hopefully, after reading the scR Tech Article on tires, the value of tire traction toward constructing a fun-to-drive performance-oriented Saturn has become clear. But there are areas of chassis dynamics that extend beyond the realm of tires. Once you increase the traction threshold at the road surface, then you may be ready to take the next step into improved vehicle handling – reducing body roll through the use of anti-sway bars.

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