2024 Sound Requirements: 87dbA @ 75ft on course In order to comply with our new contract with Devens Airfield, the final sound requirements have been determined. As we have previously explained, over the last year, there were numerous complaints about sound that have endangered NER’s use of the Devens facility. Thankfully, our partnership with MassDevelopment allowed us to continue using the site for 2024. Our new sound regulation will be 87dbA @ 75ft on course. Note that the vast majority of cars last year passed this level and few were near the limit. In the spirit of transparency a ..read more

2024 Solo Event Schedule The dates for the 2024 NER Autocross season have been finalized. For 2024, in addition to a full regional points season, NER’s team will be hosting both a ProSolo AND a National Tour, which is extremely exciting. Break out the calendars, and mark down the schedule for this year: Points Events – All at Devens Airfield 4/7 Points Event #1 4/28 Points Event #2 5/19 Points Event #3 6/1 Points Event #4 7/14 Points Event #5 8/11 Points Event #6 8/25 Points Event #7 9/22 Points Event #8 Non-Points Events 6/7,8,9 SCCA National ProSolo @ Brunswick Executive Airport 6/14,15,16 ..read more

2023 Season Ending The NER autocross season concluded the last weekend of October with a test-and-tune on Saturday, and the annual Team Challenge that had 66 entries on Sunday. After all the final scores and runs were tallied, NER is proud to announce a full slate of Class Champions for this year. Please congratulate each of the driver’s below on their season title. Rounding out the wins for 2023 is Evan LeBlanc who claimed this year’s Stirling Moss trophy, which capped off a highly impressive season and a dominating Moss win, and added to his PAX and PRO season titles as well. The NER Annua ..read more

2023 Solo Nats Event Page Historic 50th Anniversary of Solo Nats Once again, NER will be one of the largest regions attending Solo Nats with 40 drivers towing to Lincoln, Nebraska this week. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the event, this week is poised to be a memorable one for the 1300-plus competitors. their crew, friends and families attending this momentous occasion. The demand for this year has been unprecedented. Registration for SoloNats sold out in just a few hours (best guess is under 4.) Registration for the Finale was sold out in minutes. Literally, if you snoozed, you lose ..read more

NER Steps Up: Hosts First ProSolo For a region as large and dominating as New England has been in the autocross community, it might come as a surprise that it has never hosted a ProSolo event. That all changed the weekend of Aug 11-13. NER joined forces with Cumberland Motor Club to utilize the Brunswick Executive Airport for it’s first ProSolo. This also happens to be the last ProSolo stop in the 2023 tour before the culminating event at Solo Nationals in Lincoln, September 1-3. An event of this size and magnitude cannot be done alone. It takes an entire village, and the NER Solo crew stepp ..read more

Photo by Shawn Pan 2023 Season Points and Schedule As the spring season morphs into summer, the NER Autocross program already has 3 events under its belt to date. Our “Knock off the Rust” from April 2, and the first two points events on April 23 and May 7. Official results and the points standings are all updated and available on the Pit Talk Results page. Registration links are updated for all events throughout the season. Simply visit the NER 2023 Solo Schedule page to find them and sign up. The next points event will be Sunday, June 11 – our “Speedway Slalom” session. 2023 Solo Results ..read more

2023 Solo / Autocross Schedule The official calendar of events for the 2023 autocross season Devens is now available. Go ahead and mark your calendars. This year’s schedule includes: 9 Points Events One “kick the dust-off” season opener EVO Performance School – in partnership with Boston BMW) Interclub championship event Always check back on the official NER schedule page, in case changes or re-scheduling occurs. 2023 NER Solo Schedule Points Events April 23: Points #1 May 7: Points #2 May 27: Points #3 June 11: Points #4 July 9: Points #5 July 30: Points #6 August 20: Points #7 Sept 17 ..read more

Autocross Drivers Re-Build LeGrand Dragon As most racers know – winter is for building and prepping racecars for the coming season. Two years ago, we followed JB Swan and Steve Introne as they both set out to build new B-Spec cars for Road Racing. This season, we’re following Tamra and Andrew Krystinik from the Autocross program. Both very familiar faces in our Solo world, Tamra is also a reigning Pro Solo National Champion. The pair have been autocrossing since 2015, primarily in a Mazda RX8 in the DSP category. However – baby makes 3 – and a little boy will be joining the race team in April ..read more

Photo by Genya Seredkin 2022 Solo Champs As 2022 comes to a close, it’s time to congratulate all the class champions for this year’s Solo/Autocross season. After 11 events between April and October, these 24 drivers have claimed their titles for the year. The full season of points for each class can be found here: 2022 Season Points Standing The 2023 season will be here before we know it. Stay tuned for the announcement of a confirmed schedule sometime in January. Russ Siggelkoe – A Street Brendan Wong – Super Street MIchael Elkort – B Street William Koscielny – D Street John Frongi ..read more

Solo Nats Goes Back to the 80’s Break out the neon, leg warmers, and big hair bands – because the Solo drivers went BACK TO THE 80’S for the 2022 Solo National Championships. Another great week, where the racing is amazing, but the people and friends are what truly make this event special. This year, NER sent 32 competitors to Lincoln, Nebraska and showed, once again, why our region is considered one of the best when it comes to producing competitive solo drivers. 2022 finished with NER claiming 2 National Championship titles as well as 2 ProSolo Series Champions. Four titles is amazing, but ..read more