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The article discusses issues related to sports in the U.S. as of December 16, 1974. The author says that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) cross-country championships held in Indiana is going to be remembered for the runners who did not compete like Tom Bryant and Tom Byers. Due to increasing number of deaths from drowning, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a law that requires scuba divers to be licensed. It notes that the Sports Car Club of America and the U.S. Auto Club may not have a cooperative effort in 1975.

The article describes the latest race at the Trans-American sedan championship series at the Bryar Motorsport Park in Loudon, New Hampshire organized by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) in August 1967. The Lincoln-Mercury Cougar driven by Peter Revson and Ed Leslie has 39 points to lead the series with six races left while the Camaro driven by Mark Donahue and set up by Roger Penske spun into a turn with broken axle, losing wheel and crashing into wall. It mentions that nearly 10,000 spectators turned out for the race.

The article discusses the dilemma being faced by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) as its amateur code is being questioned. It is facing competition, particularly its West Coast branch, from the rival California Sports Car Club which relaxed it rules and permitted professionals to race with amateurs. The SCCA San Francisco region has also opted to coexist which may mean a complete break with the national SCCA. Enterpreneur and race car driver Lance Reventlow has also opted to turn professional and has taken his new cars, the Scarabs, out of the SCCA.

The article discusses highlights of the first national Sports Car Club of America race at the Virginia International Raceway in Danville. A brief description of the 3.2-mile road course is given. The event attracted about 10,000 spectators but was disrupted by the strong winds across the course which caused the evacuation and near collapse of refreshment tents. The race was won by Ed Hugus driving the Alfa Romeo Veloce.

The article presents highlights of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) weekend endurance races on the exacting Road America course at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Both the Saturday and Sunday races were taken by Italian sports cars. The Saturday four-hour race was dominated by a 1.5 liter Osca co-driven by SCCA President Jim Kimberly and Texan Carroll Shelby. On the other hand, the Sunday six-hour race was taken by a 4.5-liter Ferrari, tenaciously driven by its owner John Kilbron and his co-driver Howard Hively.

A calendar of sports events for the week January 17 through February 5, 1956 is presented, which includes the Sports Car Club of America frostbite race in Concord, New Hampshire, the 10-round boxing match between Willie Pastrano and Chuck Spieser at Miami Beach, Florida, and the Tennis World Tennis Tour in White Plains, New York.

Reports on the allegations of the widow of Mike Gagliardo, a food company executive from Chicago, Illinois and a part-time racecar driver, who died at Mosport International Raceway near Toronto, Ontario. Role of the Sports Car Club of America in the death of Gagliardo according to his widow, Meg Gagliardo; Description of the crash that killed Gagliardo.

The article describes how New York engineer John Bishop established the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) with the help of former National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) president Bill France Senior in 1969. It came at a time when Bishop resigned from the Sports Car Club of America due to organizational dispute which gave him an opportunity to start a competition that favored low-budget racing. His club hosts modified production-line sports cars and small sedans sponsored by the B.F. Goodrich Co.

The article discusses how Orville J. Meyer decided to convert his obsession with Porsche rally racing into a hobby because he found that he and his wife were not enjoying the sport anymore due to excessive feelings of competitiveness. He states that getting involved in Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) national rally series is not fun anymore for him and his wife, and that they are satisfied with rallying on the club level. His passion for Porsche automobiles is described, as well as the Porsche cars he owns.

The article profiles Jerry Hansen, a race car driver. He was a self-conscious child because of a harelip and when he was 12 years old, he sold Popsicles and whistles to have money. He also knocked on the doors of his neighbors to ask for their junk that he can sold. He owns buildings and sports cars and holds 14 Sports Car Club of America national championship titles.

The article features the village of Watkins Glen in New York, the venue of the 1975 U.S. Grand Prix car racing championship. It claims that the village is filled with activities during Octobers, the schedule of the U.S. Grand Prix, with foreigners present like Germans, Scandinavians and Italians. It cites Cameron Argetsinger of the Sports Car Club of America as the one who introduced sports-car racing at Watkins-Glen on October 2, 1948.

The article deals with the dispute between the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Competition Committee (ACC) over cross-participation of members in automobile racing competitions. The SCCA, in a compromise decision, allowed its amateur drivers to meet their professional counterparts in races almost anywhere. The statement of Hendrix Ten Eyck, governor of SCCA, about the SCCA decision is mentioned.

The article presents the views of several members of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) on whether professionals should be allowed to compete with amateurs in sports car racing. Richard Thompson Jr. of Washington, D.C. believes that allowing professionals to compete with amateur would raise the quality of racing. Jim Kimberly, past president of SCCA Chicago, argues that amateurs could not compete with professionals for lack of better equipment. Edward J. Walsh Jr., SCCA president, maintains that SCCA should be amateur.

The article focuses on the city of Riverside, California and its racing scene. The city has its own sports car road course that is located in the Mohave Desert, which was the venue of the Sports Car Club of America national race meeting was held. The racing distance of the course is 3 miles, although it was also the site of racing disasters such as the accident of Carroll Shelby and the death of John Laurence.

This sections offers news briefs related to U.S. sports in 1955. The sports experts commended the performance of Ronnie Knox, the quarterback of the University of California at Los Angeles football team in their match against Texas A and M University. The Sports Car Club of America sponsored the eighth road race held at Watkins Glen in New York. The annual antelope hunt in Lander, Wyoming is won by the team where the governors of Louisiana, South Dakota and Texas belong.