Press Bulletin
3.1.2019 | Danbury CT

SUVs: Race our Boot at the 2019 Baja 1000 in a stock SUV class

Sports Cars: Race our 004 GT3 and GT4s at the 2020 24 Hours of Nurburgring

Hypercars: Race our 007 Hypercar at the 2020/21 WEC and Le Mans

If you could build anything in the world, what would it be?

A sports car you can drive to the Nürburgring and race for 24 hours?

A car built in America to win Le Mans?

An SUV to race the Baja 1000 and then drive home? 

We are building them all. And then we are building road-legal versions

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Nürburgring

Since 2011 we have 8 seasons of endurance racing, 8 24-Hour finishes, 3 First in Class, 1 Second in Class, 1 Third in Class, and we took the Pole in 2017.

We will return for one final season with our SPX 003C in 2019.

In 2020 we will race at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring with our 004 GT3 and our 004 GT4 teams. 

• Our factory 003C is testing today and committed to race in 2019 VLN1, the 6 Hour Qualifying, and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring;

• We are building, homologating, and testing factory 004C GT3s and 004C GT4s to race at the Nürburgring starting in 2020;

• 004 GT3: 500,000 USD with running costs significantly lower than comparable cars;

• 004 GT4: 250,000 USD with running costs significantly lower than comparable cars.

“Many companies say they build ‘sports cars.’ I’m not sure what they mean. We build a car that you could drive to the Nürburgring, run a 6:33 lap, and drive home. We drove our 003S road car to Monticello Motorclub, ran 100 hot laps with a professional race car driver over the weekend, and then drove home. To me, that’s a true sports car.” - Jesse Glickenhaus, Managing Director

“Last year we were running third overall for 13 hours until the rain. With our new Michelin tires, which are the best rain tires, we have a real chance at First Overall at the 2019 24 Hours of Nürburgring.” - Jim Glickenhaus, Founder

Le Mans

We have been dreaming of racing Le Mans in a car made in the United States of America ever since Henry Ford was the last American team to win First Overall in 1967.

We were the first and, thus far, only manufacturer to commit to racing the WEC 2020/21 Season in the new top Hypercar class in the summer of 2018.

Since the WEC finalized the rules on December 5 2018, we have been working with passion.

We have taken 8 seasons of endurance racing experience, over 50,000km of endurance racing driving, and terabytes of data as a baseline to design and engineer our 007 Le Mans Hypercar.

Since the rules were finalized, we have:

• Completed first work phase of budget, timeline, and detailed study of the rules;

• Completed over 3,500 hours of engineering on the 007 chassis;

• Completed over 7,000 hours of engineering on the 007 suspension;

• Continued working with Luca Ciancetti of Podium Technology - the same team that we have been working with since we developed a hybrid KERS system for P4/5 Competizione in 2011 - to design our own LMP1 hybrid system. Our work together led us to an FIA World Champion Cup in Alternative Energies. As per the WEC rules, we will offer our new hybrid system to other hypercar teams;

• Began engineering studies for engine and hybrid systems;

• Committed to build no more than 30 Le Mans Road-Legal Hypercars offered at 1,955,000 USD each. 100% of the profits from these vehicles will go to fund the Le Mans/Racing program. These cars will have 800 HP engine + a 200 HP hybrid system similar to the system we use on our LMP1 car.

“A car made in America hasn’t won First Overall at Le Mans since the Ford MKIV in 1967. We think it’s time an American team wins again.” Jim Glickenhaus, Founder

“I don’t know what other companies mean when they release so-called ‘hypercars’. Our 007 will have a chassis that is FIA crash tested to LMP1 standards, suspension designed to race the WEC and Le Mans, and a similar combine HP as our LMP1 hypercar. Each 007 Founder will be invited to join our weekly engineering video conferences, our testing, and of course all of our 2020/21 races.” Jesse Glickenhaus, Managing Director

The Baja 1000 

At 1000 miles, the Baja 1000 is the longest continuous off-road race in the world.

In 1967 Vin Hickey purpose built the GM-powered Baja Boot to compete in the inaugural Baja 1000 race, and it was raced by Steve McQueen and Bud Edkins.

We purchased the Boot in 2010 and imagined racing a new version.

In January 2018 we asked our designer Michael Young to imagine a new Baja Boot that was capable of racing the Baja 1000 in stock form, and then driving home. To bring this incredible challenge to life we turned to professional off-road racer and expert Darren Skilton to manage the project and racing program and builder Elliot Pollock and Armada Engineering to execute the build.

We will be racing our new Glickenhaus Boot in the 52nd Annual SCORE Baja 1000 in November 2019. We have:

• Fully-engineered a new Boot to be able pre-run the Baja 1000 in stock form, or race the Baja 1000 with the Baja package;

• The stock Boot, which will be able to pre-run the Baja 1000 will have:

  • Four-wheel independent suspension with 19” of travel;

  • Fox Coil over 3” internal bypass;

  • GM LT4 650HP Engine;

  • Wheelbase 116’’, Width 84’’ height 6’7’’ with 40-inch tires;

  • Method 17’’ Race Wheels Mounted with 37” BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A K02 tires;

  • Optional 40’’ tires;

  • Brakes: Wilwood Dynapro Calipers w/ 12” Rotors;

  • Range: 400-mile highway and 200–300 mile off-road;

  • Soft top with optional removable hardtop.

• The Baja package, which will allow the Boot to Race the Baja 1000 includes the following upgrades:

  • Width 88’’ with race suspension;

  • Suspension: High strength boxed lower control arms;

  • Suspension Travel: 22”;

  • Dual Shocks: 2.5 Coilover front and rear, 3.5 Bypass front and 4.0 Bypass rear;

  • Brakes: Race Grade Wilwood Aero6 Calipers w/ 14” Rotors;

  • Method Race Wheels with BFGoodrich Baja T/A KR2 37” tires;

  • Transmission: Gearworks Turbo 400 w/ Reid Case;

  • Additional fuel for range for long distance races;

  • Full Race GPS, communication systems, air filters and forced air for helmets using magnetic locking for air and water hoses.

• Began manufacture of our 2019 Boots including hand-welding the first prototype chassis, suspensions, and bulkheads, and officially ordering the GM LT4 engines and transmissions;

• Committed to race the 52nd Annual SCORE Baja 1000 with our Glickenhaus Baja Boot;

• Created an exclusive luxury tour for 14 guests to luxury tour the 2019 Baja 1000, pre-run a section of the course, and to watch the course with our team, including via a helicopter race tour;

• Created for Founders a 2-day off-road driving school taught by experienced Baja 1000 racers on a 40-mile private off-road course in Ensenada.

After selling out of our 2019 Founders 2-door Boots in 2020 we will be releasing a wider footprint four-seat version of the Boot, which will include many creature comforts and performance options to allow clients to custom tailor their options.

Darren Skilton

Darren Skilton, Glickenhaus Boot manager of manufacturing, design expectations and race logistics. Darren brings to the team, 20+ years of professional off-road racing in the US, Baja, Europe and South America. He has raced in the world-famous Dakar rally seven times with two class wins. Also competing in the Baja 500 and 1000 annually for over 20 years culminating in six Baja 1000 class wins. Darren is the co-creator and director of Sonora Rally, a five-day navigation rally held in Sonora, Mexico. His wide range of off-road team management experience, along with his passion for international racing makes him the perfect fit for the development and execution of the SCG Boot program.

Elliot Pollock

Elliot Pollock from Armada Engineering is the engineer behind the Glickenhaus Boot and is manufacturing the race and production versions of the vehicles.  

Elliot’s off-road background started on two wheels racing motocross at local tracks near his hometown of Moorpark, CA. His career in off-road racing started at a young age working for several off-road racing teams as a junior designer and fabricator. After experiencing the excitement of off-road racecar development he decided to progress his craft in automotive engineering and technical design. In addition to off-road racing, Elliot has years of success working with the movie industry to design and develop movie cars, as well as developing racecars for Oshkosh Defense and Ford.

 In 2010, Elliot decided to live out his dream and start his own brand of off-road racecars by designing and building his first Trophy Truck. Armada Engineering has become a household name in the international off-road racing community by manufacturing some of the most innovative and highly capable off-road racecars in the industry.        

“For me the Glickenhaus Boot is an inspirational project. It is an opportunity to pay homage to the legendary designer Vic Hickey with a modern high-performance vehicle based off his vision. My hope is to honor where the sport of off road has come from with something that inspires a new generation of enthusiasts” Darren Skilton, Glickenhaus Boot Project Manager

“This November we are going to drive our Glickenhaus Baja Boot from San Diego to Ensenada, race the Baja 1000, and drive home. What’s not to like?” Jim Glickenhaus, Founder 

“We welcome any manufacture that makes an SUV to race our new Boot in the 2019 Baja 1000 in a stock SUV class. The Baja 1000 has a stock VW Bug class, a stock truck class, and soon, a stock SUV class.” Jesse Glickenhaus, Managing Director

“I didn’t even know who’d won the race. Maybe nobody.” Hunter S. Thompson

Building Road-Legal Versions

Across the Board

• We decided that the behind the scenes process of designing, engineering, and manufacturing our vehicles is too incredible not to share. That is why we have opened up our weekly engineering conferences to our Founders to join via video conference to watch;

• Completed feasibility studies of full US and EU homologation for the 004 and Boot;

• Sent RFPs for full EPA emissions testing required for full homologation;

• Working with our dealer network to create our factory warranties;

• Created Manufacturers Certificates of Origins that follow laws for all 50 States;

• Finalized agreement with GM and Eagle Chevrolet as our Chevrolet Performance and GM OEM parts supplier;

• Ordered 8 GM Engines through Eagle Chevrolet working with Parts Manager Mike Migliore (1 LT1, 6 LT4, and 1 LT5) for use in our prototype Boot, 004S, 004CS, 004C, and for use in our Founder’s Boots.

003S

• We have ordered long-lead time components to begin manufacturing first 2019 customer car;

• We will drive our 003S to Concorso D’Eleganza Villa D’Este and also the  Elégance et Automobile à Monte-Carlo.

004

• We have completed 35,000 hours of engineering on the 004 road and race cars;

• completed feasibility study for full US and EU homologation for 004S;

• We have completed 210 full CFD wind tunnel simulations, each lasting 24 hours;

• We have ordered the first major components to build our prototypes, and after testing, will manufacture our Founders cars;

• Founders invited to weekly video engineering calls as well as our manufacture, testing, and development.

Boot

• We have begun manufacturing our 2019 2-door Boots. We will be testing a prototype beginning May 1, 2019;

• Completed feasibility study for full US and EU homologation for the 2 and 4-door Boots;

• 2019 customer Boots on schedule for delivery before 2019 Baja 1000

 006 Spyder, Coupe, and SCCA Track-Day Car

• Began preliminary engineering and development for 2021 Founders car deliveries and also as SCCA track-day car

007 LMP1 Road Hypercar

• We have completed over 10,500 of engineering for the 007 chassis and suspension;

• We will be testing our 007 in Spring 2020 for early 2021 deliveries

 Factory

• Building out our second Factory in Danbury, CT, to be able to build 750 cars per year. We will be building cars in the Danbury factory beginning in 2020;

• Land survey, soil samples, structural engineering review, and design concepts complete;

• Splice Designs’ Tonja Adair is Lead Architect, Melbourne Garber of Gedeon GRC Consulting is our Lead Engineer, and Becca Nell of VVA is our Lead Project Manager;

• Solar power bids coming in;

• Capacity to build 750 cars per year with production beginning 2020.

Team

Jim Glickenhaus
Founder, Managing Member of SCG
Dreamer and builder of dreams.

• Created Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina

• The only private manufacturer to ever take the Pole at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring

• The only private manufacturer to win an FIA World Championship Alternative Energies Cup 

Jesse Glickenhaus
Founder, Managing Director of SCG
Dreamer and manager of impossible projects.

• Changed 60% of the lights in Palau to be more energy efficient

• Written and passed a United Nations General Assembly Resolution about international peace and security

• Dad to three strong, independent girls, who want to help their dada build cars

Meg Cameron
Dreamer and Manager of Impossible Projects

Jim's wife, car enthusiast, and the "C" in Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus

Manhattan Motorcars

Manhattan Motorcars is the exclusive SCG dealer and service center for New York and the North East. Manhattan Motorcars is an award-winning New and Pre-owned retailer for Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Lamborghini, Koenigsegg, Bugatti, and Lotus located in New York City. Respected as one of the most successful luxury and performance automotive dealers in the world, we have set unmatched records in sales and service continuously from 1995-Present. Our soaring Customer Satisfaction Scores reflect the professionalism and dedication to our clients and the lifestyle that Manhattan Motorcars has become known for. Our specialists demonstrate shared enthusiasm for supremely refined vehicles and can expertly navigate clients through every option. We offer a wide selection of quality Pre-owned automobiles as well as special commissioning programs. If you haven’t experienced Manhattan Motorcars, it’s time to treat yourself to the best. Call our friendly staff today to learn about our latest luxury vehicle specials, schedule a test drive, request a brochure, discuss your trade-in, or discuss financing options. We are here to help you.

SCG Cars Southeast
Exclusive distributor for SCG Cars in the Southeast of the United States.

3300 Southwest 14th Place

Boynton Beach, FL 33426

Tel: 561 295 8903

Web: info@scgcarsse.com

Michael Young
SCG Head Designer

After years of pursuing high performance car design, and a lifetime of loving machines (his first word as a child), Michael Young has been thrilled to join the SCG team as head designer. "Working directly with Jim to realize his goals has been such a privilege. Not only have I benefited from a complete wealth of insight about cars, history and culture, but also a community of rather incredible self driven individuals. My career started designing vacuums and PowerWheels, something of a backdoor entrance. Fitting, for a group that is all about rolling up sleeves, following the charge of a rouge visionary and redefining what is possible."

Luca Ciancetti and Podium Technologies:
The Young Engineers

Luca holds a MSc degree in Automotive Engineering and a PhD in Mechatronics from the Politecnico di Torino. He has an extensive experience in both racing and road vehicles design and development, as well as managing race teams in various series. His collaboration with SCG started in 2011 as battery design leader on P4/5C, race engineer on 003C chassis 1 in 2015 and technical director of 003C program from 2016. Today, as SCG race team manager and lead engineer for 004 and our LMP1 project, he works side by side with Jim Glickenhaus engineering true race cars for the road and taking care of race operations and race car development.

Darren Skilton

Darren Skilton, Glickenhaus Boot manager of manufacturing, design expectations and race logistics. Darren brings to the team, 20+ years of professional off-road racing in the US, Baja, Europe and South America. He has raced in the world-famous Dakar rally seven times with two class wins. Also competing in the Baja 500 and 1000 annually for over 20 years culminating in six Baja 1000 class wins. Darren is the co-creator and director of Sonora Rally, a five-day navigation rally held in Sonora, Mexico. His wide range of off-road team management experience, along with his passion for international racing makes him the perfect fit for the development and execution of the SCG Boot program.

Elliot Pollock

Elliot Pollock from Armada Engineering is the engineer behind the Glickenhaus Boot and is manufacturing the race and production versions of the vehicles.  

Elliot’s off-road background started on two wheels racing motocross at local tracks near his hometown of Moorpark, CA. His career in off-road racing started at a young age working for several off-road racing teams as a junior designer and fabricator. After experiencing the excitement of off-road racecar development he decided to progress his craft in automotive engineering and technical design. In addition to off-road racing, Elliot has years of success working with the movie industry to design and develop movie cars, as well as developing racecars for Oshkosh Defense and Ford.

 In 2010, Elliot decided to live out his dream and start his own brand of off-road racecars by designing and building his first Trophy Truck. Armada Engineering has become a household name in the international off-road racing community by manufacturing some of the most innovative and highly capable off-road racecars in the industry.   

Becca Nell

Project Manager for the Danbury Facility

Becca joined VVA Project Managers & Consultants just about two years ago, and expanded VVA’s footprint into the CT/Westchester market as their Managing Director. Combined, VVA and Becca have completed numerous projects in this market including ground up, expansion of existing structures, infrastructure improvements and various levels of interior build outs. VVA provides high quality project and cost management services, with seven offices in the United States. This project falls well into our wheelhouse, tapping into our highly skilled internal resources to provide the strongest team possible.  

In addition to Becca’s two decades as an Owner’s Representative, she takes an active role in the motorsports industry on the weekend. She is an accomplished Autocrosser, a participant in Rallycross, and event chair of local Time Trials among other things. The support that Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus offers to women in motorsports is truly unsurpassed and aligns with Becca’s personal goals.

Becca notes, “I am truly honored to be selected for this team. SCG is building a dream and we are excited to be part of the adventure. With a great affinity for motorsports as well as development, this passion project is nothing short of my wildest dream.”    

Tonja Adair
Architect for New Danbury Factory

A narrative builder, Tonja Adair is an architect and urban designer endeavoring to enhance how we filter and interpret the spaces around us and the environment we inhabit. She believes architecture has the ability to form meaning and provide relevance with attention to our viewpoints and context, the aesthetics of material and form, and the role sustainability can play in our futures.

Tonja Adair, AIA, is a principal at the NYC-Atlanta based Splice Design, a studio and design practice working across scales from interiors to buildings and urban design strategies. Their work has been exhibited and featured in various publications.

Tonja leads the NYC design initiatives, working to understand the role of design in creating a consciousness of the spaces surrounding us. Tonja serves on various civic and design-focused committees. She is past-president for nycobaNOMA, the New York chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects, and is active in the AIANY Diversity + Inclusion Committee, and the AIANY WIA Committee. She currently serves as a Director for the AIANYS Board. Tonja has an MSAUD from Columbia University, an M.Arch from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College.

Why we are excited to work with SCG. SCG builds dreams! You are a group of passionate and dedicated artisans creating dreams for others. We love working with those whose enthusiasm for their craft reflects our own. It is a chance to create a ”built” narrative for the company and those who enjoy your product! Looking forward to it!

Mel Garber
Structural Engineer for Danbury Factory  

Mr. Garber has over 30 years of experience as a structural engineer. He was among the first engineers to respond as a rescuer after the September 11. He has designed numerous structures utilizing different building materials: steel,concrete, masonry, light gage, and timber. He has also worked on refurbishment and historic preservation projects.

His projects have ranged from memorials and home/office renovations to museums, schools and airport terminal construction. He has been involved in all aspects of the design and construction process from conceptual design to construction administration.

Pinar Ozyigit
Dreamer Believer Thinker Maker

Working proudly for SCG’s Creative Brand Marketing & Merchandising. Car fanatic who had Schumacher sign her pregnant belly in F1 Istanbul. Changed couple of laws in Turkey to increase rights of women. Experienced in digital and traditional media, strategic marketing and project management. Mom to three very creative, stubborn and brave kids. Entrepreneur. A happiest mediterranean who is in love with New England. Still studying for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford.

Laurie Souke
Graphic Designer 

Laurie Keisling Souke is the owner and designer of Reinvent Design. She works to provide inspiring and professional designs with a commitment to quality and efficiency. "Working with Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) on their brochure and collateral was a dream job for a company that is itself building dreams!" Find out more about Reinvent Design on Facebook (@ReinventDesign.LaurieSouke)

Glickenhaus North American Racing

Glickenhaus North American Racing (GNAR) is a full service motorsports company offering sales, service, storage, concourse and track support as well as collector car advisory services focused on rare and collectable, sports, race and exotic automobiles. GNAR was formed through a strategic merger of F7 Motorsports, LLC of Sarasota, FL  and Milestone Motorcars, LLC of Boynton Beach, FL. For further information visit: www.F7cars.com 

The alliance between GNAR and SCG will enable SCG to fully develop and produce the Glickenhaus race vehicles including the SCG “004” GT3 and GT4, “006” track-day car and the “007” LMP1 road racing vehicles; all of which will have street legal versions for sale to the consumer marketplace and which will be available to pre-order and purchase through a network of SCG dealerships.

Glickenhaus North American Racing (GNAR) will offer racing support for SCG customers and teams throughout North America, along with partnership support for the Glickenhaus Racing Factory Team around the globe. With the added support from GNAR, in 2019 the Glickenhaus Racing Factory Team is planning to expand its schedule to participate in the “24 Hours of Nurburgring,” IMSA, WEC and Le Mans racing series events for the road cars, along with “The Baja 1000” and “Dakar Rally” for the Glickenhaus “Boot.” GNAR will also guide all corporate sponsorships for the SCG factory race teams.

With headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida, GNAR will also have premiere SCG showroom and authorized service facilities in Sarasota and Palm Beach, FL., offering sales and comprehensive service of both race and “road legal” SCG cars including the SCG “007” LMP1 along with other SCG vehicles and will offer official SCG racing apparel, gear, and parts to consumers worldwide. 

Sal Barone
Master. Collection Manager
Sal has a lifetime of experience making race cars and sports cars run better on the road. His skill and love are embedded in all of our projects and he brought Modulo to life.

Stephen Marques
“Junior”
Stephen is an experienced technician who is learning about the collection cars with Sal and also learning every nut and bolt on our new SCG’s