Following a nearly 60-year history with the Sports Car Club of America® that included numerous accomplishments, the Club is sad to announce the passing of Fort Wayne Region member Linda Dent.

Linda and her husband Larry were inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame in 2017 for their dedication to many facets of the SCCA, spanning SCCA Road Racing to the SCCA Foundation, all in an effort to advance the reach of the Club.

Prior to Larry’s passing in mid-2017, Linda and Larry were interviewed by kpcnews.com, where Linda revealed that the couple met at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. There, she was working tech and he was driving – she failed his car’s inspection due to non-compliance. While Linda’s official Club “join” date reads December 1966, her involvement with the Club began earlier through SCCA RoadRally, where she entered her Sunbeam Tiger in an event the day after obtaining her driver’s license.

Linda’s involvement with the SCCA was wide, spanning from registration to Runoffs tech and more.

“Linda Dent’s commitment to the SCCA was awe inspiring, and her passing is a loss to the community,” said SCCA President and CEO Mike Cobb. “Linda and Larry not only enjoyed all that the Club had to offer, but their dedication led them to building upon it. Thanks to their hard work and commitment, the SCCA Foundation assists more people and Regions than ever before. It’s the drive from people like the Dents that makes the SCCA so great.”

Linda was aged 83 at the time of her passing on Feb. 22, 2025.