Steel Challenge

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The Steel Challenge is a speed shooting championship and governed by the Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA). The competition was founded by Mike Dalton and Mike Fichman.[1] The targets, made of steel, range in size from 10" round plates to 18"x24" square plates. The match is held every year in Piru, California and draws shooters from around the world.

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History

The Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships have grown to one of the largest professional pistol competitions in America.[2] In 2007 more than 220 competitors from the United States and around the world competed for a portion of the $390,000 in cash and prizes - the largest purse in competitive pistol shooting.[3]

Competitors are scored based solely on the time it takes them to shoot each stage. The last target that is shot is known as the "stop plate", which stops the timer. All primary target hits made after the stop plate has been struck, will be scored with a 3 second penalty each. The maximum time permitted for a run is 30 seconds and a competitor will be stopped and asked to reload if they reach the 30 second limit. Each competitor shoots each stage five times, with their slowest run dropped, excluding the stage Outer Limits where only four runs are shot and the top three counted. The competitor's best four out of five runs are totaled for their stage score and the eight stage scores are added together to establish the competitor's match score. The winner is the competitor with the lowest overall time.

Seventy shooters competed in the first Steel Challenge in 1981. John Shaw claimed the first ‘World’s Fastest Shooter’ title along with his share of the $20,000 in cash and prizes.

In the winter of 2007, Dalton and Fichman sold the Steel Challenge to the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA)[4] which is the US sanctioning body of IPSC.

The Steel Challenge Stages

The Steel Challenge comprises eight courses of fire called 'stages.'[5] They are:

Steel Challenge Men's World Records

Stage Shooter Time Avg. Run Year
Pendulum Jerry Miculek 10.72 2.68 2008
Roundabout JJ Racaza 8.08 2.02 2008
Showdown BJ Norris 8.11 2.02 2007
Five To Go Max Michel 9.58 2.39 2007
Speed Option Max Michel 10.06 2.51 2007
Smoke & Hope KC Eusebio 7.39 1.84 2004
Outer Limits BJ Norris 11.14 3.71 2008
Accelerator Max Michel 8.94 2.23 2007

Steel Challenge Women's World Records

Stage Shooter Time Avg. Run Year
Pendulum Kay Clark-Miculek 12.58 3.14 2005
Roundabout Kay Clark-Miculek 10.01 2.50 2006
Showdown Kay Clark-Miculek 10.85 2.71 2008
Five To Go Kay Clark-Miculek 11.95 2.98 2006
Speed Option Kay Clark-Miculek 12.70 3.17 2008
Smoke & Hope Kay Clark-Miculek 9.25 2.31 2008
Outer Limits Kay Clark-Miculek 14.62 4.87 2008
Accelerator Kay Clark-Miculek 11.56 2.89 2007

Past Champions

Year Top Overall Top Woman
2008 KC Eusebio Kay Clark-Miculek
2007 Max Michel Jessie Abbate
2006 JJ Racaza Kay Clark-Miculek
2005 Max Michel Kay Clark-Miculek
2004 Tatsuya Sakai Kay Clark-Miculek
2003 KC Eusebio Athena Lee
2002 Rob Leatham Athena Lee
2001 Doug Koenig Kay Clark-Miculek
2000 Doug Koenig Kay Clark-Miculek
1999 Doug Koenig Julie Goloski
1998 Jerry Barnhart Cathy Levanza
1997 Ross Newell Kay Clark-Miculek
1993 Jethro Dionsio Valerie Levanza
1992 Jethro Dionsio Valerie Levanza
1991 Jerry Barnhart Judy Woolley
1990 Jethro Dionsio Judy Woolley
1989 Angelo Spagnoli Shirley Hamilton
1988 Chip McCormick Suzan Cooper
1987 Jerry Barnhart Michelle Griggs
1986 Chip McCormick Jo Anne Hall
1985 Rob Leatham Lee Cole
1984 Nick Pruitt Lee Cole
1983 Mickey Fowler Linda Zubiena
1982 J. Michael Plaxco Pamela Morris
1981 John Shaw Melba Pruitt

Press Coverage Over The Years

Since at least 2003, the Shooting Gallery show on the nationally syndicated Outdoor Channel has covered each Steel Challenge championship. It has also been covered in other press, including notable articles in American Handgunner,[6][7] GunWeek, [8] and Outdoor Life.[9]

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