Racing Ready

I had high hopes of doing some new things to the blog today… well, it didn’t work out that way. You may have noticed that the blog address has dropped the “/blog”  – I wanted people to be able to find the blog as a site, based on just the domain name.  In the process of [...]

I read a couple of pieces of analog media, that is magazines, to keep up to date with the automotive world, and all that it entails.  I’ve been a faithful reader of AutoWeek for at least 15 years.  It gives me a weekly shot of what is going on in automobile-dom. Last year I started a subscription [...]

I haven’t participated as an autocross passenger in years.  In talking with some competitors at recent autocross events, as a driver even with a seatbealt and a steering wheel to hold onto,  you still get whipped around.  You can’t as effectively guide the car.  I even saw a dash mounted “Oh Sh_t!” grab handle installed in [...]

I’m happy to state that this blog is beginning to gain some momentum.  I know I have a few faithful readers.  And, if word of mouth is working, I’ll have some more.  Please feel free to continue leaving comments! It is an interesting feeling to have a written forum to share my thoughts and events [...]

Today I received a pleasant surprise. Before leaving the SASCA autocross event, Jerry (the 1990 Miata 8 SE owner/driver) & I exchanged e-mail addresses and I gave him this blog address. Reading my e-mail today he said he was pleasantly surprised, even honored, to read about himself in the blog. It will be interesting to see [...]

What do 3M blue painters tape and racing vehicles have to do with each other, you ask?  Well, it dawned on me this morning that nobody uses white shoe polish anymore. Even more confused?!? When I last autocrossed in the early 1990′s, autocross competitors used white shoe polish to mark their car’s number and competition class, [...]

Today was the June autocross event of SASCA (San Antonio Sportscar Association).  These events currently take place on one of the large parking lots of the AT&T Center complex (where the San Antono Spurs play). It was a clear hot day.  I was there from a little after 11am and stayed till almost 2pm.  I was told [...]