Racing Ready

Gee its HOT here in South Texas! I just got back from a few hours of attending the local SASCA autocross event.  I was told there were over 74 cars registered!  Things have sure come a long way since I autocrossed 15 years ago.  I think we were lucky to get 25 to 30 cars. [...]

With the skyrocketing price of gas lately, it is starting to make more sense to look for a more economical vehicle.  Its also a great excuse to seriously consider looking for a well-regarded vehicle to not only use as a daily driver, but to start autocrossing.  My current vehicle, a  2000 Nissan Maxima SE 5-speed, [...]

Racing Ready Reading Resource Alert! Its late, but I wanted to quickly post this news flash!  Click on the “Bookstore” link above.  Now you have a great source of books available to review and buy from this blog.  This is a very comprehensive collection of autosports related works I found, sourced through amazon.com. Enjoy…             …these books [...]

I am planning to hook up with my local autocross group, SASCA (San Antonio SportsCar Association), and start participating.  Although I don’t have a worthy vehicle (yet) to participate, I want to learn the ways of the road, so to speak.  So, what I’ll be doing is perusing their Forum (that’s basically what their web [...]

This will have to be a short (& late) entry, but I got great news, today (yesterday)! Yesterday I posted that I had e-mailed an influential driving school instructor that I have a great deal of respect for.  His name is Ronn Langford, of MasterDrive, based in Colorado.  He was happy hear from me after so [...]

I have already mentioned in a past post that I’ll be putting together a “sister” (or brother?) website to compliment this blog.  It will address the following three main, general categories: Driving Skills (racing schools & events), physical conditioning (proper exercise specific to the racing competitor) & mental “tuning” of the driver Personal protective equipment (things [...]

I came across this silly example of using race car themes to attract business – “racing limos”.  Visiting their website here is silly also.  I’ll save you the effort show two quick shots: Here’s a sedan… Here’s a truck… The only thing racing about these is the NASCAR-esque paint jobs.  Otherwise they’re just limos.  Inside they [...]