Racing Ready

Regardless of what club or organization you eventually decide to choose, more importantly, you need a vehicle!  Recently, I’ve been reading a number of articles about the ride you will be enjoying and learning toward your goal – to be a successful racing competitor. Here’s a variety of race vehicle options to choose from: make [...]

I’ve noticed within the last year or two the growth in the concept and actual reality of what I call Autosports Country Clubs.  These are very nicely & professionally prepared race tracks, many times with multiple racing configurations.  They offer high dollar, I feel, exclusive access to the facilities with access to many weekends of track [...]

My youngest daughter just graduated from high school this afternoon. Congratulation, mija!  This has given me pause to think about graduation.        Graduation is a recognized step of growth showing the world that you have achieved a certain level of accomplishment.  I feel, with my introductory forays into autocrossing about 15 years ago, [...]

Yesterday I introduced  the SCCA & NASA, the two major sanctioning organizations for getting amateur racers into the sport. It is within these two organizations you can find their corresponding local chapters, or at least within your region. Within the SCCA website, you can click on “Find Your Region” to drill down and find the local [...]

There are two major autosport organizations in the U.S.: SCCA (Sport Car Club of America) NASA (National Auto Sports Association)  The SCCA has been around for years, founded in 1944.  So you can imagine they’ve got their act together.  It starts at the autocross level (they call Solo).  They also have something relatively new they [...]

So you say, “Who is this guy?“ That’s a fair question… My name is Dan Scanlon & I live in San Antonio, Texas – USA. What are my racing credentials? I’ve been interested in racing & going fast since I can remember.  I even said so in an answer to a question in a job [...]

Upon reviewing all that is the Internet, there are many auto racing sites dedicated to both the new and exprienced car racing fan and racer.  Many driving/racing schools,  products to purchase and so on. What I have found missing is a place to give the racing beginner/competitor some general to specific guidance – to get [...]