Archive for July, 2008

One of the things I found interesting was the variety of the different types of vehicles people brought to challenge the track (not each other) at Harris Hill Road (H2R).  Most vehicles were driven there, some were trailered – both of these happen at an autocross event.  One thing that occurred that does NOT happen [...]

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Yes, this is something different, but not what you might think.  One of the participants at last Saturday’s Harris Hill Road event brought his highly modified topless Miata. This was Ward’s first time participating at a non-autocross event - he was having such a fun time & learning lots!   He was at the Pearsall, TX Divisional event [...]

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Have you ever seen a Porsche Cayenne racing on a pre-pavement gravel base?  This could be a reference to a section of the Paris to Dakar Rally.  But no, this is what Bo Rivers, of the Harris Hill Road facility did (& with gusto).  He was verifying the proper racing lines and grades for the racetrack course as part [...]

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Picking up from yesterday’s post, the midday parade lap at the Harris Hill Road event with Sondra was more interesting than driving my Nissan in the morning.  It was informative to not only see the track a second time, but to observe the variety of lines taken by the car in front on this 36′ wide track. Later, [...]

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Yesterday I visited and actually participated in on track activity at Harris Hill Road!  Let me explain… Harris Hill Road is a private road course (based on the club membership model), situated in the Texas Hill Country, just outside the city of San Marcos, TX (about 5 east miles from the I-35 exit, by my [...]

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As mentioned previously, today I’m spending the majority of my free Saturday time at the Harris Hill Road (H2R) event.  I read somewhere that this was supposed to be a Honda S2000 only event, but later they opened it up to anyone willing to participate.  Therefore, this is a short post. I’m sure I’ll meet some new [...]

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Last year I was inspired to seek a test drive in a 2007 Saab 9-3 2.0t model at a local dealership.  This inspiration came from daily reads of a blog that I have come to highly respect.  This is TrollhattanSaab.net, a highly regarded Saab marque enthusiast’s blog penned by Steve Wade (aka Swade) out of [...]

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