Racing Ready

Rick, the SPOKES President, was sorting out some upgrade and tuning issues on his highly modified Datsun 240Z.  Over the previous month, plus, he had been working on modifications to improved intake & exhaust engine breathing.  One thing he installed was a new header & exhaust pipe.                 [...]

Yesterday at the SPOKES autocross I met Mark, a new, autocross novice competitor.  He came down from Austin with some of his buddies to watch this event.  They had asked him to bring his car as they didn’t have enough room in the other car that one of his buddies was going to compete in.  [...]

I just got back from attending a Texas SPOKES Sports Car Club autocross at San Antonio Raceway.  It’s been 3 (!) weeks since I last attended an autocross event.  It sure seemed like a long time. Due to side job obligations on Saturday, I got very little sleep & therefore, this will be a short [...]

Okay, so now, finally onto my actual 10 minute run, and my surprising initial karting impressions at Alamo Karts.  (This is a continuation of yesterday’s installment…) First shock to me, there is no seat belt or safety harness!  With me being a stocky 6’2″ tall, that was disconcerting, let me tell you.  The 10″ steering wheel [...]

Continuing from yesterday…at Alamo Karts.  I was asked to watch a 6 minute safety video.  Ann Wilson, the Manager, explained this was a necessary part of preparing for the karting experience.  This video was produced by F1 Boston, a very nice indoor/outdoor karting facility in Boston, MA, USA.  It was about normal, no-nonsense, common sense ways [...]

Yesterday, looking through a local newspaper, I found this ad: I visited the Alamo Karts website, and later decided to visit this karting facility after work today.  I swung by the house to pickup my Racing Ready “press pass” (what I wear around my neck on a lanyard to identify myself with RacingReady.com), and off I [...]

I was thinking  about rallycross events, if any in my area… So, what’s rallycross?  From what I’ve researched for US-based competition of this sort, this paragraph sums it up best:    A rallycross is an event generally held on an unpaved, flat surface, wherein the course generally consists of straight sections and connecting turns and corners.  Accent [...]