Racing Ready

This past week we saw 2 truck owners enjoy their daily driver vehicles in the unique world of autocross.  On this blog you have seen all sorts of vehicles, new & old, daily drivers and specialized cars on trailers (both open and enclosed).  Also, this motorsports arena attracts all kinds of people, men & woman, [...]

Yesterday I teased you about getting into autocrossing with trucks.  Here’s the anticipated information about the second truck.  To say the least, it was an interesting surprise. This truck’s owner saw a glimpse of his truck from my blog post last Friday about Dennis’ Porsche Boxster S Limited Edition.  He got excited and posted it on a forum he [...]

When you think of autocrossing, you think of cars competing, but not trucks.  Well, at the SPOKES autocross of 10/5/2008 there were 2 individuals who brought 2 very different trucks. Jeremi has been having fun, driving on the street.  He wanted to see what he could do at an autocross.  I got a big kick from [...]

More fully functioning vintage iron was to be seen at the SPOKES 10/5/2008 autocross event.  Don brought his pristine 1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500.  He said this was the first year of this model. In 1983 this car was rebuilt and it still shows well, 25 years later… It goes well, too.  He says this Triumph is [...]

In a number of the past few SPOKES autocross I have seen this modified Ford Focus.   At the 10/5/2008 event, Shellie was there, once again with her silver car she calls Rudy (named after the Notre Dame football player that was always underestimated).  It is a 2002 Ford Focus ZX3 model.  This was her 4th [...]

Transitioning from my role as autocross observer to competitor took place for me today. Today the SASCA autocross event #10, was at the AT&T Center parking lot in San Antonio, TX. I’m not sure why, but the adrenalin and gee whiz joy were not there like it was for me 15 years ago.  In other words, [...]

Tonight I’m breaking rank with my usual routine - no reporting on people’s rides, histories and autocross experiences….   A few months ago I explained about a Check Engine Light issue I had, that I wanted to address.  This afternoon I got my car back from Andy, my mechanic.  For my 2000 Nissan Maxima SE (5-speed) [...]