Racing Ready

Jeff is a great autocross enthusiast who was happy to talk briefly to me about his very modified 1992 Mazda Miata.  This was at the 2009 SPOKES Autocross #1.  He was so happy (and wanted me to get the complete details) that he e-mailed a LOT of the more specific details.  I will let his words carry [...]

At the recent 2009 SPOKES Autocross #1 event, I chatted with Shellie & Martin, co-drivers of their unique car, a 2002 Ford Focus ZX3 model she calls Rudy.  I had previously profiled their car here in October of last year. To briefly review, over the past few months her husband Martin has “decontented” (AKA, gutted) the full [...]

At the 2009 SPOKES Autocross #1, Dak, who I’ve previously posted here with his Body in White, “Flame Job” GTI, brought his new project car, a vintage stock 1971 Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia.  He had been looking for one of these models for years. Dak’s vintage VW has 117K miles on it.  He’s only the third owner, the [...]

Yesterday’s 2009 SPOKES Autocross #1 was well-attended & very competitive.  I saw many folks I hadn’t seen in a few months & introduced myself (& my blog) to new faces, as well.  I was told there were about 72 entries – not bad.  Here’s a panorama shot of one of the grids: There were some [...]

For diversion, I was looking through the Internet for examples of cross promotions of racing & Valentine’s Day.  This Fantastic Racing promotion is being billed by a third party as a “TIME TO GET LOVED UP!” Buy one voucher and the second person is half price. Treat your lover to high speed, heart thumbing action with [...]

Are you supersticious? Many racers may have certain regular habits they go through to assure themselves of a safe, successful outcome.  Here are some examples: wearing a specific pair of “lucky” socks (or other piece of clothing) getting into their race car going through a specific series of motions putting on their helmet or driving gloves [...]

The other day I received an e-mail from the Mario Andretti / Jeff Gordon Racing School.  They were all hyped up about the novel idea of putting completely non-experienced people behind the wheels of their “race cars” without a pace car in front of them. I wouldn’t want to share the track with noobie drivers in that [...]