Archive for February, 2009

This coming Sunday, February 15, 2009, SPOKES (Texas SPOKES Sports Car Club) will start off the current year autocross season with their first event.  They will again have the San Antonio Raceway’s large parking lot as their venue.  The good news is that club president Rick has been negociating with another interesting location.  I won’t tell you [...]

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Finishing up my current job & getting ready to start my new career have taken time away from my daily blogging commitment – sorry! I associate this time with the progress I see on this birthday card I recently received from my sister. Inside it says: It’s the journey…not the destination. That’s a good sentiment [...]

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Yesterday I took the day off from work to enjoy my birthday.  In the morning I did some computer, Internet, blog-related duties & the rest of the day was mine. I had already decided to make a quality afternoon of it with my wife, Isa (short for Isabel, rhymes with Lisa).  We went out of [...]

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Stanislav (Stan) is an autocross novice.  He was invited to attend the SASCA Autocross #2 by his friend Jim, an autocross veteran.  I hadn’t met Jim before – he is another Miata owner who hasn’t been to an autocross since early last year.  Both Stan & Jim are Bluebonnet Miata Club members. Stan brought his [...]

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At the SASCA Autocross #2, I met Kari, who owns a 2004 Mercedes C230.  This was her first autocross event attended in a few years.  Her last time autocrossing was with SASCA back in the Verizon parking lot days. Kari’s Mercedes Benz is not the typical looking German sedan – it looks better & stealthy!  [...]

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At this past Sunday’s SASCA Autocross #2, I met Jack, a new good friend of Sondra‘s (the S2KCA , [Honda] S2000 Club of America, South Central Regional Director).  He brought his Guards Read, 2006 Porsche Cayman S.  He said he had autocrossed quite a bit in years past, but that it had been quite some [...]

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Along with many this past Sunday, I watched the Super Bowl.  I wasn’t too into the game, but enjoyed a number of the commercial breaks to see what ads would be of interest.  Once I saw the first ad (at the end of the pre-game show), I decided it would be good to review the [...]

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