Racing Ready

I’m a fan of the TV show Burn Notice & last night was the “most recent” season finale.  I say that as there were only 6 or 7 episodes in this recent series, and then it will continue again in June.  Strange… Toward the end of this episode, there were 2 chase scenes.  The first one [...]

A few weeks ago I heard an interesting promotion on my local AM dial.  You were to go to this website, register, visit your local GM dealer to test drive a Buick, GMC or Pontiac model & you would qualify for a free pair of Justin Roper boots.  I wanted some boots, so I did [...]

Last year I was denied the opportunity to have my younger daughter, Korina, participate in Driver’s Edge.  I had registered her, but life’s circumstances got in the way.  Well, this year we’ve been given a second chance.  This past weekend I received a reminder e-mail inviting me to register her in this Spring’s events in [...]

It’s finally come to fruition – President Rick of SPOKES has convinced the town fathers of San Marcos, Texas.  The idea of having autocross events at their very capable Municipal Airport venue is a good thing! This is the official announcement from the SPOKES website today: *** MARCH 8TH EVENT AT SAN MARCOS AIRPORT IS [...]

This past Friday night, my wife & I decided to do something different.  We attended racing of another sort – Horse Track Racing at Retama Park.  There was lot of wait for a short display of speed & finish line drama.  Then more waiting… to set up for the next race. Then I got to [...]

Last year I introduced the concept to Autocrossing Trucks (Truckcrossing) to Racing Ready. At the 2009 SASCA Autocross #2, I re-met Jason after a few months hiatus, along with his Toyota X-Runner, posted here. Jason has made some minor aesthetic changes (returned the front headlights back to stock), and he is planning to change out [...]

For your consideration… Here’s a resource that may be useful to some or many, regardless if you are based in South/Central Texas, or not ->  Collection of “Useful” Automotive Related Websites This is a collection of websites and Central Texas area businesses related mostly to automotive repair and competition.  By no means is the list [...]