Racing Ready

Tony brought his Factory Five Racing Challenge race car to the recent S2KCA HPDE event at H2R.

He originally bought this as a project that someone else had started & was able to finish it to Challenge car specifications.

Tony says this racing car is a “monster” to drive.  In other words, keep the power constant in [...]

On the drive into work, this morning, I heard the sad news of the final, official demise of Pontiac, after 83 years.  Therefore, we have another “orphan” marque to add to the list of Oldsmobile, Plymouth & many others…

I have always liked the performance aspect of Pontiac, especially the Holden-sourced models (the recent GTO, & [...]

Over the past few months I’ve seen this well cared for & massaged 1971 1800 E model Volvo.  There’s much more to this car than initially meets the eye!

This is the swept back svelte coupe of yore, not the boxy stereotype shape that Volvo purported as safe & efficient for so many years.  And, who [...]

I found this well-resourced sports car racing resource, Mulsanne’s Corner.

The Mulsanne Straight refers to a long stretch of the Le Mans course, before it was “chicane-modified” in 1990.  Here are more specific details (that I’ve edited) about the Mulsanne Straight, from Wikipedia:
Le Mans was most famous for its 6 km (3.7mi) long straight, called Ligne [...]

Here’s a program of value that I just found in my monthly Winding Road subscription – it’s their Driver’s Club!  One of the cool things I noticed is that their first event will take place at Harris Hill Road, on Saturday,  June 20th, 2009!  It’s good to see this new track already so well regarded, [...]

Here is another autocross-capable car for sale.  This was at the SPOKES 2009 Autocross #4.  It’s a 2000 BMW M Roadster, in Estoril Blue (another pretty blue car!).  This car belongs to Harold who is a big time BMW marque fan & owner.

Here are the details on the car:

Estoril blue with blue and black leather [...]

I think I finally witnessed sex on wheels!  I saw a 2009 Audi R8 in the flesh.  This is a cool looking car, and according to Jack, it’s a wonder to drive at speed.

I saw this new Audi biding its time parked in a corner of the Harris Hill Road paddock, while others were taking [...]