Racing Ready

The next SASCA autocross (June 7th, 2009) will be of the Divisional-in-a-Day style.  What this means is that competitors will have the opportunity to run 2 courses in one event.  Specifically, the course will be run in one direction in the morning, then re-arranged somewhat, and run in the opposite direction in the afternoon.  Each [...]

There were other “vintage” cars besides Cliff’s 1976 Cosworth Vega at the SPOKES 2009 Autocross #5.  There was a father/son team co-competing in a modified 1968 Chevrolet Camero. By both the looks & sounds, you could definitely tell this car was no longer stock. Neither Paul was very forthcoming about the mechanical mods to this [...]

There was another enthusiastically driven Corvette at the SEA Track Attack at Harris Hill Road.  Bob’s been an active participant this past year that I’ve been documenting regional amateur racing.  Bob has brought his head turning Lister Replica Racer to many past autocross & HPDE (high performance driver education) events. At this event Bob did [...]

Jeff is a tried & true Corvette enthusiast.  I met him & his car at the SEA Track Attack event at H2R.  I was introduced to him by fellow SASCA member, Bob, the Lister Replica owner I’ve written up here.  That red Corvette that Bob was campaigning on this day was originally owned by Jeff. [...]

Awesome vintage cars show up at the darnedest places.  At the April 2009 The Drivers Edge event at Harris Hill Road, I saw a RHD (right hand drive) 1964 Ford GT40 Prototype.  The owner said he wasn’t quite sure if the year was correct. Here’s the serial number for those curious & knowledgeable to research [...]

Autocross events bring out all kinds of good talent.  I met Jeff, an enthusiastic autocrosser, an SCCA club member (is the Houston Miata Club President) & the 2008 CS Houston SCCA Region Champion.  As you can see, Jeff really believes in competition! He brought his Titanium Grey 2004 Mazdaspeed MX-5 Miata to the SPOKES 2009 [...]

On this Memorial Day, we remember our military who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.  Sadly, military troops who have recently returned home from overseas deployment have the highest mortality rate in car & motorcycle-related incidents. The VA & Richard Petty are doing an awareness campaign to to help save lives. Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. [...]