Racing Ready

Sondra Sondregger (a S2KCA co-founder) was the coordinator/facilitator at the recent Harris Hill Road (H2R) S2KCA HPDE (high performance driver education) event.  She was able to convince an Austin, Texas dealer to bring a special new vehicle to this event – the new 2010 Porsche Panamera!

The new model Porsche’s name comes from the La Carrera [...]

The S2KCA HPDE (high performance driver education) event I attended this past Saturday was a good review, to see who was out there, with what car & what they had done to improve their on-track performance & experience.  It all started with the orientation/driver’s meeting, facilitated by Sondra Sondregger.

The weather started out a bit foggy [...]

This past Sunday’s 2009 SPOKES AutoX #11 was a good test of Karlino’s newly installed, “eBay” left, rear control arms.  Also, it was good to verify that my new alignment settings worked well enough to not have to change again.  At least for now…

You see, I was able to start really learning to drive through [...]

Today was  a long & busy day, but I got it started off on the right foot, with my accelerator being squeezed underneath!

I attended the S2KCA HPDE (high performance driver education) event at Harris Hill Road (H2R) this morning.  Today I was in blogger mode.  It was a well attended event, with many there who [...]

I met an interesting Miata owner/racer, with a specially setup Miata, who drove all the way up from Corpus Christi, Texas.  This was John, at that SEA Track Attack HPDE (high performance driver education) event way back last May at Harris Hill Road (H2R).

John’s Miata is a 1995 model that has been modified to [...]

How are you getting ready for the autumnal slow down in racing related activities?
In my world there are 2 autocross events still to compete in this year (11/15 & 12/06).  They are both of note, because these will be Karlino’s first events on the replaced left rear control arms.  Of even more interest, I’ll [...]

Blog Change Rumblings – Tagline Improvement
Last night I entered into a new business partnership.  This will force some blog improvement.  That’s the plan anyway… more information will be definitely available as things development!
First out of the chute is a more direct & simplified tag line.
This is what it used to be:

Go from wannabe racer [...]