Racing Ready

This weekend (January 30-31, 2010) will be the 48th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona.  This motorsports event always seems to inaugurate the racing season, getting the racing ball rolling, so to speak.

Below is a related, useful & interesting “things to do” collection came across my e-mail, from this site.  These activities would surely [...]

This past Saturday, a coworker (Jason) & I, went up to Harris Hill Road (H2R) in his Mazdaspeed3 to see the goings on at a The Drivers Edge (TDE) 2-day school.  We got there at 8am & they had already started the initial drivers’ meeting.  I don’t know how many drivers has signed up, maybe [...]

Say Goodbye to Old Man Winter!
Yes, this is a blatant copy & paste promotion from my e-mail.  But, I know this would be of interest to many of you out there, wanting the clear out the winter non-racing cobwebs!

Apex Driving Academy announces our Spring Track Event on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at MotorSport Ranch in [...]

A number of manufacturers are coming out with very good cars that are very race track capable.  One is the Hyundai Genesis Coupe — 2.0T Track Edition!

I know local autocrosser, Sherman, has a black one that he entered into competition for the first time at the “FrozenCross“ put on by SASCA earlier this month.

Here’s another great dealership-available [...]

Subtitle:  Inspiration from An Unlikely Source
I consider Craig one of my Miata inspiration mentors…he’s one of the few steadfast SASCA members that stays involved, many times beyond the call of duty.

Craig has been having fun autocrossing, not taking things at all too seriously, for some time.  Originally he campaigned a Mazda RX-7, but now he [...]

Leaving Harris Hill Road (H2R) last Saturday afternoon, I drove over to the San Marcos Municipal Airport (SMMA).  You may recall that last Spring/Summer 2009, the SPOKES club had 3 great autocross events there.  It was a huge expanse of a variety of concrete surfaces that was loved by all competitors.  We were not able [...]

Continuing this past Saturday’s activities at Harris Hill Road (H2R), w/Steven Johnson…
After spending some business/co-promotion time at the H2R office, it was track time!  This was to be my third time out on the H2R track with Karlino.  My first time out on track at Harris Hill Road was for my birthday, almost a year [...]