Racing Ready

A few weeks ago I inadvertently locked my keys inside of Karlino.  What a pain!  But at least a I was able to call GEICO for Emergency Road Service.  After the flatbed truck driver, J.W., quickly released Karlino’s grip on my keys, we talked racing. J.W. was already prepared, with materials at the ready, to [...]

Spring has been is in full force here is Texas.  Most of the floating green/yellow pollen that announced the arrival of this season has finally shown its mercy & departed.  That was evidenced by all the clean & shiny cars in attendance at this past  Saturday’s Cars & Rides – April 2010 (Fiesta) Edition. This [...]

If you’ve been following the woes of my Miata, Karlino, you’ll know I’m very much in the market for a new set of tires.  Yes, my friend, that’s all 4, of course! Karlino is currently running on a 14” x 5” wheel, the stock size.  The current (getting worn) tires are BFGoodrich TA Traction (NOT!) [...]

I must apologize…but at least there’s a LOT of content! This is a VERY delayed posting of this Chrono-X event that occurred 21-FEB-2010. This Test & Tune was the inaugural event of the time trial series known as Chrono-X.  There were 18 cars & their drivers participating.  There would have been more, but many prospective [...]

Now here’s something of a slower, but very precise change of pace… On Saturday, April 10th, 2010, the CENTEX Chapter of the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation put on the Bus ROAD-EO for the School Districts of  Regions 13 (the Austin area) & Region 20 (the San Antonio area).  This is an annual event.  It [...]

Here’s some more cold weather racing information & inspiring video.  I came across this while looking up AMSOIL racing data.  This is in cold, rugged British Columbia, Canada. It’s the highlights of the ThunderBird Rally on February 7-8, 2009.  The driver is Marcel Irnie, the car is his IrnieRacing AMSOIL Miata. The Event: The Thunderbird [...]

Poor Man’s Racing – on the ice! As the snow season melts away, here’s what some winter racing activity from the northeast this past winter. Auto racing enthusiasts don’t have to put their hobby in idle just because it’s winter.  They can head for frozen ponds and lakes. Courtesy of the New York Times Click [...]