Indy Car & double file starts didn’t seem to mix at the inaugural Izod IndyCar race at the Honda GrandPrix of St. Petersburg this past Sunday. Seems to end up as 4-wide tight turns, and THAT doesn’t work! These two lane file restarts seem to be more suited for oval courses, but not best for [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Look, here’s the newly released aerial footage of the Formula1 Austin USGP track! The folks from The Austin Grand Prix, released this exclusive video, via the Friends of Formula 1 Austin Texas on Facecloth. In addition, here’s their T-shirt design you can buy. Click here to get yours! So, we’ve got another great bunch of [...]
As part of the escalating, winding up promotion and awareness-making of the Formula1 Austin USGP, the SXSW venue was the US debut of the documentary film, Senna. After seventeen years, the documentary about Ayrton Senna’s life was finally shown. On Jan 28, 2011, Senna originally debuted to the crowds at the Sundance Film Festival. Last [...]
As we await Eric’s next & final blogged 2011 SCCA Houston Solo National Tour report, we pause for a moment of silence. As is the case at all Solo/autocross events, there is always the silent victim, the lowly, but oh SO necessary orange rubber traffic cone. I understand this SCCA Solo National Tour event [...]
Eric provides us with his first installment of his participation at the 2011 SCCA Solo National Tour in Houston. This was arrival & prep day. Today marked the start of the 2011 SCCA Solo National Tour in Houston. One of the things that competitors learn is that in order to be successful, preparation is key. [...]
To all SCCA Solo racing fans. This weekend, Eric, my Contributing Blogger Extraordinaire, will be competing at the 2011 SCCA Houston National Tour. We can all look forward to a number of in-depth blog posts and insightful pictures from Eric, this weekend, posted over the next couple of days. On top of that, Eric & [...]
This is my Contributing Blogger Extraordinaire Eric’s well-documented submition of last Sunday’s SASCA autocross event. Enjoy! This past weekend, I participated in SASCA’s third autocross of 2011, and the club’s second at Retama Park after a many year break. Every time we change venues, a good crowd always shows up, with 91 drivers taking to [...]









