Racing Ready

Seeing an older model car that has been well taken care of is always a pleasant experience & also an inspiration.  On top of that, if it is driven in occasional competition events, that’s even better! Autocross events tend to feature many Miata models in varying states of performance & condition. At the SPOKES 2009 [...]

What takes 3 people to manage, is fluorescent orange/yellow in color, & is ferociously loud…?  Some very special “cars” show up at autocross events.  Here’s a case in point from the recent SPOKES 2009 Autocross #5. It’s the Dragon! This unique racing vehicle has seen serious autocross & SCCA Solo II Nationals competition.   It’s not [...]

The President of the SPOKES club (Rick) brought his new (to him) 2007 Nissan 350Z to the SPOKES 2009 Autocross #5. You may recall earlier this year, the elements conspired to dump some major hail on Rick’s previous autocross driver, a 1989 BMW M3.  He succeeded in selling his car & was able to shop [...]

Robert, a big time vintage Triumph Spitfire autocrossing enthusiast, brought out another of his Triumph Spitfires to the SPOKES 2009 Autocross #5. This dark blue model is from 1978.  It’s a relatively stock 1500 model.  The exceptions to that configuration are as follows: Wheels & tires Dual SU carbs headers lowered springs Autocross Videocam Footage [...]

Here’s just a little bit about the second car brought by the one of the members of the Harris Hill Road (H2R) crew. It had been at least a year since Eric Beverding, Operations Manager at Harris Hill Road, had autocrossed. He brought along his dark grey 2008 Mazda MX-5 (Miata) with only 3k miles [...]

I’ve written many posts here about Harris Hill Road (H2R) in conjunction with their road course track & related events.  At the SPOKES 2009 Autocross #5, Bo Rivers & his crew came to autocross with 2 very different cars. The first car is a fun little car I consider as a sort of the automotive [...]

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 [...]