This weekend I participated in my first San Francisco Region SCCA race with my Crossle Club Ford. I did a little SCCA racing in Arizona ten years ago, but since then it's been mostly vintage racing. This was also my first race at Thunderhill Raceway Park, boy, what a great facility! Elevation changes, blind corners, off-camber corners, it took a couple days to figure this place … [Read more...] about SFR SCCA NOV ’14
VARA BIG BORE BASH 2014
This weekend's VARA Big Bore Bash race at Willow Springs Raceway required a full wardrobe to be brought along. Friday's Test day was warm and sunny, Saturday's Qualifying was overcast and rainy, and Sunday's Races were cold and windy. Over 140 racers braved the desert weather for the season's finale, with several Class Championships still on the line. But American V8s were on … [Read more...] about VARA BIG BORE BASH 2014
SCCA NAT’L RUNOFFS
I went down to Laguna Seca Raceway today to cheer on a few friends racing at the SCCA Runoffs, the national championships of amateur racing. Joe Harlan qualified his Nissan 200SX to race in GTL, and Phil Mendelovitz qualified his Datsun Roadster to race in EP. The #79 Phil is racing is a former Runoff winner in 1987 and last raced at the 1989 Runoffs with it's previous owner … [Read more...] about SCCA NAT’L RUNOFFS
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I know there's money in racing, I put it there!" added by a reader... "I know you're cheating. How? ‘Cause I’m cheating and you're still beating me!" … [Read more...] about QUOTE OF THE DAY
ALUMINUM TUCK ‘N ROLL
Here's what happens when I tell my fabricator Paul Moore to just go for it, no instructions included. I asked him to make me some door panels for my Datsun 710 race car, and here's what he created... All aluminum and a little black paint. My wife says it kind of looks like a Chanel handbag ;-) … [Read more...] about ALUMINUM TUCK ‘N ROLL
DANCING IN THE RAIN
Great photo by Bob Pengraph of 710s dicing at the HMSA Portland Historics, July 2014. … [Read more...] about DANCING IN THE RAIN