Bonk Brothers Racing and LNA Enterprises are building a 240Z race car for former National Champion John Morton to campaign in the 2013 SCCA Runoffs, to be held September 16 - 22, 2013 at Road America Raceway in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Donations towards the John Morton Project 46 are being requested and accepted at this linked website. … [Read more...] about JOHN MORTON RETURNS TO THE RUNOFFS
RACING QUOTES – Part two
FAMOUS RACING QUOTES "When you win a race you're on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again." -Bobby Allison Nothing good has ever been written about the full rotation of a racecar about its roll axis. - Carroll Smith You steer the car with your feet; the … [Read more...] about RACING QUOTES – Part two
1967 GERMAN GRAND PRIX
Great classic footage, and check out the safety gear (or lack there of...) … [Read more...] about 1967 GERMAN GRAND PRIX
SVRA FONTANA
Auto Club Speedway is a track that takes full commitment for vintage/historic racing, it eats cars for lunch if you're not prepared. The long periods at WOT and top speed followed by max braking efforts lap after lap will find any weak link in the car and driver. Motors and brakes take a real beating, and every system from cooling to transmission venting is tested. Here's a … [Read more...] about SVRA FONTANA
DOWN UNDER WAGON
RacingOnTheCheap reader Simon Barnett of Tasmania, Australia has a pretty sweet street-legal track-prepped 510 wagon. He's owned it for 17 years and has installed a SR20DE engine, S13 (240sx) five-speed, R31 (Skyline) diff, upgraded suspension and disc brakes all around. His plans are for another round of upgrades and doing some Improved Production Racing. Does a … [Read more...] about DOWN UNDER WAGON
RANDOM MAY-NESS
Random events from May 2013: John Teaby takes his crew chief for a ride in his "street legal" race car, an amazing site in the Half Moon Bay Safeway parking lot, the Wagon got a fresh nose job, the Wagon got some TA/BS penalty weight for rear disc brakes (75# of cold, blue, steel), and a British Race Wagon, aka Triumph Vitesse Estate. … [Read more...] about RANDOM MAY-NESS