A good friend of mine is part-owner of an aviation themed liquor business, Aviation Heritage Spirits. They sell fine whiskies and scotches in aviation themed bottles, and donate part of their profits to aviation and veterans groups. Sounds good to me. One of his business partners is also an incredible artist/fabricator who makes some really cool wall mounted liquor dispenser … [Read more...] about Do Racing, Aviation, and Fine Liquor belong together? Of course, after hours…
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REAL RACIN’
This Saturday we spent the afternoon at the Moore Speed race shop celebrating Paul's 50th birthday. Paul bravely set up an autocross course in the shop parking lot for his drift trike. Lawnmower engine, solid PVC rear wheels, and a heavy propensity for direction-swapping spins. Add in a few beers and a dozen racers and you have a hilarious afternoon of racin'! … [Read more...] about REAL RACIN’
ANOTHER DATSUN
This summer I added another Datsun to the garage, a 1969 Roadster 2000, and today was a great day to take it out for a spin. I stopped by buddy Mike Wong's place and he took this shot of me as I was leaving. These cars just always put a smile on your face :-) I've had a Roadster race car before, but have always wanted one as a sunny day street car. My first car almost forty … [Read more...] about ANOTHER DATSUN
RIP #69 NICKY HAYDEN
We lost a great champion today. Always a class act, and he represented the USA in international motorsports in a way rarely seen these days. … [Read more...] about RIP #69 NICKY HAYDEN
VINTAGE TRAILER
How's this for a very cool "period correct" trailer?!? I saw it at Buttonwillow Raceway last week. … [Read more...] about VINTAGE TRAILER
OUT WITH A WHIMPER
Hopefully 2017 brings me some better luck as I'm ending 2016 with two broken race cars. The "deal" I got buying my Van Diemen Formula Continental this summer ended up not being quite the deal. Quite a few more issues than expected, but hey, that's racing. And today at the New Year's Eve SFR SCCA member's free test day at Thunderhill, I grenaded another diff in my Datsun. … [Read more...] about OUT WITH A WHIMPER