This weekend was VARA's 2017 season opener at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, NV. Wonderful facility, but we had lousy weather. Friday's test day and Saturday's practice/qualifiers saw lots of rain, wind, and even snow in the local foothills. Luckily Sunday's races were dry and everyone finally got the chance to enjoy the 3.4 mile Mansell course. Our Club's usual … [Read more...] about VARA DUEL IN THE DESERT ’17
Race Weekends
LEMONS SONOMA ’16
Last weekend I had a few buddies racing at Sonoma Raceway with 24 Hour of LeMons, what a scene! 182 cars took the green flag on Saturday morning, and an incredible number were still running come Sunday at sunset, one fifty plus. Team Geritol (aka Team Blue Light Special) had a few issues, but still had the old Rabbit running at the end. A seized right rear wheel bearing caused … [Read more...] about LEMONS SONOMA ’16
SCCA THUNDERHILL ’16
The Van Deimen made it's maiden voyage with me this weekend at SFR SCCA's final race of the season at Thunderhill Raceway. It sure was nice to join up with my Group 4 brethren once again after a year's absence from them. Following a week long flog to get the car ready, my buddy Art and I took it up for a test day and to get a new logbook issued. Lots of little issues every … [Read more...] about SCCA THUNDERHILL ’16
VARA RENNSPORT ’16
We raced at Buttonwillow Raceway with VARA this weekend, and the club tried out a new (and successful) race format. We ran the track counter-clockwise on Saturday with a Practice/Qualifying Practice/Race schedule, and then ran the track clockwise with the same schedule on Sunday. Two points races on two "different" tracks in one weekend, excellent! It was sure a hot one, with … [Read more...] about VARA RENNSPORT ’16
‘THAT GUY’
Last weekend I went racing with SFR SCCA at Laguna Seca raceway. My vintage B/Sedan-prepped Datsun 710 doesn't really fit into any modern SCCA class so I raced in the catch-all ITE class, along with Corvettes, Mustangs, and Porsche Cup cars. I was definitely running in the back of the pack, but had a few cars to dice with and got to practice getting passed ;-) And while I'm no … [Read more...] about ‘THAT GUY’
BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA ’16
This weekend VARA held its annual British Extravaganza race weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway. After an extremely windy and dusty Test day on Friday (we actually saw a few black flags as visibility neared zero), the weekend left us with perfect racing weather as we enjoyed mostly sunny skies with highs in the 70s. With the obligatory Saturday night bbq and karaoke, and the … [Read more...] about BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA ’16