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GO RACING WITH CARROLL SHELBY

July 31, 2014 by Troy Leave a Comment

This a great old video from 1965, definitely worth the 15 minutes. It includes some race driving instruction around Willow Springs Raceway by Peter Brock, Ken Miles, and Dan Gurney.   … [Read more...] about GO RACING WITH CARROLL SHELBY

PORTLAND HISTORICS 2014

July 14, 2014 by Troy Leave a Comment

This weekend I made my maiden visit to Portland Int'l Raceway for the 2014 HMSA Portland Historics, with Datsun being the featured marque. Over two dozen Datsun 240Zs, 510s, Roadsters, 710s, and even a GTR Skyline showed up to support the first ever major U.S. Historic event spotlighting the venerable Japanese manufacturer. Mr. John Morton of BRE fame was the event Grand … [Read more...] about PORTLAND HISTORICS 2014

PIT BIKES

July 13, 2014 by Troy Leave a Comment

You see the coolest pit bikes at the races... … [Read more...] about PIT BIKES

SONOMA HISTORICS ’14

May 17, 2014 by Troy Leave a Comment

Well I still don't have the motor back in my Crossle, alas my plan to race T-hill with SCCA this wknd was a bust. So I couldn't think of a better way to spend the day than to visit my buddy Phil Mendelovitz who was racing at the Sonoma Historics! He brought his beautiful IMSA 240SX and his Ginetta G4 to run this weekend, and he even had extra crew passes for me and my wife … [Read more...] about SONOMA HISTORICS ’14

BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA 2014

May 5, 2014 by Troy Leave a Comment

This weekend was VARA's 2014 British Extravaganza at Buttonwillow Raceway. Great turnout of Historic racers, as well as the usual All-British car race. I brought out my new '74 Datsun 710 race car for its first outing, as the motor repairs for my Crossle are not yet complete. It may have been premature as I had lots of teeting problems on the 710, but we finally got some fast … [Read more...] about BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA 2014

MOAB

May 5, 2014 by Troy Leave a Comment

More two wheel distractions, a three-day trip to Moab for some awesome dirtbike riding. Now back to working on the race car... … [Read more...] about MOAB

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