This weekend VARA held their annual British Extravaganza race weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway near Bakersfield, CA. The event included the regular race series, as well as the British car only Challenge Race, the Classic Motorsports Magazine Small Bore Challenge Enduro, the Central Valley British Car Club carshow, lunchtime track drive-arounds, and the Saturday night BBQ and … [Read more...] about VARA BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA 2011
RED WAGONS
I've added a couple more red wagons to the fleet - one to carry my junk in the pits, the other to amuse me while I'm writing the checks for my junk in the pits. And here's a vintage Revell model in my buddies toy box... … [Read more...] about RED WAGONS
WAGON REPAIRS
Laguna Seca can be a tough track on a race car. The drop into the Corkscrew is like jumping your car off a small ramp, and at speed you pretty much bottom it out. Listening to the heavy big-bore cars go through there is downright scary, lots of sparks flying and metal dragging going on. Now do that for 50 laps and bad things happen... With the Wagon I had to switch to smaller … [Read more...] about WAGON REPAIRS
SCCA VINTAGE, LAGUNA SECA 2011
This weekend the San Francisco Region SCCA club co-sponsored their annual Vintage race weekend at Laguna Seca Raceway with HSR-West. The combination turned out a huge event with almost 200 participants, and over 55 cars alone in the over-subscribed Small-Bore group (under 2.4L). Adding a couple more invited clubs such as the Factory Five Cobras and Spec Panoz's made for some … [Read more...] about SCCA VINTAGE, LAGUNA SECA 2011
RACING KARMA
The concept of karma is strong in sports, especially racing - it is the theory of moral cause and effect. In other words "what comes around, goes around". Help a guy out in the pits, and he may be the guy who next time passes you clean when he could have spun you out. Same thing goes with buying and selling race cars. I figure you better be straight up when selling a car … [Read more...] about RACING KARMA
THURSDAYS AT THE BAJA CANTINA
Every Thursday night from spring until fall the Monterey and Carmel gearheads gather at the Baja Cantina for an evening of benchracing, bar-b-que, and beverages. Tonight I made my maiden visit as a guest of a couple members of the Rats To Riches car club. The Cantina had some live music outside, the parking lot was full of great rides, and I can't wait for my next visit. … [Read more...] about THURSDAYS AT THE BAJA CANTINA