Great weekend with SCCA at Sonoma Raceway, good weather, good friends, small Group but still some good racing. One of our pit buddies, Michael Malone, went through the Drivers School last month and joined us on track for the first time. He did great and is wearing his "N"ovice status with pride. … [Read more...] about SFR SCCA at SONOMA, FEB ’22
BOBSY FOR SALE
***SOLD***1966 BOBSY SR3 FOR SALE Originally campaigned in the mid-late 1960s with the SCCA Central Division. Currently campaigned with CSRG in USRRC <2.0L. Logbooks back to mid 1980s. This car's early logbooks and history refer to a couple different car numbers (51 and 55), but the only chassis stamp is an '8'. It is believed to be the last SR3 built, and is one of … [Read more...] about BOBSY FOR SALE
CSRG THUNDERHILL FINALE NOV ’21
Considering we sere still in a pandemic year, 2021 ended up being a pretty good race season. Most of the tracks allowed us to have spectators for the second half of the year, and some counties even allowed indoor dining at the track as long as everyone was vaccinated, bringing back some semblance of normalcy. CSRG's season finale at Thunderhill was the same, a good but smaller … [Read more...] about CSRG THUNDERHILL FINALE NOV ’21
CAL CLUB SCCA OCT ’21
I crewed for Matt Rose and Steve Villata on their first drives in their new vintage S2000s for a Friday test day before the race weekend. Matt just imported his '79 Lola from England and Steve got his '79 Tiga out of Portland. We got them in a bunch of good laps to figure out the issues with bringing an old race car back to life. Matt and I joined the Big Formula car and … [Read more...] about CAL CLUB SCCA OCT ’21
CSRG CHARITY CHALLENGE, OCT 2021
When I bought the LOLA six months ago I did one short 3-session test at Sonoma and one 2-day race at Willow Springs, but it has been sitting ever since. So I did a little prep last week just to make sure it was up for a wknd at the track. Got to the track Friday morning for the afternoon test, three sessions, each about 15 minutes. Sonoma Raceway was hot and sunny this wknd, … [Read more...] about CSRG CHARITY CHALLENGE, OCT 2021
2021 RMMR (aka the Monterey Historics)
I attended my first Monterey Historics race weekend back in 1988, and have attended as a spectator and crewmember many times since. But this year was my first time as an entrant! What a different outlook on the event I have now. Having to load in on Wednesday and load out after the final race on Sunday takes a major commitment indeed. And you really have to adjust your thought … [Read more...] about 2021 RMMR (aka the Monterey Historics)