Thunderhill Raceway Park in Northern California is offering a new way to gets lots of good track time at a budget price. They are calling their new track day series “Thunderhill Lapping Days”. Here’s their schedule.
I would rather be at the track racing, pitcrewing, or spectating than watching it on TV, but last weekend’s Speed Channel coverage of the 12 Hours at Sebring ALMS was fantastic. The new Peugeot 908 diesel is one of the sexiest race cars on the planet, the new Audi R15 diesel is going to be as dominant [...]
Correct tire pressure settings are the final step of adjustment to getting your race car to handle properly. It is the fine tuning done after you have already sorted out your spring rates, ride heights, shock valving, anti-roll bar adjustments, and alignment settings. For purposes of this discussion we will assume you are in the right ballpark with all of [...]
Five Questions With… is a new series of driver interviews for Racing On The Cheap. I will be adding future interviews as racers allow me interrupt their valuable time. Our first installment is with Tim Arnett from San Jose, California. I wish to thank him for being my first journalistic guinea pig. 1. What is your favorite [...]
In club racing we are not doing this for a living, we are amateurs. However this doesn’t mean that we don’t take our sport very seriously. Every racer in the pits has their own reason for being there, and it’s fun being an amateur philosopher trying to figure out what makes your competitors tick. Some [...]
‘On The Cheap’ gets some good press coverage this week. Now ain’t that cool! MSN Money.com and Cold Track Days.com
At the top of my need-to-do list for quite a while has been to learn how to weld. A good racing friend with excellent fabrication skills decided to make today the day. I have been lucky to have friends willing to do most of my welding projects over the years, so there has never been the neccesity [...]
Sometimes you gotta just hang up your helmet and have some fun with your old street car. If you live out west, here’s a nice outing with like minded old car junkies, The Targa Califonia. It’s a three day jaunt through the California countryside, March 26-28. There are no registration fees, but you pay to [...]
