With so much good content available online these days, it’s gets harder to spend money on old school magazine subscriptions anymore. But there are a few left that I definitely look forward to filling my mailbox each month. Two of them are Classic Motorsports, and their sister magazine Grassroots Motorsports. I like that they cover, and sponsor, the amateur club racing [...]

From the latest edition of Vintage Motorsports – 2.17.2011 “”Phoenix Road racers in the Phoenix metro area will have one less circuit to play on starting in March. During a press announcement about the repaving of Phoenix International Raceway’s one-mile NASCAR oval, track officials revealed that the infield road course comprising 1.51-miles, 11 turns and 2/3 [...]

If you’re thinking about going to the NASCAR Auto Club 400 in Fontana, CA (just outside L.A.) on March 27, 2011, here is a great link to 50% off tickets.  Roundy-round isn’t my favorite, but these guys are good. And since I’ve raced this track’s road course a couple times, I actually enjoy watching this [...]

Since I spend a lot of time on the road with my job, one of the things I like to do is track down the local auto museums and collections around the country. And one of my favorite ways to kill time during a Las Vegas layover is to visit the Imperial Hotel Auto Collection. The Collection [...]

You might have guessed that I really like the old Japanese wagons and trucks. My first car was a ’69 Datsun 521 1600 pickup (shown at bottom), and of course my latest is the Race Wagoon.  The JCCA, Japanese Classic Car Association, had it’s New Year’s Meeting show in Tokyo this January, and there was quite [...]

Yesterday I had my first opportunity to drive Infineon Raceway, aka Sears Point, Sonoma County Raceway. I ran with NASA NorCal’s HPDE group 4, and had a terrific day. This is one big club! Four HPDE run groups, a Time Trial group, and three race groups, with 30-50 cars per group, that’s a lot of cars. The great [...]