Today I went out to the old Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, CA and watched the Fresno Chapter of the San Francisco Region SCCA do some autocrossing. The purpose of my trip was to pick up some Z wheels from a fellow Datsun racer, Steve Carlson, who was out racing his prepped 240Z. Steve’s car is a regular [...]
This weekend is VARA’s British Extravaganza at Buttonwillow Raceway. I’m sorry I won’t be attending, either as a competitior or as a crewmember. It’s always a great event that includes special Challenge Races, a British Car Show, period dress-ups, and a bar-b-que. I’m getting a few little things done on the Race Wagon this week: mounting [...]
This weekend HMSA was racing at Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway. The quality of the cars at HMSA events is always spectacular, the racing is always great, and hanging out with buddies in the pits is always the best. Here are a couple of pics from Saturday.
My wife’s business found a killer deal on cheap tickets to the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sears Pt. Infineon Raceway this August. Yes, this is an unabashed promo for my wife, but she deserves it for finding this deal (and for putting up with my car habit). www.bayareaonthecheap.com/indy-grand-prix-of-sonoma-discount-tickets/
The four wheeled circus that is “24 Hours of LeMons” is invading the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend at Infineon/Sonoma County/Sears Pt. Raceway. It is truely an event to see at least once, kind of like Mardi Gras at a racetrack. To make it worth the fans’ time, they even get to pick which [...]
***This car has Sold*** (ed. update) Here is a great deal for someone, think of it as that Christmas present you were planning on getting for yourself. One of my racing buddies, Mike, is selling this Datsun 1200 race car for the unbelievably great price of $3500! This is a perfect first race car or a [...]
This weekend I attended the Big Bore Bash at Willow Springs Int’l Raceway, VARA’s final race of their 2009 season. The weather was as outstanding as the turnout, with sunny skies, temps up to the 70′s, and 175 entries. I worked as the pitcrew for my good friend Cuffy Crabbe, who was racing his 1972 BMW CSL. [...]
Another new budget racing series is waving it’s green flag this year – Chump Cars. Its kind of a cross between 24 Hours of LeMons and the Grassroots Motorsports Challenge. $500 cars, top-level tracks, endurance stage lengths, definitely a way to go Racing On The Cheap. Check it out…
