A friend of mine returned from competing at the 24 Hours of LeMons in Reno, Nevada with a new attitude about racing. He left a professional race car driver, hired to help the team bring home a win. He returned a quivering bowl of jello, babbling something like  ”hunka hunka burnin’ love” . While visiting him [...]

This weekend was the British Extravaganza race weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway put on by VARA. The Bakersfield British Car Club graced the infield with a Concours as well. I went down to see some buddies race and to check on the owner of my old racecar, as this was his first event with it. Good [...]

While I was cruising the pits with my point-and-shoot, track photographer Scott Estes was cruising the ARMCO with his big lenses. His photos of the action in the Small Bore, Mid Bore, Big Bore, and Vintage NASCAR races is superb. He loaned me his copyrighted pics for this post. His work can be found at [...]

I had the opportunity to attend the annual San Francisco Region SCCA Vintage Spring Classic at Laguna Seca Raceway this Sunday. The weather was postcard perfect, sunny and 65. I was helping out in the Moore Speed pits, and hanging out with friends and family. I’m usually at the track racing, so it was kind [...]

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 [...]

My favorite Vintage racing club, VARA, gets a little free publicity through a Velocity TV episode. It was filmed during a race weekend at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California. To see it, click on the following  link-   http://vimeo.com/2874171