This weekend the San Francisco Region SCCA club co-sponsored their annual Vintage race weekend at Laguna Seca Raceway with HSR-West. The combination turned out a huge event with almost 200 participants, and over 55 cars alone in the over-subscribed Small-Bore group (under 2.4L). Adding a couple more invited clubs such as the Factory Five Cobras and [...]

Wagons, wagons, everywhere… Maybe I’m just noticing old stationwagons more these days, but at this weekend’s race there were cool wagons everywhere! I’ve never been a trend setter, so it’s certainly not my doing, but I sure like this fad. These wagons were all cruising the pits at Willow Springs, except the last shot, that one’s [...]

Racing by the numbers This weekend’s race schedule was one of the busiest ever for me. Saturday included a 30 minute timed practice, a 40 minute qualifying race, a 30 minute enduro practice, and a 70 minute enduro. Sunday’s schedule added another 30 minute practice and a 40 minute flag race. 240 minutes, that’s 4 [...]

The Race Report This weekend I raced at the annual VARA Enduro weekend event held at Willow Springs Int’l Raceway, “The Fastest Track in the West”. This track certainly lives up to it’s name, in the Race Wagon it’s a two gear/two shift track. The first half of the 2.5 miles in 4th gear, one upshift and the second half in 5th. [...]

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 [...]

This weekend I made the 1400 mile roadtrip out to Arizona for the AZ-SCCA Vintage race weekend at Phoenix Int’l Raceway. The Russo & Steele auction house sponsored the annual event, and put on a much appreciated luncheon in the paddock on Saturday. The over- and under- 2.4L Vintage groups each had about a dozen entries, while the [...]

I was sent this in-car video from last weeks race, taken from a Capri I was racing with. He initially passes me on the entry into the Sunset turn, but I get him on the exit (the ol’ Earnhardt crossover), but then he gets me for good as I screw up the entry into Star Mazda [...]

A couple more pictures from the Dragon Wagon’s inagural weekend. Photos taken by Steve Vanhap.