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.
The racing gods must have figured out I deserved a great weekend after all the hard work and preparation on the Race Wagon, and who was I to argue. We went down to Buttonwillow Raceway for a Friday test day and got 5 half-hour test sessions in. No leaks, nothing fell off, started every time, I [...]
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.