There has been a name and ownership change in West Coast vintage racing. The longtime owner of HSR-West, Ed Swart, has sold his racing organization to the folks that own SVRA, and it is now going to be called ‘SVRA-West’. Ed will remain on as General Manager during the transition, and we would like to [...]
This Friday and Saturday, October 26 and 27, 2012, the Your Private Track Day club has got two prime days at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The weather is forecast to be superb, 70 degrees and sunny. I just spoke to the owner, Phillip Holmes, and he assures me there are plenty of spots still available. [...]
Here’s a great opportunity to get some summer track time at Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway – Your Private Track Days still has some slots available for their event on Wednesday, June 20th. Most tracks are sweltering this time of year, but Laguna Seca is usually cool and foggy in the morning, and sunny and 70 [...]
Went down to Buttonwillow Raceway yesterday with my ‘engineer’ and co-driver, Tim Arnett. We took the Wagon out for four 20-30 minute sessions to test the winter’s mods and shake off some driver rust. The increased rear spring rate gave the front-end the bite I’ve been looking for, and we fine tuned a couple settings to [...]
I spent this past weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway instructing with VARA-U, VARA’s annual driving school. It was about a 70/30 split between street cars and race cars, with some students getting ready to earn their race license, while others were just there for some track instruction. Students age ranged from teenagers to others well into retirement, and [...]
The Vintage Automobile Racing Association has announced the schedule for it’s annual High Performance Driving School called VARA-U. It is held at the beginning of every race season as an opportunity to either get your provisional vintage racing license or enjoy a weekend of track-based instruction. Some drivers come every year for a fun and affordable weekend, [...]
Yesterday I instructed at Laguna Seca Raceway with the TrackMasters track-day club. Doug Gale runs a great event, and we shared the track schedule with the Zoom-zoom motorcyle track club. The June weather in the Monterey Bay area can’t be beat, cool and foggy until 8am, then clear and sunny until 6pm, with highs around 75. I signed [...]
It’s amazing, but yesterday I nearly got my fill of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. After two days of continuous track time with Your Private Track Day, I actually went home saying I got enough laps. Phillip Holmes runs a great trackday club, and instructing with his club is a good time. The schedule ran with three groups – Beginning, [...]