There is a type of racing on the strip called bracket racing, where the goal is not necessarily to be the fastest car, but to predict your elapsed time and run as close to that number as possible without going quicker. That means a 16-second Plymouth Horizon can be every bit as competitive as a […]
This next car is an example of why everything looks better in racing livery. It was built in 2021 as a tribute to the classic XJS Group 44 racers that were campaigned back in the day by Bob Tullius in SCCA Trans-Am racing. Interesting is that the Tullius built XJS competed and beat many Chevrolet […]
What would you do with a 100 year old dirt track racer? Would you Just leave it in your garage to rust, or would you drive it to work on Thursdays? I think I’d use it as an occasional soccer game carpool machine, but first I’d need to figure out where I could put a […]
Somebody dumped a load of money into this next car. It takes some serious dough to get 317 wheel-horsepower out of a Honda Fit…and it’s got a bunch of modifications for track days (I’m not familiar with any racing league where this could be raced wheel-to-wheel with other cars and be competitive). However, the asking […]
I had the opportunity to meet and shake Bob Bondurant’s hand at a Shelby Tribute car show a few years back, but I didn’t get a chance to get any tips on driving from him. But, Bondurant did teach Clint Eastwood, James Garner, Paul Newman, Tim Allen, Nick Cage, and Tom Cruise (among others) how to drive fast around a track in his world famous Bob Bondurant Racing School. Today the school uses Dodge Hell-things to teach people how to control uncontrollable Stellantis (hahahah, Stellantis!!) built muscle machines, but back in the 1990s, Bob used a Ford Taurus SHO to teach Hollywood elite how to properly heel-toe and control understeer, and this is supposedly his personal instructor’s car. Find this 1993 Ford Taurus SHO offered for $7500 in Fairfield, OH via craigslist. Tip from FuelTruck.
I love the simplicity of this next car…errr..vehicle. It looks like a barebones version of a Skip Barber racecar…which is the automotive equivalent of saying something is a discount Dollar Store or a wet lake. This is a set of 4 wheels, an engine, transaxle, and a steering wheel. All it needs is a driver and you will learn to drive if you put this on a race track. Or die. Learn or die. Find this 1973 Caldwell FV racecar offered for $5000 in Lincoln, NE via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
The Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach was an annual Pro/Celebrity race in Toyota street cars that was first run in 1977 and finished when Toyota pulled their HQ out of SoCal in 2018. The race has always had lots of carnage and is typically more fun to watch than the Indy/IRL/ChampCar parade of high-powered […]
If the idea of driving an Ariel Atom or KTM Xbow is certainly tempting, but the cash outlay needed for one of those stripped down racers for the street is nothing short of crazy. You could spend a few years of your weekends and build your own low cost Lotus style racer, or you could […]
The Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach was an annual Pro/Celebrity race in Toyota street cars that was first run in 1977. The race has always had lots of carnage and is typically more fun to watch than the Indy/IRL/ChampCar parade of high-powered wing-equipped spec-chassis ‘race-cars’ held later in the day. Unfortunately Toyota pulled their […]
It’s been said that the Miata is responsible for saving the SCCA among its other achievements in being The Answer To Everything. I don’t know if that is true, but it is a good way to dip your toe into the world of Track Days for not a lot of shekels. And there are usually […]