I have some good news for the Mid-South racing scene. In an unexpected twist, my old home track is set to rise from the dead once again. This won’t be the first time the racetrack has survived a closure, either. The real question for me, however, is whether road racing will return to this...
Public track closures are becoming more common. However, the recent announcement that PittRace has been sold and will be shutting down hits a bit differently. Partly because it shows that well-maintained tracks are not immune to redevelopment, and partly because these tracks aren’t being...
I have a reputation for driving some of the most cosmetically ‘tasteful’ racecars in the field. It’s a throwback to my drifting days when DIY builds, spray-painted cars, and zip-tied panels were the norm. That aesthetic carried over to my wheel-to-wheel racing. I’v also been...
The summer break has been exceedingly long this year. I skipped the championship because I wouldn’t have a competitive package ready in time, and another event, the first annual Flatrock race, fell through. What is usually a one-month summer hiatus has turned into an almost two-and-a-half...
Years ago, when I first came back to racing, I devoured every book I could find on racecraft. From the well-known Speed Secrets series by Ross Bentley to obscure independent publications like You Suck at Racing by Ian Korf, and everything in between. I have a whole shelf in my bookcase dedicated to...
My first race in the Thunder Roadster was everything I wanted it to be except for one thing: oil temps. As I raced through the field during the Aussie Pursuit race, I was closely monitoring my oil temperature gauge as the temperature crept to 290 degrees. Flirting dangerously close to being pinged...
Sometimes your subconscious makes choices that you aren’t 100 percent aware of. And over the last two seasons, I have experimented in several racing series. With nothing quite feeling right. There was always this nagging, ‘this ain’t it’ feeling, no matter how I approached...
Standing at a crossroads. That’s what the last couple of years have felt like in my racing journey. And it has led me to a decision that’s as bittersweet as it is exciting. There’s a real sense of loss in leaving behind a class that helped shape me as a driver. But for a number of reasons, it’s...
What does a racer do during downtime besides work on racecars? How about watching other types of motorsport? And that is precisely what I did the first weekend of June when Hydrofest rolled into Lake Guntersville, AL, just down the street.
Two hours into my endurance race stint, my foot was on fire, literally. By the time I stepped out of the Total-D Miata, I had a second-degree burn. Welcome to the world of Miata hot foot.
There’s something surreal about racing against your past self, especially when the ghost you’re chasing isn’t just a lap time, but a version of you that was younger, rougher around the edges, and driving a car that still had something to give. That’s exactly where I found myself at NOLA Motorsports...
I came across an ad for these little matchbox drift cars. You mount them to your dash, and they move when the vehicle turns, giving the appearance of a ‘drift.’ At first, I thought, ‘That’s silly.’ Then it became, ‘Eh, kinda cool.’ Which quickly turned...
