The Stohr F1000 is a fairly new beast to the hotly contested Formula 1000 series run in SCCA Club Racing. First offered back in 2006, the car has undergone a few revisions to bring it to its current state of development. I had the chance to spend some time watching, listening, and observing a few [...]
Another car I spent some time geeking out on at one of the SCCA Club Racing events from 2011 was this Swift DB5 run by Mark Schue. This car is designed and built by Swift Engineering down in South California utilizing some of their varied and vast engineering and manufacturing capabilities. This car was actually [...]
I feel I need to take a slightly different approach to my Photos of the Year for 2011. The year for me wasn’t really spent Speedhunting like it was for many members of the team, 2011 meant a lot of time in front of a computer working hard at trying to make our latest Need [...]
This is Thomas Hamilton's number 19 D-Sports Racer, a 750lb D Sports Racer. This thing is tiny; it looks to me like a shrunk down version of a Can-Am car Jim Hall might have come up with in the 60s! This car is actually an A-Mac chassis built in the 90s by Art McQueary in [...]
To be honest, I don't know much about this car, other than it looks fantastic. I saw it at the SCCA Double National race back in July and snapped a few pictures of it, but no owners nearby. From what I can tell, it could be a Brabham BT21 Repco, I'm sure one of you [...]
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You might remember some of the articles that I posted from Portland in the last few months, such as the one on SCCA race cars and a behind the scenes on RaceEnergy Honda team. This is the last post in that vein for now, and I saved the best for last, at least for the car geeks [...]
An important chapter in our Things To Do Before You Die series is getting your hands dirty. Melinda Neil and I (who both work at EA) have teamed up to share with you some of the reasons why working on your own car is such an important thing to do. Indeed, Melinda and I both spend our weekends away [...]
Everyone has their bucket list, if we're lucky, we can knock off a few of the important ones before we kick the bucket, (pardon the pun). High on most driving enthusiasts list is being able to hoon a car like those guys on TV do. Whether that's taking a front-drive 89 horsepower hatchback through a [...]
A couple of weeks ago I was invited by the guys at RaceEnergy to join them at Portland International Raceway for the first Regional SCCA Club Race of the 2011 season. Club races are usually a three day affair; with the track open on Fridays for testing they normally run a qualifying session and race on [...]
Last week I was invited by the local Vintage Racer's club, VRCBC, to join thier club meeting and take a tour of a local Vancouver company's shop, Intermeccanica. Ever since moving to Vancouver 12 years ago, I've been meaning to check the shop out, they make beautiful replica's of the eternally beautiful Porsche 356 Roadster [...]
Lamborghini has just released a shot of thier upcoming flagship V12 successor to the Murcielago this morning, which showcases brand new technology to the marque. For the first time they are using an all carbon fibre monocoque using some new patented processes on the upcoming production car. The whole monocoque weighs just 324lbs and is [...]
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I know, I know, it's been WAY too long since I've updated on my project, but lots has been going on. Not as much as I hoped, but at least it's moving forward. More on this lovely picture in a few moments. My last update was summer of last year, and a lot has happened [...]
Where were you in the 60's and 70's when cars like this reigned supreme and were tearing up racetracks across North America and Europe? I wasn't even a twinkle in my parents eyes yet… though while I was never able to lust after these cars in their hey-day, I have grown a great appreciation of them [...]
