In 2018 I made it to 22 trackdays (and 20 autox events) and I’m scheduled for over 30 trackdays this year (only 10 autox events though). I’ve found that there are 3 factors that determine how often someone makes it to the track: desire, money, and time. How much time and money you start with are going to be determined…

I spent considerable time and effort last year convincing a few of my autox buddies to come out for Time Trials and by mid-season each tried it and had a blast, so this year four of my friends decided to compete with me in the Texas Region SCCA Time Trials program. We’re all in the same class (STX autox which…

The only thing that would have made this better was if the owner had driven the F40 to the track and then raced a Spec Miata (the yellow striped thing behind the Ferrari is his racecar).

In most parts of the country winter means putting the fun cars away or at least swapping on the winter tires and loading up with emergency supplies. In Texas, winter means swapping on the race tires and loading up the car with race pads, race tires, and emergency track side repair tools. After months of oppressive,…

After the wettest September in Texas history we’ve got an even wetter start to October, so most of my trackdays have been wet. Last Saturday was no exception, we had multiple lightning delays and it was raining for most sessions and wet for the rest. The roads dried out after the track closed, but even then there were…

I really like the SCCA Club Trials program that my region started a couple of years ago and this past weekend we had our first 2 events of the season (Saturday and Sunday counted as separate events for points).

I’ve been autocrossing for the past 9 years and I’m pretty hooked (read about it in part I here), but I was a little hesitant to head to the track. The increased costs, speeds, and danger initially dissuaded me; however, the idea of lapping a real race track instead of just digital ones in Forza was a siren call that…

After moving to Texas a few years after getting hooked on autocross (read about it in part I here), one of the Subaru forum guys had his regular rally co-driver drop out of an upcoming event. He was already registered for the event and it was already paid for, so any SCCA member could fill-in for free. There weren’t…

My introduction to the SCCA was an autocross in 2009, I had just graduated from college and with the money from a new job I bought my first fun car, a brand new 2009 Subaru WRX sedan. My friend and former college roommate had done the same, except he went with a Mazda RX-8. We decided we should meetup and do something…

Saturday was the last SCCA Club Trials race of the season, I had already clinched the top spot in my class (Touring 1) by showing up to all the previous events (I was only beaten at the first event so there is a little legitimacy). My class consists of 86 twins, Miatas, and non-M E36 and E46 BMW’s (STX, STS, and STF…

Below is an article I’m working on for my SCCA region’s quarterly newsletter, I’m the chair for our Tire Rack Street Survival program and have been asked to submit an article about it. I’d like some help. I haven’t written anything serious since high school and I’m a big supporter of the program, so I want to make a…

When I got an unformatted, early draft email for the first ever Track Night in America at the Circuit of Americas I immediately began planning my trip. I was a little hesitant at first since the track night happened to fall on the third day of school (I’m a high school Physics teacher) and I wasn’t entirely sure that…

I’ve been a longtime lurker and occasional commenter here (since 2010), but I haven’t seen the need to start making my own posts until now. I’m an avid autocrosser, trackday affecianato, and run a Tire Rack Street Survival School a few times a year.