UPDATE: girl was found overnight and suspect taken into custody.

Since treatments proved to be unsuccessful, the family brought Caleb home to spend his final days doing the things he loves. The young race fan’s final wish: decorate his casket with racing decals. Publicity of his wish resulted in an organized racing event in Iowa that allowed him to drive a stock race car at…

When I attend track day and HPDE events, I usually lug along a camera. For my most recent HPDE experience, I brought a Panasonic GX85 w/ 2 lenses. What follows are photos of the cars and scene, including nearby garages.

I feel horrible for this family. Richmond, TX is a suburb of Houston. Altaf Malik, 43, went out on Tue night, Dec 5, to meet an interested buyer to show the Audi (Texas license plate HZX-9910). Sadly, he never returned home. News reports came out today that his body was found. He was stabbed to death by an unknown…

Photo and story reported in the Springfield, MO News-Leader newspaper tells of how a 7-year-old boy loved this mustang, which was restored by his grandfather. Sounds like the one night they had it in the driveway, someone decided to drop fireworks into the interior and start a fire. More on this sad story here...

Strong desire, rationalization, and money to spend almost landed me this freshly imported, left-hand drive, 1991 diesel 70 series Troopy.

Anyone know how this is legal? It is a 2003 Hilux that the guy allegedly drove it up from Guatemala, registered and titled it in Georgia, then again in Texas. With all of the vehicle seizures by the Feds, I’d be a bit paranoid to buy this.

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After the rain delay, Turn 7 was quite challenging until it finally dried off. I photographed a number of cars exiting the track, but the most dramatic was the KCMG car. See my full set of photos here:

If you made it this far down in my post, congrats. Hope you enjoyed the photos. This was my 2nd year to walk around COTA at the WEC/IMSA/ALMS races and photograph everything I possibly could. The Circuit of the Americas facility offers great places to capture great racing moments before, during, and after the races.…

not my video. a buddy sent me the link and I felt this needed to be shared.

Enjoyed multiple track day events in Oct and Dec at Motor Sport Ranch in Cresson, TX. I'm hooked...may even get a dedicated track car so I don't tear up my daily driver (S4 above). Seeing the many high performance cars being utilized for tracking was an absolute treat. I always take a camera everywhere I go, so here…

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