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  • PRI 2023 Racing Chick’s safety gear.

    PRI 2023 Racing Chick’s safety gear.

    Back in 2016, race car driver, Carrie Willhoff established Racechick Apparel, after many years of being frustrated with the fact that so many of the racing gear that was available was fitted to men and often totally inappropriate for women in racing.

  • PRI 2023 Formula 1

    PRI 2023 Formula 1

    Since Netflix series, Drive to Survive, caught the attention of America the popularity of F1 continues to expand in the US.  This year there were three racing venues that held F1 races in America, Miami, Texas with its COTA (Circuit of Americas), and Las Vegas, as a street race. Just a few years ago HASS…

  • PRI 2023–Suspension Options

    PRI 2023–Suspension Options

    There was a time when your suspension improvements would involve things such as improving your tires by finding ones that provide more grip and then improving their performance with better springs and shocks and/or struts.  Then you would see a good alignment tech and see what adjustments were possible. Then there would be more aggressive…

  • PRI 2023

    PRI 2023

    I hope you know that PRI stands for the Performance Racing Industry trade show that is held every year around this time in Indianapolis, Indiana.  PRI provides people in the racing industry the chance to get face-to-face with many of the best suppliers in the world with products that they need not only  to be…

  • The unknown history of Mitsubishi

    The unknown history of Mitsubishi

    As you probably know, I have owned several Mitsubishi car and every one of them was AWD and turbo fun. Now here is an excellent history of how Mitsubishi took great potential, achieved great success, and then screwed the pooch. How Mitsubishi Threw Away a Dynasty – YouTube

  • How to drive an Evo IX

    Destroying 2 Mitsubishi Evo Prototypes Without Even Crashing – YouTube

  • Ford CVPI Sports Car

    How to Make a Crown Victoria P71 Handle Like a Sports Car – YouTube

  • Curb Weight over Time and Power to Weight Ratios

    A few weeks ago I was part of a group at the BMW factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina and getting a ride in a 5 series being driven by one of BMW’s professional divers. It was an intense “hot lap” around their test track and this driver was really impressing us with his abilities along…

  • Found on the Side of the Road NC Mountains

    As we cruise around the state we often come across interesting vehicles on the side of the road. Here we stopped to examine an old flatbed truck.  Its rusty patina gave us a chance to wonder what its history was and what kind of a life it had seen. The wooden bed had seen a…

  • The Splinter is Complete!

    Back in 2008 I told you about the Splinter – a wooden supercar under construction and later in 2011 I published and update on the Splinter.  It’s been a long road to get to the finish line, but here is the completed car: Splinter – The World’s First Wooden Supercar | RIDICULOUS RIDES – YouTube…