A Winning Strategy

People who don’t race consider racing an extreme sport. In fact, the word extreme as it applies to sports is even defined in the...

The Satisfaction of Hard Work

As I type this column, I survey the backs of my hands, and they look like they’ve been run through a cotton gin. They...

Checker Etiquette

As a race director, I am asked to make calls regarding situations on track. Most decisions and clarifications are clear cut, and some stretch...

Audrey Zavodsky

Name: Audrey Zavodsky Age: NA Region: Great Lakes Hometown: New Boston, Michigan Racing Class: American Iron Sponsors: Poe Motorsports, Dr. Z’s Racing Day Job: Leadership & Professional Development Program Manager, Ford Motor Company Favorite Food: Italian Favorite TV Show: Knight Rider Favorite...

The Joy of Tinkering

If you drive your car in NASA events, odds are good that you are a tinkerer, who can’t leave well enough alone, who spends...

Second Floor – For Less Than the Cost of a Set of Tires, You...

See if you have heard this one before. A guy gets involved deeply enough in HPDE that he buys an open trailer to tote...

Tires, Revisited

In this issue of Speed News, you’ll find a technical story on tires. Knowing we just ran a story about tires a few issues...

The Right Way and the Wrong Way

One of the most important lessons I ever learned, which helped me as a racer, I learned years prior, but it had absolutely nothing...

Stint Driver – Endurance racing presents a new learning curve, but the added seat...

It was many years ago when I asked a friend, “So what’s so special about endurance racing?” I’ll never forget how he spun around with...

Top of the Class – Instructing in HPDE is tough, especially when the classroom...

Any parent who has volunteered in their child’s classroom at school knows teachers have a tough job. A few hours with a pack of...

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