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...