On Time, Online and Onsite – Tom Martin and the Winding Road Racing Team...
Driver Corey Rueth walked into the paddock and spotted the CEO of Winding Road Racing washing Rueth’s MX-5 Cup car. Rueth tried to shoo...
Budget Build: Honda Challenge Part 3 – Suspension and Brakes
After we found our Honda Challenge project car for $500 at a tow yard, and then had Autopower put a roll cage in it,...
Budget Build: Honda Challenge Part 2 – Safety, Safety, Safety
When building a racecar, you have to make the thing safe before you can make it fast. The major difference between the car you...
Rocket Science – Achieving Better Engine Cooling With Proper Aerodynamic Principles
Keeping a C5 Corvette cool on a racetrack in 100-degree heat isn’t easy. Just ask NASA Utah’s George Smith, who had been trying different...
A Mini Goes Big – Adding a Wilwood big brake kit to a Mini...
The Mini Cooper S enjoys a reputation as fun, zippy little car that handles great. Now that prices on used S models have come...
Bill McMahon’s Austin Healey looks like a well-kept classic British sports car — but...
When you see NASA Northeast racer Bill McMahon’s 1967 Austin Healey at a NASA weekend, it stands out, largely because of the car’s age....
Media Day – NASA invited automotive journalists to Buttonwillow Raceway to drive the new...
Every media day begins with a morning briefing on whatever car is being launched, some details about the track, then orientation laps for people...
The Driver and Handling – How to Tell When the Driver Is Causing the...
THE DRIVER
Often overlooked as a handling factor, the driver is actually one of the biggest factors affecting handling balance. The driver influences weight transfer...
The new NP01 built by Élan Motorsports Technologies ushers in a new era of...
Any amateur racer who has seen a Daytona Prototype race on television or watched the LMP1 hars scream around Circuit de la Sarthe at...
A Viper’s New Skin – Scott Welham’s 2015 Viper makes great use of carbon...
Dodge has done a pretty good job of making the production Viper as light as possible, but NASA Great Lakes member Scott Welham is...
