Paint Your Own Engine Bay
During the off-season, you have time to think about all the racecar projects you have been shamefully putting off. It’s called procrastinating and it...
Installing a Front Hitch for More Cargo Capacity
Racing requires a lot of stuff. You need cars, helmets, trailers, radios, gas cans, tools, barbecues, ice chests, bicycles, spare parts and unfortunately sometimes...
Strap In!
Seatbelts were invented to save your life. Personally I don’t plan on testing that theory. But I do enjoy the benefits racing harnesses provide...
How To Install A European Tow Hook On An American Car
I’ll admit I don’t have a fancy German high-performance automobile sitting in my garage. Now, it isn’t because I don’t respect the precision and...
Do-It-Yourself Endurance Racing Headlight Tint
As you and your car graduate and navigate through the different types of racing NASA has to offer, it means you also need to...
How To Fix German Car Problems
If you don’t count my Hot Wheels years, I’ve been playing with cars for more than three decades. I’ve wrenched on them, raced them...
The Parts Car
Every racer has a sad story to tell, the one where a $2 mechanical part kept them from winning the race, or worse, the...
How To Build Your Own Carbon Fiber Parts
As racers, we are all familiar with the famous quote from Lotus founder Colin Chapman, “Simplify, then add lightness.” In racing we are always...
Tools for Teaching
Racecar drivers are often asked to provide coaching or basic instruction about defensive driving. Sometimes it is a teen driver course or a corporate...
Portable Tool Cart
As people work under the hood of racecars, things get set down. It isn’t intentional. The human brain needs to concentrate on one...
