Toolshed Engineer

Racecar interiors get hot, wicked hot. Drivers are adorned with multiple layers of Nomex, gloves, helmets and leather, which is all designed to keep...

Racers bleed brakes. A lot. It is just part of racing. Anyone who has been racing a while has spilled brake fluid all over...

You can’t go to a NASA race without seeing cars with GoPro cameras mounted all over the place. The relatively inexpensive and easy-to-use cameras...

Every racer has a sad story to tell, the one where a $2 mechanical part kept them from winning the race, or worse, the...

Organization and planning are two things that can make a real difference in a team’s performance when the unexpected happens — and this is...

Every time I watch an F1 race on television, I am always amazed at the number of crew members standing in the paddock staring...

Most racecars don’t have license plates. Some racecars don’t even have headlights or fenders. This means that to get the racecar from the garage...

Using radio communication between the driver, crew chief and spotters is a major benefit to any racing team. It doesn’t matter if you are...

Racing equals heat. Anyone who has driven in a race can tell you how hot things get inside a racecar. I’m not just talking...

In endurance racing, pit stops are crucial to success. Any team that has run endurance events understands races can be won or lost in...