Toolshed Engineer

Every good race driver or race team manager will tell you that to be successful you need to read the rulebook very closely. Really...

Power. We use it for so many things: communication, video, overtaking a small Third World nation. For this discussion, we will stick with electrical...

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

Whether you are teaching HPDE, hosting a drivers meeting or giving a toast at a motorsports-themed paddock wedding, you are probably going to need...

For a racecar driver, having a spotter can provide critical information that can help you win a race and avoid disaster. As I walk...

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...

It is a cold December, the NASA Championships are completed and the checkered flag at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill has  flown. That means...

Sometimes we road racers forget not all NASA events are held on closed-course tracks where we all know where to turn left and where...

Here is some information that won’t surprise anyone who has spent any amount of time at a racetrack: Racing is expensive. It isn’t just...

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