How To Design and Build RaceDeck Flooring For the Paddock
Anyone who has spent any time in a race paddock has experienced this super-fun racing sequence: 1. Quickly crawling under a hot racecar to...
Design Your Own Race Shop
The first full-blown road-racing car I ever built, I did with my brother in a dark apartment carport, in 40-degree weather. We built it...
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...
Work On Your Motorsports Triangle During The Off-Season
It is a cold December, the NASA Championships are completed and the checkered flag at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill has flown. That means...
Build Your Own Spotter Bags
For a racecar driver, having a spotter can provide critical information that can help you win a race and avoid disaster. As I walk...
Alignment Tools and Tips
Aligning your own vehicle isn’t as scary as you might think. With a few of the right tools and some practice, the process is...
Weigh Your Fuel
Gasoline, you need it. For a racecar driver, gasoline is a necessity to go places, unless you are campaigning a Tesla Plaid. This magic...
Port Your Own Intake
Racecar drivers are always chasing a tenth of a second. Generally, racers don’t care where the tenth comes from. They just want to be...
Bringing a Car Back to Championships Caliber After a Catastrophic Fire
You know the quote, “Want to make God laugh? Make some plans.” Well, racecar drivers make lots of plans. We plan entire seasons to...
No Press, No Problem
Like most racers, I find myself doing my own work on my racecar. And that work has to be done with whatever tools I...
