Toolshed Engineer

Nobody ever said, “Racing is easy!” And after all of the hard work of racing is completed, racers want to enjoy the fruits of...

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

As racers, we like to focus our effort and most of our money directly into one thing and one thing only: making our racecars...

There are all sorts of gizmos companies want to sell to racecar drivers to help with data acquisition. Some are extremely pricey and require...

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...

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...

There is a difference between being a racecar driver and owning a race team — and that difference is a $14 T-shirt. A racecar...

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

We have all heard the saying, “Timing is everything.” It’s absolutely true. Timing has an enormous effect on our lives. Walk into a restaurant...

My job on the race team is to drive, but it’s not what you think. My job isn’t to drive racecars — that is...