Installing Ballast
You spent all that time stripping your racecar, making it lighter, losing weight wherever possible and taking away non-essential items. Then you finally sat...
Cheap Data: Harry’s Lap Timer
There are all sorts of gizmos companies want to sell to racecar drivers to help with data acquisition. Some are extremely pricey and require...
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...
Build Your Own Navigator Clipboard
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...
How To Build Your Own Championship Points Spreadsheet
Winning an individual race is an absolutely awesome and unforgettable experience. Your adrenaline is pumping, you drove great, made smart decisions on track and...
Pit Wagon
Every good race team has some sort of pit wagon. They have them because they are very handy when it comes to moving things...
How To Determine What Gear Ratios You Actually Have
I grew up 30 minutes from Sonoma Raceway and every Wednesday night for $15 you could drag race down the quarter mile. E.T. bracket...
What You Didn’t Know You Needed for the 25 Hours of Thunderhill
We all have done it. The trailer is loaded and you are just about to leave for a long tow to a racetrack for...
The Driver’s Lounge
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...
Seven Points are Better than Five
Racing harnesses meld the driver to the machine so the two can become one. The driver can use his or her arms and legs...
