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Wild Weekend at VIR
Regular readers know that VIR is my “home track”. By that I mean that it is close to home and a favorite track to spend time at if not actually drive the course. This past weekend (including Friday) was a… Continue reading
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Pottsville’s Magical Car Museum
We spent the night in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, not to check out the Yuengling brewery, but to have a chance to see Jerry’s Classic Cars and Collectables museum. What a place. In many ways it was a time machine taking you… Continue reading
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2017–Carlisle National Ford Meet
This was my first time at this annual event in Pennsylvania. I had hoped to attend last year but my schedule was just too full. So after a drive north in the P71 we entered through gate 3 and onto… Continue reading
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Mercedes 190 SL Restoration
As I was growing up a friend of the family bought a Mercedes 190 SL that was bright red and would carve up the country roads of Cape Cod for decades. Sometimes being driven topless by the owner and sometimes… Continue reading
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More Great Things from PRI 2016
The crowds are filled with people soaking up all the displays of new racing technology at PRI. There is just so much to see. The Cars Amidst all the equipment and accessories to support racing are the many cars on… Continue reading
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PRI 2016–Women in Motorsports
I was anxious to go to this seminar for many reasons including a desire to see just how far women have come in their interest in motorsports. I had read Mad for Speed, the Racing Life of Joan Newton Cuneo,… Continue reading
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PRI 2016 off to Indianapolis
I didn’t expect to be the only flyer at the airport, but I was surprised to find a couple of flyers that had their own wings at the gate. All went well and all my connecting flights were successfully achieved. … Continue reading
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Cars (and Trucks) You Find on the Side of the Road
In our own town we can drive by them hundreds of times and not give them another thought, but when we spot them outside of our normal territory suddenly they become visible and interesting. Well today I was in my… Continue reading
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A Day with John Lawson
We met for breakfast near my hotel as I was driving east and had stopped off near Indianapolis to visit with John. We started off talking about racing and how it becomes a passion for so many of us. But… Continue reading
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The Chick Magnet gets bigger brakes
In the past I’ve shared my adventures with my 1992 Toyota Pickup truck, a.k.a. the Chick Magnet. I’ve had the truck for about sixteen years and it has been a journey of repair and improvements. It got the Name “chick… Continue reading
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