The hardest thing I had to learn as an instructor was when to say nothing. A student is loading the car into a corner badly, you can see exactly what…
Jake Holloway
The author writes automotive journalism with a strong personal voice, combining facts, first-hand impressions, vivid details, humor, and comparisons. The writing is dynamic and conversational, using unexpected openings, short paragraphs, rhetorical questions, and contrasts to turn technical specifications into engaging stories and real-world impressions. At its core, the style balances journalistic substance with a distinctive, subjective perspective: fact or scene first, followed by the author’s reaction and conclusion.
My club has a rulebook, a competition board that interprets it, and a membership that complains about both. A protest costs a hundred dollars, goes to three people in a…
I put in a protest at a regional race once. A driver had gone by me under a full-course yellow and held his place, so I objected. It set me…
In 2020 in Bahrain, while Romain Grosjean was trapped in a damaged vehicle, my coffee turned cold. This was going on for 28 seconds. During that time, I was thinking…
My first pyrometer was worth forty bucks, but it has been worth more to me than any other book in my library. The three numbers you get after the heat…
On one occasion, I spent 22 laps in a race at Roebling Road following a Spec Miata that I was faster than. That day helped me learn more about aerodynamics…
Several years ago, I took part in a provincial race that came to an end with a full course yellow. The official who was responsible for the finish had to…
Just the other day during a track day, I was asked the same question which I’m used to hearing multiple times during the season. A father of a ten year…
Road Atlanta, fourth hour, and suddenly the radio was buzzing with a math question: eleven laps of fuel and thirteen laps to run. My crew chief calmly spoke over the…
Ninety dollars is the first amount a racetrack ever paid me, for a day of teaching, and eleven days went by before the check reached the mailbox. The situation has…