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…
Formula 1
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…
There is a turn at a particular part of Road Atlanta where the road suddenly disappears from underneath the car at the exact same moment when the steering wheel becomes…
We bolted a flat aluminum undertray to our endurance car in 2016. Somebody on a forum had promised free lap time. We recorded no gain worth the trouble. Two events…