I don’t know about you, but I’m big into planning. Whether it’s working around the house, restoring a racecar or...
The pundits, who supposedly know something about these things, say that in racing, rain is the great equalizer. But from...
The car hobby has many tropes, but one of the more common — and perhaps most accurate — is that our favored pastime is a disease, an incurable affliction. And as a corollary to that disease, we often further describe it as a “madness”. But perhaps nowhere is this description...
This past weekend my younger daughter turned 21 and during a brief lull between morning Mimosas and evening Margaritas, she...
What could be more refreshing on a warm, Saturday afternoon than opening up the fridge? Recently, I had the opportunity...
Recently, I was invited to a birthday party. Now, in my current life, this always translates into jumping up and down in a scorching hot inflatable “bouncy castle” with ten sweaty toddlers amped up on frosting. So, with this thought in mind, I didn’t really pay much attention to yet...
As you’ll read in one of the news pieces below, the F1 world has been all atwitter, over the recent...
I was pleasantly surprised to receive so many positive emails supporting my premise last week that the Ferrari 365 GTC/4...
Ok, Ok… here’s the pitch. You’ve got this kinda mush-mouthed, body-builder guy who is a washed-up racecar driver, see? We’ll get a big name to play him like Sly Stallone – movie sells itself at this point, right? And his former owner – let’s say he’s wheelchair-bound like Frank Williams,...
What’s the single most important component, for maximal performance, on a racecar? The engine? Suspension? In the grand scheme of...
Once upon a time, it used to be that the most talented drivers made it into Formula One. Quaint notion, I know, but that was way back in Ye Olde Times. Then it came to pass that most drivers couldn’t make it into Formula One on talent alone… they also...
Home tracks – every racer has one. For some, it may be the track nearest to where you live. For...
As strange as it may seem, as I write this month’s column, I am looking down on Greenland. That’s right,...
Salt. Since the earliest days of recorded history, salt has in one form or another shaped the course of human history. In the early days of human civilization, some club-wielding, wife-dragging genius discovered that sprinkling a little of this white, powdery substance on your flame-broiled yak steak made it almost...
I think I’ve well established, in this space, my bona fides as an old school Ferrari snob. I grew up...
If you’ve ever lamented that there is nowhere left in the world to find “dry”, good value, classic cars, then...
Are you familiar with the “Trickle Down” theory? If not, you may be soon. As background, the theory was first postulated in the early ’80s to describe the flow of items from the top of the food chain down to the bottom. Various academicians, including economists and sociologists, conducted lengthy...
Is it me? Am I the only person on the planet that feels that parting with a special car is...
Vintage motor racing is very unique in the world of motorsport. Many of us like to believe this rarefied racing environment allows us to enjoy most of the benefits of “mainstream” racing without many of the detriments. However, there is one curious downside to vintage racing that very few people...
Well, I don’t know that any of us saw that coming! If you watched the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix then...
If you’re an automotive enthusiast, and you spent any kind of time in Southern California from 2006 to 2014, then...
In the end of May, I had the good fortune to make my way up to the Wine Country Classic at Sears Point Raceway. This is always a real treat – great weather, a wonderful rolling track nestled in the hills of Northern California’s famed Napa Valley, and of course,...
This past weekend saw the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and an exciting showdown between the...
The Internet has changed our lives in so many ways. In just the past 20 years, the Internet has both...
Think for a moment what makes a driver great – a true champion. Go ahead, I’ll wait…hmmmh, hmmh, hmmmh. Done? What came to mind? Skill? Absolutely. Without doubt the true greats possess an inherent, seemingly hard-wired, ability to know and feel what a car is doing. This has been evidenced...
We tend to make a lot out of automotive anniversaries, which is why I’ve been surprised that last month’s 60thanniversary...
Recently, my family and I had to venture back to Scotland for a funeral, which was sad, but we decided...