Automotive

A Texas-style Bon Voyage to Blake

April 28, 2011

I don’t think any of us were in doubt that eventually the day would come when Blake would move away. You’re in a long distance relationship, you decide to look for jobs and eventually the right one comes along. And although Blake and I have always had a very surprising, non-traditional relationship (he’s my high [...]

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The Z Transformation pt 5 – Race Ready

April 1, 2011

If you’re new to my posts on the Z’s transformation, check out the lead-up here, here, here, and here. After scores of weekends prepping the Z and even having to take a day off work to get it done in time, it was finally time to send it off to the cage builder. With help from [...]

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The Z Transformation pt 4 – The Build Begins

March 25, 2011

I think that any amateur racer, or weekend track day warrior eventually comes to a decision point in their hobby. Do you continue down the road of using your street car to do track days, maintain the status quo and stay within your comfort zone, or do you jump in head first, take the next [...]

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The Z Transformation pt 3 – Road racing and Track Days

December 10, 2010

If you are new to my little series, check out Part 1 and Part 2 After a couple years of autocross I was totally consumed with racing fever. Autocross was fun, but I was wanting more. I did my research and found that the next step up from autocross would be Road Racing. Road Racing [...]

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The Z Transformation pt 2 – Autocross and Racing

November 17, 2010

As I left off in my previous post of this series, I wanted to continue my hobby in motorsports but I was very bored of straight-line quarter-mile racing. So I began to research my options. Thankfully, Springfield, MO had its own autocross chapter, so I joined the SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) and went to watch [...]

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A Working Weekend

November 5, 2010

The weekend is finally here, and although I’m stoked and grateful to be off work, I know we have a lot going on this weekend and plenty of projects to tackle. After several weeks of hard work, Neil’s beautiful 350z has been stripped and is ready to go off to the fabricator for its new [...]

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The Z transformation pt 1 – Prologue

October 22, 2010

Photo via Austin Strifler A quick note: This winter, not only my car, but also myself, will undergo a transformation from dabbling in auto sport racing into a serious hobby of chasing my dream to one day compete in a professional race as an amateur. I thought I would write a series of blog entries [...]