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Scary Charlotte

March 5, 2010
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Back in the 70’s we used to try to get in some testing before the Players Atlantic season started. Quite often we went to West Palm Beach, later Moroso, for two or three days of testing in late February or early March. We then would stay and run in a SCCA Regional. But that is [...]

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Essex Cobra: the story of CSX 3009 begins

December 4, 2009

The story of Ford’s battle for sports car racing supremacy against Ferrari in the mid Sixties is legenday. Much has been written on it, often by greater historians than I. I’m happy to bring the story of just one car. CSX 3009. The winningest Cobra of all time.
When talks with Ferrari broke off, Ford decided [...]

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Guest post: Tripping to Run-Offs in a Zed28

November 28, 2009

This guest post was written by long time Canadian road racer Colin King when Gary Magwood`s story about his Sebring road trip stirred the memory banks. A great tale of road tripping and what can happen when running afoul of The Man.

In the late fall of 1980, November to be exact, we set off [...]

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The Pink Lady, Donna May Mims passes

October 10, 2009

One of the pioneering women of racing, Donna Mae Mims has passed away as 82 years of age following a series of strokes. Mims became known as the Pink Lady, thanks to her penchant for driving pink race cars. No novelty act, the Pink Lady was one of the top amateur racers in America through [...]

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The birth of NASA: a bit of racing history

March 27, 2009

A few months ago, I was doing a bit of research to back up a statement I was going to make in a post about the Trans Am series. Yes, I actually do that on occasion. In that post I promised to visit the history of the formation of the National Auto Sport Association. Unfortunately, [...]

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SCCA Announces Trans Am is back on the schedule for 2009

December 13, 2008

When the Trans Am series vanished a couple of years ago, some of us with long memories wished the SCCA had tried harder to save the series. Sadly, it had been in a decline for years and had become a bit of a joke. The marketing was non existent (at least here in Ontario) as [...]

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Alfa Romeos spotted in The Berkshires

October 22, 2008

I’m on vacation this week, and it’s a tradition for us to head up to the Berkshire Mountains in western Massachusetts for a nice drive, see some good foliage and eat a lot. On our trip up, I always drive by a striking old red brick garage that has Alfa Romeo’s of all vintages and [...]

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PLN at speed

September 29, 2008

1987 SCCA F Production Champion Jim Knerr is also a bit of a photography buff. Fortunately for our readers, Jim took some time away from his 68 Sprite on occasion to shoot a few racing photos. As he has dusted off some of his old shots, Jim came across some photos of Paul Newman (aka [...]

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Curiosity Killed The Cat

September 13, 2008

I don’t know about you but when my wife and I drive down some quiet street many times my wife talks comments on how beautiful the homes are but I am one of those people who just can’t seem to see the forest for the trees and all I can think about is… “What’s parked [...]

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Raced the wheels off his car!

November 21, 2007

My greatest regret when winter rolls in is no more SCCA Solo. To the uninitiated that translates into autocross. My summers are spent running my MX-5 in various events throughout the northeast. I even won 1st place in GS class in a rented Mustang. Obviously no date or location is given to incriminate myself on [...]

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