Little Luck

Got an invite to join the guys at Atlanta Speedwerks for a test day at Barber Motorsports Park, and, like most things lately, things did NOT go as planned! With temps hovering around freezing, our first session was sprinkled with open wheel car pirouetting all over the track. One was kind enough to sprinkle some…

Cup o’ MX-5 and Fortune Auto Onboard

Opporunity Knocks: After losing an engine at VIR, the Mazdaspeed3 is taking a well-deserved rest at Vintage Autos while we gameplan a rebuild. But up in Virginia, rumor had it that there was an MX-5 Cup car that had been retired. The car belonged to Beth Chryst, and was raced in the Playboy Cup and…

Zoom Zoom BOOM

One last hurrah, a final chapter, the checkered flag. Virginia International Raceway is where it all started, and where it all ended for the 2007 Mazdaspeed3. On the first green-flag lap of the first session on the first day with Rezoom Motorsports, the car let go, blowing a plume of white smoke out the back….

Makin’ Moves

After a brief hiatus, the Speed3 is headed back to the track with the awesome guys at Rezoom Motorsports. We are once again planning a two-day stint at the world class Virginia International Raceway. Before that happens, I’m digging in to some nagging issues – particularly HEAT and the damage it does up front. Here’s…

Insurance Q&A

When I’m not on track in the #racingagent Mazdaspeed3, I’m at my day job at Parke Cochran State Farm. The first reaction people have is usually “I can’t believe an insurance guy races cars”, and my response is always the same: Why not? Truth is, the ONLY place you should be driving fast is on…