Monthly Archives: June 2015


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… STX, or CSP, or SM that is. As much as I have come to dislike modified vehicles, the pile of parts on my shelf keeps growing, and I’m slowly giving in. While it’s only a couple bolts away from being stock legal, 8J wheels and and an exhaust hole fill in plate on the rear valence were to hard […]

Won’t Be Long Now


A. Chris Harris is a boss. If you don’t subscribe to his you tube channel, do it now and then go watch all of his videos dating back to the beginning of time (i.e. the dawn of the interwebz.) B. As he said… this particular video is what racing should be about. Damn look what pro drivers can do with […]

Man Crush



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I remember the first time I ever modified my own car, because it was total heart break. I was 17 at the time, and had basically grown up in a repair shop, doing homework in the back office of my Dad’s shop from grade 4 on, cleaning the floor and putting tools away from grade 5, and then eventually graduating […]

Tender Youth and Crusty Oldness


Unlike road racers, auto-xers are a friendly bunch most of the time… until national titles are on the line. My CAC experiences are already tainted from my experiences twelve years ago. 12!!! Put some money on the line as well though, and there are sure to be some weenies inspecting cars with micrometer and magnifying glass. I just hope I […]

A Divide Between Brothers



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The SoloPro Driving School has been coming to Calgary for six years now, and this year, not because of my own great motivation, I was given a chance to partake… and I learned something. Every event that I attend, I try and take something away from it that can be applied to future driving… but it’s rare these days that […]

SoloPro Driving School


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A video trailer for a book is an interesting idea, and it fails miserably here. I saw this trailer for Garth Stein’s “The Art of Racing in the Rain” in 2008 and thought to myself… WTF? Seven years later, after professional race car drivers and office ladies alike have recommended the book to me, I’ve finally made the purchase and […]

The Art of Racing in the Rain