Top Ten Things I Accomplished While Contributing To Jalopnik

December 26, 2010 – I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to partake in a few motorsports events, snap a couple of blurry photographs, mistype some finishing results, and report back here on Jalopnik. More »

Beer, Girls And Go-Karts In Vegas

December 19, 2010 – Las Vegas is the city of sin and of some wicked cars. We hit The Strip, enjoyed the sights and ended up doing battle at a local go-kart track. We cruised The Strip in my friend Brian's Pontiac G8. More »

Nerds Love The Light Cycles

December 18, 2010 – At a Thursday midnight showing, I sat in a theater filled with nerds waiting for the start of Tron Legacy in 3D. Why were we all there? Light cycles, of course. I only joke that the theater was filled with nerds (after all I was there too). More »

Nissan Team Diary At The 25 Hours Of Thunderhill

December 12, 2010 – A lone and scrappy Nissan Sentra SE-R run by LeMons / ChumpCar alumni ran against Honda and Mazda factory efforts at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. Here is how they Survived the 25. Pre-Race We showed up at Thunderhill like any confident/cocky racing team. More »

Western Endurance Racing Championship Decided During 25 Hour

December 11, 2010 – The final race of the 2010 NASA Western Endurance Racing Championship (WERC) season was completed during the first six hours of the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. More »

Mercer Motorsports/Porsche Win The 25 Hours Of Thunderhill

December 5, 2010 – It took 25 long hours and nearly 2,000 miles of racing but Mercer Motorsports won the 2010 25 Hours of Thunderhill. Mercer Motorsports won the event last year and wanted to come back to repeat. More »

The Sun Finally Came Up At The 25 Hours Of Thunderhill

December 5, 2010 – After endless hours of darkness, hard racing and fatigue, the sun rose at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill making things easier to see. With the morning light, and the end of the race nearing (but still 6 hours away), teams started to pick up the pace on a wet track. More »

Rain And Darkness Consume The 25 Hours Of Thunderhill

December 5, 2010 – The sun is down and the rain has arrived at the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) 25 Hours of Thunderhill. The weather has kept crews busy throwing on rain tires. With the sun out of the picture it is time for teams to test the demands of their electrical systems while running their... More »

Green! Green! Green! At The 25 Hours Of Thunderhill

December 4, 2010 – The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) 25 Hours of Thunderhill is underway. Drivers, crews and these poor cars have just started the longest two days of their lives. The 25 Hours of Thunderhill (the longest closed course endurance race in the world) is officially running. More »

Grid For The 25 Hours Of Thunderhill

December 4, 2010 – The 25 Hours of Thunderhill is about to begin. We know that 82 cars will see the green flag but after 25 hours of racing, how many will actually see the checker? The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) 25 Hours of Thunderhill is the longest closed course endurance race in the world, one hour... More »

Jalopnik-Featured Car Now In Nissan Motorsports Calendar

November 27, 2010 – If you walk into the parts department of your local Nissan dealership you might see a calendar hanging on the wall. For the month of November the car displayed is a prior Jalopnik-featured car. A couple of Jalopnik alums did some posts "back in the day" on this little Nissan SE-R (article by... More »

Keep It Simple Stupid! (The K.I.S.S. Method)

November 20, 2010 – Sometimes the best fix for a mechanical problem is the simplest one. This chain link "muffler bracket" is a perfect example. Cruising around the pits at the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) National Championships I saw all sorts of high-speed machinery and awesome examples of engineering... More »

California Dreamin’ November Road Rallying In A Convertible

November 13, 2010 – Even though it's November, the weather is great in California so we dropped the top on the appropriate car, a Ford Mustang GT/CS (the CS stands for California Special) and ran a road rallye. Ford Mustangs are assembled in Flat Rock, Michigan, where this weekend the weather is reported to be... More »

Why Boris Said Is Absolutely “The Man”

November 6, 2010 – Ten reasons (besides the fact that he survived this fire) why Boris Said is the coolest guy to ever get behind the wheel of a racecar. When I was just a wee lad, my old man took me to Sears Point (now commercially known as Infineon Raceway). More »

Western Endurance Racing Championship Points Battle

October 30, 2010 – Five of six rounds of the NASA Western Endurance Racing Championship (WERC) are in the history books and some of the class championship chases are very close. More »

The Art Of Racing (Soap Box) In The Rain

October 24, 2010 – NASCAR drivers go running for the garages like pansies the moment they see one spot of precipitation hit their windshields. Ten year old kids racing All American Soap Box Derby run rain or shine. The weather looked like it might hold off as things got started at the South Placer Soap Box Derby in... More »

Love Racing But Suck At Driving? Waaagh! You’re On The Pit Crew

October 16, 2010 – Automobile racing is a lot of fun, a very expensive, time consuming, amount of fun. But just because it can be ridiculously expensive doesn't mean you can't be involved in motorsports. More »

Glowing Rotors In The Night: Western Endurance Racing Championship Round 5

October 10, 2010 – The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) Western Endurance Racing Championship (WERC) held Round 5 at Buttonwillow Raceway Park. Drivers punished their brakes in the midst of a dark three hour on-track battle. Six different classes do battle simultaneously in the WERC series, with vehicles... More »

How To Wear Your Rubber

October 2, 2010 – Performance alignment settings are great for the track, but they'll eat your tires alive on the street. While autocrossing a Ford Bullitt Mustang in F-Stock I had to try all sorts of alignment settings to convince that front heavy, solid rear axle, beast to actually turn when I told it to. More »

NASA National Championship Results

September 25, 2010 – The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) National Championships, presented by Toyo Tires, were held at last weekend at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. More »

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