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Circuit Racing: Kyle ‘Speedy’ Gregg

June 11th, 2011

At the JRDC’s circuit racing season opener in April, at Dover Raceway, I spoke to Kyle Gregg who was standing with his car as the machines assembled for the opening ceremony. My talking to him was not by chance, it was deliberate. I was interested in having a closer look at his machine but, more [...]

AE86 Race car: The Build – Part 4

June 5th, 2011

Andre is a mechanic at one of the auto shops located on the compound where my AE86 is at present. He is a certified ‘Toyota-man’ and he has a project of his own. The problem with Andre, however, is this – he is more confused than Charlie Sheen! At one stage he wanted to build [...]

Indy 500 & JMMC’s Just Bet Rally

May 30th, 2011

Yesterday (Sunday) was a good day! I know very little about the Indycar series at present, but I do know that the Indy 500 is considered to be one of those races which has a Superbowl-type appeal. The 2011 Indy 500 had much more significance, because it was the 100th running of the great American [...]

Circuit Racing : Paul Vieira’s machine

May 27th, 2011

I have always found it fascinating how different we all are as people. Despite being products of the same process (hopefully), we arrive kicking and screaming with myriad preferences and differences, which begin to manifest themselves as soon as a mother’s final push delivers independence from the womb! Here is an example. One of my [...]

Circuit Racing: A picture says a thousand words

May 24th, 2011

This is all CMRC competitors saw. Stuart Williams’ machine – as close to F1 as you can get. Mark Maloney’s demon. A picture says a thousand words – choose them carefully. Round 1 of the CMRC was scintillating to say the least. I haven’t regained focus just yet. As soon as I do an update [...]

Circuit Racing: Mark Maloney’s ravishing RX3

May 20th, 2011

My spirit of patriotism is under serious threat. My allegiance grows weary, a victim of unauthorized drone attacks. The resulting discomfort my betrayal has generated is a cause for concern. Caucasians have a name for each malady, but being of a colored persuasion, my condition discerning skills are nonexistent. I feel somewhat like Alice in [...]

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