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A missile car?

December 28th, 2010

Random Bits TIME magazine’s person of the year is 26 year old Mark Zuckerberg. Honestly I didn’t know the fellow until I saw his freckled face bellowing from the cover of the magazine. People in internet land know him as the creator of their recently acquired, most vital organ, Facebook. And thanks to his unique [...]

The true meaning of Christmas

December 24th, 2010

Yesterday I was sitting at 1 of my favourite retreats – Barnes and Noble (bookstore) and I couldn’t help but reflect on the differences in behavior or culture observed when you are at a new location. I am an avid reader. Give me anything to read and I am good. So being new to Kingston [...]

Boost Controller: Andre Anderson

December 22nd, 2010

Race car drivers compete for myriad reasons, but they are all driven by the desire to win. It is this blind hunger for success which drives them to push that much harder and demand from their at times, uncooperative machines, performance the race car did not dream possible. Andre Anderson, however, has an advantage. He [...]

AE86 Race Car-The Build: Part 1

December 19th, 2010

In the off-season, racers do what is required to improve their machines, in preparation for the grueling, fender-banging, bumper-smashing season which lies ahead. In our case, the circuit racing season blips the throttle for the first race in April and as such, competitors have a 5 months window (from the final race) to get their [...]

AE86 Race Car

December 11th, 2010

This is something I have wanted to do for some time now. I have made minute steps in the direction before, but for one reason or another, a different path was chosen. When I purchased the Civic Type R, the initial plan was to keep it as a road car, but after driving it and [...]

Rallying: Gary ‘the Colonel’ Gregg conquers Rally Jamaica 2010

December 6th, 2010

When I spoke to Gary Gregg on Thursday night he said – “Rallying is a tough sport”. A realistic assessment of what lies ahead suggests wisdom and it usually guarantees a calculated approach to the task at hand. Gary Gregg is obviously an accomplished driver but, he is also inexplicably underrated. Gary Gregg is a [...]

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