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Drag Racing: Hi boost at Jamwest (Part 2)

February 27th, 2010

Jamwest Speedway will be transformed into a huge theme park for car enthusiasts this weekend. The main attraction will be the cars and drivers who have stepped up to the plate and have taken the challenge to Drag or be Dragged, as the title of the event suggests. For reasons discussed in earlier blogs, [...]

Formula One: Bahrain is in the air!

February 23rd, 2010

Formula One (F1) is in full blown test mode now and most of the expected teams on the grid have revealed their cars and have started pre race shakedowns at the test sessions in Spain. The 2010 F1 cars are visually different from last season’s cars and I hope the subtle differences will result in [...]

Drag Racing: Pre-Jamwest boost fest

February 22nd, 2010

As stated in an earlier piece Hi-boost is scheduled for Jamwest this weekend (the 28th), but guess what. Drag racers do not need a date to harass their engines, they do not wait on an invitation to seek to determine how much boost their Japanese motors can sustain before being blown to bits and [...]

NASCAR: Rumble in Florida

February 19th, 2010

You can always learn a thing or two from the Americans. If you see something often enough, chances are you will eventually get to like it or even love it. Each time you checked Speed TV within the past 2-3 weeks you would be compelled to view a program glorifying V8 stock car racing – [...]

Go-Karts (Karting): Juniors shine at Palisadoes

February 15th, 2010

A national award awaits a special individual. I don’t know the individual’s name just yet, but, as soon as I do I will inform my friend Bruce, the driver, to get the wheels in motion so the man /woman may be honored in the appropriate setting. This person of whom I write, conceptualized the Palisadoes [...]

Drag Racing: Hi-boost at Jamwest (part 1)

February 13th, 2010

The first official drag racing event for 2010 is scheduled to rev-off at Jamwest Speedway on February 28th .Last year the action on the strip was riveting and the series title – Vengeance -lived up to its hype by delivering closely contested battles, fierce rivalries and noteworthy elapsed times in the various classes. It is [...]

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