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WRR TV: Long Races Equal Lots of Passing
Ride along with Winding Road Racing team driver Tom Martin III in a Spec Miata during the 44th annual Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs Loooong Race at Blackhawk Farms Raceway in South Beloit, IL.
Jaguar Launching New Historic Racing Series
Jaguar has announced that it will be creating its own one make series for vehicles made by the British automaker before 1966. Accordingly, the 2015 Jaguar Heritage Challenge will offer entry to C-Types, D-Types, E-Types and Mk I and MkII sedans of said vintage. The series builds upon the success of the Jaguar E-Type Challenge and will be administered by the Historic Sports Car Club.
Mazda Reveals 2016 MX-5 Cup Racer, New Global Racing Series
Today at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Mazda took the wraps off the all-new fourth generation MX-5 Cup racer, along with a new global racing series that will be held in North America, Europe and Asia, all in identical spec-tuned versions of the new Miata. Mazda also revealed that the winner of the series will be awarded more than just a cash purse for their victory.
Pirelli World Challenge Adds Race Weekend to 2015 Season, Revised Calendar Announced
A few weeks ago the organizers of the Pirelli World Challenge released a race season schedule for 2015, but today they announced another date that they’re added to the roster, as well as what they’re pretty sure is almost the finalized calendar for 2015, which we’ve included here.
Attention Team Winding Road Racing Members: We Want Your Racing Videos!
One of Winding Road Racing’s core objectives is to support amateur road racing in the United States. But more than that, we also want to publicize your achievements. Send us your racing videos and we’ll feature it on the Winding Road Racing YouTube channel.
WRR TV: Tire Failure or Red Mist?
Ride along with Dean Martin in the #50 Picture Cars East/Rehagen Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302S during Race 2 at Sonoma Raceway during the Pirelli World Challenge GTS race on Sunday August 24th. After an exciting first lap and a promising first half of the race in which Martin gains numerous positions, a perceptible drop in pace begins to be accompanied by noticeably less composed laps.
Battle to the Finish: Ending the Summer with PWC
After good finishes at Road America and Toronto that put us back into championship contention, we had three weekends to battle for the big prize. We went to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in early August, Raceway Sonoma at the end of the month, and Miller Motorsports Park in early September for the finale.
Four Examples of How Memorization Can Work Against You On The Track
One problem I keep coming across in my coaching and driver education is “memorization.” By this I mean memorization as a replacement for understanding. I see a lot of drivers who have problems because they have been taught specifically to do something, but cannot explain why they are doing it. They’ve only memorized a technique. Or similarly, they are trying to imitate something they have observed, but without understanding why it’s being done. In driving, the “why” is just as important as the “what.”
Three Key Factors In Making HPDE Events Safer for Everyone
Recently, there has been a lot of press, chatter on enthusiast forums, and discussion in the road course community following a fatal incident at an HPDE event. Everyone I spoke with hated to hear that one of our own lost his life, but the reactions beyond that varied quite a bit: some said they’ll never ride in the passenger seat (instruct) again, some had concerns about controls at events, and some blamed the safety (or lack thereof) at certain track
Gear Spotlight: Black Armor Helmets
Black Armor is a new, Texas based helmet manufacture that is owned and operated by Texas Rallysport, a company that’s been bringing rallycross events to the Austin, Dallas, and Houston areas for years. James Wilson, owner and operator of Black Armor, tell us his roots have always been in motorsport, but after a stint on the distribution side of racing safety equipment, he turned his sights back to direct involvement in racing, as well as the research and development of a new helmet design that might just become the next big thing in carbon fiber helmets.
25 Hours Of Thunderhill Blog: The Why and The What
The thing is, when you come right down to it, we like epic events. Consider the Olympics, the Iditarod, the 24 Heures Du Mans (or substitute your favorite large scale competition here) and you find — for the right kind of slightly crazy person — that a chill runs down your spine. And, at times, you find yourself thinking “I’d like to try that.”
Video: Porsche IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge At Sebring
Have you gotten the chills yet today?
Intro To Winding Road’s Race Car Review Series
We are initiating a new series of reviews of race cars. Since this is new territory for us and you, we want to explain a bit of our approach so that you have an idea what (and what not) to expect.
Winding Road Racing: VIRgins No Longer
Sitting outside the Advanced Autosports semi between races at a Midwestern Council event at Road America back in August, Jim Kettelkamp casually mentioned a potential trip to Virginia International Raceway (VIR) for the 13 Hour SCCA Charge Of The Headlight Brigade endurance race in October. Already having enlisted Steve Krock, a suspension mechanic on the Ed Carpenter IndyCar team, Doctor Jim was looking for a third driver for the team. I switched off all rational decision making processes for a few seconds and signed up.
Blog: Winding Road At The Indy 500
There is an anticipation that comes with attending an event like Indy that differs from other things in life. I just got home from Indy yesterday, and I’m already looking forward to the 2013 race. After this year’s race, though, I’m not really sure I’ll ever attend it the way I used to.
List: Ten Racing-Related Ways To Spend Your Tax Return
If you think back to last tax day, you’ll remember John Beltz Snyder’s recap of project cars you could buy with your tax refund. If you did buy one of those cars, then maybe you’ve given some thought to taking it racing. With another tax day done and over with, we should all (hopefully) be receiving a nice check from Uncle Sam. Assuming the roughly $3000 average from last year holds true, than you’ll have a fair bit of disposable income in your pocket.
Winding Road Racing: Getting Started In Karts
We’ve been spending more and more time thinking and writing about novice racing and skill development, both here and on our Winding Road Racing Facebook channel. In doing so we’ve gotten a fair number of questions about karting, which we’ve always held as a great entry-level approach to racing. So, we thought we’d summarize some of our recent posts on the topic. As with any complex subject, a short piece just scratches the surface, but we hope you find it useful. Look for more of this type of racing content, both here and on Facebook.
Gear: DrawRace2 Gives The Finger To Traditional Racers
While the traditional approach to racing games on Apple’s iPad and iPhone has involved manipulating the built-in accelerometer and essentially using the phone or iPad as a steering wheel, DrawRace 2 takes a very different approach.
List: Ten Things To Look Forward To In Gran Turismo 5
With its last installment released over five years ago, to say that Gran Turismo 5 has been long awaited is a bit of an under statement. The original Gran Turismo was one of the first console-based games to bring production car racing to the home, and helped create legends out of cars like the Nissan Skyline GT-R, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, and Subaru Impreza WRX.
Spy Shots (Sort Of): Volkswagen Race Touareg Tests In Alps
While on the hunt for secret sheet metal in the European Alps, our spy photographer happened upon this Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 taking a break from some tests.
Gamer: F1 2010 Releases In September – We Have Video, Screenshots, Cover Art
Video game developer Codemasters has released a video giving an insight into the development of F1 2010. The newest F1 game is due out September for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.
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