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Let’s Review: What Is Blocking?
If you watch a lot of racing, you see some action on the track that looks a lot like what the average person would call “blocking”. But it isn’t often penalized, even in pro racing where they have enough officials to be watching. Of course in club racing…
Summer Savings: Get $8000+ In Benefits With Global MX-5 Cup Car
Mazda and Long Road Racing are sweetening the pot for drivers interested in running Global MX-5 Cup in 2019. If you buy a car now, you get some useful equipment and cost reductions. We would add that if you buy now you can do some serious practice in the car, and the current generation MX-5 Cup car really demands extensive practice. Get details here.
WRR Interview: Secrets Of Making The Transition From Simulator To “Real” Race Car
John Allen is a Spec Miata and, in 2018, a Spec MX-5 Challenge pro driver. In Spec MX-5, he has been on pole twice in six races, demonstrating the skills he built on iRacing. He got his start in simulators and his quick transition from sims to the front of the pack in road racing caught our attention. This is a scenario we’ve seen before (e.g. with Mark Drennan and Glenn McGee), so we interviewed John to get his thoughts on making the transition from sims to “real” cars.
Need To Know: 10 Reasons Your Racing Should Begin In A Simulator
We talk to lots of drivers who have an interest in track activities. But they often are slightly confused about how to get started. On one level, we say “just do something” because getting experience and getting in the habit of doing track activities is how you get comfortable and begin to develop some skill. That isn’t sufficient, though…
Is Racing Missing Some Obvious Changes?
The funny thing is, sports car racing is a lot like opera, only in some ways it is less appealing. What I want to suggest here is that it doesn’t have to be this way, but some things big and small would have to change.
Need To Know: The Best Way To Get Started In Motorsports
We talk to many people who want to do something in motorsports, or think they do, and yet many of them admit they are somewhat unclear about how to get started. That’s understandable, so we’ve put together a few guidelines which may be helpful.
Need To Know: The Difference Between Talent and Skill
In motorsports, as in most complex human endeavors, there is a difference between talent and skill. It is an important difference that many drivers forget about, which hurts their progress.
Survey: Rate The Most Important Questions For Novice Drivers To Ask
We are planning a new series of articles aimed at the questions that drivers have about how to go road racing.
You Are Not Happy About The Cost Of Racing
Over the past two weeks, we’ve surveyed our readership to understand their feelings about the cost of racing and the options to address that cost.
Is Racing Too Expensive?
Today we ask a simple question covering your feelings about racing costs and how they affect your racing.
Survey: Your Preferred Ways To Reduce Race Car Cost
Just about everyone who races will acknowledge that racing is an expensive sport. Realistically, even if you do all your own mechanical work, when you race multiple times per year you end up spending thousands of dollars on tires and fuel and entry fees.
What Racers Say About Ideal Race Length
We recently surveyed readers about their desires for the format of race weekends. One area of the survey that had rather clear answers was the section on race length and related topics.
The Important Difference Between Pro Drivers And You
There is an old adage that says something like “the difference between rich people and poor people is that the rich have more money”.
F1 and Trans Am Searching For Better “TV” Economics
Everyone knows TV broadcasts are expensive to produce. Everyone knows that road racing is a niche sport. Put those two factors together and you have a recipe for problems.
What Is “Pro” Racing? Are You Ready?
Winding Road Racing gets asked all the time why certain series are defined as “Pro” and certain series are not. Like all things involving language, the answer depends a bit on who is talking to whom. But, we think there are some useful definitions that are becoming pretty standardized, and this may help decode what people are saying.
Wheel-Wheel Licensing School In February
WRR partners Level Up Racing Schools and ATL Speedwerks will be holding a road racing and SCCA licensing school in February at Atlanta Motorsports Park.
Getting Sponsored for Your Pro Ride
Raising sponsorship dollars is hard. Sports car racing is not a huge audience sport. TV and streaming audiences are small, if they exist at all. So, to get sponsored you probably should be selling based on…
Race Event: Winterfest at Motorsports Ranch
It may be cold outside, but the 2018 season calendar is quickly heating up. The SCCA Texas Region just announced their annual WinterFest at Motorsports Ranch (Cresson, TX) January 26-28th. WinterFest is great because it has a little bit of something for everyone:
Survey: Racing Simulator Usage and Desires
Over the past 20 years, consumer simulators have transitioned from mainly gaming devices to serious tools for racers. In this week’s survey, we want to know about you simulator, its usage and what you would do to improve it.
WR Survey: What On-Track Skills Do You Most Need To Work On?
Today, we’re polling our readers to understand where they’d most like help improving their on-track skills. Be sure to use the link; if you comment below, your results won’t be recorded (comments are welcome, of course).
Video: Sometimes, Boys Just Wanna Have Fun Drifting
Mix a damp track with a modified Subaru BRZ and what’s a boy to do? Drift! Here’s our POV video, which we hope serves as some inspiration during the cold, cold winter.
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