Building A Race Car
Building a Race Car is a 13-part series by Mark Davis that takes the reader from constructing a complete race car from 150 feet of roll bar tubing to a finished NASCAR Winston Cup stock car. The articles were featured …
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Chapter 4: Racing With Art Reno and The Next Step
As the coincidence of racing Jon Thorne adds to the story the irony of Art Reno breaking down in our front yard really adds to the direction of the next chapter. Art was an airline pilot drawn to racing for …
From a Racers Point of View
Bobby Allison took GM’s bait, caught a big fish, then put the bait on sale for racers everywhere, Bunkie Knudsen’s plan changed racing for the Saturday racers for the next 60 years. The first racing Chevelle I remember was Speedy …
Stay Grounded
There are 2 things that I know hate being shocked one is me the other is pigs. There are multiples of relative lessons in the mechanics of life that carry over, one is the mystery of the negative ground. Shortly …
Be a Student of Your Sport
The secret of success in any area of expertise is never stop learning. It takes a combination of knowledge, experience, confidence, natural ability, focus, patience, and “want to”. In the early 1900s training models fell into 2 categories, need-to-know, and …
Ultimate Performance Vehicle Fab Shop Equipment
Over the years I have been part of many startups, retrofits, and or image makeover of shops. I personally have upfitted several collegiate design labs, and training centers. I always start by giving them this list. When asked what piece …
Yesterday You Couldn’t Spell Sawyer
Pigs, Frogs, Worms and Chickens OH MY!Several our inner circle pointed us in the direction of an old moonshiner/sawyer that had an old 1940’s Frick sawmill. His name was Aaron Davis a typical seasonal connoisseur of non-taxed adult spirits and …
Pigs, Frogs, Worms and Chickens OH MY!
With the racing on hold my dad got a chance to buy a 10-acre tract of land in Taylor, FL, the goal was to go sell sufficient, for me it was another learning experience, as the race car set outside …
Chapter 3: Racing “A Thorne in My Side”
The 1977 season was crazy, we jumped in, with the best racing knowledge we had, stumbled across an equalizer, rotating weight is king. The fall and winter changed our approach to everything. We embraced an engineer’s direction more than ever, …
Bomb Carriers and Water
The pig operation included several animal related skillsets that a racer should never be exposed to. Pigs can tear down an oak tree, but hate electric wire, learning to be fence installer became another skillset. In a 2-year period we …