Years ago, my family and friends started a nonprofit that focused on family food independence. The program taught our group several valuable lessons about government funded programs. The Jr. Skill Centers nonprofit gravitated around 4H programs in our home county …
Over the years at TN Tech the Capstone Senior Design, and Design of Machine programs have been sold as the pentacle of the engineering quest. Most engineering universities measure your ability as an engineer by your senior design and/or design …
The ’86 Monte Carlo Smokin SS build was featured in Chevy Rumble Magazine in 2008. Articles are in PDF format. Click the title to view Introducing: Smokin’ SS Part 1 With a NASCAR Guru as Their Instructor, Two Students Build …
In 1981 my dad and Farm Bureau insurance had a brouhaha about workers comp, we owned a number of farm related business, and our Cal’s Body Shop business fleet, facilities, and liabilities all were insured with the Farm Bureau and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …