Motorsports Training Center

I was in LA LA land (Mooresville, NC) vested in a new business, a business model my dad and I had critiqued from the Sonny Hawkins days. As I matured the Motorsports Fabrication business, dad studied the product the motorsports …

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$1 Per Pound

As part of the 4H programs, the USDA was pushing community garden concept that was red hot from the politician’s side, the “teach a man to fish” concept was a way for politicians to push food independence based on a …

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Teach ‘em to Eat the Gift Horse First!

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 …

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Capstone Senior Design Projects

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 …

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’86 Monte Carlo Smokin SS

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 …

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Chapter 5: Next Step Racing La La Land

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 …

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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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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 …

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