From 1984 to 2013 with four years off. I was building and driving race cars in the Sports Car Club of America. I never let my budget exceed $5000 a year during all those years. I was probably the poorest program in the entire national racing program but did very well. When guys like Walter Payton and John Bisignano approach you to talk or interview they see some talent. A couple of pictures. The blue car is the first car I designed and built from the ground up. The yellow car was the last car I drove until my health slipped enough to end my driving.
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The yellow car photo is showing the car in a perfect 4 wheel drift going through that corner. All four tires are pointed in the same direction. The right front tire is at the Apex then you look at the direction the car is pointed in relation to where the corner started and if gives you the pitch that the car is in. Driving on the edge of traction with this level of precision is very addicting. A car that does this at 2.5 lateral G force scares most people that tries to drive one. The car would would brake for a corner from 150 mph to 54 mph in two hundred feet and down shift five gears in those two seconds. TV or video does not do this type of racing justice until you pull a stop watch out to get an idea of how fast corners happen. Video cameras zoom in or out during coverage just so you can see the cars for a longer period of time.
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My last race. The National Championship with drivers from all over North America. I can tell you that my budget was five times less for the season than anybody else in this race!
The link below of my last race coverage. If you are from Wisconsin you may have heard of this place.
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