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My “New” Miata Options To Consider…

Dan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:43:27 +0000

Well, I’ve put a bit over 250 miles on my “new” Miata, since this past Saturday. I’ve just registered for this month’s upcoming SASCA autocross - this Sunday, July 19, 2009. The last few times I had registered I used the number 51, as when I first autocrossed my former ‘Big White Whale’. But since that number [...]

When Ya’ Gonna Get Your Miata? TODAY!

Dan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:31:36 +0000

This post has been a long time coming… I started writing this entry back on May 6th of 2009, as I knew it would happen! After many months of both SASCA & SPOKES club members asking me (bugging me) as to when will I ever make my expected Mazda Miata purchase…I got it, TODAY! Although I had advertised [...]

Brianne’s Pikes Peak Adventure

Dan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:32:57 +0000

I just received an e-mail from Kevin, Brianne Corn’s brother. Brianne is heading to compete as an independent racer at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! The e-mail text says it better than I: Brianne, my sister has been accepted to compete in the 87th Annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. She is doing this almost entirely by [...]

Possibly Considering A Miata NB Model…

Dan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:52:32 +0000

In these days of non-car ownership, I’ve been driving my wife’s car to work, a 2000 Mitsubishi 4-door Galant ES. Automatic, of course. It’s not a bad car & since it has well functioning air conditioning, I am not missing my former ‘Big White Whale‘. I’m still on the Miata hunt. Today I was able to [...]

Mexico Driving (Racing?) Perspective

Dan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:10:26 +0000

Almost 30 years ago, I spent a few years of my live living in both rural & then urban Mexico, including Mexico City. This was just after my carefree college years. At that time, when my then fiancée introduced me to Mexico City traffic, I was major paranoid & scared witless. She told me I would [...]

Racing Tips From Life - Concentrate

Dan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:01 +0000

It’s interesting to observe that the most commonsense things in life transfer over to improved performance in competition racing. The key concept here is concentration. Keeping distractions out of the equation is very helpful to attain your goal of clean, optimal laps, one after the other. But that is not as easy as described. [I've seen [...]

The ‘Big White Whale’ Makes Its Departure

Dan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:55:17 +0000

It’s gone…I did it…it has been sold! I made the commitment and sold my ‘Big White Whale‘ (2000 Nissan Maxima SE) to CarMax today! I went there last week on a whim & they offered me much more than I had it advertised for on craigslist. In the Interim week, I had driven 6 or 7 [...]