I bounced through quite a few cars in my early twenties. A wandering eye and lack of funds saw me in a few older BMWs that had some promise, but … Read more
I bounced through quite a few cars in my early twenties. A wandering eye and lack of funds saw me in a few older BMWs that had some promise, but … Read more
I bounced through quite a few cars in my early twenties. A wandering eye and lack of funds saw me in a few older BMWs that had some promise, but … Read more
I will have had my E36 325is for seven years this March. If you would have told 16-year-old Tyler back in 2012 that his E36 would still be around today, … Read more
Tyler and I have gone so far down the rabbit hole of motorsport that it can be difficult to remember our earlier days of high performance driver education and a … Read more
On Sunday morning, I found myself behind the wooden, three-spoke Nardi steering wheel of my friend Dave’s 1974 BMW 2002, trying in vain to keep up with an FC Mazda … Read more
Apparently, as part of some SMAD class at JMU my sophomore year, I had a WordPress blog. I forgot about it until this morning, when WordPress emailed me, requesting I change my account password to something stronger.
The blog contents are mostly nothing too special, but I did find this gem, recounting my first-ever time at a Real Live Racetrack in November 2008.
I usually try to write up race weekends a few days after getting home, but NASA’s East Coast Championships left me exhausted both physically and mentally, and I’m only now finding some time to review the week of debauchery.
The event ran from Thursday to Sunday, but I left Tuesday morning as Sebring, Florida is nearly 900 miles from home. My first stop was in Charleston, South Carolina to see some friends on Tuesday evening.
After the last two autocross events in the spring it was clear I needed to order tires. I managed to track down one of the last sets of RE71R’s before the giant backorder issue made them unavailable through the end of this summer. My friend and autocross instructor, Mike mounted and balanced them for me. After a quick alignment we were ready for event #3 at Bader Field.
Mike co-drove this event with me, which means we shared the car for the day. My seats are not adjustable, so we had to do a bit of interior decorating to the E36 in the form of a memory foam pillow in order for Mike to reach the pedals.