This one’s been a long time coming, and I hate that it took me roughly three months to pull a post together about the event we hosted at the end of August. Life’s been busy but as the final weeks of the year pass rapidly by, it’s finally time to talk about the Rainbow Road …
We Got 48 Mostly-LGBTQ People Competing on a Racetrack in 23 Orphaned Cars Read More »
I almost had them. It was a hot, sunny day at Summit Point and I’d taken the green flag about fifteen minutes prior. Starting toward the back of my German Touring Series pack, I had a decent start and was chasing the field, battling it out with a black Porsche Boxster, chasing down a brown …
Last month, my friend Taylor was working his way through competition school at Virginia International Raceway. His green BMW 325i was suffering from severe power loss, and to finish out his day and pass the school, I tossed him the keys to my purple E36 BMW M3. He took the M3 out for the final …
After Taking an Integra to the Driver’s Side, My Racecar is More Broken Than We Thought Read More »
The idea of “going racing” as a regular human with a regular job making regular money can seem daunting at best and impossible at worst. While we’ve shared snippets of competitive efforts from people who already have racing licenses and some experience, we also wanted to show the process of graduating from someone who does …
How to Go Racing: Taylor’s Competition School with the National Auto Sport Association Read More »
Author’s note: This article was originally written in 2016. Here, it has been reworked for the Out Motorsports community in 2020. Since many members of this community are grassroots racers themselves, I hope themes in this piece can be applied to your own lives behind the wheel. Shoot, I’ve applied exercises like these to great …
Telekinesis Can Make You Faster: Playing Mind Games with Jordan and Ricky Taylor Read More »
The last time I wrote about a race weekend, I’d returned home from Virginia International Raceway with a broken car that had questionable stopping power. Even though my mechanic was able to put the car back together with ease, I didn’t have much faith in the brakes as the car simply didn’t want to stop …
My 2020 Racing Season Was Short, but Ended in a Championship Win Read More »
Hondas (and Acuras) of all varieties have been popular in autocross and amateur racing for decades. It’s not unusual to hear a small four-cylinder revving and revving, hitting the VTEC cam profile, and revving some more at any event you attend. Older Civics and Integras have become so popular that NASA’s Honda Challenge racing series …
2020 Honda Civic Si Racetrack Review: Solidly Sporty and Value-Packed Read More »
Cheap car challenges are becoming a sort of annual tradition around here. When we wrapped up last year’s $1,500 all-wheel drive off-roading trip, the theme of “old lady cars” was already brewing, although I didn’t know what we’d do with them. Regardless, I put out a call at the start of 2020 for the same …
We Put Six Cheap “Grandma Cars” Through Two Days of Rallycross Read More »
Let’s get one thing out of the way – when Toyota revealed the 2020 Supra last year, I was one of the people ragging on it endlessly. Their flagship car should be developed in-house, I whined. I spent about twenty minutes with a Supra last October, and softened a bit. Though the waiting list for …
The 2020 Toyota Supra Impresses on the Track and on the Street Read More »
Over the weekend I attended a BMW of North America Ultimate Driving Experience. This is a one day autocross type of event where you can safely get behind the wheel of some of the newest BMWs and push them to their (relative) limits. The car I was most interested in driving was the new BMW …
2021 BMW M235i Gran Coupe xDrive: Good Car, Bad BMW Read More »
