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Jordan and Ricky Taylor

Telekinesis Can Make You Faster: Playing Mind Games with Jordan and Ricky Taylor

By / November 2, 2021

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 …

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Plum Crazy E36 M3 VIR

My 2020 Racing Season Was Short, but Ended in a Championship Win

By / November 2, 2021

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 …

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2020 Civic Si racetrack

2020 Honda Civic Si Racetrack Review: Solidly Sporty and Value-Packed

By / November 2, 2021

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 …

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Oldsmobile LSS rallycross

We Put Six Cheap “Grandma Cars” Through Two Days of Rallycross

By / November 2, 2021

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 …

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E36 M3 impact VIR

Here’s The Damage from Last Month’s Braking Incident at VIR

By / November 2, 2021

“On our way home that afternoon, we stopped at my mechanic’s shop to hand over the #404. I rolled the car out of my trailer and pulled the Aerocatch hood latches open. Kevin quickly assessed the damage and felt confident he could repair it prior to my next race in mid-September.” I ended last month’s weekend of …

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Volvo S70 T5M

I Bought a Manual-Transmission Volvo S70 T5M for the ‘Old Lady Rallycross Challenge’

By / November 2, 2021

By the time this piece gets published, I’ll be headed a bit south and west of home in a 2020 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel, with a cheap old Volvo strapped to a trailer behind me. Last year, Out Motorsports hosted a Top Gear-style challenge, in which we took $1,500 all-wheel-drive vehicles off-roading. This year, we’re hosting …

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purple E36 M3 at VIR rainbow

Summer Racing at VIR: Peaks and Valleys Back-to-Back

By / November 2, 2021

Though our 2020 racing season has been cut short due to COVID-19, NASA Mid-Atlantic has been able to host events in recent months. Our first event this year, at Summit Point, was an exceptionally fun time even with COVID-related restrictions in place. Two weeks ago, we made it to Virginia International Raceway for the first …

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Subaru rallycross

Go Granny Go: We’re Taking Grandma’s Favorite $1,500 Sedans Rallycrossing

By / November 2, 2021

Last year, I gathered a handful of friends in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia for two days of off-roading. We’d all shown up with freshly-purchased all-wheel-drive machines, the makes and models unknown until each person’s arrival. In the end, we took a BMW X5, Chrysler Town & Country, Volvo XC90, and two Subaru wagons through …

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