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RaceCarParty at AutoClub Speedway
I’m still getting back in the swing of things. Back to a world where auto events are happening post-covid. I got invited out to cover RaceCarParty, a group started by Porsche driving instructors, who are organizing track days. Out of the Roval (Race track/Oval), cars flew around Fontana’s AutoClub Speedway’s modified road course. A great…
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Ken Miles: The Shelby American Years
The movie Ford vs. Ferrari introduced the wider world to a pivotal, but yet hidden figure in automotive history. Ken Miles, a man who made his name racing sports cars, from MGs to Porsches, to Sunbeam Alpines, to Cobras, to GT350s, to Ford GT40s—the man was a genius behind the wheel of a car and…
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2021 Fabulous Fords Show at Irwindale Speedway
It took a year, but we were back at a large car show in Southern California. With a line that stretched to the freeway, people lined up until late in the afternoon to get into the show. Almost like a primal urge that people needed to soothe, or a thirst that they needed to quinch,…
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Motorcycles in the Woods: Finding Inspiration to Race
To spectate a World Championship Trials event, one must put on their hiking boots, grab some water and be prepared to brave the elements for two long days. There are no hospitality suites when you’re watching the top motorcyclists in the world show off their gravity defying talents. To get to the action we scaled hills, boulders,streams…
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Starting Again: Dement Kwan Racing School Opens
It’s been a while since we’ve last posted an article. COVID has been hard on the automotive journalism world, but we’re starting again. Our first on-site coverage is of the opening of a new racing school based at Willow Springs International Raceway. The Dement Kwan Racing School (DK Racing) is the brainchild of racer Martina…
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Building Power & Durability: Veteran engine builder, Marvin McAfee, builds a 598ci Ford T-Rex for street and strip
Photography by the author, Jim Smart Sometimes, it’s just okay when you’re in your seventies to take a crack at something you’ve always wanted to do. Marvin McAfee of MCE Engines in Los Angeles, California always wanted to build a 1000-horse Ford big-block, but understood he couldn’t do it with a stock block and heads.…
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Twinnebago Walk-through
Full steam ahead on the Twinnabego build, after a brief slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. For those of you not familiar, it is a 1972 Winnebago Indian. It clocks in at 22 feet. Originally it was powered by a big block Dodge, but in its place now resides a 6.0 Junkyard engine that has…
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KOHR Motorsports
Dean Martin, the driving force of KOHR Motorsports started his racing life in a rough and tumble place. There were no silver spoons, no big houses. Early Years Martin did not grow up in the shadow of a famous racer. His family did not have a vast fortune to fuel his passion for cars. Quite…
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Quarantine Dyno Battle
Despite us all being locked down because of the Coronavirus crisis our resident gearhead, Dane Thompson, found time to do a Turbo LS Dyno Battle Royale with his friend Reid. They battled it out at world-famous KP Fab and Tune for some dyno tuning and a little HP war. After the cars are all tuned…
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MagneRide, Demystified.
MagneRide, the semi-active adaptive suspension damper available on all Ford Mustangs since 2018 has become the new performance must-have option. First found on a Chevy, it is now available on most performance vehicles ranging from Camaros, Mustangs, to even supercars. The technology made its first appearance in a Ford in the 2015 Mustang Shelby GT350R.…
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