The Return of Tampa Bay Miatas, January 2022

Last Thursday marked the return of the Tampa Bay Miatas car meets at Rick’s by the River in Tampa. Not only had the meets stopped happening for a while, but I hadn’t attended one myself since December 2019. Since then,

Rest in Peace Sabine Schmitz, Queen of the Nürburgring

Today we bid farewell to a motoring hero. A woman of great driving talent and honed skills. Sabine Schmitz, the “Queen of the ‘Ring.” Known as such because she won the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring, not just once, which is difficult in itself, but twice in 1996 and 1997.

Nissan unveils the Z Proto

With a heavy dose of nostalgia, Nissan unveiled the looks of the new Z last night in the form of the prototype known as the Z Proto. Z-car fans can spot styling cues from past generations throughout the design from nose to tail.

Gordon Murray compares his McLaren F1 against his new GMA T.50 hyper-GT car

Text by Bryce WomeldurfVideo sourced from TopGear’s YouTube channelPhotography courtesy of Gordon Murray Automotive On Tuesday, automotive design legend Gordon Murray unveiled his latest car, the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50. Gordon calls it the last of the analog supercars and

Coronavirus Turns Plans Upside Down, At Least We’re Healthy

A few weeks back, my lovely wife surprised me with tickets to the 2020 Nürburgring 24 hour race. To say I was excited is an understatement, especially when the physical tickets arrived in the mail last week. But then, in the next few days, things got a little worrying.

Thoughts on the new C8 Corvette

Photography courtesy of Chevroletwith cover photo by Dan MacMedan.Text by Bryce Womeldurf Chevrolet finally pulled back the curtain on the long rumored mid-engine Corvette last night. Some of what everyone thought they knew about it was completely wrong, like thinking

Lotus debuts Evija electric hypercar

Lotus debuted their new electric hypercar, named Evija (pronounced ‘E-vi-ya’), to the public yesterday in London. Not only is it Lotus’ first hypercar, but also the first all-electric British hypercar. Lotus is scheduled to begin production of the Evija in

Schrödinger’s Head Gasket

It’s been a while since I wrote about my Miata on here, so I thought I’d give an update. Just to get the bad news out of the way first, the car overheated again at the beginning of June. But how’s the head gasket?

Tampa Bay Miatas July 2019 Meet

It’s been a while since I last attended a Tampa Bay Miatas meet. And even though my car was down for maintenance (more on that later), I decided to attend their July meet last week. I took a lot of