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Festivals of Speed: From Roadsters To Racecars

A few times a year, there is a Concours d’Elegance held in Florida called the Festivals of Speed. These photos are from the event in St Petersburg back in April. I was hoping to show them sooner, but was sidetracked

Speed Record Car is a Time Capsule of Mystery

Among the vast collection of glossy vehicles showcased at last April’s Festival of Speed in St. Petersburg, Florida, one of these cars was not like the others and really pulled some attention away from the more polished rides. A recently

Big Meet For A Small Car: Miatapalooza 2013

In the past, I’d been to what I thought of as large car meets. Forty or fifty Subarus? Sure! That’s enormous! But I recently learned that it really isn’t. I’d heard that the Miata community was large, but little did

2013 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

It is always exciting this time of year when the Honda Grand Prix takes over the streets of St Pete, but this year was especially thrilling, because I got to shoot as part of the photographer pool for the Grand

The Roadster’s New Kicks

The Miata is back from the shop, where it underwent some much needed maintenance repairs in order to be drivable in time for the April car events taking place in the Tampa Bay area. Now that the roadster is driving

VSR Motorsports Grand Opening

  One of my favorite local speed shops, S&R Performance, merged with Vortex Motorsport recently and on Saturday night my wife and I attended the massive grand opening of their new shop, VSR Motorsports. The new location and larger shop

Honda Grand Prix Track Construction

Early on Friday morning, I attended the beginning of the construction of the street course that is annually built on the streets of St Pete for the Honda Grand Prix. These massive wall pieces weight 12,000 pounds each! They will

Hellaflushed

On the weekend before last I started getting the Miata on the road to better health with multiple coolant flushes. The system was quite dirty, so the first step was draining the radiator. Simple enough, it’s just removing a plastic

Who Gets A Sunburn In January!?

Who gets a sunburn in January? I do, that’s who. This morning we drove out to pick up our new (to us) Miata and I refused to be dissuaded from driving with the top down all the way home… for an hour and

Rummaging for a Roadster (updated)

My obsession with the little red roadsters has hit full boil recently. Just a couple of months ago, I was talking about how I must acquire a roadster, after a quick drive that I shared with one. Now with the Rabbit