I ran across this old Datsun 240Z recently, on the way to dinner. Datsun was the original name for the Japanese car company now known as Nissan. Today, Nissan makes a sports car you may have heard of, called the […]
In Remembrance of Carroll Shelby
Today, I was shocked to learn that the great automotive legend, Carroll Shelby, is no longer with us. According to news reports, he passed away some time last night. He hadn’t been in good health over the past few years, […]
2012 Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg: IndyCars
In previous years, I’ve typically taken more interest in the World Challenge races at Honda Grand Prix, but this year the excitement and the drama was in the IndyCar races (imagine that!). With a whole new set of cars, which […]
2012 Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg: Pirelli World Challenge
These are a few of my favorite shots of the Pirelli World Challenge part of the 2012 Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg. A couple weeks back, when I started thinking about how I was going to write this article, I […]
Down on the Street: Holy Cow, There’s an S15 Edition
Today, I quickly ran out for some sandwiches and what did I spy sitting in front of the sandwich shop? An S15 Nissan Silvia. Right hand drive, the correct rear, no S14 kit, but the real thing. I never get tired […]
Celebrating the Life of a Champion: Dan Wheldon
Before the IndyCar race at St Pete, they played this video tribute celebrating the late great Dan Wheldon; the local racing hero who sadly passed away in a serious crash at Las Vegas Speedway last October. It’s not the greatest […]
2012 Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg: Star Mazda
This year, we got seats, and it was a good thing too. Without them, we would have missed an amazing crash or two or three. In the second Star Mazda race of the weekend, Connor De Phillippi not only took […]
2012 Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg: The Paddock
Dedicated to Ferdinand Alexander “Butzi” Porsche. The weekend before last, my wife and I went out to Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg. When we first got there, we seemed to have somehow wandered into a paddock area that I […]
The One Where A Corvette Makes A Fool Out Of Me… Again
On Sunday, while wandering around the paddocks before the races, I was shooting this beautiful mid-’60s Corvette when the SCCA folks offered to let me sit in it. Without thinking, I just assumed I could just ‘Bo Duke’ it into the […]
Preview of the March Forza 4 DLC
I was lucky enough to score an advanced code for the next Forza 4 car pack on the Forza forums! This won’t be a preview for much longer, as the March DLC (downloadable content) goes live on Tuesday. But I […]
