Miss November

What has got to be one of the greatest things about working at Truechoice is meeting all the new people. In the course of my travels I have met some very interesting people. I have got the greatest job in the world, think about it hang out in a racing environment with car people. Who could ask for more?

Anyway… the point of this blog is that good things happen to good people. I have attached a link at the bottom about Colbi Bradley. The reason for this link is that I meet Jay Bradley on my first trip to Georgia with Truechoice. He was nice enough to help me with some logistics with our trailer. (Super nice guy) Jay runs Simpson Racing for Steve & Diane Simpson while they are busy running HSR. Jay gave me a tour of the shop and there is a “Colbi” section of the shop with her hero cards on the wall, her kart, and such. When I asked Jay about her, he beamed with pride as he told about her racing career so far. (Much like I do when I talk about my daughter) I love the fact that he is encouraging his daughter to break some of the traditionally male stereo-types. Motorsports needs more women involved. Motorsports levels the playing field and it’s nice to see women excel at it. We have all heard of Lyn St. James, Shirley Muldowney, or Danica Patrick but we all do need to cheer for some of the new round of women racers. Colbi is somebody to watch in the future.

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Dreossi Special

My favorite thing about the vintage racing is the unique cars. If you live cars as much as I do it’s worth taking in either a SVRA or a HSR event. It’s museum quality cars RACING.

This is a very cool car… a Dreossi Special owned by Doug Elcomb. This car was built by Ray Dreossi and Cece Simmons up near Toronto in 1961 as a Canada Class car. It also conforms to the early rear engine Formula Junior rules having less then 1100cc, drum brakes, and a production gear case. Going through the SVRA Tech line

The car is monocoque structure (no tube frame) built from a drop tank from a F86 Sabre Jet.
Almost a fighter jet cockpit
The cars steering uses a cut-down NSU Prinz rack
The front uprights/brakes are Standard Pennant (pre-Triumph Herald)

The rear uprights/brakes are Austin Mini 850 front ends

When you look at the wheel/tire combination it is hard to believe that this car will go 115 on the top end powered by a Sprite motor (948cc bored to 1001cc) with only about 75bhp. The transmission is a Fiat 600 gearbox mounted upside down. The cooling is done by a Fiat 850 radiator.

I had brought the Truechoice Suport Trailer to Watkins Glen for a SVRA event. This car was doing well in the feature race up until Doug "ran out of talent in the Inner Loop on lap#2!! recovered to finish 12th after a good fight with Travis Engen's Lotus 18". (Doug's Words)

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