Upcoming Events for the Truechoice trailer

The Truechoice Trailer should be at these races this year:

PCA Sebring February 3 thru 7
HSR Sebring March 3 thru 7
SVRA Roebling Road April 8 thru 14
HSR Mitty Road Atlanta April 28 thru May 2
SVRA/HSR Road America May 12 thru 16
HMP Barber May 20 thru 23
SVRA VIR June 2 thru 6
HMP Watkins Glen June 10 thru 13
SVRA Mid-Ohio June 23 thru 27
SVRA Road America July 15 thru 18
SVRA Watkins Glen September 9 thru 12
HSR Road Atlanta September 16 thru 19
SVRA Road Atlanta October 14 thru 17
HSR Sebring October 20 thru 24
HSR Daytona November 11 thru 14

HSR Sebring

Wow, what a shame... A great weekend of racing hampered by rain. Did it rain, for 2 days I would normally have some cool racing pics or at least car pics but we stayed where it was dry.

That puddle was about 4 inches deep... could have almost had boat races.

My veiw most of the weekend. wet, wetter, Wettest,

When the rain stopped the got a night race in which was cool to watch

And of course, Sunday was beautiful.

Life is good... even when it rains.

MITTY at Road Atlanta

One of my favorite races of the year is the Mitty at Road Atlanta. (I get to go to my fair share of races with Truechoice Motorsports) This is the HSR's Big event so it is always fun. People come from across the country to race at it because of it's reputation and of course the challenge of Road Atlanta. The Mitty is as much of a social event as it is a racing event. (the food is always good)

Just a touch of rain and everything is closed up tight

This years featured cars were the Group 44 cars... they had a nice display and the cars were in great shape

I guess they all had some sort of 44 theme plus the matching green paint

It was cool to see racing history on display and parading around

I took this for my daughter because she has a thing for pink race cars

A motorize bar stool with 2 seats and a trailer (In Ohio a Guy just got a DUI on one of these)

Just a Thought...

Hsr Season Ender at Sebring

WOW! My first trip to the famous Sebring International Raceway. This was a great trip for many reasons. First of all it's December and I'm in Florida (much nicer then Ohio). This place is amazing, it is so big, it was hard to figure out the best place to park the Truechoice Trailer (I bet the paddock is 3/4 of a mile long). This was another smooth running HSR event where checking went well, the racing was great (4 hour enduros at dawn ROCK), and the awards Banquet was great. The HSR is sponsored by Rolex so I got to see them give out a ton of watches to the points winners. It was nice to hear Derek Daily speak. All and all it was a great trip but i did not take my usual ton of pictures.

Great weather, just look at those sky's

A beautiful sun rise overlooking a race track what more could you ask for in life.

Just imagine cars thundering around that turn!

Life is Good...

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.

http://www.trackchic.com/wbw/

JUST A THOUGHT...

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)

Life is Good...