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MJDrive: Race to Formula 1 ONLINE DIARY

Dear VRL crew,

Just wanted to invite you all to keep an eye on the only diary I am writing to keep everyone informed as to my whereabouts. As many of you know I recently moved to the United kingdom from Dallas, Texas to pursue motorsport at the highest level, Formula 1.

It's a long shot, but someone is going to race Formula 1. I am seriously fast, and I think that person should be me.

If any of you are interested in following along I am keeping a a regular diary… Continue

Added by MJDrive on April 10, 2008 at 1:54pm — 1 Comment

Eagles Canyon Report

I WROTE THIS FOR MY LOCAL TRIUMPH CLUB NEWSLETTER

Eagles Canyon Raceway Report

As I mentioned in my report in the December Ragtop, CVAR was to…

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Added by Bob Kramer on January 15, 2008 at 8:33pm — No Comments

Out With The Bad

As you can see all the bad tubes have been removed and the the frame was sent out and sand blasted. New tubing ordered, time to get to work!

Added by David Irwin on January 11, 2008 at 10:36pm — No Comments

Restoration of a Brabham BT29 FB

This is the frame of my newly acquired Brabham BT29 (thanks Eric!), doesn't look to bad in this photo. Thought I would document the restoration of this car on this site. Time to figure out whats original and what's not. Then I need to remove all the damaged or rusted… Continue

Added by David Irwin on January 11, 2008 at 10:34pm — No Comments

AZSCCA

Make sure to check out the new flyer in the AZSCCA Group for our March Race benefiting the Phoenix Children's Hospital March 22-23 at Phoenix International Raceway. Lots of good fun for Vintage Closed-Wheel Production Cars.

If you're somewhere in the Southwest, make sure to join the AZSCCA Vintage Group for updates and show your support for regional vintage racing.

Added by Tom Seemeyer II on January 11, 2008 at 4:46pm — No Comments

Personalize your My Page

Our Chief Technology Officer - Travis - has created a utility to personalize your www.myvrl.com webpage.

Please edit your page using the navigation guide and let us know what you think.

Great job Travis :-))

Added by Stephen Page on January 10, 2008 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Race Report – FC921

I ran my ’62 Spitfire Racer for the first time yesterday and I have to say I exceeded all my expectations.

The hardest part was the 7:00AM departure from Cedar Park for the 100 mile drive down to the AT&T center in San Antonio. It was clear but cold, in the high 30s when we left.…

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Added by Robert MacKenzie on December 17, 2007 at 6:37pm — 1 Comment

Where I am...

Sadly, due to a new job here in the KC area, I was missing from the October Hallett event. I still have my 72-ish Lynx B sitting in my warehouse. I finally made some progress on it recently when I sawed-off the original steering wheel (how did anyone fit in the car??) and had a quick-disconnect hub welded to the steering shaft.

With some wonderful pictures provided by fellow Lynx B owner, Rob Newton, I discovered that one of the fine previous owners had cut off the mounting locations… Continue

Added by Erik Karlsson Jr. on December 4, 2007 at 7:33pm — 1 Comment

CVAR's Inagural Race Event @ Eagles Canyon Raceway

Dear CVAR Members

Please let me know your thoughts about the inaugral race event at ECR, especially your thoughts about the track.

David & Linda Cook are committed to finishing the facilities (e.g. power and water to the paddock areas asap) and will continually strive to make ECR a world-class race venue.

Warmest regards - Stephen Page

ECR - CVAR Race Chairman

Added by Stephen Page on December 3, 2007 at 2:29pm — 6 Comments

Good Luck and Great Fun to Those Headed to Eagles Canyon!!

I hope you all have a terrific time and enjoy the heck out of a brand new track!

Stay safe and Keep Triumphing!

Susan :)

Added by Spitfiresuz (Susan Kahler) on November 28, 2007 at 6:23pm — 1 Comment

Getting on Top Gear

Anyone know how the heck I can get on Top Gear? I have always wanted to be a part of their show, but never more than when I saw this:

Motorhome Racing!! :) :) :)…