Adios South Carolina!

I've really enjoyed getting into autocrossing here in SC with the South Carolina Region of the Sports Car Club of America, and last Saturday was another fun event.  As I was leaving Saturday afternoon I stopped for the photo opportunity above as a reminder.Later this week...

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Last Days With the 666 Miata

After just less than 3 years of service with NMS, the Mazdaspeed Miata is finally in the hands of it's new owner and future autocross enthusiast.  Selling the car has been a little sad, but I know it's gone to a good new home.  I'll move back to the trusty Ranger for...

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What Kind of Car Can Autocross?

Just about any kind of car can autocross!  Here's just one short sample of who has signed up (so far) for the South Carolina Region of SCCA's next event this coming Saturday. With so many classes, you'll see cars like the very popular Miata, Honda S2000, Saturn Sky, Mini...

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Grassroots Motorsports Magazine

The friendly folks at Grassroots Motorsports magazine have included a few tips in their November issue for upgrades to the FIAT 500 Abarth. If you can follow the big red arrow in my photo and read the tiny print, it really does say FIAT ABARTH on the cover. Inside the magazine,...

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Dead Man's Curve Volume 3: Pavement!

While we're signed up and ready for the next South Carolina Region SCCA autocross on September 27th, and waiting for this coming Sunday's Formula 1 race from Singapore, let's take another look at the road work closer to home. On a cool misty morning I managed to go down...

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National Drive Electric Week 15-21 September!

A few weeks ago we attended the Blythewood Electric Vehicle Demo Day and wrote about test driving electric cars such as our favorite electric, the new BMW i3, shown here with Brian Nixon behind the wheel:We're going to try and follow that up with some more electric car news...

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Formula E: First Race!

Have you heard of Formula E racing?  If not, check out their website at this link:  Forumla EWhile most auto racing is focused on huge horsepower, high speed, and thrilling performance created by burning a lot of gasoline, Formula E will be state of the art high performance electric cars. These cars will not be electric cars that are already...

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Sunday in America

Apparently something called "football" has started again, so I imagine that's what most folks are doing in the US today. My college team got beat yesterday, so that's just about all I want to say about that!Here at NMS in South Carolina, we got the day off to an early start...

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TODAY: The New MIATA Unveiling: September 3rd 2014!

The most popular car in autocrossing has to be the Mazda Miata, now celebrating it's 25th anniversary. In honor of this accomplishment, the Mazda folks have a special world wide unveiling of the 2016 Miata scheduled for TODAY, September 3rd.  It won't be on TV, but you...

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