The Street Stock

The dirt street stock may be considered an entry level class at many tracks.   However taming a street stock set up takes more than entry-level knowledge.  Many sanctioning bodies and tracks do not allow any modifications to the suspensions of the car.  Chassis builders have come up with ways to get around some of these restrictions, but drivers are left …

How to Get a Product Sponsor

It does hurt to ask. If you have to ask for product, you’re as likely to get it as you are to win the World 100 in a pavement car. If, however, you follow the advice presented here, you’ll be swimming in crankshafts and using titanium valves as toothpicks. The current method of securing sponsorship is to contact someone as …

How to Choose a Truck

By Karl Fredrickson Towing a race car means you need a truck. And trucks are cool. But getting the right one requires consideration. New or Used? Time was a two-year-old vehicle provided the best balance between the just-drove-it-off the lot value plummet of new compared to the relatively-inexpensive eight-year-old truck that needs shocks, rotors, a transmission, and has holes in …

Accelerated Learning

There are tens of thousands of jobs in racing. Would you like one? The spectrum of racing jobs is great. We know where it ends: center stage at the Waldorf. But, where does it begin? A racing job, by extension, can include any position that is represented by the cars and teams we watch weekly. If that seems like a …