Van Diemen RF98 – the build continues

and the build continues, albeit much slower than I would like

Van Diemen RF98

Bought a new Formula Ford, a Van Diemen RF98, or most of it anyway This is the introduction to the build thread of this RF98 as a F1600 with a kent engine.

AAS round one – 360fly video

So I figured out how to upload the 3d video. If you have firefox, chrome, or the latest IE you can view this video in VR. For mobile devices, use the youtube app to view in VR. AAS round one – 360fly video was last modified: February 13th, 2017 by chrisw52

AAS round 1, 2017 – marina

First event of the season with AAS Down in Marina. Trying out a new setup and a new VR camera that can take 3d/VR movies.

2016 National Tour at Crows Landing

Videos and commentary from my results for the 2016 SCCA National Tour at Crows Landing. The San Francisco region held the event this year at Crows Landing, a great venue for auto crossing.

AAS round 12

Ran with AAS again on Sunday. The car felt really well balanced, but I am still limited by the shocks. Today was the first time that I experienced wheel hop under braking… no bueno.. AAS round 12 was last modified: September 27th, 2015 by chrisw52

Race car winter maintenance

So, here we are in January in the middle of my winter refresh and maintenance. This project is taking a bit longer than anticipated. But I guess that is to be expected from a 21 year old race car. At the end of last season, I managed to break a wheel stud. While fixing the…

My Euroswift FB4 first drive postmortum

My euroswift FB4 is an absolute blast to drive. I have never driven anything that comes close to the sensations that you get with driving a real open wheel race car. I guess the closest you could get to this car would be a go-kart, but even that is a different type of drive compared…

The epiphany

I had an epiphany…. Or maybe I am just hitting that mid-life crisis, again. It is something that has been building for quite some time, but due to other issues I have not been able to scratch this itch. As I have been working at getting a decent plan together for this years race season,…