Gridlife kicked off the 2026 season at Carolina Motorsports Park just a few weeks ago. With the recent sale of Gridlife, no events selling out in pre-sale as they had been for the past ~3 years, and many rule changes, there was plenty of hand-wringing about whether things would feel...
My real-life racing hiatus has given me the time and motivation to do a lot of sim racing. I'm happy to say I'm starting to see the reps add up to improvements in pace, consistency, and racecraft, but that is outside of the point of today&...
Back in October, I wrote about why I'm taking a break from racing. Feel free to go back and read that article if you missed it. This week, I realized something I totally missed before, but which definitely played a part in why I felt I needed to...
The 2026 NASA Championships are less than six months away. Although I am taking the year off from driving, I'm still trying to stay as involved in racing as possible. To that end, I'm still aiming to play an integral role in Team Condor Speed Shop&...
Club racing feels a little different this year. Here’s what’s shifting.
I was recently pondering how many of the sports I've played throughout my life are judged subjectively, and how style plays a huge role in them. For instance, in mountain biking, I'd rather be known as a steezy rider (for lack of a better term) than...
The last couple of years have been a wild ride. When the opportunity to compete in Gridlife full-time presented itself, I could not say no: I knew that I would regret it if I did. Racing in GLTC with my closest friends has been nothing short of core memories. Nevertheless,...
Ahh, the venerated GoPro. The most recognizable action camera is currently in its 13th generation, featuring notable improvements over past generations. But this is not a tech or film blog. We're here for the racing. Most of you have probably owned and used a GoPro for motorsports at...
My very long-time friend, Mike Burroughs of StanceWorks fame, recently posted a video declaring that he hates the nearly-perfect S54 E36 he has owned for 17+ years. This is an E36 that, by all measures, is one of the nicest out there – and it has been for the better part of two decades.
We are in an era where almost all professional race cars are official "factory" cars produced by the marque, as opposed to customer-built creations that started life as showroom production cars. It wasn't that long ago that teams had to build, develop, and campaign their own...
I love nerding out about roll cage design. Door bars in particular. There is something almost voyeuristic about seeing part of a roll cage through an open door. While a roll cage alludes to protection in a rollover, in wheel to wheel competition you are more likely to get hit...
Say the letters "PTG," and any E36 fan will immediately have a mental image. Prototype Technology Group campaigned their BMW-contracted E36 M3 program to great success in the mid-late 1990s. The GT3 class cars featured distinct bodywork, impressive development, and legendary drivers (Bill Auberlen and Boris Said, amongst...
What is an OEM-style shifter? On most manual transmission BMWs, the shifter linkage consists of a sub-assembly that includes it's own "carrier", selector rod, and shift lever. In addition, there are some bushings and shims involved to keep things tight. The pivot "cup" and...
As detailed in my recent post about Tire Parity in NASA Racing, there are new rules for NASA's power to weight racing classes (ST and TT) intended to create better parity between the bevy of tire choices. Thankfully these new rules are not based on manufacturer's...
Over the years, my track experience has mostly been relegated to the E30 chassis; up until recently, the only other platforms I had driven hard were an E36 on track and a GR WRX at autocross. While the E36 featured some very notable improvements in suspension design and chassis dynamics...
