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Our Private Test Track2011-05-30 20:06:00
Since our last race, in which we finished 2nd out of 54 entries, Ronnie Swyers and Ben Ochs have been working hard to make the Fast Guys Rich Guys and Idiots Mustang even better. We've installed bigger brakes, rebuilt the transmission, and fixed the nose from where I nudged a Nissan out of the way. On Memorial Day, we shook the car down. "I bet we're the only ChumpCar team with our own test track," Ronnie said. That would be his uncle Wild Bill Hanel's landing strip, just south of Hood River, Oregon, with a spectacular view of the Cascades in the background. Thanks for the afternoon, Wild Bill!
Sam Moses Previous Blogs: Ronnie's Just Too Good 2011-05-13 07:45:22 Teaming with Ronnie Swyers is about the best move I've ever made in racing. He knows how to race, and knows how to work. He began racing in high school, doing it all himself. He was a showroom stock champion in his Camaro, has managed a... Read More Gettin' Ready to Rub 2011-05-11 08:55:31 Team Fast Guys Rich Guys and Idiots We had a tweaked front end to fix, after the Portland race. Somebody got in my way, going into Turn 7 that leads onto the backstraight. Our Mustang 302 did not like to be held up, at the entrance to the... Read More Craigslist ChumpCar Mustang 2011-05-05 14:38:55 Team Fast Guys Rich Guys and Idiots Birth of a Racecar It was a fast round trip to Battleground, on a dark Saturday evening, carrying hundred-dollar bills to my friend and partner Ronnie Swyers the fast... Read More Shootout at the Mazda Grand Prix 2008-08-05 08:17:01 Author Sam Moses, whose memoir Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots was recently named one of the five best books ever written about motorsports by the Wall Street Journal Book... Read More Playboy MX-5 Cup Photo Gallery 2008-07-31 19:05:32 (L) Eric Foss, Team MER driving coach, started 10th, finished 3rd, and leads the series. (R) The three MER shoes, signing autographs and looking cool in shades: Rob Huffmaster, Eric Foss and Ryan Schimsk. ... Read More Fact 1, Fiction 0 2008-07-28 18:45:17 I’ll be doing a couple more blogs from the Mazda Grand Prix of Portland, including a photo gallery as soon as I get the pics, but I should get this blog out of the way first. The Dueling Authors thing, with Garth Stein. I won.... Read More Pre-race thoughts, Playboy MX-5 Cup 2008-07-27 06:57:28 I’m writing this at 6 a.m. on the Sunday morning of the race, I think in order to clear my mind. In the grand scheme of things, whatever happens today will be insignificant. People will be entertained for a... Read More Day One: The Crash 2008-07-24 09:20:49 Thursday, July 24. Mazda Grand Prix of Portland. Playboy MX-5 Cup. MAZDASPEED Motorsports ride, with Team MER out of Fort Worth, Texas, the MX-5 Cup... Read More Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots: The Underdog 2008-07-17 04:21:34 If you haven't read the previous blog, here's the setup: Garth Stein, author of the bestselling "The Art of Racing in the Rain," is shooting off his fertile imagination, saying he'll blow me into the weeds at the upcoming race on... Read More Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots Big Story! 2008-07-15 13:57:08 FACT VS FICTION ON THE RACE TRACK - It will be Novelist vs Motorsports Writer at the Portland Mazda MX-5 Cup Race - July 14, 2008 (Irvine, Calif.) – The... Read More Back to Blog list |
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