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The professional photos from the summer HPDE at WWTR dropped this week. Calvin Wong was the photographer and he got some great shots of my car. In particular, he got some spectacular shots of my car during the Sunday down pour. It was one of the craziest rainstorms I've driven in on the...

We had only one location left to complete our 2026 Miata Challenge. The last location for us was a winery - Cedar Lake Cellars. We just made a quick run of it and had lunch and wine - of course. We picked some back roads to get there that we have not driven before. It is kinda amazing to...

We had a fun weekend with the Porsche club this last weekend. It was an experiment with the club to see if people would want to sign up for an overnight driving trip. We had about 30 cars and 45 people sign up for a drive to Lake of the Ozarks from St. Louis. We met at a high school just...

When I was working, I felt the same way. Das Renn Treffen would not announce until like a month ahead of time. Now that I am retired, I am trying to jump on these opportunities.

Just a quick update.... The garage is getting used. I swapped out rear pads and did my brake fluid flush ahead of the summer PCA HPDE at WWTR. Nancy and I both drove for the weekend and I instructed as well. Saturday was the 6th annual Women on Wheels (WoW) event. Sunday was a single...

It wasn't that hot... I was in the shade at least. What was brutal was the humidity. Misery (Missouri) is already humid but the mopping put the local humidity in the garage at near 100%. I was sweating but it wasn't doing any good!

Today was a clean up day at the garage. Our floors are pretty low maintenance but I do mop them every so often. I am always amazed at how dirty the water gets because the floors hide so much of the dirt. I also hung up a montage of pictures from our latest trip. There was a blank place...

FMSC - Day 10 & 11 - The Road Home The final two days of the trip was just a high speed blast back to St. Louis. We had done most of this section of highway only a few days ago so we were not expecting too much in the way of surprises. The biggest difference in our path was that we decided to...

FMSC - Day 9 - Independence Pass In my original planning, I was going to have us head to Denver after finishing the Mesa drive on Sunday. But I waffled and eventually decided to head home on Monday morning instead so that the Mesa drive would not feel rushed. That did leave us with a...

FMSC - Day 9 - Mesa Drive The last official Summer Camp event is a group drive up the Mesa. Everyone was to gather at the headquarters and drive out together. The stopping point was very close to the "US Forestry Service" mark on the map below. We decided that we would make a loop out of...

FMSC - Day 8 - Car Show / Seminars / BBQ Saturday is the big day at Flyin' Miata Headquarters. They open up their facilities for a car show, a series of seminars, and a BBQ to finish the day. In prior years, they held the seminars inside their shop. This year, they had so much inventory...

FMSC - Day 7 We could have done another track day on Day 7 but decided to take it a bit easier. Our trip was not too stressful but I think we were a little tired from just going all the time. Our plan for the day was to wash our cars and participate in the sunset drive at Colorado National...

FMSC - Day 6 Day 6 was our first day in Grand Junction and our first true Flyin' Miata Summer Camp event. We got up early and drove over to the Grand Junction Motor Speedway to tech our cars and have our drivers meeting. Flyin' Miata rented out the track for 3 days (Wed/Thr/Fri) but we...

@moab11 - We bought some Bushnell GMRS radios (model LPX650) that we use to talk between cars. I'm sure there are better models but these work for us. It is quicker to pick up than trying to call on the phone. Plus, many areas do not have great cell coverage. I bring the charger with me...

FMSC - Day 5 Day 5 was I think one of the best driving days that I've ever had. Our plan was to head up Million Dollar highway then jog west a little along 145. We had done the route along 145 before but then we went west at Naturita into Paradox Valley and on into Moab. This time we were...