We’re very pleased to announce… The Northwest Region SCCA 2012 Solo Championship Series … that’s right, we’re now the title sponsor of the very racing series that first inspired our interest in motorsports and led directly to the creation of Autsport Labs! We couldn’t imagine a more perfect fit! Big thanks to everyone who has…
Author: Scott Leadfoot Miller
A Rat Tale, Chapter Three
Green Flag Cowboy couldn’t remember ever being this excited. The cars and their drivers were heading out onto the track for the single-file rolling start. The teams and spectators were lining pit wall and cheering. No one knew exactly which car was going to get the green flag, but when the green flag flew, it…
A Rat Tale, Chapter Two
About a month later, after Cowboy and the team got used to having a turbo and the small issues that came with it, the team put him and all their racing gear on a trailer. Cowboy couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He was sure he heard someone say that the team was going to…
A Rat Tale
Chapter 1 Once upon a time, an innocent little sports car discovered America. He could sense the open road and knew life was going to be totally sweet. “Bring on the curves baby–this kid was born to run!” It was 1990 and, alas, this fairytale life just wasn’t meant to be. His first owner was a 19-year-old…
Less is more…
…more or less. In motorsports, the rules must change in order to fine tune the competitive atmosphere and make sure everyone gets a fair chance at the glory that is winning. If change turns against you it might feel like a cold, cruel, sideways rain on your team’s fantasy-of-winning parade. At Autosport Labs it feels like… another work party! Thanks…
XYZ
There are three types of drivers… Driver X Driver X travels the world of accepting surfaces with clarity and purpose, regardless of the information available and the action or inaction of Drivers’ Y and Z. Driver X’s underlying driving philosophy is: “Driving is what it is and isn’t what it isn’t.” Driver Y Driver Y…
Off and on
For the most part, I drive the speed limit. I stick to the right lane unless passing the infrequent hyper-miler or deliberate RV pilot. However, on-ramps and off-ramps are bit of a grey area for me. Just the other day a passenger of mine experienced this transition uncertainty. Subaru sales person Tim and I were…
We went, we broke it, we raced it, we returned
Thursday, May 5th: On this occasion the Autosport Labs team headed to Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, CA to attend “Goin’ for Broken 2010”. That’s a 24 Hours of LeMons event for those of you not knowing. We suffered the minor inconvenience of an overheated wheel bearing near Tangent, OR and fixed it hoping that…
Make mine a Merkur… A crapcan, that is
A new year inspires bold ideas and uncovers new challenges. It seeds the dreamer’s thoughts and creates opportunity. Sometimes the challenge of a new years’ opportunity is so compelling, so inspirational that no amount of pain reliever, water or sleep will make it go away. When the dream is to field your very own creation…
Chasing in the dark
Doubt, the cold Halloween night air, and my balaclava diffusing every exhalation were resulting in the persistent fogging of my glasses (why hadn’t I thought of this?). I’m the second driver of the Autosport Lab Rats Team that’s about to be sacrificed to the night during the inaugural Chumpcar race at Portland International Raceway. The…