Books

Good reading if not some great pictures in these books.  I worked for GM for 22 yrs.  Proud of what I did but not so proud of what they have become.  I've been gone for 12 years and it seems to have gotten worse.  I will admit that they do still make innovative products and have led the way in many items but the book on the bottom and the next two up are are about an even more inventive car.  The you have "Go like HELL" where Ford beats Ferrari with the GT-40 is a great history read.  Out on the side is "the unfair advantage" which is about Mark Donahue (deceased) and how he made every machine, no matter who made it win.  Roger Penske was a big part of his winnings but it was Mark's determination and dedication that got him into the winners circle.  The scariest race car ever built was the Porsche 917.  Many drivers couldn't handle the raw speed of this machine.  Mark won time after time in it.  This was before they started limiting horse power and other factors to control the speeds being driven.  Unfortunately Mark died in a practice run.

Old Ford

With nothing to really do today I took some time to edit a photo. It's an old Ford. Every June there is a car show put on by The Taj Ma Garaj, a local garage that specializes in foreign cars and more specifically Porsches. The owner, John Dixon also has a Porsche Museum hear that can be rented out for whatever type of an event you have http://www.tajmagaraj.com/index.php . In June he has the what is called the Speed Fest. It lasts for about a month, fancy diners, covered bridge drives, a kart race where the cars are small like go-karts but with bodies, an autocross the day of the car show and of course the car show Kruze-In. All this for The Children's Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House as well as benefits for the local Epilipsy Foundation. He takes nothing.

This isn't a Porsche but it was still a neat car. Just an old Ford A series I believe. I've learned that I'm going to have to start taking notes of what I take. Just a little noise and color with a simple dumb boarder.

How would you like to see this coming up in your rearview mirror?