In the sport of auto racing, it’s difficult to get good enough, quickly enough, to get a shot at driving professionally. While many are able to find mentors early in their career, the wisdom, logic and humor left behind by many great drivers of the past is available to all through quotations. This is a collection of some of the
Read more
It has been an honor to get to know Ted Tidwell, one of Chimney Rock Hillclimb’s greatest drivers to earn the title – King of the Hill. Listening to his stories and clear recollection of so many events, it brings the event back to life. Many of us in the sports car scene in the Southeast remember going to the
Read more
Over the last 10 years, I have heard many people asking the question : WHY HILLCLIMB? What creates the desire to take the risk of running a race car flat out up a wild mountain road? Why take a perfectly good street car and put in a 4 point cage and belts so you can roar through the woods and
Read more
The Porsche 944 LeMons car is making great strides in preparation for the Southern Discomfort race at Carolina Motorsports Parkway, May 2 and 3 in Kershaw , SC. New additions include : new brake pads, transponder, cam lock racing harness, radios for communications with pits, window net, removal of a small family of rodents that apparently enjoy “wire du jour”
Read more
The Gruppe NEIN 44 LeMons team have negotiated an agreement with two German firms to sponsor their Porsche 944 entry in the “Southern Discomfort” LeMons race at Carolina Motorsports Park race track in Kershaw, SC on May 2 & 3, 2015. Ted Theodore , Team Captain and driver said “It’s a proud moment for our team. We are thrilled
Read moreThe Southern Driver sponsored GRUPPE NEIN 44 Team has announced it’s entry in the May 2-3 24 Hours of LeMons SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT race to be held at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, SC. The recently acquired Porsche 944 is being re-worked from “kopf to hintern” to insure it completes the first lap without any SOTDs or PAUFRs. (Sudden
Read moreBack in late March of 2012 I got a phone call that would change my life. The phone call was from SCCA Pro driver Brian Kleeman, a veteran champion of T2 and T3 classes in Nissan 350z’s. He was putting together a new car to enter the highest level of SCCA competition, the Pirelli World Challenge Series. I hadn’t heard of this series before
Read morePicture Gallery from March 2, 2013 Rally held in Cheraw, Patrick and Chesterfield, SC Overall Results here > http://www.nasarallysport.com//results/2013-Sandblast-Rally-overall.htm Class Results here > http://www.nasarallysport.com//results/2013-Sandblast-Rally-class.htm
Read more
NASA Rallysport puts on one heck of a great rally each year in Cheraw, SC area. Two wheel drive and four wheel drive rally cars and a wide range of motorcycles compete on secured course roads with ample spectator areas. If you enjoy motorsports… THIS is a show you do not want to miss!
Read more
December 9, 2012 – Dixie Region SCCA held the 25th Annual Allies vs. Axis Solo Autocross at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Adel, Georgia. Allies vs. Axis commemorates Pearl Harbor Day with a Solo event on the Sunday closest to the anniversary of the December 7, 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces, the event that led to
Read more