Monthly Archives: November 2013

The 2014 Finger Lakes Winter Rally Series schedule has been released.  This a very good series of five winter rallies that can be quite challenging.  The schedule of the rallies is as follows: Long Way Home rally – Wadsworth, New … Continue reading →

On November 16, 2013 I posted a story about the re-opening of the road course  Thompson Speedway.  The configuration of the road course at Thompson Speedway has changed several times.  Vermont’s Ted Goddard did some flagging at Thompson Speedway in the 1960s. … Continue reading →

Recently I was in the Toronto area and had the opportunity to visit with my friend, Harald von Langsdorff.  I have been fortunate to compete in a number of rallies with Harald as his navigator.  I was looking through his … Continue reading →

American sportsman, Briggs Swift Cunningham, was determined to win the 24 Hours of LeMans race with an American car.  Cunningham had made his first attempt to do so with Cadillac cars in 1950.  Refer to my post on June 7, 2012 to read … Continue reading →

On Saturday November 16, 2013 I had the opportunity to visit and tour the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, Connecticut.  This tour was part of a Sports Car Club of America meeting to discuss the road racing schedule for 2014.  … Continue reading →

Over the past week I have had the occasion to take a look at the 2014 Mille Miglia.  The event will be held from May 14 to May 18, 2014.  There will be a number of changes for the event … Continue reading →

About a year ago, on Decemeber 2, 2012 I posted a story about Wayne Kelly, the Canadian racer, race car builder, and 2009 inductee into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame who was killed in a racing accident about 40 years … Continue reading →

On November 2, 2013 the 47th running of the Covered Bridge Rally took place at the Mount Snow ski resort in West Dover, Vermont.  This event has been put on by the same rallymaster, Ted Goddard, for all 47 years. … Continue reading →

I was very surprised to see that a new cross-country driving record has recently been established.  I was surprised because I had read Alex Roy’s book “The Driver” about Roy’s and his co-driver, David Mahler, prior record-setting time of 31 hours … Continue reading →

This past weekend while at the Covered Bridge Rally at Mount Snow in Vermont, Scott Beliveau, one of the top rally competitors in the northeast USA, gave me a box of out-of-date rally material such as rule books from various … Continue reading →