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 Annita attended  Skip Barbers 3 Day Formula Racing School at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway this Memorial weekend.  Skip Barber has trained many Professional race car drivers and employs some of the best instructor in the industry. This opportunity has given Annita new skills to work with and goals to work toward.  She really enjoyed the chance to drive an open wheel formula car on a challenging road coarse like Laguna Seca.

I did have an instructor with me Taig Hoeger, who was a big help with braking and accelerating at the correct spot. 1st place was a big shock to me, I really didn't think I did that well.

Baby Grand stockcars are 2/3 scale replicas of Nextel Cup Stock Cars. They use a Yamaha XJR1300 engine  which produces 120-125 hp. Each car's weight of approx. 1250 lbs., means an exciting 10:1 power to weight ratio.  These babies will set you back in the seat!

Baby Grands race on NASCAR style short tracks as well as road courses.  They are SCCA approved and have raced the road courses at Daytona, Lowe's, Infineon, and other famous venues.  This is your chance to actually race at these tracks - not just turn laps in a driving school.

Of course if you want to race on a Saturday night bullring, no problem - Baby Grands even feature Quick Change rear ends just like a Late Model racer - you'll be able to quickly adapt to any track conditions.
 

Testing

I got the chance to test drive a Legend Car - I had a great time and drove for about 60-70 laps. What you can't see in this picture is my mile wide smile or me. The car was not setup for me and I almost couldn't  reach the Kill switch - if you look hard you can barely see my helmet. But after a few laps getting use to it  I was turning in consistent mid pack lap times.  Thank you Lud Larson of Northstar Racing for the opportunity to drive the Legend.

Lyn St. James Driver Development Program

 I was accepted into the second part of the program. I was in Indianapolis this time and it was awesome. They crammed our heads full of information about sponsorship, money, managers etc...  In Indianapolis we were in a hotel right underneath the stands and wow was that cool. We visited a wind tunnel and I can honestly say that wind tunnel's are expensive. Never less it was a great experience and I learned a lot from it.

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Using the same magic formula that made the Legends Cars the most mass-produced competition car in history, officials of 600 Racing Inc have produced the Bandolero Car. The Bandolero Car is a turn key, spec series racer designed for drivers as young as eight years old and the young at heart of any age.

“We wanted something to go between a kart and a car and wanted to make it relatively simple for everyone to drive” said H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler. For example, like a kart, the Bandolero Car has left-foot braking and centrifugal clutch so there is no shifting of gears for a new driver to worry about. Simplicity and economy of design are evident everywhere, with 150 parts making up the entire package, half of what goes into making a Legends Car.

The Bandolero Car’s motivation is powered by a thumping Briggs & Stratton 570cc Vanguard engine mounted behind the driver. Small modifications have been made to the engine to bring the once 20hp stock engine to 30hp.

Racing Quarter Midgets in Alaska gave Annita a taste of racing. We’ve now moved up to the Bandolero from 600 Racing. At this time we’re planning on staying in Bandolero’s for a while. We’re hoping within the next year or so to travel down to the “lower 48” to do some rent-a-ride races to get used to running with a larger group of racers.

Like everything else to do with racing it only takes money.