The last Land O' Lakes Region SCCA-racing.com race, instead of racing I was volunteering; I spent most of my time at the scales, weighing cars as they come in off the track. The photographer caught me napping on the job! Darn it Shane Lee! Seriously though, even if you can't get on to the track to drive/race/track.....consider volunteering.  Why? 1. You are helping our sport stay alive 2. Participants are super grateful 3.  Bribes: depending on the event as volunteer you MIGHT get things like: free track time, free ride in another car out on track, free swag, food & ..read more

 1st in class, 3rd overall. We ran a clean race, and everything ran like clock work.  I went out first, had a great start, and put distance on many competitors.  I went into fuel conservation mode for much of the race; shifting at 6500rpms, and short shifted into 4th gear between turn 6 and 7 and kept it there all the way until turn 12. This allowed my stint to get us to the two hour mark, which put on the 3 pit stop strategy.  I had a great battle w/ Craig Silver from Silver Martini, in their NB Miata, which should have more power.  I lead him for dozen laps, he event ..read more

My rebuilt motor arrived from X-Factor as part of a group buy.  I decided it would be a good idea to run a Mazda Motorsports baffle.  It is a steel sheet that sits in the oil pump to help oil stay down at the oil pick up.  It doesn't add any power, it simply helps prevent oil starvation.  Seems like decent insurance to me.  I ordered one from Mazda, except it never showed up.  Turns out the person taking the order messed up the credit card order and never bothered to communicate that.  Well by the time I figured this out, I couldn't wait any longer.  I r ..read more

I was walking the pits being all social like at my last event and about tripped when I saw this sitting.  My buddy Shane did a great photo shoot and write-up about the car and it's owner.  scca-feature-peter-jankoviskis-and-his-lola-t70 ..read more

 IIRA (International Ice Racing Association) was racing in Lindsrtom lake.  I got out late to turn a few laps and socialize ..read more

Early Christmas present for me! I commissioned https://164custom.com/ take a Miata Hotwheels and paint it up like my racecar! Feel free to reach out to him have him do other custom cars ..read more

 Took sometime off of volunteer to be a corner worker at SCCA's Track Night In America held at Dakota Country Technical College ..read more

 JackPine Sprints with SCCA-LoL at Brainerd International Raceway 08/28~29/2021 Saturday we had our qualifying session in the rain.  I did pretty well qualifying 4th out 10 other Miata's.  Fell back a few positions in the race.  The track had a few damp spots.  Big crash between a Miata I was playing with and another car in a different class who was a lap down.  A real 'code brown' moment for me! Spec Miata drivers viewing my video of the crash via my Garmin.  Not exactly sure what conversation was going on, but it must have been funny! Photo Credit: Jessi ..read more

 LuckyDog Endurance Race at Brainerd International Raceway 8/14~15/21 Saturday 7 hour race: P3 over all, P2 in class.  Sunday 8 hour race: P8 over all?  P5 in class?  Need to check that again....  Our Sunday strategy of driving 3~5 seconds a lap slower, in order to stretch our driver stints to 1hr 55min thus having to do only three pit stops vs four pit stops didn't work as well as we hoped (despite running a nearly perfect race, no black flags, no mechanical issues, no offs or crashes, and good pit stops).  1066 race miles! My Saturday stint while tryi ..read more

 SVRA (Sportscar Vintage Racing Association) and TransAm Pro Racing came to Brainerd International Raceway July.  Part of SVRA's program was a the creation of a class called "Mazda Miata Heritage Cup" a few years ago; allowing all Miata's up to 2005. ****Draft videos to come photo credit: Jack Hall photo credit: Jack Hall I got 3rd in race #1!   Carnage from one of the TransAm cars ..read more