Concrete Trucks and Corvettes: The Surprisingly Accessible World of Amateur Racing

Show Introduction

Speaker 1 0:00

Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast , a 30-minute mini version of the In Wheel Time Car Show that airs live every Saturday morning 8 to 11 am .

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The award-winning In Wheel Time Car Talk Show Coming up Blair , deffenbaugh and the SCCA . Later , jeff has the racing calendar , mars has this Week in Auto History and I'll get you caught up on the stories making automotive news headlines . Howdy , along with Mike , out of this world . Mars without his headset . We always need more , Jeff Zekin . I'm David Ainsley , our chief engineer .

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I'm Don Armstrong .

Speaker 1 0:33

Glad that you could join us on this Saturday for our live broadcast , if you're listening on a podcast . Thank you very much . We appreciate it . Our live show is on every Saturday from 10 until noon Central time . Yep Live show is on every Saturday from 10 until noon Central time . Yep . Fellow by the name of Blair Deffenbaugh is the SCCA spokesperson , blair , good morning .

Speaker 2 0:54

Good morning how are you , gentlemen , doing today ?

Speaker 1 0:57

Well , we're doing very well . Thank you , and are you at an SCCA event ? I see you're in a car .

Speaker 2 1:03

I am kind of part-time in this , just a little bit at an autocross event . Welcome to the back of my wife's car .

Speaker 1 1:10

It's the back of the wife's car , so the backseat has another purpose at this point in life .

Speaker 2 1:16

There you go . That's not what I was thinking . It works well for a lot of things . We're about to find out what else it works for there you go , that's it .

Speaker 1 1:25

So you know , now I'm a corvette guy , now I have I don't know as if I've ever been to an scca event with the corvette which certainly not the current one , but , um , you know , there are events for Corvettes only but I have to tell you that the SCCA events are pretty attractive to me because now I can see other people that really like to get out there and race through the cones for time without banging up my car and ruining my car , and I can ruin it as much as I want to , of course , yeah , depending on what all I've got going on . You keep pointing at something . No , you're good . Okay , I have to tell you I'm attracted to it , but I don't know too many people that are in SCCA locally , and I know that they are , but there seems to be some sort of a disjoint here when it comes to promoting advertising SCCA events . So where are you currently ?

Speaker 2 2:34

Currently I'm in Sylva , north Carolina . I live near Asheville . Scca is actually based in Topeka , kansas , though .

Speaker 1 2:42

Okay , and you're in NASCAR country and I assume that you do some NASCAR events once in a while , maybe a road trip there or something .

Speaker 2 2:55

I like to keep my motorsports interest spread pretty wide , even though I do work for SCCA . But at SCCA as a club we don't do any kind

Blair Deffenbaugh on SCCA Racing

Speaker 2 3:06

of , we don't do any oval track or anything like that . We're doing all sorts of road racing , all sorts of autocrossing . You know what we do .

Speaker 1 3:13

Yes , and that there are some road racing events that are actual designated road racing tracks . There's one that's south of Houston here that's very popular for road racing . Yeah , and you're probably familiar with it .

Speaker 2 3:31

Oh yeah , oh yeah , absolutely yeah . Msr Houston is a good . That's a wonderful racetrack .

Speaker 1 3:37

Right , but you also do parking lot events . We do .

Speaker 3 3:42

I don't con us Watch out now .

Speaker 1 3:44

Yeah , I mean there are different names for them , but for me they're a parking lot event . But I don't want to make it sound like it's something less than what it really is , because my first event was a parking lot event through the Cones . And let me tell you something it could be very challenging , depends on how it's set up .

Speaker 2 4:03

Autocross is a beautiful place to start . I always say speed is low and confidence is high , and so when you're running around those cones you know a Corvette is going to be doing I don't know most sort of regional style courses . You're going to be doing 60 miles an hour , maybe top down , but boy , howdy . Let me tell you that car is on edge and it's fun to drive .

Speaker 1 4:23

It really is . Autocross is a beautiful way to get started driving and you're really thankful for the course workers because you knock down more cones than you leave up , at least at the beginning . That's right , Well . I try to keep that from happening , but you're right , it does happen from time to time it does happen , and the one that I started with was a first gear only , course , and that's a great place to start , because you're not ?

Speaker 3 4:47

Yeah , you're throwing that car around .

Speaker 1 4:48

Yeah , you don't have to worry about shifting it , because you know you're not going to get it up that high of speed , but it's a timed event , so you're out there by yourself .

Speaker 2 4:57

Yeah , yeah , scca has not to get too spokespersony which , by the way , don't tell my boss . You called me that because I don't know if that's part of my job description or not but um , uh , we have a little over 2 000 events a year . From california to you guys , to the east coast where I am , we've got , um , anything from . I mean , that's kind of the beauty of the thing is , if you want to get started in competition , timed driving , autocross is a beautiful place to start . If you you want to go on track not against the clock , we've got Track Night in America . If you want to go on track against the clock , we've got a great Tom Charles program that runs nationally . Scca has all sorts of places to get started . I'm interested to know if you guys know what Road Rally is . We have a Road Rally program as well .

Speaker 1 5:42

I know you're going to tell us about the road rally program , aren't you ?

Speaker 2 5:46

yeah , I can tell you about whatever you want . Some of it , some of I can tell you about whatever you tell me about the road rally program yeah , absolutely , road rally is a great program .

Speaker 2 5:54

Um , that's kind of the joy of driving . There's a few different types of road rally , but it's all done on the street . Obey the laws . Um , most common is what's called a time distance rally TDS , you'll see it and it's basically you set off at a time , you're given a start time and you have to hit certain checkpoints at specific times along the route and they plan this route . Sometimes it's about driving through the country , sometimes it's about covering distance , you know , and seeing your area of the state or whatever . It's cool because you get you know , and seeing your area of the state or whatever . It's cool because you get to drive . You can drive literally anything .

Speaker 2 6:32

There's an old legend about a guy who would win his local rallies just every single time , reliably , first place , time and time again . And somebody said oh well , sir , you own a shop , you build cars for a living , of course you're winning . And he says I can come in with a concrete truck , and I course you're winning . And he says I can come in with a concrete truck and I still , I will still win this rally . And so the next time he showed up he borrowed his buddy's concrete truck and won the rally in that , so you can do it in quite literally anything at all , and it's a great way to just enjoy the car that you already own sounds like he cemented the competition .

Speaker 1 6:59

He cemented the competition good jeff , oh my gosh , I actually have to pop off , guys .

Speaker 2 7:03

Sorry , let me , let me get out of here on that one . Yeah , exactly , yeah yeah , sorry .

Speaker 1 7:08

Um , how much does it cost to join the scca , and I assume that there's a houston area chapter ?

Speaker 2 7:16

yeah , so scca is broken up into uh , there are divisions , and then there are regions even smaller than divisions . So you're kind of you're in a division uh , texas is in the southwest region , I believe , um , and then you're broken down into regions in there . There , I think there's a few different regions in texas . It's so much land area to cover . We have a few different regions there . Uh , as far as cost , I mean , if you just want a straight up scca membership , um , you can be in for $30 a year . Really , wow , as you go through a license . If you want to go road racing , your costs go up a little bit because you have to go through that licensing process and get that license . I think I'm paying $100 a year , I think everything for the membership .

Speaker 1 8:02

As much money as we spend on cars $100 a year is nothing . You find that in the membership as much money as we spend on cars a hundred dollars a year .

Speaker 3 8:06

You find that in the couch . You'll probably find that in the backseat of the car you're sitting in yeah .

Speaker 2 8:10

Yeah , yeah , I mean yeah , it's not a lot .

Speaker 3 8:15

No , it's not a lot . So what do you get for the $30 a year ? You get a magazine , you get information . How does that work ?

Speaker 2 8:21

We have a number of partners . We've got a whole bunch of partners that we work with that extend certain discounts to you , everything from rental car companies to Summit . Summit has a discount program with us as well . For SCCA members you get cheaper access to a lot of the events . So what you'll find as you go to . We've been talking about autocross . If you go to autocross regions , they will have a member price and a non-member price , and you'll pay the lower member price . You get access to any of our events , whether it's road racing or not . We're heading into what we call a championship season , where our road racing , our autocross and our time trials program all have national championship events and with your membership you can get into any of those and watch the action .

Speaker 1 9:05

Perfect championship events .

Speaker 1 9:06

And with your membership you can get into any of those and watch the action . Perfect and that's one of the things that I wanted to drive home to our viewers and our followers is the fact that this is something that everybody with a driver's license can do , and there's no reason to be intimidated , because once you get to an event , you're welcome to the event One . You're welcome to the event One . You got like-minded people , car people there that'll help you along the way . I don't have any clue what I'm doing . Let me teach you , let me show you , and you know that every driver that shows up there is willing to help and really welcome you in .

Speaker 3 9:46

Or if you get to a parking lot event , you're going to say I'd like to do that . And then you get your mom's Buick out there Right and you can get mom .

Speaker 1 9:54

take mom with you . Take mom with you . Get mom to drive her own car oh yeah .

Speaker 2 10:00

That's the beauty of SCCA is I'm actually a second generation member . I've been a member since I was born , quite literally since I was born , and my dad had been racing since the early 80s . So I'm actually a second generation member . I've been around the club my entire life and that is one thing . When I count up all of my greatest friends , almost all of them are SCCA members .

Autocross and Road Racing Explained

Speaker 2 10:23

We all have the same disease . We just have to get money out of our pockets as quickly as we can . I think , is the real goal for that . But the beauty of SCCA is you can really choose your level of commitment and you can choose your level of involvement . However deep you want to go , we got something for you .

Speaker 3 10:39

What are you driving in the SCCA ? What is your forte ? And does your wife have one too ? Does she drive ?

Speaker 2 10:47

She does not drive , she mostly , uh , watches me spend all of our money . But , um , I am a road racer at heart and so I race in a class called b-spec and it's all . It's aimed at affordable as affordable as road racing can be . Um , it's all subcompact . So I drive a 2010 honda Fit . The V-Spec class is comprised of Honda Fit , toyota , yaris , chevy , sonic , base model , mini , fiat 500 , you know , all those sort of small subcompacts , and we have a pretty modest bolt-on list of parts . So it's you get one of these cars , you add a cage and a little bit of safety to it , bolt on some parts , do an ECU tune and you're off to the races . And the affordability of the class really is what attracted me to it personally . But I said , a $200 set of brake pads will last me the whole season , so you know it's a pretty economical way to go road racing .

Speaker 1 11:39

Do you drive the car there ?

Speaker 2 11:42

No , no , I have a trailer .

Speaker 4 11:47

I've got a pickup truck in the trailer . Okay , I was wondering if you put it in the bed of the truck or if you could well . Yeah , depends on the size of the truck , but I like the idea of the smaller vehicle because they've got to be a blast to drive .

Speaker 2 11:58

I mean , it's like driving go-karts , I would think it's so fun to drive the the bolt-on list that we're allowed . It's a spec series or spec class , and so we have a set of parts that we are allowed to bolt onto the car . Everybody pretty much uses the same parts . We all use a Bilstein B14 coilover kit , so we're all on the exact same suspension . We're on the exact same tire . The only time it really differs is your choice of brakes , and I personally have a rear sway bar on my car and no front sway bar on the front , and so some other people make some different choices around that .

Speaker 2 12:30

But there it's . So it wakes the car up in a way . People look at you funny when you tell them you race on the fit . Uh , but the between the sway bar and the coilover kit and the tune and the exhaust work and the intake work , it wakes the car up . It's so fun to drive . Everybody's doing the exact same speed , so you don't really feel like you're going all that slow because you're doing it . You know , six inches off the other guy , it's , it's a , it's a blast , it really is so this , this is a competition that's door-to-door yes , yeah , road , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , when I yeah , that's a good point .

Speaker 2 13:01

When I say road racing , I do mean wheel-to-wheel racing how fun .

Speaker 3 13:04

So do you have capabilities of taking a passenger with you on this , or is it just a one-seater ?

Speaker 2 13:10

not in this , not in this , not in , not in road racing . There are certain there we do have programs where you can have passengers , but in wheel-to-wheel racing , the um , I'm going to call it risk is enough that we we do not allow passengers .

Speaker 3 13:24

So on the park on the parking lot runs . Do you have a teacher or somebody to guide you through , telling you how to drive the car like an instructor in the beginning ?

Speaker 2 13:33

You can . We have . You know , lots of regions have autocross schools and we can put you in the car with an instructor . You can go out and learn . We have , we actually have a program called the starting line where you can go . It is a . It is a autocross school school . It's a multi-day autocross school where we put instructors with you , there are classroom sessions . We really teach you , uh , the ins and outs of autocrossing , and and and . Is there a fee for that ? No , no , it's just an entry fee . Uh , most autocrosses are , I don don't know , between $30 and $100 probably .

Speaker 1 14:06

Yeah , because the one that I went on was like that . I don't remember the exact price of it , but I had a very talented guy that had a Corvette that was set up for autocross . Let me tell you something he spared no expense . I mean , you look underneath the car and the suspension work is amazing and you're going . I don't have that underneath the car and the suspension work is amazing and you're going . I don't have that kind of money , you don't have to . Obviously , he was in a different class when it came down to the timed event , but it was an eye-opener , with him sitting next to me and teaching me where to make the exits of the turns , how to make the apex , all of the things that go into getting through the course quicker without knocking down half the cones .

Speaker 2 14:56

It's incredible . We call them aliens when they are proper . When you go to our championship event for solo , which , sorry , is autocross uh , is coming up in lincoln nebraska , in september I think I get on a plane in two weeks now , something like that . Um , there are . There are people out there who make a car do something . I've doing this all my life . Even I cannot believe some of the stuff that they're doing and we call them aliens because the way the uh , the way they can process the information coming in with such a quickness and make the car react and then make the car do what they want it to do , it's incredible to watch .

Speaker 1 15:33

Yeah , it's the whole seat of the pants thing . You can feel it in your butt when it's right . It's right , and it takes a little time to learn that , to be able to pick it up , have the senses go down there and you're thinking , oh , that doesn't feel right . And you do it the next time and you make a little correction , you do it a little bit better and you think , yeah , I'm in the right direction .

Speaker 2 15:56

And that's what you're talking about . Yeah , absolutely , yeah , absolutely .

Speaker 1 16:01

You know I go back to that parking lot race for lack of a better term and I go back to that . I'll never forget it . It was a one-week-end thing and it was over at the parking lot at the Budweiser Brewery here in town , oh yeah .

Speaker 1 16:18

And it had brand-new asphalt and somebody spent a ton of money on cones and we used the whole parking lot . There were no curb stops in it . Obviously there were parking spaces , but forget all that . We got out there , got lined up and you start talking to people . Hey , I've never done this before . You know somebody that can help me ? Oh yeah , go talk to Bob . And so go talk to Bob . Oh yeah , sure I'll ride along with you , I'll help you out . There's always somebody there to help you out . The fee was nominal . It really didn't cost that much . You sign a little waiver and off you go , had a blast , an absolute blast .

Speaker 2 16:55

It's so much fun and that's why I say autocross is such a good way to get started , because the commitment level is super low . Take your car , however it is as long as it's got breaks and it's safe . Take your car . Pay . The entry fees are typically really , really low and you can try it out . It's oftentimes you can enter a single day event , so if you don't want to commit your entire weekend to it ,

SCCA Membership Benefits

Speaker 2 17:16

go out there for a saturday . Go out there for a sunday . We have regions who are starting to have events in half day formats as well . So if you have sunday morning but you don't have sunday afternoon , you can go and do it . You can check it out and you can learn a lot about yourself . You can learn a lot about your car and , uh , it's a .

Speaker 1 17:31

It's a fascinating well , you know anything , I'll tell you . There are probably a lot of people that are watching or listening to this , following this and and going well , I don't want to tear up my car . Well , really , you don't tear up your car . Well , I don't want to tear up the tires . You're not going to do that .

Speaker 2 17:46

You're not going to do that . And that's where autocross comes in . Not only is it low commitment and low barrier to entry cheap to get into . The speeds are too low for you to tear the car up in any real way . You'll get a little bit of wear here and there , but it's just not much . You're not going to hurt the car at all , just go rent one .

Speaker 1 18:14

Blair , we certainly appreciate you taking the time to get us all indoctrinated in SCCA . Let's stay in touch . You've got a big event you're going to go to . Let's call in and have a conversation about it .

Speaker 2 18:26

Yeah , yeah , I'd love that . That'd be great All right , blair again .

Speaker 1 18:29

Thanks so much , blair Duffenbaugh with SCCA . Thank you , sir , Just ahead .

Speaker 4 18:33

Thank you .

Speaker 1 18:34

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Speaker 1 20:25

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Speaker 3 21:16

Just don't tell them where we're going .

Speaker 1 21:17

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Speaker 4 21:25

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Speaker 1 21:29

Yeah , but anyway . So that's coming up in a couple of weeks . Alright , time now for the Racing Calendar , jeffrey , sponsored by the Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge .

Speaker 3 21:37

Thank , you for that . Hey , listen . Nhra is off . They're coming back on the 27th . Formula 1 is off . They're going to be out in two weeks coming up . Imsa is off for a week or so . The Indy Racing League they crowned a champion last week . Apollo won Award . Came in second . Dixon won the race . No , it wasn't Dixon , it was Powell . Powell won the race last week to end that season . So NASCAR Craftsman Truck ran yesterday . I watched a little bit of the time trials . Didn't really see the race , but that was yesterday .

Speaker 3 22:10

Did they have any big crashes ? I don't know . I have no idea , but that was at Richmond . The Xfinity race guys they are off . They're coming back on the 22nd . They're going to be in Daytona International and there's a lot of hoopla and big event going on there in Daytona next week and then the Cup guys tomorrow , USA Network at 730 . It's a night race . So if you've got the channel , be there and , like Blair said , support your SCCA groups . Go out to your local tracks , have fun , get a hot dog , grab a beer . Whatever the case , they might even let you drive , who knows ? There you go .

Speaker 4 22:42

Uh-oh , what was that the ?

Speaker 3 22:43

license plate fell off the wall .

Speaker 4 22:55

See , we're moving because our house is falling

This Week in Auto History

Speaker 4 22:56

around us literally . All right , mr mars . It's time now for this week's auto history . This week in auto history found several little informational things that seemed interesting . For example , in 1897 I remember it well the automobile club of great britain and ireland I think you remember number one was founded and established as one of the earliest auto advocacy organizations . It later became the Royal Automobile Club and kind of set a precedent for related social legislative engagements worldwide , like auto clubs get involved with supporting the automotive industry and clubs just like we were talking about . Also in 1899 , did not know this , but Henry Ford actually was working for the Edison Company , and so he quit the Edison Illuminating Company to focus on his full-time building of his automobiles , which is what led to the foundation of the Ford Motor Company . I just always assumed that he was with Ford from the beginning that he was doing something else .

Speaker 3 23:46

Edison is still in existence in Detroit .

Speaker 4 23:47

Yes , now it's Con Ed I believe a multi-billion dollar thing still in existence in Detroit . Yes , now it's Con Ed , I believe a multi-billion dollar thing Also 1902 , this is , blew my mind , the birth of Felix Wankel . We don't normally talk about births , but the Wankel rotary engine .

Speaker 1 24:02

You can't say that on any broadcast media , because it goes directly to .

Speaker 3 24:08

FCC Really Wankel .

Speaker 1 24:11

Wan Really yeah .

Speaker 4 24:12

Wankel , wankel .

Speaker 1 24:13

Yeah , oh , he's got a cute Wankel . It's a cute little .

Speaker 3 24:18

Wankel Whenever .

Speaker 4 24:19

I always thought about the Wankel motor . I thought it was like in the 60s or something that somebody came up with this , but this was in 1902 . This guy was born and came up with this motor . Just impressive , it's an odd thing .

Speaker 3 24:31

Yes , it is is you'll go blind if you use that winkle in 1966 , the first chevrolet camaro was produced in norwood , ohio .

Speaker 4 24:40

Uh , of course this was done to challenge the growing pony car market . That was done by ford's mustang and it literally became a cultural icon right there until the new one that I've seen pictures of is going to be like the new mustang is that ?

Speaker 1 24:55

got the v8 in it is that the v8 symbol because , those are the original hubcaps . Yeah , that the car came with and we thought , golly , those hubcaps are just terrible .

Speaker 3 25:06

At the time they were state of the art .

Speaker 4 25:08

Yeah , well they , yeah , and they're expensive . Now , mm-hmm Also . And the next one . This is one of the things that I've always wondered about . John DeLorean was acquitted in 1984 . Now he was the founder of the DeLorean Motor Company and he was found not guilty of drug trafficking charges . But the entrapment that followed that put him in that position . It literally ruined his career , and I wasn't aware that he was involved with the Nova . I knew about the GTO and I did not know about the Vega , as well as the DeLorean . These are all cars that John DeLorean was involved with Influenced yeah .

Speaker 4 25:44

Yeah , and if they hadn't have run him in the ground , it's a wonder of what he would have done .

Speaker 2 25:48

Very smart man .

Speaker 4 25:49

Yes , just some of the things that we found this week in automotive history . Well , I want more , more , more , more . How about ? Do you have any more ? I don't have any more pictures because I couldn't find a picture . Have you ever heard of the Ford Contour ? Yes , and the Mercury Mystique , oh yeah . Yeah , they began production in 1984 . And it was part of Ford's World Car Initiative . Basically the same car , just different badging , and that's what they built their world car thing on and they're gone Now , but they were started in 1984 .

Speaker 1 26:22

Well , that should be part of your cars that are no longer in existence . In cars' .

Speaker 3 26:28

In existence as far as names , yeah .

Speaker 4 26:32

Yeah , yeah , yeah . So , that's this week in automotive history .

Speaker 1 26:35

Well , thank you , sir . Great An insurance company is blaming Nissan North America and Newark Delaware dealership for an engine compartment fire that caused more than $700,000 in property

Automotive News Headlines

Speaker 1 26:48

damage . What ? What Superior Court complaint filed by the neighbor's insurer , trumbull Insurance Company . It quickly spread , engulfing the owner's home and causing extensive smoke , water and fire damage to the next-door neighbor's house and a 2016 Acura that was inside the garage there .

Speaker 1 27:25

The Pathfinder had been the subject of a November 2019 safety recall notice for 2016 to 2018 Maximus Muranos and Pathfinders . The notice warned that the anti-lock brake actuator may leak fluid that could create an electrical short and potentially lead to a fire . According to NHTSA , the owner took their Pathfinder to Nissan Sheridan , which , quote , informed them the required parts were unavailable . Sheridan Nissan never followed up , sourced the required parts or concluded the repair , despite multiple service visits . The July 28th complaint said the insurer's complaint named Nissan , the dealership and the Pathfinder's owner as defendants .

Speaker 1 28:13

That does not sound good . That's not going to wind up good , and it's not unusual for a customer to sue a dealership . It's rare to see a dealership sue a customer , but that's what happened in New Mexico , where a Chevrolet store is taking a purchaser to court over allegedly refusing to provide a good title on her trade-in . In May , mary Ann Ferry what a name ? Bought a 2021 Silverado 3500 for $71,550 from Reliable Chevrolet in Albuquerque . According to the federal complaint , she traded in a 21 Silverado 1500 and received $40,000 minus the $17,700 payoff on her loan . After returning over the pickup to Ferry and paying off her trade , the store discovered she didn't have the legal right to unilaterally transfer the title . The August 4th complaint said the suit characterizes Ferry's alleged misrepresentations about ownership as reckless , willful , knowing and intentional . It asks for compensatory and punitive damages for breach of contract and fraud for knowingly misrepresenting her ability to transfer the title .

Speaker 3 29:29

So the bank owned it . She didn't , apparently . Apparently Wow , and so she thought she was being slick I think you call that fraud don't you ?

Speaker 4 29:39

I think so . That's what they used to call it .

Speaker 1 29:43

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