The Empire Hill Climb was a well known event from the 1960’s until the final event in 1980. The growth of the village of Empire saw houses popping up in the starting line area, finally ending one of the few motorsports events in Michigan’s Northern Lower Peninsula. I was lucky enough to be a part [...]

The races at Virginia International Raceway followed a slightly different format than usual. The Prototype class took the weekend off and the Prototype Challenge class took to the track on both Saturday and Sunday, running 45 minute heat races each day. The GTLM and GTD classes ran together for a full race Sunday. To speed [...]

Living on the “North Coast”, Michigan’s Northern Lower Peninsula, is sometimes tough for a car enthusiast. We have long winters, short summers, no local road courses, only a few small car clubs, and did I mention the long, cold, snowy, car destroying winters? Thankfully we have MFD Classic Motors. The facility is located in the heart [...]

The Pirelli World Challenge teams descended on California for the Cadillac Grand Prix of Sonoma over the weekend. Although no class champions were crowned, the points battles in all classes got tighter as the series heads into their season finally at Miller Motorsports Park in September. In GT Mike Skeen, driving the No. 2 Hawk [...]

The automotive world needs more people like Mike Kelty. Mike has seemingly done the impossible. Mike lives in the quite little village of Empire Michigan. Empire is known for their proximity to the Sleepy Bear Dunes Nation Lake Shore, voted the most beautiful place in the U.S. back in 2011. Kelty has worked tirelessly to [...]

Recently I had someone look at me bewilderingly when I mentioned Bentley was racing again. I was told by this bewildered individual that Bentley is a luxury car and hasn’t raced since the 1930s. I felt it was necessary, nay, my civic duty to my fellow gear heads to drop some knowledge in case you are [...]

It was an eventful weekend for the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship at Road America. There were a total of 21 laps under caution, mostly for drivers going off course. The DeltaWing had its best showing of the year with an 8th place finish. Katherine Legg and Andy Meyrich have struggled to even finish a [...]