By Anthony “Mario” Crea As motorsports enthusiasts and all-around car gurus, it should come as no surprise that we “traditionalists” are vehemently opposed to the advent of autonomous cars, special circumstances notwithstanding. I’m so opposed to the idea that I digressed into a G.O.M. (Grumpy Old Man) and wrote about this very topic last year.

Evolution Performance Driving School Evo Hole Shot Evolution will be holding an Evo Hole Shot Program at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Friday May 19th in conjunction with SCCA’s Pro Solo event. This program is designed to help students better understand how the SCCA’s Pro Solo events run.

Keeping local flavor in autocross schools may be key in attracting more women to the sport https://mazdamotorsports.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DisplayRacerStoryView?source=STORY&uniqueId=11209&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&button=y  

Autocross Talk Podcast with Kinch Reindl Hear from autocrossers from across the land.    

Will you be a testing a new tire or stay with with what is proven.

By Anthony “Mario” Crea Anyone who knows my dad knows that he’d classify as a “beast” in today’s millennial vernacular. He was always just strong and he never needed to lift weights. Proof of this exists in the fact that when I was five (way back in 1979!), he dressed up like The Incredible Hulk for Halloween one year and proceeded to pick a car up on two wheels while visiting my cousin Craig at the gas station where he worked as a teenager. It was astounding! Alas, such feats of human strength eventually caught up to him as he

By Anthony “Mario” Crea Political strife. There’s been plenty of that in the good ‘ol U.S. of A lately, am I right? Or am I left? Dammit! See that? Even in an introductory sentence, there’s still a freaking political reference! It seems inescapable, but I’m here to help… All you need to do is go sit in your car with nothing on. Sorry, that came out the wrong way! Imagine explaining that one to your neighbors! “You see, Pete, this wise bearded man told me that it would help the country heal if I sat in my car butt naked… Umm,

Does Sim Racing Actually Help Race Car Drivers?

When Being an Autocrosser Saved Me By Anthony “Mario” Crea   One of the things an autocrosser begins to learn at some point is that they need to look ahead while on course (see photo below of Shelly Monfort looking around the corner for the exit). When novices, many of them look no further than the hood of the vehicle. As their skill level increases, they may look one or two gates ahead. Should they receive instruction, either locally or via the Evolution Performance Driving School (EPDS), they will expand that to four gates or more. All this is done

By Anthony “Mario” Crea   Most of us remember reading Inferno, the first part of Dante’s Divine Comedy, at some point in our high school career. The story begins with the narrator (Dante) being lost in a dark wood where he is attacked by three beasts whom he cannot escape. Just when all seems lost, he is rescued by the Roman poet Virgil who is sent by a woman named Beatrice. Together, they descend into the underworld known as the 9 Circles of Hell.   Recently, I descended into my own personal Hades.   My journey there was similar, I