LoFi Garage·October 30, 2026
Both cars aligned
Henry at LoFi Garage aligned both the 240Z and the 330i — the 330i on a semi-aggressive street/track setup. $300 for both cars, and another shop tour along the way.
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Every Weekend, Documented
One page per race weekend — what happened, what I learned, the car, the people, and the next improvement. Kept here, on our own site, so the whole journey adds up to something instead of scrolling away.
Adam Bomb Racing·October 23–29, 2026
The E36 is fixed
Vacuum lines, MAF hoses, a new mass airflow sensor, a fuel pressure test, plugs and coils — and the hesitation was still there. The fix turned out to be the instrument cluster.
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The Garage·October 26, 2026
Windows tinted
Ceramic tint all the way around — including the front windshield — installed by my neighbor Micheal Sivas. $370 and the first job off the build plan is done.
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The Garage·October 11, 2026
Bringing home the E46 330i
A 2002 slicktop E46 330i with 103,740 miles came home with me — not a race car, but a daily driver and weekend track car we'll document from day one.
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Buttonwillow Raceway·October 9–11, 2026
Sink or swim at Buttonwillow
The E36 developed a problem on the first lap Friday. By Sunday I was in HPDE 2, 25 seconds faster, with my HPDE 1 check ride signed off.
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Thunderhill Raceway Park·September 19, 2026
Front row for twelve hours
My son, his friend, and I worked as pit marshals for the 12-hour endurance race — an exhausting day in the heat that showed us the immense effort behind every car on the grid.
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Sonoma Raceway·September 12–13, 2026
Learning how a race weekend works
Marc invited me into an enduro weekend at Sonoma, where helping in the paddock, sharing the experience with my daughter, and riding at speed made racing feel more real than ever.
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Thunderhill Raceway Park·August 30, 2026
The clock doesn't lie
A father-and-son autocross day made the difference between hard street tires and softer rubber impossible to miss — and reminded me that becoming faster starts with accepting that I am still a beginner.
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Adam Bomb Racing·August 28, 2026
So that's that. We're doing it.
I took delivery of the BMW E36 race car from its builder at Adam Bomb Racing—excited, anxious, a little scared, and fully committed to what comes next.
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Thunderhill Raceway West·August 24, 2026
Drinking from the firehose
My second track day felt like drinking from a firehose: class time, practice laps, lead-follow, and student-instructor laps at more than full pace.
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Thunderhill Raceway West·August 21, 2026
My first track day in the Cobra
My first track day made three things clear: the Cobra was not set up for the track, its tires were too hard, and I needed to build confidence behind the wheel.
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Sonoma Raceway·July 5, 2026
Five laps at JDM Day
JDM Day at Sonoma gave us five laps of the raceway at 35 miles per hour in the 1989 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo — right-hand drive, Japanese-market, and finally on track.
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Thunderhill Raceway Park·June 28, 2026
Good day
Nobody else could make it, so I went to my second SOLO event by myself — no trailer, one tank of gas, and a last lap that found the end of the tires.
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Thunderhill Raceway Park·May 30, 2026
You have to trust the car
My first SCCA SOLO event: a borrowed trailer, four cars, and my son's advice that I was driving too timidly. A full day of motorsports for sixty dollars.
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Sonoma Raceway·May 24, 2026
Where the commitment started
My son and I went to Sonoma to watch Adam race with Adam Bomb Racing. Looking back, this may have been the day my commitment to get on track myself really began.
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Sonoma Raceway·April 19, 2026
Less talk, more action
A friend and I went to Sonoma Raceway just to get some sun and get out of the house. Afterwards he drew me a picture — freehand. He may have sparked something in me to get moving toward my goals.
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The garage·Ongoing
Planning the second E36
Marc Freire of Adam Bomb Racing built the current race car. We plan to build a second E36 as the next chapter.
Read the weekendThe word stamped on every shirt and hoodie
“Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”
Hebrews 12:1