Racing
Follow a novice driver through the whole process: buying a race car, learning car and team preparations, getting licensed for competitive driving, and eventually racing wheel-to-wheel. Everything I learn along the way — the build, the mistakes, the coaching, the laps.
The Car
A garage walk-around of the BMW E36 at the center of the journey—before the next round of preparation, instruction, and seat time.
01
For years, weekends meant driving the kids to soccer and water polo while the dream of racing waited. Now the minivan dad is finally learning what it takes to become a race car driver — one honest lesson and one track day at a time.
02
The tires were not done — I exceeded my skill. That distinction matters. Coaching from Marc, honest self-assessment, and mistakes like that are not the embarrassing part of the story. They are the story.
03
Volunteering, working the paddock, learning race operations, and earning a ride-along at Sonoma. You learn more holding a tire gauge for a fast team than you do reading about racing for a year.
04
Marc Freire of Adam Bomb Racing built the race car in these photos. My job now is to learn the car, understand its preparation, and become the driver it deserves. We have plans to build a second E36 as a future project.
The word stamped on every shirt and hoodie
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.”
1 Corinthians 9:24
The Program