The motorsports endeavors of Team Johnny Killmore as well as commentary about the wider world of motorized sport.
Joyous new year to you all! The coffee is on for some, and the Bloody Mary mix is out for others. Some are looking on with apprehension, some with excitement; others just see another day. Whatever floats your goat. New years are a time to get your bearings, but I do not like to use … Continue reading The Year In Review: Looking Back & Forward
The Santa Rosa Mile was impossible to forget. The high point was certainly the battle royale between Jared Mees and Bryan Smith for the champion, with Smith nearly losing it all in the final feet, but holding off Mees to secure his first GNC1 title. The low point was obviously the shocking death of both … Continue reading Flat Track In Photos
We talk about pushing "one hundred percent" in racing a lot. I think it is often overlooked just how hard that is to do, and just how often we mistake ninety-nine percent for a hundred. I saw two men both give a hundred percent in detestable conditions, just a few weeks ago. It was the … Continue reading The Hundredth Percentile
If you have raced competitively at any level you know the feeling. It could have been running track in high school. It could have been mountain bikes in a local club. Here it is national level flat track. In any event you've felt the butterflies. You probably developed a pre-race ritual or routine to burn … Continue reading Pre-Race Grid Face From Santa Rosa
SOLD It's Baaaaack. The Strategic Protocol Motorsport Shelbourne F2 is up for sale. It came to use after a full rebuild by Fran Hall of Superlite Cars of Fraser, Michigan. During the build: the fuel tank was cleaned and the entire fuel system was built with an external pump and regulator. Left-foot shift conversion. Front … Continue reading F2 Shelbourne Racing Sidecar For Sale
Due to financial constraints, the final event we were scheduled to attend will have to be missed. The Bonneville Vintage GP at the Utah Motor Sports Campus is probably my favorite race of the season. It is well attended, the track is fun and challenging, the paddock is full of cool people and intriguing machines, … Continue reading Announcement: Canceling Next Event
[Continued From Part 1] Eventually I found an old article with the 2013 results and compared them to our time. Subculture Racing's 2013 record: 11:26.987. Team Johnny Killmore's 2016 time: 11:26.644: a difference of only 0.343 seconds. If I had missed one more upshift, if I had slacked off in one turn, or if Matt had missed one … Continue reading Pikes Peak 2016: Sidecars To The Summit PART 2
Race day was unique for the 100th anniversary of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The field was drastically reduced and that promised to get everyone up the hill before the afternoon weather came in. The only problem was that water from the previous night's rain had not yet abated. This was obviously going to … Continue reading Pikes Peak 2016: Sidecars To The Summit PART 1
Steve English is the number one source worldwide for roadracing sidecar news. The forum and social media accounts are a place to interact with other racers, the news page is full of the happenings within the scene, and Slow Phil's Sidecar Show keeps a page there for their podcast. So obviously I had to make … Continue reading Repost of Our Pikes Peak Press Release
After four days of tremendous effort, Rising Sun Racing finally managed to fire their engine for the first time at the 2016 Pike Peak Hill Climb. The engine would run at the hotel, but every time they took it to altitude on America's Mountain the lump would stubbornly refuse so so much as stutter. Finally, … Continue reading The Best Sound Ever
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