Bench Racing Archive

Welcome to the Bench Racing Archive. I thought it might be nice to keep an archive of the editorials I've written and make it accessible to everyone just in case there was something of interest or use.

Enjoy!

Bench Racing 7/12/08
Laughter
I was left with two choices, laugh or cry.

Bench Racing 7/6/08
Great Aspirations
Every weekend I have great aspirations about what I'm going to get done. Nearly every weekend, in fact, every weekend in memory, I've failed to meet those aspirations.

Bench Racing 6/10/08
May Update
Oh, right…it’s June.

Bench Racing 2/1/08
Retirement for a Friend
At the Ford dealership in the area, I’ve made friends with quite a few people, but a special friend, Don, retired from there yesterday (after 50 years of working in parts), without who’s help I couldn’t have gotten done half of what I’ve done on the cars.

Bench Racing 1/8/08
Running Late Again
Happy New Year!

Bench Racing 9/1/07
September Already
Man have I been busy with the projects.

Bench Racing 5/1/07
The Update Has Sprung
The May update is here and I have been one extremely busy car fanatic.

Bench Racing 4/6/07
Weeping for Lost Glory
This morning, when I down shifted, put the throttle to the floor and watched the BMW 3-Series drive around me without so much as an attempt to make a real effort, I wept inside for the Saturn.

Bench Racing 1/1/07
Happy New Year
Happy New Year everyone!

Bench Racing 12/14/06
Happy Holidays
I know I’ve been absent from the site for a while, but I’ve been busily and diligently working on the update for January.

Bench Racing 10/25/06
September Update
The September update is here.

Bench Racing 9/6/06
Losses and Gains
I won’t have the September update finished in time.

Bench Racing 8/15/06
Going Without
I took a short four day road trip during my vacation the last couple of weeks...without a Muscle Car.

Bench Racing 5/25/06
My Fast, No Longer Furious
So My Fast finally caught up with me.

Bench Racing 5/15/06
The Issue with Idols
I got the Saturn back from the dealership.

Bench Racing 5/1/06
Turtle Power
The May ‘06 Site Update is here!

Bench Racing 4/26/06
Revenge of My Fast
I knew it was coming.

Bench Racing 3/7/06
The Perfect Job
My cousin Derrek and I came up with the perfect job for the avid auto enthusiast. It is simple yet brilliant.

Bench Racing 2/27/06
My Fast
My Fast makes me do things that other people don’t understand.

Bench Racing 1/17/06
The Magical Mustang Cure
For those of you who are unaware, installing 3.73 gears is a popular Mustang modification (although many studied scholars of performance car tuning will note that random “performance gear” swapping is not strictly a Mustang related phenomenon).

Bench Racing 1/12/06
Freaky Fast 4-Cylinder
I got in to work this morning and checked my email.

Bench Racing 1/1/06
Gone, Daddy, Gone
The last four months have been hectic and tumultuous, but for the better.

Bench Racing 12/20/05
Things to Come
Sorry I haven’t said anything new or updated the Home page since...September 28th.

Bench Racing 9/28/05
Random Thoughts
When I left the house for work this morning, the day was very overcast and foggy.

Bench Racing 9/1/05
Return of the Muscle Car
There seems to be a rift growing between performance enthusiasts today.