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 2/28/12
2012
Happy New Year!
Bench Racing 9/2/11
September 2011
September has arrived and so has the September update.
Bench Racing 5/9/11
2011 is Here...and so Am I!
Happy New Year!
Bench Racing 1/25/11
Legendary Revival
So there I was reading my morning email when I see one in my inbox from Marty Schorr.
Bench Racing 11/13/10
Baldwin-Motion/Motion Reunion
If you are a Motion Performance or Baldwin-Motion fan, this is the event you’ve been waiting for: the first-ever official Baldwin-Motion/Motion Reunion!
Bench Racing 8/7/10
Sarasota Café Racers
Car fanatics come in all shapes and sizes, much like their cars.
Bench Racing 5/1/10
Busy, Busy, Busy
Can you believe it’s May already?
Bench Racing 1/1/10
Welcome to 2010
Happy New Year!
Bench Racing 11/16/09
Bad News
Recently I had a fun experience…I lost my job.
Bench Racing 10/20/09
Rolling Bones Cross-country SEMA Adventure
I just got some cool info this morning in my email.
Bench Racing 9/22/09
My Next Fix
On my drive into work this morning, I had this very content feeling that life was really good.
Bench Racing 5/1/09
May Miracle
What miracle is that, you ask?
Bench Racing 1/16/09
Better Late than Never
Running a website can be a time consuming venture.
Bench Racing 11/12/08
This is Your Life – Ryan
I find that when I put together the photo essays for the project chapters it’s a bit like the old show “This is Your Life” – mostly because I spend so much of my life working on my cars (a sad side effect of racing them) – especially recently with Project Commuter.
Bench Racing 10/6/08
Losing My Idol
It finally happened.
Bench Racing 9/18/08
Time
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Bench Racing 8/14/08
Successful Vacation
As awesome as it would be to run the website and build my cars as my day job, I don’t.
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
Hello everyone!
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.