Archive for 'Building A Race Car'

Learning to think like a crew chief

April 10th, 2008 – 4:29 pm

Story by Mark Davis / Photos by Kevin Thorne
Article originally printed in the Racing Milestones Magazine April 1999
As we jump into our car construction, many issues come to mind. But, first let’s get clear on some things. When 1 was very young, an uncle told me a story about interrogating Germans in World War [...]

It’s More Than Nuts and Bolts

March 26th, 2008 – 6:11 pm

Story by Mark Davis / Photos by Kevin Thorne
Article originally printed in the Racing Milestones Magazine March 1999
Pull out your notebooks, sharpen your pencils, grab your checkbooks, call your accountants and whatever you do, don’t tell your wife. We are going to build a Winston Cup stock car. For the next year, we’ll lay [...]

Tech Articles

March 26th, 2008 – 3:31 pm

I’ve decided to post some of my tech articles printed in the Racing Milestones Magazines dating back to March 1999 when I was the director of the Bobby Isaac Motorsports Program at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory NC. The series of articles titled Building A Race Car chronicles the building of a NASCAR [...]