Dymaxion Car… Really cool. Sits 11 people, and gets 30 mpg… Look at it compared to it’s car counterparts back in the day.  Really impressive.

Happy St Patrick’s Day!!

A Big Season Coming Up for Michael Lewis!

GOOD LUCK MICHAEL!!
Laguna Beach, California — (March 14, 2011) American Michael Lewis’s

2011 race season is well underway as he is already hard at work with
an aggressive preseason test program with the PREMA Powerteam. In
preparation for the upcoming Formula 3 Italia season, Michael and the
team just completed three days of testing at two tracks.

Michael and his two PREMA Powerteam teammates, Andrea Roda and
Raffaele Marciello, tested Tuesday and Wednesday, March 8 and 9, at
the famous Imola circuit. Even though temperatures at the track were
extremely cold the conditions remained dry, which offered Michael the
opportunity to run considerable kilometers and build up speed.

Michael Lewis now has two years of single seat race car experience having
competed in the Formula BMW Americas, where he earned the coveted
Formula BMW Americas Rookie Championship in 2009, and Formula BMW
Europe series in 2010.

Michael Lewis and the PREMA Powerteam
recently participated in two preseason tests. Michael is seen here at
speed in the Formula 3 Italia car at the famous Imola track.

Michael Lewis and GP2 driver and advisor Giacomo Ricci
discuss Michael’s recent preseason test in the Formula 3 Italia car of
the PREMA Powerteam while team engineer Fabio Zillio examines the
data.

Thank you Barni, my godmother… You always have wonderful things to share with me.

jimbusby:

Well… It is a hit new year and we are going to kick things off with a really cool trip up to Laguna Seca in a couple of weeks.

To commemorate the up coming event, I found these really cool old photos from 1979 Laguna Seca Raceway IMSA race HERE… He has a lot of great photos, so check them out…

The bottom picture shows Jim’s poor BMW looking quite damaged… I asked him and this is what he said;

I was coming down the hill going 150 miles per hour, when all of a sudden my right hand, holding the shifter was sucked into the car, luckily I let go…

I looked back behind me to see my entire engine (minus the cylinder head), crank shaft, and transmission still connected rolling in a wake of oil and fuel…  A rod had blown out so hard that things went shockingly wrong…

Danny Ongais, Peter Gregg and others trailing him luckily and surprsingly dodged the rogue engine and transmission and no one got hurt…

That picture is of Jim getting towed back to the pits.  Wow.

The two Radical SR8’s will be coming to Laguna, can’t wait to see them in action!

Yep, it really was the most amazing day, ever.  

I really have the most amazing wife in the world!

hayleyhurst:

I’m officially married!!!! We LOVED our wedding and can’t wait to share pictures with you all!! 

XO, Hayley Mann

It is not a matter of want. I need one.

My paintings are in a really cool new gallery in downtown San Diego… It is curated by Coronado local Chris Clements… It’s called the Machine Shop.

Pretty stoked to be a part of this place, as it is very well done in every way.  The Machine Shop’s neighbor is Dustin  who runs and operates Pure Concrete Studio.  Incredibly talented guy, making some bitchin stuff out of concrete.

The guys from Orange and Park showed up in full force as well, spreading their visual delights.  They are who I got the photos from, actually…

It is appointment only, unless you make an event night.  So give Chris a call 619 203 8538… It is a really unique space, and quite a fun adventure downtown San Diego to see it.

The Busby A Team is Off!

The Kurtis Kraft Aguila 500 and the Jim Khougaz Bonneville Roadster are enroute to Pebble Beach Councours D’Elegance today…  Jim Busby will be up tomorrow, as he as been asked to drive a car.  (I am sure it is a really cool car, and for some cool reason, but I will know more about it tonight!)