Archive for January 2024

When folks ask “Why are you doing this charity drive?”, my 48 year old friend Mark is a huge answer to that question. In the fall of 2023, he was in great shape, and with his wife Diana, helping to get their daughter back to college, and their son ready for his sophomore year of…

Hey, this trip requires a lot of pre-event work!!! Who knew? After we three cousins decided to drive Route 66 in May, 2024, to try to benefit our favorite charities, I figured we were all set. Now, just buy some PowerBars and bottles of water, gas up, and go, right? NOT SO FAST, dummy! Turns…

You must have a cool car to drive the iconic 2400 mile Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, right? I agree, so I’m building a Factory Five Racing replica 1965 Cobra roadster for the trip. The kit is excellent: I’ve built and raced several of them over the past 25 years, and this one…