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Welcome to the Penny Ante Racing website.

This is my personal site for discussing anything automotive that crosses my mind. That means most of the content is devoted to geo storms, autocrossing, and 1932 Datsuns. I'm also putting together a glossary of car terms (mostly things heard in streetrod circles), and another one for suspension terms. Most of the people who visit here, though, are interested in either:

Autocross Photos

My photo gallery has pictures from the monthly autocrosses of Martin Sports Car Club. I've put up the pictures from our most recent autocross, and plan on adding the ones from previous years' autocrosses as time permits. The gallery also has a few other interesting car-related pictures.

1932 Datsun

I'm building a locost-style replica of the 1932 Datsun Type 12 phaeton. You can look over the latest project updates or read some basic information about my plans for the build. Alternately, if you're simply astonished by the fact that datsuns existed in 1932 and want to learn more about them, you can read about the cars here.

Events

March MeetingMarch 5
March AutocrossMarch 8
April MeetingApril 2
April MiniprixApril 5
May AutocrossTBA
Quote: "They lie generally in the 60-80 bracket for comfortable road cars, 80-100 for firmer and more sporting machinery, 100-125 for non-ground-effect racers, and creep towards 175 in certain applications....as current F1 would appear to be operating at 200-500 CPM, the spine jarring ride is not too difficult to imagine." - Alan Staniforth discussing wheel frequencies, pg. 63 of Race and Rally Car Sourcebook