I came awfully close to buying Silvio’s gorgeous Lagoon Blue 2009 Boxster S from S Collective. A test drive, a favorable PPI at RAC Performance, and a car practically begging to be driven at Eagles Canyon. So why did I walk away? Apparently, I have commitment issues.
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Forty-Two Meters of Guessing Every Single Lap
My brake point at Turn 1 moved forty-two meters lap to lap. That’s nine-tenths of a second of pure guessing, and it explains almost everything else the data told me about Saturday at Eagles Canyon.
The Blue Ostrich Run, Breakfast, and The Long Way to Whitesboro
Fourteen cars, two routes, 208 miles, and a breakfast in the middle. Here’s how Saturday morning went with Texas Sunrise Drives — and why 6:30 a.m. keeps drawing a crowd.
Fifteen Porsches, One Freight Train, and 108 Miles of Texas Therapy
What started as a plan for seven cars turned into fifteen Porsches chasing the sunrise across more than 100 miles of North Texas backroads before PlanoPoCo. Great roads, great friends, one freight train, and another reminder that the best drives are usually the unofficial ones.
Sometimes You Have to Dance With the One You Brought
A return to Eagles Canyon Raceway in the Skipper turned into a lesson in adaptability: clockwise layout, street tires, light traffic, perfect weather, and a paddock full of GT3s and GT4s. No personal best, but a great HPDE day with plenty learned.
COTA Two Ways: Dry Confidence, Wet Reality, and Life in the F1 Garages
My first time at Circuit of the Americas delivered everything—dry laps to build confidence, a soaked track to test control, and the unforgettable experience of working out of the same garages used by Formula 1 drivers. Schnellfest was the full experience.
Green to Blue at G2: Finding Speed, Losing Fear, and Letting It Rip
Back where it all started—G2 Motorsports Park. A year after my first track day in a Macan, I returned in the Skipper and drove my way from Green to Blue group. The data shows the progress. The grin says the rest.
Breaking Into the 2:19s at Eagles Canyon
A new personal best at Eagles Canyon Raceway: a 2:19.3 lap in The Skipper, my 2023 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 on Yokohama AD09s. Using RaceChrono with iPhone video, RaceBox Mini S GPS data, and OBDLink MX+ telemetry, the lap highlights where the biggest gains came from—and where there’s still time left to find. Breaking…
My Complete Track Day Data System: iPhone + RaceChrono + MX+ + RaceBox Mini + GoPro
Here’s my full HPDE tech stack — how I use iPhone, RaceChrono, OBDLink MX+, RaceBox Mini (25Hz), and GoPro together, including automatic GoPro control, proper setup order, common mistakes, output workflow, and my exact paddock-to-grid checklist.
Where the Missing 4 Seconds Actually Live
Using lap data to understand where time is actually lost — and what I’m working on to close the gap.