Editor's Notebooks, the Entire Collection
Here are all my Notebook columns in chronological order
for the historian,
the compulsive reader and the masochist.
Browse through these columns or begin at the beginning and slog through them.
You may find them interesting, but then again, what do I know.
- How We Began: a look at the origins of Thunder Valley Racing
- The June Sprints: a first look at Thunder Valley, the sweetest spot on earth
- IndyCars in Toronto: Susan and I head to Canada and face death
- Racing Isn't Fair: a family trip to Elkhart Lake, unfairness on the track and in the paddock
- The Silly Season: musical chairs for drivers and changes at Thunder Valley Racing
- New Friends: a brief report on progress being made for the web site
- The Family Sport: racing isn't just the good ol' boys anymore
- The New Racing Year: a great year for women in racing
- A new Look: Thunder Valley Racing is changing its format
- Drafting Women: women drivers are helping each other advance in the sport
- Lots of News: a lot of things have been going on at Thunder Valley Racing
- In the Air: change is coming to racing and women are in the forefront
- To Life!: a eulogy for a fallen woman race car driver
- Strategic Alliances: racing is relationships
- A Bad Day at the Track: rain at Elkhart Lake
- The End and the Beginning: between seasons at Thunder Valley
- The Best and the Worst: setbacks and optimism
- Let's Talk About Success: a litany of successes for women in racing
- Odds and Ends: a bit of this and that
- Do We Need a Showcase Series?: opening the discussion about an all-woman race series
- June Sprints Checkered Flag a good weekend at the track
- Let's Talk: invitation to an online discussion group
- A Few Reminders: a few, you know, reminders
- Fall in Thunder Valley: the track is quiet between seasons
- A Few Things: a few, you know, things
- The Gift of Racing: ode to the joy of being involved in racing
- Women's Sorority Shines: tryouts for the Woman's Global GT Series
- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet: introduction of the new Thunder Valley graphics
- A Walking Tour: a virtual tour or the virtual Thunder Valley
- June Sprints: diary of a great weekend
- What's It All About?: your Thunder Valley and mine
- On Vacation: our first visit to Laguna Seca
- Impressions of the WGGT: pride and disappointment
- A Sixties Kind of Guy: reflections on winter and what 'firsts' are still possible
- To a Younger Sister: a letter from a seven-year-old racer
- Do It Now!: a plea for support of women drivers
- The Month of May: Sarah and Lyn at Indy
- The Sweetest Spot: my Thunder Valley
- Throw Some Tech at It: high and low tech in racing
- Why Women Can't Drive: the art of failure
- Paul Newman: This guy is my role model
- It's All in Your Head: Thunder Valley is an idea more than a place
- Racing's Rhythms: Thunder Valley in winter
- The Journey: the serenity of speed
- Seduction and Immortality: the life-affirming allure of race tracks
- Thunder Valley Proud: we are in the vision business
- Objections to Sponsoring a Woman Driver: special obstacles to be overcome
- Little Celebrations: a confluence of small successes
- Gone Racin': dreaming of chucking it all
- Safety and What's Important: Immediately after 9/11
- Women Who Race: introducing the new graphic look of Thunder Valley Racing
- Those 'Different' Drivers: two approaches for non white male drivers
- Our Glorious Community: the race weekend paddock assembles
- Carrying the Banner: women drivers are still, unfortunately, standard-bearers
- Reception at Laguna Seca: invitation to meet in Monterey
- A Special Place: legendary tracks are special places
- The Fall Classic: I don't understand baseball
- Bad Wars Make Bad Deaths: On the eve of the Iraqi war
- A Tale of Two Race Tracks: Road America and Laguna Seca
- WRCDCIWCASP!!: women race car drivers can influence women consumers and sell product!!
- Danica At Milwaukee: a good run
- Just Another Televised Weekend: women drivers are becoming commonly accepted
- Assault on Laguna: we trade home tracks
- Editor-In-Chief Sought: it's time for me to step down
- Viera Helms TVR!!: Laurel and Karen team up
- Karen Takes P1: Introducing Karen Salvaggio, Thunder Valley's new Editor-in-Chief
- The Rumble and the Whine: NASCAR Trucks and IndyCars at Fontana
- Robby Gordon: the Last Gender Jerk in Motor Racing Is Danica good or just light?