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First 2012 Autocross!

May 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Driving, My Cars, Racing, Video

TweetApril 22nd was an exciting day for me — It was my first autocross of the 2012 season! Not only was it my first race of the season, it was my first autocross ever driving the S2000. To say I was nervous would be an understatement. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to get the KW Variant [...]

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2012 Auto Boat Speed Show

April 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Car Event, Photos, Porsche

TweetShortly after getting home from Florida was the Auto Boat Speed Show here in Spokane. It’s not a huge show, and almost all classic and muscle cars, but to me it means that spring is here and progressing and that car things are FINALLY starting to happen again. Lucky for me, there were a few [...]

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Driving the 458 Italia

April 10th, 2012 · No Comments · About Me, Cars I want..., Driving, Photos, Racing, Travel, Video

TweetI really didn’t want it to happen, but it did anyway (not that I REALLY thought I could get away with it not happening) — I fell in love with the Ferrari 458 Italia. Hopelessly in love. It is such an amazing car that you can’t help it. The entire time we spent at the [...]

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Other Cars at Sebring

April 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Car Event, Photos, Porsche, Racing, Travel

TweetWhile I’ll talk more about my overall race experience at Sebring in this post, the photos I’m sharing today are of the various other cars I saw at Sebring other than the race cars and, what race cars I do share, were there on display and not running. (Well, some were racing, just not during [...]

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Sebring, the Race Cars!

April 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Car Event, Photos, Porsche, Racing, Travel

TweetI’ll be splitting Sebring coverage into two parts based on the small amount of photos I have to share. This first part will cover the actual race cars, while the part later on this week will cover the other random cars & old race cars that were there. That splits my SLR photos nicely, and [...]

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Live Tweeting from Sebring!

March 15th, 2012 · No Comments · News, Racing, Random

TweetI’m interrupting my normal posts for this important announcement! As of March 14th, I left the chilly Inland Northwest and headed down to Orlando, Florida, to spend just shy of two weeks having fun in the sun. Part of this trip involves attending the 12 Hours of Sebring live! I’m excited beyond words. It’s totally [...]

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2nd Cars & Coffee

March 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Cars & Coffee, Photos, Porsche

TweetAfter the first week of Cars & Coffee, I was pretty excited about having a weekly meeting to talk cars for a couple of hours. The winter here is so boring as far as cars goes, and I’m really ready for summer. (Last Saturday was my last trip for snowboarding this season. I’m ready for [...]

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Porsche 991 911 Launch Party

February 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Car Event, Photos, Porsche

TweetEvery once in a while I get to feel like I get to go and do cool things…. This is definitely one of those cool things. We found out about it just early enough to RSVP and get to attend! Was a lucky day I suppose. Meeting the 991 I was pretty excited — Ever [...]

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I’m Gonna Drive a Ferrari!!

January 26th, 2012 · No Comments · About Me, Driving, Travel

TweetAnd I’m not joking, either. In March, my husband and I are taking off for nearly two weeks of blissful vacation to Disney World in Orlando. Since we skipped a honeymoon and it’s our fifth anniversary this year, we figured it was about time for a nice big trip like this. In a way, this [...]

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Nürburgring Infographic

January 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Random

TweetI’m usually not privy to cool press releases and infographics emails, so when I got this I was rather surprised. Carbuzz put together this great infographic on the Nürburgring and sent it my way, I knew I’d have to share it. I love anything and everything ‘Ring related and I can’t wait until I can [...]

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