Big Changes at USAIR
A few days ago we where hit with a huge shock that track mangers at USAIR decided not to renew their contract for 2023. Pat and Anne have...
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straitdesign
- Oct 22
- 2 min
Winterizing your Race Car: Off-Season Storage Tips
Up North, track season is wrapping up. Here are some winter storage tips to remember!
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straitdesign
- Oct 9
- 2 min
What is the Best Track Day Car?
...That being said, driving a track day in your daily driver, or taking your wife's 1995 Mercury Cougar!
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straitdesign
- Jul 7
- 3 min
Track Day Road Trip!
We thought it would be fun to checkout one of the #Gridlife events! We chose a Chicago area event at Autobahn Country Club June 25-26
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straitdesign
- Jun 30
- 1 min
Gridlife at Autobahn Country Club
Last weekend we took the crew out to Autobahn County Club. Here are photos from Time Attack, GLTC, HPDE, Drifting, and more!
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straitdesign
- Jun 29
- 1 min
New Racing Livery on the Miata
New track, new event, new livery! We loved the early drift team inspired livery we did on Montana's race-car for last year's Final Bout...
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straitdesign
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Drift Day 85
The 2022 season is officially underway even if the weather has been cold we got lucky with some sunshine for ClubFR's DD85
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straitdesign
- Apr 25
- 3 min
More Kids in the Pits
DD85 Kids in the Pits. On the track or doing media photos, track life is important to us. It is a priority that we make happen with kids!
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straitdesign
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Spring Break Road-trip 2022: Mountain Roads and Beaches
We decided to take the Subaru Outback wagon on a good old-fashioned family road-trip.
7 days of state hopping, with curvy mountain roads!
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straitdesign
- Jan 8
- 2 min
Plan your 2022 Driving Events
As many tracks and racing organizers start releasing their event dates, it's time to get out the calendar and start planning!
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straitdesign
- Dec 20, 2021
- 3 min
2021 a year in review
What an amazing season! In total I did over 3000+ street miles, 350+ track miles, drove in 5 states, and drove on 4 different tracks!
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straitdesign
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
Off-Season Fun with Rock Crawlers
Winter in Minnesota is brutal, so a few weeks ago I picked up a "toy" remote control rock crawler for fun in the off-season.
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straitdesign
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
ClubFR's Drift Day 83
Getting back to drifting roots with a road-trip in the Miata to USAir Motorsports Raceway and ClubFR drift day.
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straitdesign
- Oct 6, 2021
- 1 min
Vintage Gilbarco Calco-Meter Gas Pump
One of the coolest things about the Calco-Meter pump is the small glass window with the text, "Glass Must Be Full - Before & After Delivery"
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straitdesign
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
DD83 Pit Walk Photos
Drift Day 83 Pit photos by kid photographer Felix Strait. Age 7 and taking media at car shows & events for over the last year!
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straitdesign
- Sep 19, 2021
- 1 min
Final Bout 4 Track Life
A few more photos and video from our Media weekend in Shawano for Final Bout 4!
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straitdesign
- Sep 7, 2021
- 1 min
And the FINAL BOUT 4 Champions are....
Goon Squad takes the trophy in Final Bout 4!
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straitdesign
- Jul 20, 2021
- 1 min
Minnesota Autocross July 18 Event at DCTC
AutoX photos! We headed to the track at DCTC on Sunday, July 18th to check out a Minnesota Autocross event.
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straitdesign
- Jul 1, 2021
- 1 min
Vintage Gasoline Pump Marble Globes
Vintage Service Station gasoline pumps, like this Conoco in Red Wing, MN may feature a small glass globe with marbles. Why? We find out!
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