History & More Beautiful Cars

This month has been great, iv'e learned a lot about my topic from a few research articles and I learned much of the history of drag racing from an NHRA published book. My mentor also gave the schedule of when were going to go to events and when were preparing for them.

Also September 19-21 i attended an amazing car show in my home city Ontario. It is the route 66 California Cruisin Reunion which is one of the biggest and most known car show in southern California.  I got to see lots of great drag cars as well as regular old cars. The show really was eye opening and shows that the type of work going into a lot of these old cars is unheard of but the end result is amazing. It also helped see the amount of people around still with a love for cars that is getting lost in young people these days. Overall this month pushed my love for cars just a little more than before and with NHRA finals coming up i know the up and coming months will only continue to get better.

Second Interview Preperation

1.Who is your mentor where do they work?

My mentor is Greg Peterson and he has his own pipping business. Greg has experience in the drag racing environment as an enthusiast  but occasionally competes for fun. He doesn't live off  drag racing but its a huge part of what he does and loves.

2. What five questions will you ask them about your background?

• How did you originally get into drag racing and how long ago was that?
• What was your biggest accomplishment regarding drag racing? What helped you do it? what held you back?
• What is one of the most valuable lessons you learned from drag racing?
• What area of drag racing do you consider yourself most experienced in? Why?
• How is or has drag racing affected your life over the years? explain why?

Mentorship Reflection

1. Mentorship question: Describe your experience in how you found your mentorship?  If you haven't found one yet, describe your experience so far in the search of a mentor.

It wasn't to difficult to find my mentor Originally I contemplated many other topics and didn't really have any real success finding a mentor. It wasn't till late summer that i realized I really like performance cars and much more driving them and my current boss drag races on the side competitively and for fun and when i asked him to be my mentor he became very exited.

2. Research question: What has been your most important article you have read so far and why?

Out of the many articles I have read their has been one that has been the biggest help to open up opportunities for more research. The article is by website named popular mechanics and it basically briefly explained the different parts in a top fuel racer, for example it went into the science of the fuel used and how it works and although installing the same system in a amateur car may be to expensive it is good to know the different options a driver has. It helped because it really explained in a two page article how science and physics are used and their is much more that meets the eye in the simple 4 wheeled beasts.