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Houston Racing Events Calendar

Posted on by Evan Laske

As I mentioned in my Motorsports Beginning post, one of the hardest challenges I faced in getting into this hobby was the fact that I just didn’t know all the racing events in the Houston area. Specifically,

  • What kind of events were there?
  • What organizations hosted them?
  • Where around Houston did they occur?
Houston racing events calendar including autocross and hpdes.
Zack Barnes at an SCCA Autocross at the Houston Police Academy (Courtesy: Racer.com). One of the events on the Houston Racing Events Calendar.

Eventually, through the help of the friends I met at the beginning of it all I was able to start putting together those lists of organizations in the area. I started to learn their pros, cons, culture, and the types of events they hosted. They all independently posted the details, so it was hard to piece together myself at first. To solve this problem I created a public Google Calendar that I could consolidate the information for myself and others:

I focused on two specific types of events, namely:

  • Autocross – these are cheaper per event and safer to run for beginners.
  • HPDEs – these are faster, traditional road-course events but challenge both the car and body more.

Since I curate this calendar myself, it may not always be the most up to date. I at least try to do it every quarter or whenever I find new information. I’ll probably compile a list of the organizations that run events in the area in another post.

The Motorsports Beginning

Posted on by Evan Laske

After I set my 30 by 30 Travel Challenge goal, I also decided to finally do one of the things that I always wanted to do: Motorsports. I always perceived there to be three major roadblocks, though:

  1. I still owed a bank for my current daily driver
  2. It’s expensive, right?
  3. Where do I start?

I self-imposed the first roadblock on myself: I didn’t want to put my car at risk while a bank still owned it. The second I found to be only as true as you want it to be. The last one was a tougher nut to crack in isolation, however. That is, until a friend of mine asked to stay on my couch one night.

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