Thomas Lathrop

Thomas Lathrop

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Dissecting: BMW Factory WTCC E90

We are in an era where almost all professional race cars are official "factory" cars produced by the marque, as opposed to customer-built creations that started life as showroom production cars. It wasn't that long ago that teams had to build, develop, and campaign their own...

Car Setup: Sometimes, The Opposite Is True

When I was younger and didn't have the finances to race real cars, I raced radio controlled cars instead. Specifically, I raced electric 1/10th-scale touring cars on outdoor asphalt with rubber tires (they were also raced indoors on carpet with foam tires). The cars were highly adjustable,...

Track Origin Story

I've been a car enthusiast for more than half of my life, but the last decade or so has mostly revolved around the race track. This is the story of how I got started.

Road Atlanta Report

Last weekend was NASA Southeast's last event before the summer break. This was the summer edition at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, one of two events they host there each year, the other being in December. Road Atlanta is easily a contender for my favorite track, and I hadn&...

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