Stories

Blue Ball, a blue Can-Am Maverick X3, before two rollovers reshaped Roshan Vani’s approach to dirt driving.

What Rolling a Side-by-Side Twice Taught Me

Two Can-Am X3 rollovers taught me humility, changing dirt grip, better safety priorities and why a cheap side-by-side build can become expensive quickly.

What Rolling a Side-by-Side Twice Taught Me

Two Can-Am X3 rollovers taught me humility, changing dirt grip, better safety priorities and why a cheap side-by-side build can become expensive quickly.

Blue Ball and Low Ball represent two very different approaches to learning loose-surface car control.

From Blue Ball to Low Ball: Changing Rally Plat...

Blue Ball proved that a cheap Can-Am X3 could become an expensive race build. Low Ball became a simpler, lower-cost way to learn car control in the dirt.

From Blue Ball to Low Ball: Changing Rally Plat...

Blue Ball proved that a cheap Can-Am X3 could become an expensive race build. Low Ball became a simpler, lower-cost way to learn car control in the dirt.

The First Ball Mazda MX-5 being transported after a front-hub failure changed Roshan Vani’s track-day preparation.

What a Front-Hub Failure Taught Me About Track ...

A front-hub failure ended my track day and changed how I think about inspections, tools, spares, towing and getting a broken car home.

What a Front-Hub Failure Taught Me About Track ...

A front-hub failure ended my track day and changed how I think about inspections, tools, spares, towing and getting a broken car home.

Roshan Vani driving Golf Ball, a white S Collective-built Porsche Cayman track car, during a Texas track event.

Why I Bought a Proven Race Car Instead of Build...

Building The First Ball taught me how parts, failures and setup interact. Buying the S Collective-built Golf Ball taught me when a proven race car is worth more.

Why I Bought a Proven Race Car Instead of Build...

Building The First Ball taught me how parts, failures and setup interact. Buying the S Collective-built Golf Ball taught me when a proven race car is worth more.

Second Place at Texas SCCA Time Trials: Lessons from Cresson

Second Place at Texas SCCA Time Trials: Lessons...

A second-place finish, one dramatic Tombstone moment and a weekend that proved seat time still matters more than a perfect lap.

Second Place at Texas SCCA Time Trials: Lessons...

A second-place finish, one dramatic Tombstone moment and a weekend that proved seat time still matters more than a perfect lap.

Driving COTA: Clean Air, an Axle Failure, and a 2:37

Driving COTA: Clean Air, an Axle Failure, and a...

Golf Ball’s first trip to COTA included one clean 2:37 lap, an axle that left the transmission and a trackside repair that saved the final session.

Driving COTA: Clean Air, an Axle Failure, and a...

Golf Ball’s first trip to COTA included one clean 2:37 lap, an axle that left the transmission and a trackside repair that saved the final session.