Derek
Story and all visuals © by Derek Cadzow unless otherwise noted.
Tales of the Golden Beetle: fire and snow
The Golden Beetle was David's first car. All of us -- David, me, and the VW bug -- were the...
Cars and appraisals
David Sampson, a name you may remember from other posts about slot-car racing and radio-control car racing, is someone I've known since...
Tales of the golden beetle: the gas heater
The golden beetle was David's first car. All of us -- David, me, and the VW bug -- were the same...
Finally racing on our own track
September, 1977 — For a racing weekend, it was pretty close to perfect -- because at the...
Dad and his camera
In 1970, I was a fourteen-year-old who’d just been bitten by the car racing bug. When...
On the road as the home club crumbles
After staging a very successful public race at the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, you’d think that our local karting...
Showdown at the science museum
Black-and-white photographs in this story are by Dirk Van Battum.
June, 1977 — The expected showdown between Jon...
Picton hill proves painful
Full disclosure: the above picture is the start-finish line at the Picton racetrack, but it is from the 1978 Canadian...
Scotland’s Southern Hebrides
This was a trip to say goodbye to my Dad. Over the years, he had taken numerous trips back to Scotland and...
Hello faster kart; goodbye track
1977 was the year that saw Roots change television, the Concorde and the shuttle take their...
