TSJ Features
TSJ Drivers Series
The Driver’s Series scours the world to find and explore compelling driving experiences for the driving enthusiast with a passion for speed. We send our resident driver Jeff Francis to get behind the wheel and report back to Speed Journal readers to ride along virtually or become inspired to take on the driving experiences themselves.
TSJ Racers Series
The Racer’s Series celebrates motorsports competition by highlighting race cars and racing events. Racing’s reach stretches beyond professional events as amateurs regularly test themselves and their cars in vintage events and club racing. Our resident driver Jeff Francis shares his racing experiences and takes Speed Journal readers into the racing world.
The Speed Journal is heading to Europe! We recently confirmed our trip across the pond this June to experience, “The Green Hell,” also known as the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife. As an added bonus, we wi …
Many marques over the years have advertised their road cars as bred by the race track or related to their racing cousins. Fewer have a product in their showrooms that so closely resembles the race car …

BMW selected Thermal for its Performance Center in 2015

The Speed Journal and resident driver Jeff Francis recently decided to check out the Lexus Performance Driving School

Ginetta may be one of the best open secrets in motorsports

“When I go to Velocity Invitational, I will see the rarest cars in the world and I know that I’m going to see them on the track.” As far as mission statements go, event founder Jeff O’Neil’s vision fo …
Soul, passion and grace. Traditional cliché words that encapsulate the stylistic beauty of Italian cars. During The Speed Journal’s visit to Concorso Italiano, the Black Horse Golf Course in Monterey …
Masters of fine art and automobiles alike, Bonhams international auction house showed their prowess during the Quail Lodge Auction. Under the tent, automotive specialists Micheal Caimano and Rupert Ba …
Visiting the Porsche museum in Stuttgart, Germany is really more like visiting a friend with a huge car collection spanning seven decades who has the means and skills to maintain it, drive the cars co …