December 2017 Member Spotlight – David Pucknell

December 2017 Member Spotlight – David Pucknell

Obligatory questions:

Name (yours not the car’s):
David Pucknell

Car(s) presently owned (and their name?):
1965 Ford Mustang Coupe, 1988 Ford Mustang GT (Monday), 1993 Ford Mustang Cobra (Red 5), 1995 Ford F-150 (Big Red), 2013 Ford Fiesta (Mouse), 2015 Ford Mustang Ecoboost (Clementine)

Years Owned:
10 years, 3 months, 7 years, 1 year,  4 years, and 3 years respectively

Modifications (i.e.interior/exterior, engine, chassis):
1965: Currently a bare chassis
1988: Currently: full exhaust, subframe connectors, strut tower braces, soon to be brakes, cooling upgrades, racing seats
1993: Cold air intake, full exhaust
The rest are all stock

 

How long have you been racing, and what types of racing do you do?
One year of autocross.

How did you get into autocross?
I decided I wanted to try racing, because I’ve wanted to do it since I was a kid. Autocross was a relatively inexpensive way to try it, and I was hooked.

How do you get focused before/during an event?
I just try to focus on what I did wrong, and where I think I can gain time, and visualize before driving up to the line.

What future plans do you have for your racing career (new car, new mods, new types of racing, etc.)?
I’d like to try some HPDE stuff, other than autocross.

Monday will over time be getting a full Maximum Motorsports suspension overhaul. So: coilovers, 3 link rear end, panhard bar, tubular k member, tubular a arms, sway bars.

Harnesses, rear disc brake swap

And ideally a Coyote swap.

 

Outside of racing:

Where are you from, and how did you end up in Oregon/Washington?
I moved around a lot as a child, it was happenstance my dad got a job here and it stuck.

Do you have a favorite hobby outside of racing?
Probably video games.

What is/are your favorite food(s)?
Pizza, though I can’t have it as often any more. Getting old sucks.

The favorite car that you have owned?
Probably my 65 Mustang. While I only drove it for a year, it put a love of Mustang’s into me that clearly has stuck to this day.

 

 

Your dream car(s)?
Ford GT, 69 Boss 302,  s550 GT350. Though, frankly, after doing autocross all summer, and seeing them perform so well, I really want to drive a Miata, BRZ, and basically any 911

Meaning of life:

If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you be, and why?
Cat. ‘Cause cats just chill out and sleep all day – and it’s acceptable for them to be dicks sometimes.

What was the best thing before sliced bread?
Uh, fire?

We hacked into your computer and downloaded your music list. I don’t want to be the one to spill your most embarrassing song, so why don’t you tell people what we found?
I really have no shame, share away. I’ve got everything from the Star Wars soundtrack, to baby metal, to Lindsey Stirling.