Sam R. McCafferty

Writer, Editor, Multimedia Journalist

 Taishogoto Rock

Original psych rock song recorded in 2024. CLICK HERE TO VISIT.

V-Fin Magazine

Full article and layout from 2021. CLICK HERE TO VISIT.

 BMW 850Ci Review

Written November 2017. CLICK HERE TO VISIT.

 RG RX-93 Nu Gundam

Prototype V-Fin Magazine spread from late 2019. CLICK HERE TO VISIT.

1997 Jordan 197

          I look to my watch and see that it’s time for group nine to qualify. Pulling my jacket closed, I walk down the short staircase to the observation deck high over the pristine asphalt of Road America and listen to the distant sound of engines firing. As I faintly hear the cars pull onto the track, one particular sound rises above the rest. Much higher than the other exhaust notes, this noise rises and falls rapidly with the driver’s frenzied shifts. The wailing scream echoes off of the hills and concrete embankments with an ethereal quality as it draws nearer. My gaze rests at the end of the main straight, along with that of all the others who have come out so early. A lithe, yellow and black projectile with angry eyes flashes into view. It carves its way around the corner at a seemingly impossible pace. Its pilot goes back on the gas and the 10 little cylinders of the mid-mounted Judd power plant produce an amazing howl as the 1997 Jordan 197 Formula One car climbs the hill to turn six in an instant.