Introductions Are In Order.

I think before I start bringing my reviews over from roadreviewsalaska.tumblr.com's site, I believe I'd better introduce myself so you can get to know me.

My name is Joseph Newby. I am a resident of Anchorage, AK and I grew up in the Midwest, Central Wisconsin to be precise. I'm currently 23 at the time of this post and I am absolutely head-over-heels obsessed with the open road.

It started in second grade, I saw my first demolition derby and my very first NASCAR race, ever since, all I ever wanted to do is race cars and drive alongside my favorite drivers (Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, and yes in that order) some day. After a while though, my tastes became less...specific. As the years passed I grew from only wanting to race to wanting to do nothing but drive. I love cars and I love driving, I don't care the car, if you put me in it without specific orders to baby it, I'm going to thrash it first couple times out.

I have long since changed my mind about purely racing, it's now a hobby, something I hope to do with my spare time. My real dream is to drive, pure and simple. To drive the newest and some of the oldest cars and see if they can live up to the car company's hypes about them. That's what Road Reviews; Alaska is about. I want to put these cars through the ringer to see if they can handle the roughest roads in the country. Anchorage has a very specific and unique geography and is the perfect place to road test new cars.

I hope to one day be able to take a press car and to power tests and such like on the bigger shows that do this same thing. But at the moment, I am stuck with brand new cars at dealerships that need to be driven in a less...vigorous manner, than I would like, as they need to be sold to people. If I become popular enough I may be able to make that happen, but as it stands right now, I'm doing text reviews using real cars being sold on Alaskan streets in Alaskan dealerships. So let's see what happens shall we? It's time to see what's in store down the road. Welcome to Road Reviews; Alaska!