It takes a TEAM of like minds to accomplish great things…

My name is Jake and  I want to say Thanks for stopping by and getting to this page. I will try not to bore you. A TEAM is exactly what The Speed Mall is all about, and that is building a team. That is because we as car people have to stick together. As a certain legislative agenda is always looking for ways to erase our passion from the face of the planet. Plus we have all the big guys taking most of the business.

I have always been for the underdog.And that is what we are here. The Underdog. Yes, it’s going to be a long uphill battle. But so was working my way through to realize the dream to not just be a racer, but to make a living as one.And then work some more to be the top of my team. To Make it to the Truck Series in NASCAR and be the crew chief was beyond my wildest expectations.

But I never lost sight of having a dream. So I chose one that would help everyone involved. It comes in 2 parts. One is where I can provide a service/platform that allows the underdog to start with what’s laying around and with some imagination and work, turn it into a way to finance his or her passion for cars. The 2nd Part is the “Speed Maverick Garage” It’s about my own cars and builds. We are in the early stages of setting up the first shoot of the first build, an 89 CRX that will be used for Auto-X and Rally Events.

Our YouTube Channel will have videos from Speed Maverick Garage and SMG will be a blog contributor as a TSM partner. Our goal is to bring you information and have fun doing it so that we will be lucky enough be entertaining enough to make you want to come back. It’s what I did as a racer. Put on a good show. I want you to get familiar with us and work with our growing pains. They are inevitable…

I have an extremely diverse background and have always been a problem solver. That is why so many have put me in charge of solutions. The TSM is a solution to my own problems and experiences selling parts online. The big auction site,and  the mainstream marketplaces are too expensive and are saturated. The Classified sites offer no transaction ability and are prone to scammers because they don’t have to qualify for a financial account.to operate. 

TSM allows free accounts with unlimited product listings. So start up cost is labor only. Scammers are reduced with financial fraud control measures in place provided by Stripe. And best of all is the only cost involved. The Credit Card Fee’s and the website “Application Fee” that is FAR below the competition. The business plan is to keep fee’s between 2-4% of the sale. We are starting at 3% for the launch and if you start there you will never pay more. The future plan is to charge 4% for free accounts. And offer subscription accounts that have 2 price levels for the 2% & 3% application fee. We are capping the maximum subscription price at $20 unless inflation causes a massive shift in operational costs…

We are also not over saturated. So your products will have a better chance to sell once the item is seen at our site. We have a marketing plan in place. Art of that involves you. We provide search engine optimization features on every product listing. We also have travel in our plans. We are doing a Midwest Tour in 2021 and will announce the times and places of our arrival. as soon as they are finalized. Unknown restrictions have delayed the schedule.planning.

I am a racer and a car guy. You will get the chance to meet some of my car friends on the videos. I look forward to your comments. I REALLY look forward to finishing the upgrades to the RV which I will have vid’s on also. Then taking it on the road and seeing if the new programmer,, custom exhaust and aerodynamic improvements will do fore mileage and range. It has a 17 gallon tank and the original 12mpg average it got when I bought is now up to 15mpg before these new features. So that alone added 40-50 miles between stops. But I have under construction, a 98 gallon reserve fuel system that rides on my swivelwheel.com trailer that I will also be doing a video build about. If I can get to 18mpg, then I can go 2000 miles between fill ups. I can plot the places with best gas prices on an app and save some money. But to get this off the ground, being where the action is has to be where I’m at.

As I write this, it is January in Wisconsin. Means cold and snow. Also means projects that need to get done outside, are most likely not getting done right now.. I have a wonderful garage at home that is 25×45. Also have another garage stall on front of house. CRX is in that one. The work shop has a 91 Civic HB with a cage and nothing else. The motor is in the CRX. It gets a race prepped ZC DOHC. Plus a 31 Model A Slant Windshield Town Car. And taking up the space in front of the garage door is the Honda Prelude Champcar that is getting some updates that will be features in what we hope is a LOT of video footage. It’s getting a turbo B18 and a custom designed suspension along with some brake upgrades that will yank your eyeballs out…

I hope you come along for the ride. REGISTER for an account to be a seller and use it to make purchases. If you need a part, check here first. We can’t offer everything, but in time, I believe we can do a good job of growing a nice selection of parts. When the cost’s to sell don’t take away the incentive to do so, then maybe that will make a better deal for you. As an auction site seller I had to raise my prices until sales declined. Shopify doesn’t drive traffic via a portal. The Speed Mall is the opportunity to join forces as grass roots car parts sellers by sharing a portal to stores and sellers that have what people are looking for. A Mall will attract traffic if there is enough merchandise to browse and it can generate word of mouth. We are going to get out the word of mouth by being where the action is at Car Shows, Race Events, Swap Meets and any other popular place to meet that is about cars…

Hope to see you soon! Check out our BLOG and YouTube Channel

Jake Speed