The weekend started just like any other weekend.   Saturday morning became a rush to get the new front splitter installed and getting the car ready.   Nothing really heavy, just the typical small stuff to put on after transport, and small setup stuff to ensure the car is ok and ready.   Saturday was pretty relax with lack of competitors.  We used the day to get Hartanto re-acquainted with the car, the track, and to find a good setup for the car.    The day progressed well with Hartanto finding good setup and improving his lap time every time he goes out.  The new engine sound healthy and seem to perform well and provide ample of power.  (more…)

I’d like to apologize for my tardiness. We’ve been late with our updates and articles from the last few races. Rather than have multiple updates, I decided to write a longer blog to capture a few of the updates together.

Round 3 and 4 of Honda Challenge was held at Infineon Raceway. I must say it was one of those “weekend to forget” for Prima Racing, especially for Telly. On Friday practice, first, Telly managed to find the outside wall on turn 11. Luckily, the damaged to the car mostly cosmetics. We did a quick fix in the paddock, pulling the fenders out, realigning the bumpers and panels, as well making some emergency bracketry so the car is functional as well as aesthetically acceptable. (more…)

N1 RACING WINS BACK TO BACK ON THE WEST COAST - TAKING 1ST PLACE SUPER MODIFIED RWD AND FINISHING 3RD OVERALL AT REDLINE TIME ATTACK ROUND 3 HELD AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

SUPER MODIFIED REAR WHEEL DRIVE CLASS 1ST PLACE WITH 1:42:733

N1 Concepts is proud to announce it’s racing team’s 1st Place finish at Round 3 of the Redline Time Attack Series held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Outside Road Course. This was the second race in the West Coast series, which meant a consecutive win for N1 (the team also finished 1st Place at Round 1 in Buttonwillow just a month before). This result means that N1 Racing remains in the 1st Place Position as Points Leader in the Super Modified (Unlimited) RWD Class. (more…)

The 2010 race season has started..  We open our season with the Honda Challenge season opener at Infineon Raceway.  This year, Prima Racing will utilize two drivers in a one car team.  Each driver will alternate their driving duties and Andrie Hartanto will be the first driver to participate in Round 1 of the Honda Challenge competition.

The first day started off wet with some rain drizzles in the morning.    Andrie opted not to participate in the first practice session since it is risky.  Also, since the race will be run in dry conditions, there is no point to run in the wet when the setup will be totally different for the dry race.  The rain stopped by 10AM and the track is mostly dry by the time qualifying rolls around.  During qualifying, Andrie was able to capture the pole, albeit with slower lap times due to some part of the track still being wet. (more…)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Exedy signs sponsorship deal with Prima Racing for the 2010 season

San Francisco, CA (March 25, 2010) - Prima Racing announced today that it has signed a sponsorship deal with Exedy for the 2010 racing season.  As part of the agreement, Exedy will provide parts and support to help Prima Racing with its motorsports racing efforts in 2010.

“We have been using Exedy clutches for the past 2 years and they make a great clutch for circuit track & road racing applications for cars like our Acura TSX and Honda S2000,” said Andrie Hartanto, Principal and owner of Prima Racing.  “We are grateful and excited to have them on board as a sponsor and partner for the 2010 season.” (more…)

Since the new season is upon us and I’ve officially joined the Prima Racing team, I thought I would give some background about myself.  I met Andrie about 10 years ago in the San Francisco Bay Area car circle.  We both owned the same type of cars and saw each other at track events.  After months of making fun of each other (mostly about how slow the other person was), we started to coordinate our schedules so that we would go to the same track events together. 

Fast forward a few years to 2003, when Andrie and I both started to race competitively.  Andrie chose Honda Challenge while I took up Spec Miata.  In 2005, we both raced in U.S. Touring Car (Andrie in a Honda Civic and me in a BMW 328).  The highlight of that year was the exciting inaugural San Jose Grand Prix where we ran as high as 4th (Andrie) and 7th (me) before crashes late in the race claimed both our cars.

This year, I’m looking forward to teaming up with Andrie and the entire Prima Racing crew, learning more about racing and improving my skills at driving a FWD race car, and generally having a good time with the team.  If you see us at the track, we hope you’ll stop by our paddock area and say hi.