October 22nd, 2009
It all came down to this. After two years of absence, the Prima Racing/RedZone Performance team is back at Monterey Raceway Laguna Seca for Speed World Challenge. The majority of the year up to this point was spent running the car and trying to fine tune it for its debut at this very event. But with the past few race weekends full of engine breakdowns, suspension failures, and trouble shooting of one problem after another, it was safe to say that the team wasn’t sure if the car was going to cooperate. Read the rest of this entry »
October 13th, 2009
We were at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah for Round 5 of Nitto tires USTCC race. The race track presented a challenge for most competitors, since this is the first time USTCC visits Miller Motorsports Park and a first for most competitors. Team Prima Racing/RedZone Performance consisting of Hartanto and Lepper are leading the championship points, followed closely by Andy Chittum of BTM Motorworks and Curt Simmons of Team Dodge in 3rd.
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August 26th, 2009
Cool night picture
I’m skipping the race report this month as we are not concentrating in Honda Challenge this season, and we are using it to test for World Challenge. The objective of this test, is to try several options that are presented to us and see which one is more advantageous to us. We come fully prepared and brought all our equipments, including setup pads and scales.
All that went to shit really quickly. The first lap on the warm up session the car went kablamo. We haven’t even got to push it yet, as I was keeping the rev in check until we know for sure everything is ok. We didn’t bring any spare engine, as this is a brand new engine. In the effort to make the swap as quickly as we can, we split up duties among the crew. Wayne heads the engine removal process helped by Ken and Chris. Me, Jimmy and Jeff went back to RedZone, which is 2.5 hours away to pick up the engine. Unfortunately we weren’t able to finish in time to make the day race. Our entire plan for the weekend pretty much went down the drain. Read the rest of this entry »
August 5th, 2009
Last race weekend was the first time I brought my car to a race weekend and actually didn’t drive. I handed the “key” so to speak to Tom Lepper and I was sitting on the side line talking strategy and setting the car up for Lepper. It feels kind of weird, but I enjoyed it as it gives me more time to relax. Read the rest of this entry »
