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Big Red Comes Home!

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December 12th, 2011 |

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Big Red comes home and I couldn’t be more excited! If any of you had ever sold something and never wish you had will know what I mean, but yesterday I had the good fortune of reuniting with my favorite race car that I purchased a few years ago. I just can’t wipe the smile off of my face!

For those of you who don’t know the history of the car, I purchased a red ’99 Miata in 2007. I then had the roll cage built by Estus White with eSpeed Racing and completed the rest of the build with Glenn Murphy and myself with parts sourced by Steve Bertok with Panic Motorsports.

In 2007 I ran in the South Atlantic Road Race of Champions series and won 9 of the 11 total races and the championship! While running this series I set a track record at Rockingham that still stands today. Derrick Moore used the car to run in the Carolina Cup Pro series that same year and took home several wins! Tom Fowler with OPM also ran the car in the 2007 SARRC Invitational Championship.

This car was highly photographed and was used in the 2008 VIR annual calendar! Right now the car is a little beat up and will be delivered to the eSpeed world headquarters shortly to begin the restoration. I will post pictures along the way as we plan on a full restoration and hope to debut the car sometime in 2012!

-Bob Thornton

Carolina Motorsports Park Shootout

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December 11th, 2011 |

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Race Engineering had some drivers at the Carolina Motorsports Park Shootout yesterday. Dillon Machavern, with Panic Motorsports, won both races! Congratulations to Dillon and Panic! It was great to see our dear friend Dan Pendelton back in a race car! Dan was charging hard as always until an unfortunate incident with a blown clutch ended his weekend.

CMP Shootout

Congratulations to Long Road Racing!

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October 30th, 2011 |

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Congratulations to Long Road Racing for their 1st and 2nd place finishes this past weekend at the 13 Hour at VIR! As always, your drivers and crew are first rate and I’m glad to be a part of it! Thank you for choosing Race Engineering for your engine power!

SARRC/ECR At VIR

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October 23rd, 2011 |

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The final test for our 13 hour cars will be tomorrow ar VIR. After weeks of preperation the Fusner Engineering/Race Race Engineering had several cars this past weekend at VIR for SARRC/ECR race. Steve Bertok clinched the Carolina Cup Pro Series Championship by placing 3rd, helping Steffan Tisserot and Dillon Machavern place 1st and 2nd! This secured Steffan’s spot for 2nd place in the Championship points!

This weekend was Dillon’s first race in his new Panic Motorsports car proving that not only is Steve Bertok a championship winning driver, but also a championship car builder as well)! Dillon drove the wheels off of his new black #10 1999 Miata, this young man has a VERY bright future! I had the opportunity to meet Dillon’s mother and spend some time with his father, who happens to be a very accomplished GT-1 driver himself, and our region is very fortunate that such a fine family in Spec Miata!

SARRC update: Steve Bertok is now leading the 2012 SARRC points race by winning his first race by a very large margin. Dillon was second in points, not bad for his first race at VIR. I guess I really better get to work on my new car, the competition is going to be REALLY tough in 2012!

ECR update: Saturday – 1st John Peterson, 2nd Skip Brock, 3rd Bertok/Machavern team! Sunday – 1st Bertok/Machavern team, 2nd John Peterson

Congratulations to you all! Thank you for choosing Race Engineering power! As always, CHAMPIONSHIP PROVEN!

Now its off to the 13 Hour – see everyone next week!

Congratulations to Steve Bertok!

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September 19th, 2011 |

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Congrats to Steve Bertok and Panic Motorsports for a total domination at Carolina Motorsports park this past weekend. Steve won both Carolina Cup Pro Series races and the ECR with race engineering power!

NASA National Championship

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September 17th, 2011 |

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Race Engineering would like to thank Nathanial Sparks for choosing RE power to help him win the 2011 NASA National Championship! Also finishing with Race Engineering power was Greg S. who finished third! Justin Hille and the young Mr. Gleason had very strong runs as well. Very proud of all these young men and looking forward to seeing what their futures hold!

NASA at Road Atlanta

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June 20th, 2011 |

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This past weekend Zack Skolnick, Nathaniel Sparks, and Justin Hille, all 3 powered by Race Engineering, traveled to Road Atlanta for a NASA Southeast Spec Miata race. After Friday’s qualifying, it didn’t take long to realize that RE was dominating the Spec Miata class as we cleaned up the podium Saturday and Sunday! Both days Justin Hille came in 1st, Nate Sparks finished 2nd, and Zack Skolnick completed the podium at 3rd!

Race Engineering really is the gold standard in spec miata race engines. Give us a call today and start winning races!

NASA at Road Atlanta