tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83370759328160487852024-03-13T04:59:01.097-07:00Hamfist RacingHamfist Racing features noteworthy drivers, vehicles & events associated with numerous racing organizations. Please enjoy our motorsports stories, racing videos, pictures, driver resumes, race car fact sheets & random auto- related nonsense.Hamfist Racinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08909023549829972230noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8337075932816048785.post-23259167879989981232020-04-12T08:19:00.004-07:002020-04-12T09:11:57.906-07:00Driver Profile: Jake (Hamfist Racing)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<a href="http://hamfistracing.blogspot.com/2009/05/cars-jake-n.html">2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI</a><br />
<a href="http://hamfistracing.blogspot.com/2009/05/car-2-1993-mazda-rx-7-r1.html">1993 Mazda RX7 R1</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />
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*Alfa Development<br />
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Grassroots Motorsports Magazine June 2017<br />
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Performance Auto & Sound Magazine November 2009<br />
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Sports Car Magazine November 2009<br />
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Grassroots Motorsports Magazine October 2009<br />
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Sports Car Magazine October 2009<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">2016 NASA Northeast 5/20 Event - 4th Place - ST2</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>2015 SCCA Solo NATIONAL CHAMPION- SSM<br />
2012 SCCA ProSolo Atlantic Zone Champion<br />
2012 SCCA ProSolo Championsip - 2nd Place - SSM<br />
2012 SCCA Solo National Championship - 3rd Place - SSM<br />
2012 SCCA ProSolo Finale - 3rd Place - SSM<br />
2012 SCCA Toledo ProSolo - 1st Place - SSM<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />
2012 SCCA DC ProSolo - 1st Place - SSM<br />
2012 SCCA Northeast National Tour - 1st Place - SSM<br />
2012 SCCA Northeast Divisional Championship - 1st Place - SSM<br />
2012 NNJR SCCA 6/2 Event - 1st Place - STU<br />
2012 NNJR SCCA 6/2 Event - Fastest Time of Day and 1st Place - SSM<br />
2012 NNJR SCCA 4/7 Event - Fastest Time of Day and 1st Place - SSM<br />
2012 Philly SCCA 11/11 Event - 3rd Overall Pax and 1st Place - STU and<br />
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2012 Philly SCCA 10/14 Event - 1st Place - STU</div>
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2012 NNJR PCA 5/6 Event - Fastest Time of Day and 1st Place - X Class</div>
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2012 MotorsportsNE 8/12 Event - Fastest Time of Day and 1st Place - Unlimited Class</div>
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2012 MotorsportsNE 3/25 Event - 1st Place - Unlimited Class</div>
2011 SCCA NJ ProSolo - 1st Place and Top Qualifier - SSM<br />
2011 SCCA Delaware National Tour - 3rd Place - SSM<br />
2011 SCCA Oscoda ProSolo - Trophy Winner - Bump 2 Class</div>
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2011 SCCA National Championship - 9th Place- SSM</div>
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2011 SCCA ProSolo Finale - 5th Place - SSM</div>
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2010 SCCA National Championship - 6th Place - SSM<br />
2010 SCCA ProSolo Finale - 4th Place - SSM<br />
2010 SCCA Finger Lakes National Tour - 1st Place - SSM<br />
2010 SCCA Dixie National Tour - 3rd Place - SSM<br />
2010 NNJR SCCA Season Points Championship - 3rd Place Pro Class<br />
2010 NNJR SCCA 10/16 Event - Fastest Time of Day<br />
2010 NNJR SCCA 9/18 Event - 1st Place - Fastest Time of Day, Overall PAX and Pro Class<br />
2010 NNJR SCCA 4/3 Event - 1st Place - Overall PAX and Pro Class<br />
2010 NYR SCCA 9/26 Event - 1st Place -Overall PAX and STU<br />
2010 Philly SCCA 6/27 Event - 1st Place - SSM<br />
2010 Philly SCCA 6/13 Event - 1st Place - SSM<br />
2010 MotorsportsNE Season Points Championship - 2nd Place Unlimited<br />
2010 MotorsportsNE 8/8 Event #10 - 3rd Place Unlimited Class<br />
2010 MotorsportsNE 8/8 Event #9 - 1st Place Unlimited Class and Fastest Time of Day<br />
2010 MotorsportsNE 7/27 Event #8 - 2nd Place - Unlimited Class<br />
2010 MotorsportsNE 6/4 Event #5 - 2nd Place - Unlimited Class<br />
2010 MotorsportsNE 4/11 Event #4 - 2nd Place - Unlimited Class<br />
2010 MotorsportsNE 4/11 Event #3 - 1st Place - Unlimited Class and Fastest Time of Day<br />
2010 MotorsportsNE 4/11 Event #2 - 1st Place - Unlimited Class<br />
2010 MotorsportsNE 4/11 Event #1 - 1st Place - Unlimited Class and Fastest Time of Day<br />
2009 SCCA ProSolo Finale - 1st Place - STU<br />
2009 SCCA ProSolo Season Championship - 2nd Place - STU<br />
2009 SCCA National Championship - 3rd Place - STU<br />
2009 SCCA Northeast Divisional Championship - 2nd Place - STU<br />
2009 SCCA ProSolo Washington DC - 2nd Place - STU<br />
2009 SCCA ProSolo Toledo OH - 3rd Place - STU<br />
2009 SCCA ProSolo El Toro CA - 5th Place - STU<br />
2009 SCCA Finger Lakes National Tour - 2nd Place - STU<br />
2009 NNJR SCCA 3/14 Event - 1st Place - Overall PAX and Pro Class<br />
2009 NNJR SCCA 3/21 Event - 1st Place - Overall PAX and Pro Class<br />
2009 NNJR SCCA 5/23 Event - 1st Place - Overall PAX and Pro Class<br />
2009 NNJR SCCA 6/06 Event - 1st Place - Overall PAX and Pro Class<br />
2009 NNJR SCCA 7/11 Event - 1st Place - Overall PAX and Pro Class<br />
2009 NNJR SCCA 8/29 Event - 1st Place - Pro Class and Fastest Time of Day<br />
2009 MotorsportsNE 11/08 Event - 1st Place - Unlimited Class & Fastest Time of Day<br />
2009 MotorsportsNE 7/12 Event - 1st Place - Unlimited Class & Fastest Time of Day<br />
2009 NYR SCCA 8/23 Event - 1st Place - Overall PAX & Pro Class<br />
2009 CART 4/19 Event - 1st Place - Overall PAX & STA Class<br />
2009 Philly SCCA 9/20 Event - 1st Place - STU<br />
2009 Philly SCCA 10/11 Event - 1st Place - ASP<br />
2009 Philly SCCA 11/22 Event - 1st Place - ASP<br />
2008 NNJR SCCA - Season Champion - STU<br />
2008 SCCA Devens National Tour - 3rd Place - STU<br />
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2012 NASA Northeast 5/27 Event - 3rd Place - TTD</div>
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2011 NASA Northeast 9/4 Event - 1st Place - TTA</div>
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2011 NASA Northeast 9/3 Event - 1st Place - TTA</div>
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2011 NASA Northeast 4/17 Event - 3rd Place - TTA<br />
2010 NASA Northeast 10/3 Event - 1st Place - TTS<br />
2010 NASA Northeast 8/14 Event - 2nd Place - TTU<br />
2010 NASA Northeast 8/13 Event - 3rd Place - TTS<br />
2010 NASA Northeast 5/30 Event - 3rd Place - TTS<br />
2009 Redline Time Attack Round 6 - 2nd Place - Street Class<br />
2008 Redline Time Attack Season Finale - 3rd Place - Street AWD Division<br />
2008 MotorsportsNE 5/05 Time Trial - 2nd Place - A Class<br />
2007 MotorsportsNE 9/04 Time Trial - 2nd Place - A Class<br />
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NASA Time Trial Program Director<br />
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SCCA Autocross Instructor</div>
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Tire Rack Street Survival Drivers Education Instructor</div>
MotorsportsNE Core Worker and Autocross Instructor</div>
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Porsche Club of America Autocross Instructor<br />
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<span style="color: white;">Reflecting on any national championship campaign is a year long process full of what-ifs, laughs and (sometimes) tears. 2019 was arguably one of my greatest nationals experiences to date. This was my 11th Solo Nationals, 8th trophy finish, 4th Third Place finish and the 2nd time co-driving with <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=3218129&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARDQXxAaSCM-qYcoJOWiSsdEErx9TmU39oTCLdIlGEQk3elXP-ed7H-yRVmMPf_j-6MEF5bwhFuL2cMv%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/akang328?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARDQXxAaSCM-qYcoJOWiSsdEErx9TmU39oTCLdIlGEQk3elXP-ed7H-yRVmMPf_j-6MEF5bwhFuL2cMv&fref=mentions" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" title="Alex Kang">Alex Kang</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If you didn't know already, the SSM RX7 engine failed this summer conceding its contention at the big show. Alex and I were very much looking forward to the wild ride of the fire breathing turbo rotary but when the writing was on the wall we quickly transitioned to <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/planb?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">PlanB</span></span></a>. Fortunately, in the <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/garage?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">garage</span></span></a> lay this beautiful <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/e92?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">E92</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bmw?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">BMW</span></span></a> Lime Rock Park Edition <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/m3?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">M3</span></span></a>that slots perfectly into F Street class competition. With only one local autocross left before the car needed to depart for Lincoln, I jumped at the opportunity to race with @motorsports_northeast to reacquaint with the car. Before that day, I'd only autocrossed about 10 runs in the car much earlier in the season. Plan B, which was a premeditated contingency, also involved mounting up the fresh set of Bridgestone RE71R tires that were waiting in the garage - a decision which would later prove questionable.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Alex and I would arrive in Lincoln in time for the ProSolo Finale and compete in our respective classes, ES and S1 (not in the M3). After the fun drive in <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=855494624&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCtLFA9ifs_759IaI1-CmoWWMQv5anJrrm-Zxcf-rzzV_bsww18W_wB4BO3UAn7kvE-lxeBhjNhUf8J%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/ErikJStrelnieks?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCtLFA9ifs_759IaI1-CmoWWMQv5anJrrm-Zxcf-rzzV_bsww18W_wB4BO3UAn7kvE-lxeBhjNhUf8J&fref=mentions" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" title="Erik Strelnieks">Erik Strelnieks</a> Acura NSX at the ProSolo Finale where I’d finished DFL - not a huge confidence boost - Alex and I jumped into our BMW chariot on the Nationals Test and Tune course. There we dialed up the front sway bar and raised tire pressures until the car felt fast, balanced and ready for the big show.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Day one of competition rolled in with gorgeous sunny weather on the very fun east course. We shared the grid with countless BMW M3s and a few American pony cars, all of which were sporting <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/v8?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">V8</span></span></a> power. The competition featured reigning 2018 Champion Jeff Cashmore and <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=530387284&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARB41cANiquybRFciBWqLkXJJ0d4CZLa6gLJNgAgNlD8_-kmmdcyqTtZUODq6j_99VucVA7NVc17W_j_%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/tony.chow.7758?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARB41cANiquybRFciBWqLkXJJ0d4CZLa6gLJNgAgNlD8_-kmmdcyqTtZUODq6j_99VucVA7NVc17W_j_&fref=mentions" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" title="Tony Chow">Tony Chow</a> and <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=5738607&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAULfWYt0yuSQq5kS_g2DJ4PUFXSFQfdpsaG2VYlhP38MnDyfSuu3cgMj1p5dQUgOelXEIFxbpZtm1I%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/thomas.g.layton?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAULfWYt0yuSQq5kS_g2DJ4PUFXSFQfdpsaG2VYlhP38MnDyfSuu3cgMj1p5dQUgOelXEIFxbpZtm1I&fref=mentions" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" title="Tom Layton">Tom Layton</a> - both of whom placed 1st and 2nd earlier this season at the Fingerlakes National Tour ahead of me in the Lime Rock M3. On my first run I over drove several sweepers finding the visuals for judging the room on corner exit very tricky. Tony in the #84 car set fast time by a considerable margin, 0.8 faster than the second place car and 1.3 ahead of my time. It wasn’t until I was released for my second run behind Tony’s co-driver, #184 <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1064130475&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCZIT2BvKiMNryvsSCZtAkiN7SQZABMkn5qIgYlYTQM01LjuZJKEZE5nvG3lBLu0NMMbJLyUE5ryXAj%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/ido.waksman?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCZIT2BvKiMNryvsSCZtAkiN7SQZABMkn5qIgYlYTQM01LjuZJKEZE5nvG3lBLu0NMMbJLyUE5ryXAj&fref=mentions" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" title="Ido Waksman">Ido Waksman</a>, did I realize they were sole FS car campaigning on the new Yokohama Advan A052. Recalling how earlier that day the leader board for STR showed the entire trophy line up was on the magical Yoks, I had considered in that moment perhaps we’d made the wrong tire selection! Quickly I shook off that thought and inched forward to the starting line focusing on the course. I screamed “LOOK AHEAD!!!” - my regular pre-run mantra - and launched ahead. I had significantly improved my car placement on the second run but sadly the time was negligibly slower than my first pass. I must have underdriven the car. Alex and I did some minor tire pressure changes for final runs but generally left the car alone for the third runs. On the third and final runs, I was able to combine great car placement with speed and aggression, squeaking out another half second improvement, while admittedly leaving some time on the table.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">After day one runs were a wrap, I’d convince myself there was more time to be had on Yoks than Stones. The search for new tires began. A short phone call to Tire Rack made it apparent the tire was in short supply. A distress call was released on social media to source a set of magic sticky donuts. Simultaneously, Alex and I cruised paddock identifying most of the Yoks on site noting sizes and quantities. Not long after that, word came through friends on site and social media that <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1005971456&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARDqBdY8HYKx6TlC7PFqPB_yuC9IDhK03HwQTnXHX1ioFesSJhFoWYR9YR9cpNZVTg3YPZTge3J_JcII%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/dennis.barrett3?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARDqBdY8HYKx6TlC7PFqPB_yuC9IDhK03HwQTnXHX1ioFesSJhFoWYR9YR9cpNZVTg3YPZTge3J_JcII&fref=mentions" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" title="Dennis Barrett">Dennis Barrett</a>’s broken RX8 was sitting on Yokohama A052s in the exact same size as the #84/184 M3 and Dennis was willing to part with them. The transaction was consummated first thing Day 2. By 9:30am they were mounted and balance on our competition wheels thanks to the onsite Hoosier Tire service vendor.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Running last heat, we’d spent the better part of the day speculating and second guessing whether we made the right call. The way we saw it, the tire is unlikely to be slower than the Stones and if they were in fact faster, we potentially put ourselves in contention to snipe the championship out from under Chow, should he happen to cone out all three runs (or generally underperform).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">At the start of the fifth and final heat, we couldn’t help but laugh at ourselves for bringing the car to grid on the Yoks - our hail mary attempt at a 2019 F Street championship! Now, we just needed to drive fast and hard to make the dream a reality. Alex would be first out of the gate. He quickly and enthusiastically returned to grid shouting the trademark-Alex catch phrase, “These are WAY better!” Feeling confident but inexperienced, I’d underdrive the first few elements on my first run before realizing the Yoks full potential. By second and third runs I dropped 0.7 and 0.5 respectively for a best pass of 66.5. Tony Chow would claim his first national championship in F Street with excellent driving both days and a two day margin of victory of 1.0sec. His day two time posted a 66.2 which was much tighter to my best run and Jeff Cashmore’s 66.4.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">By the end of the day Thornes good buddy <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=19200835&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARC0OlAPJimpMdoDMTsHV31I-z-3MxavjaqCqEWXgovDulQYXFslJ8HA0y6lyHXPR99P2QLWxTYdgq0f%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/fsmtnbiker?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARC0OlAPJimpMdoDMTsHV31I-z-3MxavjaqCqEWXgovDulQYXFslJ8HA0y6lyHXPR99P2QLWxTYdgq0f&fref=mentions" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" title="Chris Mayfield">Chris Mayfield</a> swooped up my Yoks. By 5pm they were sold and on Mayfields car making my car the world record holder for shortest ownership of Yokohama Tires at 7 hours and change. Chris would go on to win the STU championship on them in his E92 M3.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Were the Yoks truly faster or was the Yokohama grip sensation a glorified placebo effect? Who knows, but it was fun to pull off the hail mary attempt and hammer down a fast lap in the hunt day two.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thank you Alex for all your support, especially when my knee gave out and you made a midnight run to the pharmacy for a brace. Alex is one of the most enthusiastic, positive, energetic, accommodative and fun co-drivers anyone could ask for. Thank you to <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1085970339&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBssmrwtw29JGq34CNFoMqKYgVMwlrXDVJmWUYvrX3uA_1Sm7x2ysufPjxRMjmFJM3wyP_Mw_uPl_4w%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/robert.thorneracing?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARBssmrwtw29JGq34CNFoMqKYgVMwlrXDVJmWUYvrX3uA_1Sm7x2ysufPjxRMjmFJM3wyP_Mw_uPl_4w&fref=mentions" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" title="Robert Thorne">Robert</a> and <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100001465415541&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBP1f5Yryv2-1gYn2TSgf6_vgf9SugfCppTDtVVi7LN7YaAg8Sk-51x0W1zw7dMJu6Foy8mg0sH7zPk%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/amanda.hahn80?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARBP1f5Yryv2-1gYn2TSgf6_vgf9SugfCppTDtVVi7LN7YaAg8Sk-51x0W1zw7dMJu6Foy8mg0sH7zPk&fref=mentions" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" title="Amanda Thorne">Amanda Thorne</a>for helping with the logistics, hospitality & race prep and congrats to you both on your 2019 jackets. Thank you to the family for always rooting for me and supporting the campaign for the weeks leading up to nationals and for the entire week I disappeared to the middle of the country for this silly race. I love you all! Thanks to Dennis Barrett for letting me poach your tires while your car was injured, I am sorry your STX RX8 nationals campaign ended early. Thanks to the SCCA & The City of Lincoln for hosting all of us coneheads. Thanks Erik Strelsnik for the surreal ProSolo Finale ride - an NSX on Hoosiers. Thanks to all the 2019 F Street competitors for the awesome race and keeping us on our toes. Thanks to all our marketing partners including HGU NYC: A New York Hotel (<a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="async" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hgunyc.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2ZQoijeNDV0aURNkT1zrJpDRQ7YP_vZIqc0-Nq23GqZV69CHtNhr9vj1o&h=AT2Ba05LLQEF5_WPvE19fAsEQGPtIyZU1Xkkv-IF5GM6Oquz81-Heh62yOsSy2mQebI-xvHJwgJBjJY7kNKs-vHgHmaOHNkaY9uSUSi6MXD0JobicnbEDvnvQtr2d_-JMH0W7K14YOFFjOlD0_NxX3dWw8YJcq4afs-_ZYChj888DusIEQdx" rel="noopener nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">www.hgunyc.com</a>), Jaxe & Company, Alfa Development, Bridgestone, Hawk Performance & Tire Rack. I will see you all in 2020.</span></div>
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Something big happened and I forgot to blog about it here. I managed to reign in the 2015 Super Street Modified Solo National Champion driving the 1993 Mazda RX-7 following in the wake of the 2014 jacket from Corsaro in his F Street Camaro. It was an adventure to get there. It was <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">exhausting and I embarrassingly never made it back to the website to share the good news and the string of breakage and car failures leading up to the win. Major thanks goes out for the support of all the Hamfist drivers helping along the way including Dave Corsaro, Alex Kang, Steve Farkas at SJF Performance, Sandro La Rosa for lending me his cars ECU and all the tuning hardware and software, Joe Ottofaro, Heidi Ellison, Eric Simmons,</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> Evan Schickel, Dan Stainback, Josh Lipman, Charles Sudano and others. Some of you really went above and beyond and the others were always there to keep the smiles rolling - and nothing is more important than that in this game. Thanks to the entire NNJR SCCA region and Jeff Yatsko for accommodating my annoying breakage and re-testing in the wrong heats. Thanks to IRPerformance and Speed1 for troubleshooting my ridiculously possessed ECU (and the random Puerto Rican rotary guru guy at the shop next door to IRP). Thanks to Mazda Motorsports, Hoosier Tires, Hawk Performance and OS Giken for all the contingency support over the years. Thanks to </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Jaxe & Co, Alfa, HGU - A New York Hotel for the sponsorships. Thanks Dave Barninger (and his team Kyle, Jordan and Chris) for helping a clueless fool create such a monstrous car over the years. Most of all thanks to my wife who held down the fort with the little man and one other in the oven while I dodged cones with a purpose in Nebraska. </span></div>
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The interview filmed and edited by Carlos Foxworthy posted here captures some insight into Jake's passion for motorsports with highlights from NASA Time Trials in the Hamfist Racing Mazda GT/ST/TT RX7.Hamfist Racinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08909023549829972230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8337075932816048785.post-88056005033369833192013-08-10T05:22:00.002-07:002020-04-12T08:17:35.112-07:00Autocross Featured in Yahoo News!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Autocross gets national news attention once this poor wife is taken for a ride sitting shotgun by her husband at a San Diego Region SCCA autocross. This video featured on the Yahoo.com homepage captures her horrified reactions. Watch he video of her ride along here: <a href="http://www.grindtv.com/action-sports/moto/post/autocross-ride-is-eye-popping-experience-for-passenger/">http://www.grindtv.com/action-sports/moto/post/autocross-ride-is-eye-popping-experience-for-passenger/</a></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (April 25, 2013) – Nick Barbato, of Wethersfield, Conn., and Learic Cramer, of Columbia, Md., took home the big prizes at last weekend’s Tire Rack SCCA New Jersey ProSolo in the Meadowlands. Barbato earned his first career Super Challenge win, with Cramer taking home gold in the Ladies Challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">With the Manhattan skyline in clear view of the course, the Saturday weather made for a cold, windy qualifying day in the parking lots of MetLife Stadium. Adding to the difficultly on the Dave Newman-designed layout is that it looked deceivingly simple during the course walk, but proved to be difficult to do correctly at the brisk pace during the runs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Under the slightly warmer and less windy Sunday skies, Barbato knocked off Jeff Hurst (Street Touring X-class Anze Suspension Mazda RX-8) and Mark Labbancz (Nissan 370Z) in the opening two rounds to advance to the quarterfinals.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Round three was Barbato’s second visit to a Street Touring X competitor – this time versus the top-qualifying Andrew Pallotta (Stranoparts.com Scion FR-S). Like the opening round, Barbato advanced, and found himself in the semifinals.</span></div>
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<u><b><span style="color: white;">Opposite Barbato’s bracket, the semifinal featured Jake (ANZE/Tripoint/ParkItNY/Hamfist Racing Mazda RX-7), who qualified on top of the Super Street Modified class, and Eric Campbell (SoloRacer.com/MonoBalls.com BMW330Ci), who advanced out of the Stock/Street Index 2 grouping in qualifying.</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Learic Cramer earned her spot in the Ladies bracket by advancing through the Ladies Class 2 in her Nissan 370Z as the second qualifier. Cramer then topped Holly Schwedler (stranoparts.com/Automation Tool & Die Scion FR-S) and Shelly Monfort (StranoParts.com/Shameless Iced Tea Scion FR-S) in the quarter and semifinals – both from her qualifying group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, the Evo X was sold back in November to make way for an even more potent vehicle... a 2012 Toyota Yaris! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Okay not entirely true- the Yaris is a <i>tad</i> slower and it wasn't meant to replace the Evo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But can it be fun to drive? Yeah, but not without tinkering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The first modifications were Tokico HTS shocks and struts and an Ultra Racing 23mm rear bar to help restrict the rear torsion beam from twisting. Crash bolts were added to the front struts for extra negative camber.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Adding the ever-proven Dunlop Z1 Star Specs in </span>205/50/16 on the stock 16" x 6" wheels provided much needed grip over the stock tires. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just these few simple changes helped the Yaris nip at the heels of a couple of very well-driven Minis at our local autocross... 0.5 to 1 second behind on a 60 second course. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Close, but still an eternity in autocross terms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Clearly the Yaris' biggest flaws are large amounts of body roll coupled with an open front differential. To be fast with these cars will require maintaining momentum, increasing composure and avoid spinning the inside front tire which just wastes energy and adds seconds. To do all of this however requires modifications that will bump the Yaris to one of the newest classes in SCCA's Solo program- Street Touring FWD. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While still only a supplemental class, it has seen moderate support at the national level and a little better support at the regional level. The majority of experienced autocrossers prefer to drive vehicles that are proven winners in their respective classes. There are a few exceptions, those willing to drive cars that are considered shitboxes within the sport. I am one of those exceptions because I will race anything... but it <i>should</i> be fun to drive too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ever since owning a Championship White 1998 Integra Type R several years ago, I have always had a soft spot for white cars on white wheels. Can't wait to see them on the car!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The steel OEM pulleys weighed in at a shade over 68 oz, so a total savings of over 45 oz or just under 3lbs. My highly calibrated butt dyno witnessed quicker acceleration from a stop and better pull in gear at low rpms. Well worth the money and time to install.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the coming weeks, I'll be continuing to remove weight legally from all areas of the car on the cheap. I have yet to share what I've done for springs and roll control but I am pretty close to getting the suspension to where I want it to be, and while it is a little unorthodox, I feel that it is capable. Think NASCAR or dirt track hillbilly stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This time I was driving Morgan's 2010 Toyota Yaris, all decked out with brand new Firestone Winterforce tires purchased literally the day before the event. Weighing as light as my old EF Civic hatchback, I knew it would be a strong contender in Stock FWD- and it was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Fwd Stock - Total Entries: 14<br />1 SF 97 Corsaro, David toyota yaris 147.950 142.885 122.881 112.976 <b>526.692</b><br />2 SF 79 Perkins, Jacob 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R 158.986 151.961 129.194 116.964 <b>557.105</b><br />3 SF 803 Belperron, Pascal 1985 Saab 900 SPG 164.932 155.540 128.246 114.981 <b>563.699</b><br />4 SF 43 Knight, Ben 2012 Ford Fiesta S 163.277+1 157.910 136.308 118.432 <b>577.927</b><br />5 SF 162 Lapierre, Robert 2000 Honda civic 161.392 167.787 135.308 117.920 <b>582.407</b><br />6 SF 822 Belperron, Marcel 1992 Saab 900 178.272+3 151.553 130.849+1 112.692+1 <b>583.366</b><br />7 SF 53 Allen, Chris 1999 Volkswagen golf 160.325+1 168.882+5 124.751+1 116.566 <b>584.524</b><br />8 SF 176 Mlynarski, Robert 2000 Ford Focus ZX3 161.860+3 160.649+2 143.549 124.116 <b>600.174</b><br />9 SF 810 Zaharis, Peter 2008 Honda Civic Si 164.127 165.858+4 135.652 132.968+3 <b>612.605</b><br />10 SF 825 Trail, Brent 1991 Honda CRX 151.107+1 151.198+2 DNF 123.872 <b>613.001</b><br />11 SF 62 Sutherland, Candace Honda 174.880 162.882 145.476+1 129.398 <b>614.636</b><br />12 SF 888 Andrade, Kevin 1992 Volkswagen Golf 165.327 186.189+1 150.824 128.613 <b>632.953</b><br />13 SF 806 Dixon, Marcos neon 186.809+11 182.652+3 143.762+1 DNF <b>706.191</b><br />14 SF 833 Dennis, Dan neon 176.859+8 158.898+1 DNF DNS DNF</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Yaris proved to be very competent in the rough stuff just like my old Civics and Toyotas of yore. Its short wheelbase provided effortless maneuvering through the course albeit with <i>lots</i> of e-brake use. Maintaining momentum was paramount as torqueless front-wheel-drive cars just don't dig out of slow corners the way all-wheel-drive cars do. I had a blast and plan on doing more rallycross events in the red Yaris. </span></div>
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Sports Car Chief of Mazda Motor Corporation, Nobuhiro Yamamoto, exposes details on the 2017 RX-7 rebirth. The new RX-7 will commemorate 50 years over rotary Mazda sports cars. Yamamoto expressed in an interview with The Motor Report the car will likely start out with a naturally aspirated rotary engine - perhaps a variant of the 16X developed in 2007 - and tip the scales at about 2600 lbs. Despite the lack of forced induction, the larger displacement 1.6 liter wankel would turn out approximately 300 horsepower. Yamamoto - the person responsible for both the FD3S and the 787B engines - insists the new powerplant will be more linear, a trait overlooked on his twin-sequential 13B. Additionally, Yamamoto even mentioned emissions technology advance already engineered that will ensure the compliance of 2017 RX-7. As with all of Mazda's sports cars, he says the development will focus on driver involvement. With more power and 200 lbs lighter curb weight than the last FD3S, the 2017 RX-7 is poised to be a true drivers car. We believe that if Mazda has the passion and "drive" to develop this car, it must deliver a chassis and suspension worthy of a 21st century super-car. </div>
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<br />Hamfist Racinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08909023549829972230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8337075932816048785.post-83719822886844177572012-10-29T08:46:00.000-07:002012-10-29T08:46:12.092-07:00Speedway Motors 2012 SCCA Solo National Championships Music Video <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YpIWaSSk3Ms" width="560"></iframe><br />Hamfist Racinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08909023549829972230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8337075932816048785.post-79510679891102025732012-10-17T09:08:00.000-07:002020-04-12T08:16:04.791-07:00Monticello Motor Club NARRA USTTC 2012By: Jake<br />
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During the first day of action at the World Time Attack in Sydney Austrailia, the Nemo Racing Mitsubishi Evolution IX seems to be running away with the event. The car blasted a 1:25.74 second lap, more than three seconds faster than the previous record holder and world champion, Tarzan Yamada and the Cyber Evo. The 900 all-wheel horsepower Nemo Racing Evo is playing in it's backyard representing the Austrian contingent at the event. Appearing more like a fish than a car, the Nemo Racing Evo (appropriately named car, possibly after Nemo the animated fish) is the most radical time attack car Hamfist Racing has ever seen. By tomorrow a champion will be crowned. Our money is on Nemo.</div>
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Driver, <a href="http://hamfistracing.blogspot.com/2009/09/driver-profile-resume-jake-namer.html">Jake</a>, and the <a href="http://hamfistracing.blogspot.com/2009/05/car-2-1993-mazda-rx-7-r1.html">Hamfist Racing SSM Mazda RX7</a> are caught in a story on www.AutomobileMag.com about the new Subaru BRZ coupe.</div>
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At the Toledo Express Airport traction was high but emotions were even higher. After years of preparation, the <a href="http://hamfistracing.blogspot.com/2009/05/car-2-1993-mazda-rx-7-r1.html">Hamfist Racing Super Street Modified (SSM) RX7</a> was ready to be pitted against the High Pressure Performance RX7 of the Thompson family at the 2012 Toledo ProSolo. Many believe the Thompson's RX7 is the most highly developed SSM car in the country. They would be right to think so. Their RX7 had been dominating SSM competition across the country during the 2012 Solo National Tour and ProSolo series. Carter Thompson has tallied multiple wins over Erik Strelnieks' 3-Rotor, three time SSM national championship, Jungle Cat Racing RX7. With Carter's track record, my goal going into the event was to just keep up. The anxiety reached a paramount as SSM drivers approached the start line for competition Friday. I was excited, yet fearful, to see how the car would shake out in comparison to the Thompsons' creation. </div>
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At the start of competition Friday, adrenaline built up so strongly in my body that I proceeded to jump the lights and get disqualified for three of my four runs, putting the car in last place. The raw times were suppressed in the results, which merely displayed "RL" indicating the disqualification from a red-light start.</div>
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The day was a success but tomorrow I would need to improve lap times further to lock in the win. Later that afternoon I received a call from my family with heart sinking news that my grandfather passed away. He led a long life, raised a great family - including my mom and two twin aunts - and pursued his dream, successfully becoming a professional artist and illustrator. I will miss him and my grandmother greatly.</div>
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For most of the weekend, I was able to keep my family in my thoughts. However any autocross racer can tell you, the moment the clutch is released going into a sea of cones, there is only one clear and concise goal dominating every action in your body and ounce of concentration in your mind. That goal is driving perfection. It is <i>this </i>surreal experience of absolute concentration and physical precision that motivates racers to continue in this sport. Life may be scary, sad or confusing at times. For a racer, driving is an escape, a meditation, a moment of clarity. </div>
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At the starting line Sunday for final SSM class competition runs, the tree began flashing... Yellow. Yellow. With that second yellow flash of light, my minded raced with compassion and grief towards the loss and pain in my family. Yellow. By the third and final yellow my mind went completely blank. My right foot pushed the gas pedal to the floor-pan and my left foot lifted off the clutch towards to the sky! The rotary powered Mazda tore off the starting line with the fury and power of my entire emotional state. I was able to pull off the ultimate class win with dueling 26 second lap times on both left and right courses. </div>
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