This year three of our own racers have made the move to race cars. It is well known that karting can be a stepping stone to other forms of racing. We have watched other Colorado kart racers move on, and now there are three more to keep an eye on........
J D Mobley
This Colorado racer is now four races into the MPRA Mustang Challenge series at Miller Motorsports Park. JD has proved himself to be a fierce competitor in a kart, and is now doing the same with the cars.
The Miller Park Racing Association (MPRA) is a regional auto racing series created and sponsored by Miller Motorsports Park to build local and regional racing. Miller Motorsports Park has organized, sanctioned and subsidized the cost of racing in order to assist local and regional racers. Drivers compete for trophies and points toward the series championship. The series consists of eight classes (Open Wheel, Sport Racer, Small-Bore, Big-Bore, the Super Turbo Challenge presented by Cobb Tuning. Spec Miata, Legends Cars and Mustang Challenge), with some having sub-classes. For more information, contact the MMP Performance Training Center at (435) 277-8790 or go to http://www.millermotorsportspark.com/tr ... s_mpra.php
MPRA Race Day Results Available on MMP.MyLaps.com
4/5-6 Race 1&2
5/3-4 Race 3&4
6/28-29 Race 5&6
7/12-13 Race 7&8
7/26-27 Race 9&10
8/16-17 Race 11&12
10/18-19 Race 13&14
David Zippie
As previously posted, David was one of the 10 Stars of Karting drivers chosen to participate in a Formula BMW test session out at Miller Motorsports Park. I hear the test session went well, and the Zippies are off to Laguna Seca this coming weekend to get a closer look at the Formula BMW series, as it gets the 2008 series under way.
04.26.08 (taken from http://www.formulabmwusa.com/news_fastn ... php?id=197)
Stars Drivers Complete Formula BMW Americas Test at Miller Motorsports Park
This weekend ten Snap-on Stars of Karting drivers completed an orientation and lapping session in the Formula BMW Americas series race car. The drivers - Neil Albierco, CJ Cronis, Brody Goble, Michael Hogg, Miles Maroney, Spencer Pigot, Scott Rossi, Stefan Rzadzinski, Joey Wimsett, and David Zippie - spent a busy day working between their regular duties in Snap-on Stars of Karting series and the Formula BMW garage.
The program, a cooperative effort between Snap-on Stars of Karting and Formula BMW Americas, was a first-of-its-kind experience that everyone agreed was of great value. All of the drivers did a great job adapting to the new vehicle and this experience gives them an insight into a potential future.
Following the on track activity, Formula BMW Americas and Snap-on Stars of Karting spent the evening at a catered reception that was held at the Formula BMW Service Center.
The Snap-on Stars of Karting and Formula BMW Americas would like to thank all of the drivers, families, and teams that contributed to allowing this opportunity to take place.
More information on Formula BMW Americas can be found at http://www.formulabmwamericas.com.
T. Broekemeier
T. survived the first race in the VW Jetta TDI Cup, the first “all clean diesel racing series”. Maybe T. can share some details… all I can see from the results is that he started in the back and worked his way up to 16th. That is where he currently stands in the points, but that is sure to change with 6 more events on the schedule. It looks like T is off to Canada to compete at the well known Mosport International Raceway.
Some interesting TDI info (taken from http://www.autobloggreen.com/category/volkswagen/).....
The thirty young racers competing in the Volkswagen Jetta TDI cup are hustling their cars around this beautiful 3.27 mile long circuit as fast as they can. But they are still doing it in a relatively thrifty manner. The racing Jettas are putting out 170hp which is enough to average over 87mph here. While most race cars get mileage in the single digits and the national fleet average is 20.2mpg the racers are averaging 25mpg running on regular pump ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel. That's good enough to go the entire race weekend without filling up. Starting with the next race at Mosport on May 17-18 the cars will start using B5 biodiesel which is what the production Volkswagen's are certified for. The cars are also running with the same exhaust after-treatment system as the production fifty state legal models. That means every car has a lean NOx trap and diesel particulate filter installed.
You can check out all of the Jetta TDI drivers and follow the series using the following link….
http://www.vw.com/vwhype/motorsport/en/ ... ta_tdi_cup
I found a photo gallery and some great coverage of the first event, too….
http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/fir ... -cup-race/
Good Luck to all! Keep us posted on your progress!
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