MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

First I apologize for not keeping up to date with my updates….. I’ve been on cloud nine since the last race of the year!

For the ones that know me…you knew that I was very determined to win a championship this year in my father’s name. So…..How about TWO of them?!!!!

Mother nature was very fierce with the rains during the last month of racing. What ended up being the final points race for the 600cc class was the evening that we were able to acquire the points lead with a victory that evening! What a night of racing for us. We ran a very determined race. The crew and car were on point and I was very focused behind the wheel. We went from our 11th starting position to the lead in a very dominating fashion. Man that felt good!!! At this point we had no clue that the last three points races would be cancelled. We were looking forward to a good battle for the points championship with the 18d. We would have driven hard and so would they. Thankfully we were in the right spot at the right time and became champions.

NOW….I refuse to let it go sounding like we were given this honor. We worked very hard to dig ourselves out of a hole that we had placed ourselves in at the beginning of the year. We really did our homework and I stepped up my game to drive our Spar powered Hyper as far to the front as I could every race. Our finishes prove that. Please take a look at our schedule on this site to view our impressive year. We still had some bumps in the road but all racers do. We delt with them and proceeded. (once again thanks to individuals such as Mike Dicely and Scott Spar)

Well that was one Championship…..now lets talk about the other. This one for the Forry Motorsport #61 1000cc car was more than special to all of us. I was so lucky to become involved with Jason and Heather Forry prior to the ’09 season. The cause and meaning of what this car brought was a tremendous motivator. Winning a total of 3 races and numerous top 5’s had us leading the points early and we never looked back. This class was great fun and is promoted by a great group of people that are all about advancement for the class. Thank you Sidewinder Sprints. The class is full of talent and we were honored to be competing with them all year.

The Forry’s were there to provide us with everything that we needed all year long. We are very happy to give them the ultimate prize in racing as Jason and all the other armed forces soldiers provide us the freedom to race. Thank You. We will always remember the car that brought me my very first open wheel victory.

We had one more event at TW for us to show why we deserve the track championships. The Kevin Gobrecht Memorial Race. Always an event that is on the list of races for the best of the best in micro racing. This event used the familiar points format that we grew to love as the year went on. We went on to Top Qualify the event and pace the likes of Mike Dicely, Shane Lewis, Mike Rutherford and all the big names in the 50 lap feature event. What a feeling!!!! The race went great for us. The 44 was very tough and was able to get around me but he did not get away! We were right there the entire race…..but if you are goin to finish second to someone….Mike D isn’t a bad choice!!

Again we were able to leave Trail-way with our heads held high and wait for the banquet to enjoy our reward. …..which the banquet was great and so was the after party! (I’ll leave it at that ;) )

We wish to say thank you to all the owners, sponsors, additional help, friends and most importantly family. Without you dreams like this don’t ever come true.

God Bless and watch out next year…….. We aren’t done yet.

Brian “HollyWood” Racine


EVENTS THAT MOTIVATE

We loaded up and headed for Trailway once again this past Saturday. Both classes once again. These weekends make for some hectic moments for both driver and crew. We have been applying steady pressure to the points leader in the 600cc class for most of the year. Saturday was no different. At the beginning of the year we started out kinda rough with a 13th and pair of DNF’s. We had to fight really hard to get back to the runner up spot in points. We pulled together and did just that as the season progressed. We have been behind one of the best 600cc micro drivers in the area. We know as a team that we have what it takes this year to win a championship. We are determined.

Warm ups proved to be difficult for the point leader. Without getting into details, he ended up running a borrowed car and starting towards the rear of the field in the feature. Advantage –> us. We had our normal 11th starting position. Before I tell you how the race went…I have to tell you that this has this car fine tuned this year. I have never felt a car like this before. It goes wherever I want. We went green and I didn’t waste anytime moving forward. Lap six had us in third. Lap nine….second. The leader had gotten out on the field a good bit and the race was staying green. We were fast and I knocked the interval down quickly and found myself pacing for several laps….waiting. The opportunity arose and I had an opening. I went to the inside of him going into turn one. We touched and unfortunately for him…he spun out. I was clearly there. Anyway, on the restart I was able to give myself a comfortable lead and for the second time this year…………..WIN! WIN! WIN! With that we made up a considerable amount of championship points and took the lead by a slim margin!!! There are 3 more point races. They won’t be easy. We aren’t scared one bit.

Sidewinder Sprint!!! While the night was kind of uneventful, which isn’t a bad thing sometimes! ….we had a decent night of racing. The heat race started and the car in front of us had mechanical issues and could not accelerate. We were slowed up and had to lay back. Once things finally cleared up and everyone was under way, I managed to get the car up to third and that’s where we would finish. Strapping in for the feature I told myself it was all bout patience and maintaining the point lead. I couldn’t do anything risky. I started 6th. Green dropped and into turn one where the front row had some issues and collected at least three cars including one car behind me that had a nasty flip. (all drivers ok) I managed to make it though with only a dent in the rear bumper. Whew. We moved up a row for the restart. Green again and I shot to second and had my sites set on the race leader. As I quickly found out, the leader was very fast. I was not goin to catch him. I was more than happy to settle for second. BUT…. Second was going to be challenged by the #38. Man….every race I never have to look far to find him! Thankfully I was able to maintain my spot. Very happy with second place.

Needless to say we were very satisfied with our racing that night. Since TW utilizes Speednetdirect.com we were able to find out very soon afterwards that we were the point leader now in the 600. To our surprise we did some math to find out that we have clinched the TW Sidewinder Sprints point championship!!!! Now this is not official yet but as far as we are concerned…. The numbers don’t lie!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!

I cant say enough about this team……we deserve everything we get this year. We have worked hard. The tough times in racing are difficult to deal with……BUT the good times are priceless!!!

Come watch us at the famed Williams Grove Speedway this Friday night to watch us in our 1000cc micro. Then again at Trailway on Saturday for more 600cc action.

Thanks for the support!
BHR

RUNNIN’ WITH THE BEST

This past weekend had us at TW with the 600 PRO SERIES group…..FINALLY. This event has rained out twice. First of all we’d like to thank Wayne Lesher and the series sponsors for giving all of us the chance to run for some bigger purses. The event was set-up to run just as the speedweek shows did with 2 heats for points and then mains. We like this format….seems very fair. We started in the back of the first heat and were able to pass four cars. In the second heat we started on the pole. Now the way this system works….if you start on the pole, you better win. We did ;) My point accumulation was enough to net us an 8th starting position in the A main. Very happy with that. The field of cars at these shows are jam packed with talent. The best that the tri-state has to offer. It’s a pleasure to race with these guys.

We lined up for the main and on the pole was Shane Lewis. This kat has been batting a thousand this year! Everywhere we go he’s ballistic! He proved to be the same at this show as he led the whole thing. Congrats Shane! As for us we had a fast car but it was a tick loose. I was up to sixth and battling Mike Rutherford who I was able to get around. Then he got me back. Dangit. LOL…at least I got him once. We maintained our pace but could gain no more ground. We finished sixth. We’ll take that…..car came home in one piece and we ran with the best.

Now….this Sidewinder is just plain SICK. We had some people running with us trying out new combos for possible rule changes next year. Doesn’t bother us. Our car, assuming we don’t shake all the stinkin’ bolts loose, is one of the most potent cars out there. In our heat race I was able to sneak my way into 2nd with #32 in sight. The car was a little bit loose. The 32 could pull away from me through the corner. That’s ok….I was fine where I was. Back in the pit area we chatted about what the car was doin and where I felt I was losing ground. The guys made a couple simple changes.

On the speedway for the start of the main…we started 8th. We went green and it was then that I realized that this car was a rocket ship and it was hooked up!!! Wow…bring it on….I was pumped. We made a couple laps and I was able to make a pass or two and the caution came out. We restart and I was able to pick off two car in turns one and two. Unfortunately, coming out of two I was to the inside of the #92 when he got into trouble and then into me. The impact was directly to our right rear wheel. The force was strong enough to knock the torsion stop off the other side. I sat in turn 3 as the track went to a red flag condition as there was carnage everywhere. I sat for awhile. Finally a tow truck hooked up and got me back to the pit area. The guys work their butts off getting it back together but we ran out of time and they went green. We only the three minutes that they let me sit on the track for. We weren’t very happy. Oh well….We had what seemed to me and the guys to be the fastest car on the track and the fastest FMS #61 we’ve had yet. What a shame. Guess we’ll have something for them next week when we go back!

LONG OVERDUE

July 18, 2009.... This team finally got what it has deserved for so long. VICTORY in the 600cc division!!!! ... and then back it up with our 3rd Sidewinder victory for FMS and Srgt Jason Forry!!!

I'd like to go into a brief rundown of our team history up to this point....

In 2005 we entered the 600 scene with our HyperMotive Racing owned #68. (HyperMotive has been our team organization name going back to days of drag racing ten years ago) The first year brought no victories but we were ok with that. 2006 we sat out majority of the season as we were trying to regroup and come back out with better equipment and more financial backing. We did run a 270cc for a short stint. 2007 had us in a great position as Pancho Lawler stepped up for our team and had us his Pancho's Racing Products #93 '07 Hyper 600. We developed a great relationship with Pancho and raced every race that year. We still never saw a victory that year but it was an incredible learning year and we were very consistent as we finished 4th in points at Trail-way. The beginning of 2008 again we decided to take a break but that spring brought us together with Xtreme Auto & Audio owners Mike Humbert and Brandy Hayes. We ordered a new 08 Hyper with the works and were able to race about half of the season. We came close to a win but still not able to pull it off.

What did we have to do? It seemed like everyone out there has won except us which was very frustrating.

Over the 08/09 winter many things transpired. We secured more product sponsors, upgraded components on the car and perhaps the biggest thing that happened was the addition of the Forry Motorsports #61 1000cc Sidewinder Sprint and the tribute story that is associated with it. All of a sudden we had our hands full! We weren't worried though. Our team has very dedicated and intelligent crew that is capable of dealing with it all.

I lost my father in September of 08. He is a huge inspiration for my racing even more so this year as I'm doing everything in my power to win a championship in his honor. As you know by now we came out of the gate swinging with the #61 winning the first two races. That feeling of victory is just amazing after striving for it for so long. We thank FMS constantly for giving us the opportunity to race that car.....but something just doesn't have us satisfied at this point. We still have not won in the car that we have been trying so hard in. We paid our dues....We want that win.

Up to this weekend this team has been on point. Minus a few hurdles through the first half of the year we currently reside on the top of the Sidewinder Points at Trail-way and are second in points with the 600 constantly applying pressure to the current leader. We won’t give up. We promise. I'm in line to uphold a promise to my father. Things could change for the worst but we are too focused to let that happen.

Sorry for the preface to this weekend’s story. I just felt it was important to appreciate what we feel now. We had a regularly scheduled 600 points race and a $500 to win 1000cc race to tackle. We have been working hard at fine tuning the #14. It has been working very well and we have been finding a couple small things here and there to get us that edge that you MUST have in this class as the competition is no joke. The #61 has thrown us a few curve balls in the last few races. We have worked extremely hard at adjusting that car to bring it back to the performance that we know it can offer. Everyone qualified for the nights 600 feature. We just had to make the invert as usual to give us our normal 11th starting spot. We finished 4th in the heat. The car was good. The heat race for the #61 started us 5th. We made it to 3rd.

The 600 feature started as the sun was almost down. We had our #14 lined up 11th as expected. What can I say this car was on a rail and FAST! It didn't take long to make my way through the field. I had settled into third. I was happy just to be there. I could see the leader and 2nd place. I knew I could get another spot. There was a caution that was going to help me....or so I thought. We went green and apparently there was a very fast 19Z behind me that made a move to my outside that stuck and sent me back to fourth. He advanced to second and then I was able to get my third position back. There was another caution. We went green again and I stuck my nose in the mix going into one but had to back out and fall in line. One lap to go....the leaders entered turn three as I kept my distance and what I could only dream of happening....DID! They tangled and opened the door for me to see that one flag I had yet to see coming off of turn four.....

CHECKERS FOR US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot express what I felt. It was unreal...It finally happened! The stands erupted as I have huge family and fan base. We all have been waiting for this day. We polluted victory lane! Nothing felt better than being there with all the people that make this happen for me. I'm relieved to finally have pulled this off. Thank you to all that make it possible.

Whew.....at this point I have adrenalin rushing and also I have to haul butt to the pit area as my crew has our #61 1000cc car ready for me to head right back out on the track. It kind of stinks having two classes back to back like that but thankfully the track understands and so do my fellow racers....well I hope anyway :) We started 4th for this race. We had some horrible finishes in previous weeks and it bumped us up in field with our handicapping system. Green flag drop and I shot to the inside and was second heading into turn one. I was following multi-time winner....#32. He has been on a roll and I knew I was going to have to dig hard to get by him. We ran a bunch of laps and I was getting closer. Unfortunately for the leader, coming out of turn four he had a mechanical failure. Now having the lead I had to settle in and drive! There was a caution close to the end of the race. The #11 was right behind which meant I knew this race was far from over. I started and kept the car to the bottom side of the race track being very careful not to open up any holes for him to get in on me. This was kind of hard to do as turns 3 & 4 had some big ruts that were upsetting cars and making it difficult to make a clean, fast run through the middle. I pulled him a short distance enough to keep him back there and to my own astonishment....

CHECKERS FOR US AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I'm beyond pumped up!!! Unbelievable! The FMS support group was out in full force in the grandstands all night. Now they too could join me on the front stretch in victory lane! One of the best feelings is know that half around the world, fighting for our freedom, was Jason Forry texting his wife Heather at 4am going nuts because we gave him yet another WIN.

Needless to say we all went to celebrate. No race cars got washed that night. ;)

I have the following people and sponsors to thank for the #14 600cc race car:

Xtreme Auto & Audio - Mike Humbert and Brandy Hayes
Pancho's Racing Products - Duane Lawler
Paragon Engineering Services - Vaughn Silar
Spar Racing Engines
R&C Contracting
H&H Contracting
Rucker Computer Solutions - Andrew Rucker
Keizer Aluminum Wheels - Scott Scheaffer
Hyper Racing - Mike Dicely
Moose Blocks - Steve "Moose" Brokenshire
Shadow Racing Products - Bob "Shadow" DuBois
Joe Trone Jr.
Gene Little
Martin Design - Jason Martin

I have the following people and sponsors to thank for the #61 1000cc race car:

Forry Motorsports - Jason & Heather Forry
ACE Security
Pancho's Racing Products - Duane Lawler
Spar Racing Engines
R&C Contracting
H&H Contracting
Rucker Computer Solutions - Andrew Rucker
Keizer Aluminum Wheels - Scott Scheaffer
Hyper Racing - Mike Dicely
Moose Blocks - Steve "Moose" Brokenshire
Shadow Racing Products - Bob "Shadow" DuBois
Joe Trone Jr.
Martin Design - Jason Martin

Most importantly I cannot do any of this without my family, friends and the best crew a racer could hope for:

Kevin & Nicole Markle
Adam Fodor
Tony Little
Jeff Barel

Well, I think I'm done now and I'm going to try and relax as the celebration is still lingering!

Until next weekend.....

BHR


BACK ON TRACK

The weekend of 6/13 we just flat out had no luck while others did. We didn’t make it past the first corner in the main. We packed up and rolled out not very happy.

Back to the shop to regroup….repair…and reset our minds. Unfortunately, this racing thing can play hell on the mental. Sometimes you just need to stop and walk away for a bit. We did that and headed back to TW for some more. This week we ran both cars. Had a make up feature for the sidewinder plus both regular features. We were busy. While tryin to stay on top of everything…something can always come up. We had an issue engine-wise and were having a hard time figuring out. Long story short….We owe a HUGE thank you to Sam Esh as he suggested the correct fix. THANK YOU!

The 1000 make up had only 8 cars. I had a tight race car and could only manage a 4th place finish. We inherited the point lead.

The 600 was dialed and fast. We were able to apply new technology to aid us in set-up. An on-car camera. This thing is sweet. It really can relay info to my guys and to myself that can help. We used it on both cars. We finished 4th in our 600 heat race and went on to start 10th in the feature and finish 3rd! The point leader and I had a few good laps with each other. Unfortunately, we ended up following him across the finish. What can we say?....we try hard and so does he. It is what it is. We wer very happy with the performance of the Xtreme Auto & Audio/ Hyper Chassis/Spar powered/Keizer wheels #14 .

The regularly scheduled 1000cc race was next and we managed to loosen up the car like never before. A good thing but we may have gone too far. The car lost a good bit of forward bite. As it was obvious on the video. None-the-less we started 6th and took the green. Right away I knew I was going to have to hang on and drive a tight line to keep the others behind me. I just couldn’t make up any ground. We finished 6th. Again, we were ok with this because we managed to figure something out with the car that we were missing. Now we can work backwards and find that perfect set-up. Once we do…competitors watch out for the National Guard/ Forry Motorsports/ Hyper chassis/ Spar powered #61.

This weekend starts the 600 speedweek at TW. We race both cars there. Sunday has us at a Lincoln Speedway and then Susquehanna Speedway on Thursday. These are the only shows for us this coming week. Please come out and support us. A victory is coming our way and we would like you all there in Victory Lane with us!

Bring It…
BHR


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JORDAN DOES IT AGAIN!

Jordan went to Hunterstown to lay it down with the HyperMotive Racing owned, Xtreme Auto & Audio sponsored kid kart. He is showing his Racine colors no doubt. He is hard on the loud pedal and that netted him his first win at Hunterstown and his third win overall. In only his fourth race!!!! Keep up the good work and soon you can tell your dad how to win!

BEEN WORKIN HARD

We apologize for not updating this site recently. Things have been hectic in all aspects of our lives. I’m sure you all can relate!

Brian will be back soon to express his thoughts but for now I would like to update you and brag a little bit about him. I’m crew member Kevin Markle.

We will have the results for both classes updated soon. The past several weeks have been MOSTLY good to us. We’ve had some consistent runs with the 600 and the 1000. We are constantly preaching to each other about points racing in both classes as we are 2nd in the 600 and 1st in the 1000. We try very hard as a team to stay consistent with our maintenance and car set-up. Brian’s mindset has never been more solid.

The Spring Nationals had us pumped for a good weekend. Friday night practice went well. We tried to wait to make some runs while the track started to take rubber. With 6 different classes constantly pounding the clay….the track surface was doomed. Saturday started of great! Brian pulled a #3 pill putting us on the pole of our heat race. At a show like this that means the world. We hit the track and jumped out front with a very fast and eventual springs nats winner Mike Dicely very close behind. The car really came to Brian. The tires came in quickly and he started to lay out some lap times. Felt good to see someone with the skill and speed like Dicely slowly fall backwards. We ended up being the ONLY car all weekend that beat him. He was awesome. This set us up for the front row of the night’s A-main. FINALLY…we had a chance to win like others who get to start up front. (sry…I’m just venting about always have to start in the middle of the pack during weekly shows because we are successful. Oh well…) For some reason that night just wasn’t meant to be either. On lap two running second… our engine broke a rod and expired goin into turn 3. All of our hearts dropped. We were picked by many to win that 1000 dollars that night. Wasn’t meant to be. Mike Dicely went on to take the checkered. We of course were seriously dejected.

Saturday with the 1000 FMS owned car was workin like it did the opening weeks. Brian just strapped into that rocket and moved it to the front. Heat race brought some issues and had to retire.. Mind you there were only 14 cars….Brian would start the feature 13th!!! Oh well he likes to make the show interesting and he did! He made some great passes at the start and then slowly passed cars eventually making it to the front runners of Shawn Siefert and Jesse Snyder. We were every bit as fast as them but just did not have enough time to get to them. On the track we finished third. After a very unfortunate tech inspection the winner was DQ’d and we ended up second. We didn’t like that fact.

Back to our 600 engine situation. We try really hard as a team to gain the respect of our competitors. We had several offers for engines to borrow for Sunday’s big event. We couldn’t believe the outreach. To those teams: Thanks you very much! We regretfully accepted an offer from Mike Dicely to borrow one of his personal engines. I say regretfully because we are a very proud team and would prefer to help rather than be helped. Myself and Tony made the trip Lewisberry to the Hyper shop and picked the engine up. At this point its about 11pm. Adam being the main engine guru on the team was back in our pit area layin in the dirt removing the hurt engine. He was ready and waiting when we got back. Everybody on the team had missions and got them done. Thank you to Mike and Brandy, Jeff, Nicole and Jen. Things got a lil crazy but we had a plan that worked out just fine. We fired the engine Sunday morning on the first attempt.

Brian unfortunately didn’t have his lucky charm Sunday morning when he drew his number. He drew 99. That put us pretty far back in the heat race. To shorten up the story…the rest of the day brought nothing but heartache. We couldn’t qualify and were hoping on a “hat draw” to possibly be the lucky pick to make it in the race starting 26th. It wasn’t us.

Congratulations to Mike Dicely and crew for pulling off the big win. Thank you again for lending us the engine.

Sunday 1000 class only had 12 cars in attendance. The track was not like Saturday and it showed with the #61. He was very loose and could hardly drive it in the heat race. He did the smart thing and pulled in instead of taking a chance of wrecking. AGAIN…we started last in the feature. No worries….he knows how to make up ground in this car. Very quickly we up to 6th. He was hunting the #38 and was closing in. The main was 30 laps. On lap 24 a side cover gasket had given way and caused the engine to lose oil and smoke very badly. Caution came out and Brian regretfully pulled it in and that was that. A perfect ending to perfect weekend. Well not so much.

So other than being surrounded by great racers and friends for three days…..we probably should have stayed home. We spent a bunch of money on tires and engines. Lessoned learned.

Mr Dicely kindly let us use the engine again for the following race as it was back to points racing for us. Being not far from 1st, we weren’t about to let the leader gain free points on us. Scott Spar is busy workin on a new engine for us in the meantime. We showed up at the track hoping that they had taken extra time time to revive it from last weeks spring nats. I’m sure they put their best effort forward but unfortunately the track just did not come around as it normally does. It went dry and dusty pretty quickly. Lap times were slower than normal and we had to try some different set-ups. While we did not really nail anything down for Brian for the heat race he still managed to make his way from 8th to 5th and finish within the invert. So back to the pits and try again. We of course would start 11th in the feature. Staring at the 10 cars in front of us…not to mention the cars behind us…we are always surrounded by really good cars. Brian initially thought the car was good when he hit the track. It didn’t last. He made headway initially by passing a couple cars. The car started to go away. He did his best holding off the car behind us which was the points leader. Not to mention the 3rd place in points car that was closing in. Running 6th the leader expired an engine. This is the point of the story where as spectators we had no clue what happens in the cockpit. Roughly 6 laps to go Brian’s helmet shield had blown off. Who would ever think that could happen? It landed in his lap. Now for those of you that don’t know Brian or his personality, he wasn’t about to stop. We are very grateful as is he that nothing happened to him during those last laps. He made one last pass on a car in the last set of corners to take 4th coming for the checkers.

Dedication and determination are very key words this year for our team. The events over the past several weeks prove that. If we don’t come out on top at the end of the year….It wont be for lack of trying!!!! We enjoy this sport very much and hope to finally get to victory lane with our Xtreme Auto & Audio… Hyper Racing chassis… Spar powered 600cc micro.

WE ARE DO……WE WILL WIN………..HOPE VICTORY LANE IS READY FOR THAT……..MAKE ROOM

On behalf of BHR and crew,

Thanks for you support and see you this weekend for the Pro Series Race and the next outing for the FMS National Guard #61 !!!

WARM WEATHER, PATIENCE AND TIRES

With only the 600 on the schedule we all could breath a little easier. The weather was absolutely awesome. The track was great and had a ton of traction for the most part. Two or more lanes of racing make events so competetive. Some simple changes were made this past week in the shop for this weeks race. This car reacts very well to change...even minor. The car felt great through warm-ups, heat race and the feature.

First I'd like to say Thank-You to Bob DuBois from Shadow Racing Shocks. He took the time out of his busy schedule and traveled 3+ hours to Trailway. Bob has provided us with shocks for the past two years. He stands behind his product with tremendous knowledge and input to us a team to apply it. Our car has never performed like it is currently on these shocks. So, if you are running silver, black, blue, gold or red shocks and feel you are missing something....Contact Shadow at www.shadowracing.com Try purple.....you'll like it.

The heat race started me 6th. Went into one and there was traffic that backed up and i ended up getting turned around by myself. Whoops. Back to the rear of the pack for a complete restart. Now sitting 8th. Race started and i was fast...not to mention on a mission. I didnt really care about winning. I just needed to make the inversion which was 4th. The car did everything i needed it to. I finished 3rd.

Line up for the feature had us 9th. We did not have the tire we wish we had. We ran a used one that has seen a good bit of action. The track was still decent but a little bit more abrasive. I advanced position up to 5th near the midpoint of the run. The car felt like the right rear tire was goin flat. I was signaled that it was ok. Thank God. It was just starting to fail traction wise. Oh well...just had to do the best I could. I ran hard but still cautious. There were several restarts the i was able to take advantage of the car in front of me. I finished third. Awesome......we were all very happy with our performance.

its not offical but this weekend should have in the top 3 in the overall points standing. A few weeks ago we were scratching our heads askin what we needed to do to get the 600 program rollin. I think we figured it out!!!!

Next stop - Victory lane for the Xtreme Auto & Audio #14

See you this Friday night when the 1000cc cars join the 358's at TW. Can't wait!

BHR

JORDAN FINDS VICTORY LANE AGAIN!

Once again we went to Susky to get Jordan on the track again. I cant believe how fast he is picking up this driving thing! His line is getting better and so is his throttle control. He won his feature event and is now tied with me for feature wins. hmmmm....maybe i shouldnt say that!

Jordan, we couldnt be prouder. Keep it up!

NOT EXACTLY IDEAL

Once again we ran both cars this past Saturday. The 600 remains fast and fairly consistent. The heat race we started 5th and ended up 3rd making the inversion. We made a few tweaks for the main. We started 9th. Car was fast but not like it has been. The tires came in as the race went and I was maintaining a 5th place position. I found a line that was fast during the last few laps. I tried really hard to make a pass on the 4th place car. I gave one last attempt in the final corners. Unfortunately, when I went for it on the outside…I couldn’t pull the pass off and the car behind me took over my position as well. Oh well… not much I could do. I had to try!

The 1000cc car has been s struggle the past couple weeks. Myself and my crew are putting in a lot of time into finding a set-up for this car that I drive. That being said we started 8th and finished 3rd in our heat race. During the warm up laps before we lined up for the feature, the car was proving to be a challenge. I was a lil concerned but I would deal with it. We started and I made it to turn 1, got involved in an accident and we were done. It just wasn’t meant to be. We’ll be back with a car that has a new attitude……I PROMISE.

So my weekend was so-so. Its racing and it happens.

The biggest highlight of the weekend happened on Friday night at the Outback Track at Susky where my son Jordan, WON HIS FIRST GO-KART RACE!!!!! It was the greatest thing to watch as he was smilin’ ear to ear. There’s nothing that I can do for myself that can match the pride that I had for him. He’s definitely a Racine and he WILL be taking the wheel from me in the future.

SO CLOSE

We were back in action with both cars Saturday. First up was the 600. Warm up was a muddy mess. I still got a feel for what I had to drive for the evening. I liked it. We went out for our heat race. Started 3rd. It was pretty much uneventful after an initial restart. We were able to take the lead and led the race till the end. 2nd place was getting closer but I had a decent cushion. The car felt really good but it was tight. The guys got it worked out for the main. We started 4th. The feature was moving along at a quick pace. After settling in to 3rd place I made focus on 2nd place. Couldn’t quite reach that position. A caution came out and helped. I got inside of the 2nd car and took over the spot…briefly….the new 3rd place then got by me the next lap and back to 3rd I went. We were fast for the remaining laps but not quite good enuff. Finished 3rd. Turns out we found an issue with our engine. Nothing major but enuff to keep us off-power a tad. That will be fixed by this weekend’s Pro-Series race.

VERY happy to have the Xtreme Auto & Audio 600 up front where it should be for once this year.

The 1000cc class had 18 entries. Hopefully this number increases as the year goes. Since we are into handicapping now we started 6th in the heat race. The car was very tight. I couldn’t make any head-way. I finished 5th. Still making the inversion. We started 9th in the main. Bunch of good cars in front of us. The car was better but still very tight causing my corner speed to be slower than the weeks before. The car was still fast down the straights though! I was able to bring us up to 2nd. I eventually caught up to the leader due to lap traffic. I was able to challenge him on the last lap and came extremely close but I couldn’t get by him. He was fast. Congratulations Sean McAndrew!

Once again thanks to all the sponsors on both cars for keeping us out there every week. We cant do it without you. We are stoked about this past weekends results and we’ll bring the enthusiasm back this Saturday!

BHR

NEW WHEEL-MAN FOR XTREME?

Rains put a halt to any racing this weekend. Ashame too…..we were expecting to have about 70 cars there to compete with. Oh well. It happens.

You know that wont stop us from at least doing something racing related right? We took the opportunity to get my son’s (Jordan..4, almost 5 years old) kid kart ready for his first practice at Susky April 8th. Turned out we had the kart ready to go. We had a driver that was ready to hop in the seat too. So there was a break in the weather Sunday and off to a parking lot! Jordan got suited up and got in. He knew what controlled what and just like that he was makin’ laps. Any concerns that anyone had about him knowing what he was to do were erased. He made laps like he had already been doing it for awhile. I’m a proud daddy and cant wait to get him with some other racers.

Just what the world needs….. another Hollywood! ;)

As far as myself, we are ready to go for another Saturday at TW with both the 600 and 1000. This time we are back to night racing. Time to go fast!

See ya there!

BHR

I COULD GET USED TO THIS

Another nice day for racing. Both cars were ready to go patiently waiting. As was I and the crew. I was still on a high from the victory the week before.

Our 600cc program felt awesome in warm-ups. We tried another shock set-up that felt awesome when the track was heavy. It didn’t quite work out like we hoped in the heat race. We started 7th in the 5th heat race. That’s right….5th heat race!! There was 49 600cc cars there! Apparently the economy hasn’t stop us. The car wasn’t that great and I finished 5th. They only took 4 to the main. So I had to run the consolation race of which they would only take 2 to the feature. We lined up 5th. Took the green and I jumped to the bottom went into one and got tagged from behind. So all the way to the rear of the 14 car field. That stunk. Once we got rollin’ I realized that the car was workin great and I gave everything I had to get to second. 10 laps went by really fast for me. I was able to pass almost everyone I needed to except for the second position. We needed a caution flag to have any chance. Didn’t happen and we had to sit out the feature. Again, not the way to run for a championship. (but hey…a few hours later….Fred Rahmer didn’t make the show at Lincoln Speedway)

The 1000cc program was literally up and down. Car was decent in practice. We started in the middle of the pack and worked out way up until I started to feel the car develop a bad push going into turn and before I knew I was losing control. I tried to correct it and that made matters worse. Unfortunately for us and Jason Morrison. That caused both of us to flip and take us out of the race. We were both ok. The cars not so much. Did I ever tell you that I love my crew??? Well they were ready! We had the parts we needed and knowledge to do it quickly. We all had our hands full, myself included, wrenching away. Got it ready with time to spare. Jason Morrison was able to repair his aswell. We starting 6th in the feature. We were hoping that the car still was in decent enough shape to be racey. We went green and I was able to grab a couple spots. I settled in and looked forward. The car was still handling great and plenty fast. I passed a couple more cars and made it to second behind Sean Seifert. I slowly started to get closer. Then there was a caution. Now was my chance. I was able to read his reaction at the re-start and stayed on his bumper. Goin into turn one the “door” open just enuff for me to stick the car in there. It worked. I had the lead coming out of turn 2. I calmed myself down (not easy to do btw) and started to lay down some consistant lap times according to my crew. I held on to the lead and took the victory again.

This one will really take time to set in…..I’m still in shock. Once again I can’t thank my car owners (both classes) my crew, sponsors, family and fans. This is becoming a habit that I can handle.

This week….the first Pro Series race for the 600. We WILL be dialed. I promise.

BHR


THIS IS THE TEAM WE ARE!!!

Well this past Saturday was opening day at Trailway Speedway. We were all eager to show up and get this hopeful championship season started. My guys had everything ready to go for both our Xtreme Auto and Audio sponsored 600cc micro and the latest addition the Forry Motorsports/National Guard 1000cc micro dedicated to the troops. During the 600 warm-up we had an over heating issue. It took a while to get it figured out but as usual my crew had it worked out and got me out on the track for our heat race in time. (Man, I love those guys!) Thank you to the mehring crew for the coolant! We started 4th and moved our way to 3rd and had a decent car in the process. Car was real fast and was working on the newly higher banked 1/3 mile. The crew noticed a problem with our chain tensioner and again jumped to action to repair that problem and get the car ready for the main.

Next was the Sidewinder heat race…which by the way, the sidewinder in warm-ups was INTENSE…WOW. Anyway, the heat race also had us starting 4th. I was able to get myself up to 2nd behind a very fast Sean Seifert. We had one issue and that was our left side wing panel had given up and folded over mid-race. It stayed on. Once again the crew jumped on that and got it repaired.

Redraw time. I cannot pull a good pill for the 600 to save my butt. We started 10th. The 1000cc was a different story we started 2nd. Its nice to start up front…this was the first time for me!

The 600 main did not start off too well. Turn one brought a wreck that collected us. Wrong place…wrong time scenario. We were able to continue. Wing panel was banged up and the front axle wasn’t quite where it should have been but the car was still safe to race. I made my way back up to 13th and then there was a caution. While making laps waiting for clean up, I noticed one of my crew pointing me to the pit area. I couldn’t believe it!! What the heck is goin on?! I get back there and they were there waiting with a right front tire that apparently was goin flat and I couldn’t feel yet. We got it changed and got back out before they went green. Once again hats off to my crew. So im at the back again looking at the whole field in front of me. (18 cars left) We went green and drove hard. Managed to salvage a 13th place finish. I was upset because this wasn’t how I wanted to start off my run for a championship but it could have been worse.

Next up was the 1000cc Sidewinder feature. Starting second helps my confidence a lot. I went out with one goal and that was to win for the first time with this car, the car owners and the first time in the class. I was able to beat Rohan Beasley (one of the class originators) out of turn two and was able to keep the lead. During the following laps the wing panel decided to give way yet again. The car got tight and became a challenge for me to keep it on the bottom of the race track. That’s were the fast approaching Jason Morrison and Sean Seifert were coming. I had a mindset and it was all about victory…victory for my team, owners, family, soldiers and my father. I wasn’t going to give up. I’m very happy to say that I was able to defend my spot and take my first ever micro sprint victory!!!

I paid tribute to my father on the race track in turn 1 where he always stood. I had to then gather up my emotions and finally take our team to victory lane where……well…..we cleared the grandstands. Why? …cause they all were with me! My family is very large and have been waiting for this day as I have. I did my interview and tried to keep my composure. That was not easy. Heather Forry (car owner) then congratulated me and handed me the phone to which had Srgt. Jason Forry currently serving in Iraq on the other end cheering!!!

Now that feels good. Kind of story book….but it really happened that way.

I’m on cloud nine this week and I thank everyone who made it possible.

God Bless America and I’m off to get ready for the next race!

Brian “Hollywood” Racine


OPENING DAY!!!!!

Finally after a long off-season…. ITS TIME TO GO RACIN’ !!! We prepared both race cars, the hauler, the team members and and my mind. This year is dedicated to victory. Everyone has there mindset in order for it. We will make a run at a championship in both classes at Trailway Speedway. We have what we need to do it…..Great owners, Team members, Families and Fans. We are very excited this year and are out to impress. Please stay tuned for my weekly updates as the year goes.

Thanks for the support!!!

Brian “Hollywood” Racine - 2009


1600cc for 2009???

OK…well maybe not but the new year brings good changes and new additions! I will be piloting not only the 600cc at Trailway but also a 1000cc sidewinder as well! I am still driving the 600c for Mike and Brandy and their business Xtreme Auto and Audio. They have been able to supply our team with great product and what we need to be successful and represent ourselves professionally. A huge thanks to them for what they have done and what they will continue to do. Especially in today’s economy. Look for our #14 to hit the track opening day.

1000cc racing!!!!!! This story is exciting! A friend of mine, Sergeant Jason W. Forry, currently serves in the National Guard and is deployed in Iraq. Last year before he left he purchased a complete race ready car. His intentions being to jump in the drivers seat when he returns home. He’s very excited and can’t wait to get behind the wheel. Jason and his wife, Heather, discussed about seeing the car on track prior to his return. To my surprise they asked me if I would be willing to wheel it! Well, I didn’t hesitate. I made a few phone calls, talked with my crew to make sure they were on board with this idea and accepted the offer!!

We sometimes take for granted the fact that we can wake up on the weekends, load up the toys and head to the race track and play. We have the right to do that because of people like Jason and the hard work and effort they put forth protecting our country. The car will be dressed in the colors of our nation and will represent itself as a tribute to the soldiers who fight for our freedom. We could not be happier to be a part of this and encourage spectators and all others to come see the car at the York Dirt Trackin show (Sidewinders booth) and of course on opening day.

I will keep you updated on the progression of our two top notch teams as the year goes on as usual. Once again we thank all who support us every week and most of all….

THANK YOU ARMED FORCES FOR OUR FREEDOM!!!!!

- Brian “Hollywood” Racine

KEVIN GOBRECHT MEMORIAL
October 16, 2008

Finally, we got this show in! We were happy to have this show scheduled for a sat night show and take advantage of a typical awesome track that TW has provided us all year. Unfortunately the rain forced it to be rescheduled for a Sunday which had us running during the day and we all know what day-time tracks turn into. Not much fun.

We drew a decent pill for the heat. We started on the pole. The 19z was able to get by me on the first lap as I tried a line that just wasn’t going to work. My mistake. Didn't do that again. I was riding in second till a caution. On the re-start the 19z didn’t take off as I thought he would and I got into the back of him and turned him a bit. This was purely an accident. I would not do that intentionally. I did get around him to take the lead back and went on for the win. Our first ever heat win mind you.  Once back in the pit area I went to the 19z driver and apologized for what happened. We discussed it and that was it. All good. I was just happy to see that he was able to keep going and continue on.

Wouldn't ya know it?... We re-draw for the top twelve spots in the feature event and with my luck I draw TWELVE!!! Only me. Lol. So we take the track with a few changes to the car to compensate for the torture the track saw prior to the mains. 50 laps….I just told myself “patience”. The race was goin fairly well till there was an accident happening in front of me and I was forced to spin the car out to avoid it. Thankfully nothing happened to the car and there were still a bunch of laps left. Then there was another incident that we were almost involved in. Made it out of that one too. To the tail end of the field and started again. We gained some spots due to attrition and some I was able to pass. We ended up 11th. We’ll take it! The car was in one piece and we finished. Perfectly acceptable day when you are racing against 24 other top-notch cars/drivers.

Again I’d like to thank my car owners Mike and Brandy, my crew…Kevin, Nicole, Adam and Tony and my family for their support. Without them none of the dream I have been living would be possible. It means so much to me.

See ya inside at the ROC race where we get to take the pillows off the car!!!! Can't wait!!!

THE TIMES THAT ARE PAINFUL
October 14, 2008

Sorry it has been awhile since my last update. Recently, my family, my racing family and friends lost a family member…. My father, William T. Racine. My father was a racer himself in his time and passed the torch to four of his sons. I am very grateful for what he had to teach over the years and all the memories. He was a strong-willed, outspoken man…..as am I. I love my father and always will. Thank-You for the sympathies and gestures over the past couple weeks.

Racing harder than ever…..

Brian Racine

William T. Racine
1941-2008

FAST TRACK, FAST CAR, BAD LUCK
September 16, 2008

With the rain threatening we still managed to get our show in. Hats off to the track personnel. Real nice racing surface. Our heat raced had us lined up 7th with again a bunch of good cars in front of us. There was more than one lane of racing and that helped us make our way to a 3rd place finish. The car was a bit tight due to some awesome forward bite. We put our heads together and came up with a couple changes for the main. We started 10th. The car felt really good and it was FAST! Then it happened. Goin into one the car gave way and started to spin. Long story short, I was a sitting duck staring traffic in the face. One car hit us. Thankfully, that was it. It was the end of our night. Off on the hook and back in the trailer. Hate to end the night like that. Purely a racing incident. It happens and we have to accept that.

We’d like to congratulate the class champions as well. Good job all year!

Repairs have been started and the car will be ready to go for the upcoming big race…The Kevin Gobrecht Memorial. This show will be at night this year which we all see as beneficial. Following that race we will have a few weeks off to prepare for the big race at Linda’s. Then the candy bowl race at the end of Oct at Susky. We have already entered for the newest event for 600’s which will be wingless at the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex on Thanksgiving weekend. We can’t wait!!!

See ya soon!

BHR and Team

NOW THAT WAS FUN!
September 8, 2008

Friday we went to Mechanicsburg to the infamous Williams Grove Speedway. Knowing that the track is simply huge for micros, I knew it would be fun. We went out in warm ups and the car felt awesome. Whether it looked fast or slow from the stands…it was fun from where I was sittin’! The car felt very stable/neutral and I could put it anywhere. I drew a decent number and sat on the front row for our heat. I was able to jump out to the lead for a bit. The car felt different this time. We were passed for the lead and ran second. We went back to chat and see if we could figure out what was different and what we needed to do. Turns out, I was driving a certain way that other fast guys weren’t. They were able to carry more corner speed and that hurt us. With some suggestion from crew and other spectators, we had a game plan that should have had us right up front with the other front runners…..HAD IT NOT RAINED!!!!!!! Man, that just isn't any fun. What can ya do?

I’d like to thank once again to Dan Little and Trip Kone for attending and assisting the Grove with the way our part of the show was running. Great work! Don’t leave this level of our sport…You are too valuable.

On a serious note, Please keep 358 driver John Westbrook in your prayers. He was involved in an accident that has left him with a serious back injury. He currently is listed as stable but a complete diagnosis isn't available yet. John is a local uprising 358/410 sprint car hero. We are pullin' for you.

Saturday was rained out at Trail-way. We hate missing shows. Racing is what we look forward to all week. We will be back for the last regular show at TW this Saturday the 13th. We want that first “W”. We feel its comin’.

Stay Tuned kids………See ya there.

BHR and Team

RELAXING HOLIDAY – SUPER SPEEDWAY TIME!
September 2, 2008

We all were happy to have a weekend that we could spend with our families, friends or do nothing. It was well deserved. The team prepped the car and then we took it over to Gateway to display in the showroom. It does look pretty good with some accent lighting on it at night! Gateway then had the car outside on Labor Day while they had hours and were serving free hot dogs/burgers to customers. Overall, great weather…great weekend.

While our car is dedicated to the Glover family we still don’t forget the loss of another friend last year….Billy Kimmel. This weekend was the 1st annual BKMR at the Grove. Very cool to see the sea of white shirts and Billy’s cars on display. There aren’t many people on this earth like Billy and we all miss him greatly. Keep on gassin’ Hot Shoe!

NOW….on to the weekend. This Friday puts us for the very first time at “the Grove” WOW...this will be an experience for sure. If there was ever to be a “super speedway” race for micros, this will be it! We believe we are prepared. So if you are looking to see something different at the ½ mile speedway, check out this show. Come out and support us!

The following day has us back at Trailway for a regular show. We have had decent runs going there and hope to continue.

See ya in the Dirt!!

BHR and Team

GREAT HP... TOUGH STARTING SPOT
August 22, 2008

We eagerly strapped in our new ponies in, went to the dyno and then made our final changes to the car for the race this past Saturday at Trailway. Finally we have an engine program in line that equals to the rest of the high quality parts we have to work with. As usual warm ups was a tick slippery and made it tough to figure out where we were set-up wise. I came back in and we checked over the systems to make sure all was well and they were…..on to the heat race. This is where it gets tough for us. Even though our best finish in the 6 previous races we have run this year (remember we started half way through the year) has been a fifth place finish, the combination of heat race finishes and other top tens in features have unfortunately given us the highest point average in the class! Even higher than the points leader. For those of you that understand the handicapping system know that puts us to the rear of the heat race and also to the 12 starting position in the main. (assuming we make the invert) Anyway, I was able to take advantage of the traffic cluster at the start of my heat race and advanced from 9th to second within two laps. That felt good. We held on for a second place finish in the heat. Now for the main….Who would have thought we start 12th and be staring at the backsides of great teams like the 11, 19, 9, 19z, 69 and others. Now that is a FULL plate! We went green and I then figured out that my hands were full as the car was loose. Not horrible but enough to keep me busy. When given the chance I played the adjustments and got the car a little better. The word of the night was patience. I held my own, got a few cars and settled for a 7th place finish.

I understand the point of handicapping but man it’s a tough pill to swallow when you have to start so deep and try to get by the best the track has to offer. It’s not easy nor will it ever be. We will just keep trying and hopefully one day soon all things will fall in line for us and we will be in victory lane.

…but hey…what fun would it be if it was EASY!!!!

Next race for us is the “GROVE” …That should be fun! See ya there!

Thanks for the support!

BHR and Crew


RACERS HELP RACERS!!!
August 15, 2008

Well just when ya think the show is over someone comes out of nowhere to help save the day! My crew members were out at Pancho’s doin some chit-chattin with another racer last evening. When the conversation led to the fact that we didn’t have an engine to race this Saturday. This person stepped in and offered us an engine to use!!!! This is simply awesome. As a team, we always try to help the other racers. It feels great to have it benefit us aswell. We are VERY grateful! THANK YOU VERY MUCH KEN LEESE!!!

SEE YA SATURDAY!!!! (man it feels good to say that!)

HollyWood and Team

P.S. - I will have autograph cards available for the kids in the pit area and also at the photo stand at Trailway.


OFF TO A GOOD START
August 11, 2008

We have been satisfied with our performances so far. We all know that racing isn’t easy and it will bite you at some point. Its almost a guarantee! Well unfortunately, after our 6th place finish on Saturday 8/9/08….We lost our engine to crankshaft failure. It happens…nothing you can do about it. In this class we squeeze the heck out of these little power plants. Something has to give sometime. Just have to accept that fact and move on.

Our team does have another engine BUT it is currently at well-known local engine builder and is a couple weeks out yet before we have it in our hands. So it leaves us with only one option until we get that back…..and that is not race. That is a hard pill to swallow but a team can only extend itself so far. So, we will go about our business till its time to come back and hopefully make sure the competition hasn’t forgotten us! We are excited to have a fresh engine on the way and that will finally get us closer to the level of some of the other teams who seem to have an edge.

See you at the track SOON!!!!

Brian Racine and Team


RACINE RETURNS
June 29, 2008

Brian Racine has returned to the micro sprint ranks and is running parts of the 2008 PA 600 Speedweek Series.  Brian qualified for the feature and Lincoln Speedway in only his second event in the micro in 2008 and finished 20th out of 94 entries. The team is Featuring a Living Memory #14 in honor of Scott Glover Jr. who left us last year. Scott would be proud that he's in our hearts and on our car. Come out and support us at the track.