June 21, 2006
York looks to Skip Barber National Championship by RACER
22 June 2006 - Seattle, Washington / Madison, WI
Kevin York of YORK Motorsport is in the planning stages for participating in the Skip Barber National Championship Presented by RACER.
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October 17, 2005
YORK Motorsport congratulates TC Motorsports
15 October 2005 - Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon
YORK Motorsport wishes to congratulate the stellar driving duo of (wife and husband)Taryn and Carlo Sparacio.
These great friends of YORK Motorsport defended their Team's 2004 P3 class win in this year's version of the Eight Hours of the Cascades.
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October 11, 2005
YORK Motorsport congratulates Compass360/Racing
8 October 2005 - Virginia International Raceway
In fine style, our friends at Compass360/Racing have taken their first professional race win!
The event was the Virginia International Raceway 200, the final round of the 2005 Grand American Road Racing's Grand Am Cup Series.
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September 01, 2005
YORK Motorsport supports Red Cross' Hurricane 2005 Relief
Hurricane 2005 Relief and other Related Events
Victims of Hurricane Katrina are attempting to recover from the massive storm that ravaged the Gulf Coast of the United States.
American Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to the hardest hit areas of Katrina’s destruction, supplying hundreds of thousands victims left homeless with critical necessities.
By making a financial gift to Hurricane 2005 Relief, the Red Cross can provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those in need.
Kevin York of YORK Motorsport encourages you to join him in playing a role in helping the victims of Katrina's devastation.
To do so via a donation to the Red Cross, click here.
August 17, 2005
Rolex Sports Car Series Grows on SPEED Channel
Viewers Up 23%; Households Increase 14%
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (August 17, 2005) - The Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series has seen tremendous growth on SPEED Channel in the first part of 2005 with both viewers and households posting double-digit gains, and if the numbers from last month's Porsche 250 presented by Bradley Arant are any indication, this positive trend is going to continue in the second half of the racing season.
Through the first seven races of 2005's 14 race schedule, the Rolex Series has seen an impressive 23% increase in viewers and an equally strong 14% increase in households reached on SPEED Channel. These gains translate to an average Rolex Series race audience of more than a quarter-million viewers per show.
The jump in households reached was good enough to put the Rolex Series in some impressive company as one of the top-five motorsports series race event programs on SPEED in the first half of 2005. The rankings, which are based on the average number of households reached, saw the Rolex Series join the Crown Royal IROC Series, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA Re/Max Series and Formula One as the top-five most watched auto racing series on SPEED so far this year.
The television audience growth - which has been matched by similar increases in on-site attendance at Rolex Series races this year - has been attributed to action-packed competition on the track that has been among the best sports car racing to be held in North America in decades.
"It's no secret that the Rolex Series is growing," Grand American President Roger Edmondson said. "The competition is fierce with our great teams and drivers putting on racing that is among the most competitive in sports car history. As the fastest growing sports car series in the country, we expect our television numbers, attendance and entries to continue to increase, and we are pleased that our competitors are getting the recognition they deserve."
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July 23, 2005
Kevin York has another podium finish at Team Continental NBCF Grand Prix
Adversity doesn't deter effort.
Kevin York passing yet another competitor at Spokane Raceway Park. Photo courtesy of Walt Conley.
Once again we were honored to be invited to drive the "little Neon that could" by our friends at Forgey Racing and Mascot Theory Motorsports.
Having had such a good run - with lots of FUN at Seattle in May - all parties planned on the same for Spokane...
The event we were to take part in was the Team Continental presents National Breast Cancer Foundation Grand Prix. This race was round six of a twelve-round series that stretches from April to October. The series is sanctioned by the International Conference of Sports Car Clubs (ICSCC). The ICSCC was founded in 1957 and is the largest sports car racing sanctioning body in the Pacific Northwest. It consists of five member and five affiliate clubs in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
Transporting racing vehicles to each motorsport venue is sometimes more of an effort than racing the cars they haul!! I know Rob and Paul feel that is a gross understatement given the trials and tribulations they suffered just trying to get to Spokane Raceway park!!
The duo and the haulers set out on the Thursday afteroon preceding the weekend and arrived at the track Saturday morning at 2AM - after what is supposed to be a four-five hour trip!!!!
Fuel injection and turbo system failure in the big Ford truck and cooling system and engine management issues with the smaller Ford truck meant that both Rob and Paul had their patience taxed to the limit!!. After much consternation, creativity intervened and both Dodge Neon ACR racing cars made it the front gate of Spokane Raceway Park and the duo fell fast asleep - in the cab of the remaining-as-running big Ford truck.
Meanwhile, at the comfy Holiday Inn nearby, we were sleeping soundly in our beds after a nightime blitz accross Washington state in our trusty BMW 528i, "Hans" - so named by my son)...
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Kevin York has another podium finish at Team Continental NBCF Grand Prix
Adversity doesn't deter effort.
Kevin York passing yet another competitor at Spokane Raceway Park. Photo courtesy of Walt Conley.
Once again we were honored to be invited to drive the "little Neon that could" by our friends at Forgey Racing and Mascot Theory Motorsports.
Having had such a good run - with lots of FUN at Seattle in May - all parties planned on the same for Spokane...
The event we were to take part in was the Team Continental presents National Breast Cancer Foundation Grand Prix. This race was round six of a twelve-round series that stretches from April to October. The series is sanctioned by the International Conference of Sports Car Clubs (ICSCC). The ICSCC was founded in 1957 and is the largest sports car racing sanctioning body in the Pacific Northwest. It consists of five member and five affiliate clubs in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
Transporting racing vehicles to each motorsport venue is sometimes more of an effort than racing the cars they haul!! I know Rob and Paul feel that is a gross understatement given the trials and tribulations they suffered just trying to get to Spokane Raceway park!!
The duo and the haulers set out on the Thursday afteroon preceding the weekend and arrived at the track Saturday morning at 2AM - after what is supposed to be a four-five hour trip!!!!
Fuel injection and turbo system failure in the big Ford truck and cooling system and engine management issues with the smaller Ford truck meant that both Rob and Paul had their patience taxed to the limit!!. After much consternation, creativity intervened and both Dodge Neon ACR racing cars made it the front gate of Spokane Raceway Park and the duo fell fast asleep - in the cab of the remaining-as-running big Ford truck.
Meanwhile, at the comfy Holiday Inn nearby, we were sleeping soundly in our beds after a nightime blitz accross Washington state in our trusty BMW 528i, "Hans" - so named by my son)...
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July 09, 2005
Kevin York invited to drive at Team Continental NBCF Grand Prix
Following from the positive results at Pacific Raceways in May, Forgey Racing has again invited Kevin York to drive their Dodge Neon ACR.
Kevin York leading a competitor at Pacific Raceways - May 2005
The event this time will be the Team Continental Presents National Breast Cancer Foundation Grand Prix. This race is round six of a twelve-round series that stretches from April to October. The series is sanctioned by the International Conference of Sports Car Clubs (ICSCC). The ICSCC was founded in 1957 and is the largest sports car racing sanctioning body in the Pacific Northwest. It consists of five member and five affiliate clubs in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
Held at Spokane Raceway Park and in the middle of a hot summer as it is, the race should prove to be as challenging as any.
"I'm very pleased to know that Paul Forgey of Forgey Racing has invited us to drive his racing car once again. The Improved Touring A (ITA) class that the car will compete in is a very competitive one. Also, Spokane Raceway Park is one of my favorite road-racing courses in the Northwest! Coupled with the fact that we'll be racing along side our friend Rob Dunn of Mascot Theory Motorsports in a similar car and we have a recipe for a FUN weekend. To top it all off, I'll have my son and fellow YORK Motorsport teammate Evan York helping me".- Kevin York
Arial view of Spokane Raceway Park.
Post-event details will be found here after the race weekend!
May 04, 2005
Kevin York's Laguna Seca US Sportscar Invitational notes
The Compass360/Racing cars in the Laguna Seca pitlane.
This past weekend was a bittersweet one for us here at YORK Motorsport.
To be at a track and not be racing or coaching another driver was difficult... Spectating is no longer all that fun...
However, it was nice to be among our friends in the racing community! We ran into many co-workers from Speed-Secrets, our friends from TC Motorsports (who did wonderfully in the Pro Spec Miata race..!!) among others. The Formula BMW USA youngsters also really impressed us - especially Sunday's race-winner, Richard Philippe who in our opinion is one of the smoothest and fastest in that field.
Most of our activity on Saturday was with our friends at Compass360/Racing. We acted as Team strategist and also handled timing and scoring duties during the race. Below you'll find Karl Thomson's race report:
Laguna Race Report April 29-30Our crew headed out early to the second California race of the season to repair damage to the cars from Fontana a month earlier, which included the fitment of a new engine to the 36 car. Crew Chief Ian McQuillan and Aron Cristan spent the week prior to the Laguna Seca race getting the cars back to tip to shape, and as ever they came off the trailer ready to race.
The driver line-up for this race was our most promising yet, with two young Skip Barber scholarship winners -- 18-year-old Billy Johnson and 19-year-old Chris Wehrheim -- taking the helm of the revitalized 36, while sports car legend J.C. France joined me in the 06 car. France is no stranger to Grand Am competition, as he's raced a Daytona Prototype in the series' top class for the past three years. His co-driver in that car is Hurley Haywood, so I felt like I had some pretty big shoes to fill!
The drive from San Jose (just south of San Francisco) down the coast to Monterey, CA is truly lovely. Wonderfully lush, pastoral landscapes dotted with Spanish villas and great vistas of the Pacific over tall, undulating dunes took us to the track, which must surely be one of the best driver's tracks in the world. We managed time for a track walk after unloading the rig on Thursday, and you'd not believe the elevation change from the front straight up to the top of the "Corkscrew". Perhaps the most famous corner in motor racing, it's usually what one thinks about when considering Laguna. However, it's just one of eleven corners that make up this very technical circuit. I looked forward to learning it!
Grand Am Cup was just one of a bunch of series running at Laguna, and so we didn't get a lot of practice time before qualifying. J.C. had time in both our car and the Prototype, and got up to speed more quickly, so her qualified for 06. Billy and Chris both did well in 36, but Johnson's extensive experience at Laguna helped him be the faster of the two in practice. He qualified for them.
One item of some amusement: during practice on Friday I tried to brake successively later and later into the Corkscrew. Well, I learned where the last possible braking point is because I overshot the corner and proceeded through the dirt Alex Zanardi style, narrowly missing the tire barrier and returning to the circuit losing very little time. Remarkably, there was no damage to the car and I kept on going. Even more remarkably, someone caught the incident on videotape, which is available for your amusement...Download file. Thanks to the guys at Anchor Racing for the footage!
Saturday was a busy day. Our second practice session started early at 8:45, qualifying at 11:20, and the race at 2:40. Which meant all of the drivers were told "no mistakes!" Qualifying proved to be the usual melee, the fifteen minute session resulting in an 11th-place position for the Johnson/Wehrheim car, and France putting our car in 15th. The competition in GA Cup is really coming on strong as the season progresses, with less than two seconds separating the top 20. Over a two-and-a-half hour race, complete with various cautions and pit stops, this really isn't very much when laps tend to take 1-minute 45-seconds.
The cars took to the grid, with Billy and J.C. getting good starts. Johnson managed to break free of the tough battle for 10th through 14th, while France was right in the middle. There was a lot of jockeying for position every lap in that fight, which unfortunately resulted in a rather lengthy agricultural excursion for the 06 car. Somewhere during the grassy run the power steering pump was knocked off, trashing the serpentine belt. J.C. demonstrated some good heads-up driving by shutting the car down as soon as the water temp rose, and coasted the car into the paddock where our crew recovered it and took it back to the paddock. Ian started his usual magic while Aron and Ryan took over in the pit, with my father Phil and our friend Kevin York (who drove with us last year at Fontana) ably handling timing and scoring.
In the meanwhile, we'd called Billy in for a quick splash of fuel under yellow, which extended our pit window for the second stop. While Ian and Darryl worked to get 06 back on track, we waited in the pit for a perfectly-timed yellow. It came on lap 43, Johnson having brought the 36 car up to sixth position! And on lap 52, I took the miraculously-running 06 car out for a run to the end. For me, I was out to try and make up laps from other cars that had fallen out of the race, and consequently took great pains to move out of the way and not ruin the other battles for position in the closing stages of the race. That said, I still managed to learn the track and improve my times, equalling those of J.C. and a little better than Chris. Billy, however, was the fastest of our drivers on the weekend, consistently turning laps equal to the front-running teams.
When the checkered flag fell, car 36 continued our top-ten run, finishing ninth. A really fine drive by two up-and-coming young drivers who you'll no doubt be hearing a lot more about in the future. Car 06 made up three places by returning to the circuit, crossing the line in 20th. In the last hour of a Grand Am Cup race there's a lot of attrition, and going back out resulted in additional points that will be really meaningful in the championship points. I'll will say that I'm somewhat disappointed with that result, as the 06 car performed really well and could also very easily have been in the top-ten. However that, as they say, is racing.
So a fine result for one car, and the Herculean effort we've come to expect from Ian and the Compass360/Racing crew to get the other one out again. I'm hopeful that our young guns from Skip Barber will be able to join us again later in the season, as I see real potential in both lads. I'm glad those guys were able to come and race with us!
In the meanwhile, the cars will return to Hockley Autosport in Toronto for a freshening (including a rather substantial amount of bodywork and undercarriage repair on 06) to be prepared for our next event, which is our first regional race in 2005 at Mosport in mid-May. The next Grand Am Cup race is close to home: Watkins Glen is just four hours from Toronto, and it runs June 9th to 12th. It's another fabulous, world-class track which our team knows quite well. Our race at Mosport is a week after that (June 17th-19th), and I expect we'll see a lot of our friends there.
We're looking forward to some really good racing at both venues.
November 08, 2004
Grand Am Cup To Visit New Venues in 2005
A visit to the Dominican Republic for the Grand Sport (GS) class, as well as a trip to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and two voyages into Canada highlight a markedly different 2005 Grand-Am Cup Series schedule. The 2005 schedule was announced today by Grand American Road Racing Association officials.
"As evidenced by today's announcement, the Grand-Am Cup Series has emerged as a showcase for the latest sports cars and sports sedans that can run alongside the Rolex Sports Car Series or stand on its own," said Grand American President Roger Edmondson. "We're delighted that we will be bringing the Grand Sport cars to Latin America and both classes back to two extremely popular venues in Canada, in addition to a full complement of terrific racing facilities in the United States. The 2005 season is sure to be another exciting year for the Grand-Am Cup Series."
The first stop on the 11-race 2005 tour will see the Grand-Am Cup Series on the historic 3.56-mile road circuit at Daytona International Speedway for a 200-mile race on February 4 during the prestigious Rolex 24 At Daytona weekend. Next on the calendar will be an overseas trip for the Grand-Am Cup GS machines for a 200-miler in the Dominican Republic capital city of Santo Domingo on the weekend of March 11-13.
The Grand-Am Cup Series links back up with its brethren in the Rolex Sports Car Series for races at California Speedway on April 1-2, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on the weekend of April 29-30, and Watkins Glen International on June 9-12.
The series then heads to Canada for a stand-alone event at historic Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, on the weekend of June 18-19. The race will mark the return of the Grand-Am Cup Series to the Canadian venue after a one-year absence.
The series rejoins the Rolex Series again at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. on July 29-30 before returning to Canada and contesting its final stand-alone race of the season in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec on August 5-7. It will be the first Grand-Am Cup Series appearance in Trois-Rivieres since 2001.
The series makes its return to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on the weekend of August 26-28, followed by the annual trek to Phoenix International Raceway, which will host the second-to-last race of the season on the weekend of September 8-10. The breathtaking circuit at Virginia International Raceway will host the final round of the 2005 Grand-Am Cup Series on October 7-8.
All 2005 Grand-Am Cup Series races are scheduled for 200 miles, aside from Trois-Rivieres, which will be 150 miles in length. In addition, separate Grand Sport and Sport Touring races are planned for Trois-Rivieres and Phoenix International Raceway. Like the Rolex Sports Car Series, the Grand-Am Cup Series will also participate in the annual "Daytona Test Days" on January 7-9.
Specific information regarding television coverage of the 2005 Grand-Am Cup Series will be announced at a later date, although all 2005 events will once again air in the United States and Canada on SPEED Channel.
The Grand American Road Racing Association, which sanctions the Rolex Sports Car Series and the Grand-Am Cup Series, is one of the fastest growing motorsports organizations in the United States. The 12-race 2004 Rolex Series schedule and the 10-race Grand-Am Cup calendar deliver professional sports car racing to many key markets throughout North America in addition to being televised in the United States and Canada on SPEED Channel and distributed globally through ESPN International. With title sponsorship support from Rolex Watch USA, the Rolex Sports Car Series showcases emerging and legendary drivers from around the globe and thoroughbred racing machines from the industry's leading constructors and the world's top automobile manufacturers.
2005 GRAND-AM CUP SERIES SCHEDULE
Date Location Distance
January 7-9 Daytona International Speedway Test Days
February 3-4 Daytona International Speedway 200 miles
March 11-13 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (GS Only) 200 Miles
April 1-2 California Speedway 200 Miles
April 29-30 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 200 Miles
June 9-12 Watkins Glen International 200 Miles
June 18-19 Mosport 200 Miles
July 29-30 Barber Motorsports Park 200 Miles
August 5-7 Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada (Split Races) 150 Miles
August 26-28 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 200 Miles
September 8-10 Phoenix International Raceway (Split Races) 200 Miles
October 7-8 Virginia International Raceway 200 Miles
Information and image courtesy of Grand American Road Racing and The Race Site.
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We here at YORK Motorsport are intent on being a part of Grand American Road Racing's positive forward growth. As a competitor, we are keen on participating in the Grand Am Cup series and the Rolex Sports Car Series - or both!
If your interested in having your company's brand or product exposed to the power of motorsport marketing, please don't hesitate to contact us here at YORK Motorsport.
November 05, 2004
Grand-Am Cup Series Lexus Grand American 250 To Air This Weekend
This coming Sunday, keep your eyes peeled for the #36 Silver/Red Compass360/Racing BMW Z3 coupe' on SPEED Channel's Grand Am Cup coverage.
Karl Thomson and Kevin York will be negotiating the California Speedway's sports car course as the SPEED TV cameras catch all the competitors' moves.
Photo courtesy of TheRaceSite and ZOOMPICS
From Grand American:
Daytona Beach, Fla. (November 5, 2004) -- SPEED Channel will broadcast the season-ending Grand-Am Cup Series Lexus Grand American 250 this Sunday, November 7 at 5 p.m. ET. The two-hour show will feature teams in the Grand Sport and Sport Touring classes going head-to-head at California Speedway in a 250-mile race to determine the Grand-Am Cup Series championships.
What: Lexus Grand American 250, Round 10 of the 10-race 2004 Grand-Am Cup Series
Where: SPEED Channel (check out www.speedtv.com for availability in your area)
When: Sunday, November 7
Time: 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT)
The Grand-Am Cup Series is the premier proving ground for many of today's automotive manufacturers. The series competes at historic tracks in the United States and Canada, featuring some of the best production car drivers from around the world. The series complements the Rolex Sports Car Series by using race cars that are actual production cars. Similar to the Rolex Series GT cars in appearance, Grand-Am Cup cars are straight off the showroom floor with only minimal racing modifications to enhance safety and performance.
Two classes of race cars compete on the track at the same time during Grand-Am Cup events, with drivers competing for top honors in their specified class, as well as the overall win. Grand-Am Cup cars classified by weight, engine size and model.
Information courtesy SPEEDTV.com
October 31, 2004
Afterglow...
Sitting in the Ontario, CA airport typing this allows me the chance to reflect on a great weekend. I'll detail our exploits as we move into the week; suffice to say that our goals were solidly met!
YORK Motorsport, in teaming with Compass360/Racing, took ninth place in The Lexus Grand American 250's ST class! In an overall field of forty-eight cars, we placed twenty-first - ahead of a lot of big teams and great drivers!
I'm very proud of our collective achievements - the Compass360/Racing crew of: Ian, Derek and Aaron had great enthusiasm and ingenuity. Our co-driver, team principal, Karl Thomson, qualified and took the start with great style and swiftness. My nearly two-hour drive to the finish was a blast! The BMW Z3 2.8 coupe' NEVER missed a beat!
Alaska Airlines is calling my flight - ah, but the afterglow still burns
October 30, 2004
Saturday morning, race day...
The crew of Compass360/Racing worked late last night in an effort to make some suspension repairs and adjustments. Ian McQuillan's ingenuity was in full force with creative solutions...! It is possible that we will qualify the car - Karl and I will talk again this morning about that. If we do, then we'll start the race and Karl will take over and run the second portion. Our pace is close to where we need to be...But we could sure shave a second and a half of our time and be happier... All, in all, we're having a good time!! More later! - Kevin
October 29, 2004
First Practice
Well, I sit here sipping water and making track notes. The little coupe' feels good. Karl and I are running similar lap times. The car does have a wee bit of turn-in push (understeer) and the crew is making adjustments now. Karl and I too, will make adjustments! ;) More later! - Kevin
October 28, 2004
Leaving on a jet plane...
EARLY morning flight on Alaska 472 will bring us to Ontario, CA and then a quick jaunt to California Speedway in Fontana in the rental box, erm...car.
The weather is predicted to be quite nice - 70s and sunny.
As of this writing, 48 cars are scheduled to take the green flag with 18 of that number being in our ST class. (The other class being GS).
On the other side of practice, I'll provide some (albeit short) updates from my mobile device to this site.
Special hello to Dr. Jo' and Evan and Chelsea - I love you all and wish you were going to be with me at the track! - Kevin/Dad
The time is near.
Greetings. This time tomorrow, we'll be at the California Speedway and preparing for our first practice session at 1:00pm (PST).
Karl Thomson of Compass360/Racing and I will be checking the car and the track (and ourselves) out around the sports car road course of the Speedway.
We'll have a second practice at 3:40pm (PST) to confirm our findings and work on any subtle changes we may have made to the car or changes we as drivers need to consider while negotiating the course.
The rest of the weekend's schedule is this:
Saturday, 30 October
9:00-9:50 Third Practice
11:15am Qualifying
2:00pm-5:00pm start of the Lexus Grand
American 250 race. (250
miles, 89 laps, 3 hour
time limit)
The anticipation of a great weekend is the current mindset here! We'll offer updates as time (and connections) allow. On to Fontana!
ps - For those of you interested in following our progress, ZIPPO sponsors a live timing and scoring section of the Grand American website. You can check it out here and monitor our (rapid) progress.
October 27, 2004
Racing, then walking...
Since, as in racing itself, we are always looking forward, let's consider what we'll be doing after the Lexus Grand American 250 Grand Am Cup race this Saturday...
Early Sunday morning, just a few hours before the green flag drops on the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series season-ending Lexus Grand American 400k at California Speedway, race fans and competitors (one will be me!) will have the rare opportunity to walk the 2.88-mile road circuit during the 13th Annual Inland Empire Heart Walk.
The event gets underway at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 31, five-and-a-half hours before the final battles for Rolex Series supremacy begin. The goal of the event is to raise $650,000 for the Inland Empire American Heart Association from race fans, heart disease and stroke survivors and community members who will participate in the three-mile fun walk. Participation supports cardiovascular and stroke community education and research.
Certainly a worthy cause...now if I could just hang around on the track and find an empty Daytona Prototype to jump into for the 400... ;)
(Some of the above information provided courtesy of Grand American Road Racing)
October 26, 2004
Looking forward to Fontana, in my mind...
This week, as we move towards our entry in the season-ending Lexus Grand American 250 at California Speedway, we are transitioning our preparation for the event away from the business side to the actual needs of racing.
The coordination of logistics and the financial consideration for any motorsport event are very taxing. The requirements necessary to drive the racecar in the event become a source of relaxation to be sure!
Going back over my notes from the last time I competed at California Speedway's sportscar course has me performing the process of mental imagery.
This process, applied to motorsports, has me recalling each nuance of the track - to include bumps and surface changes, as well as "the line" - and "driving" the track in my mind. The brain actually cannot tell the difference from the real thing when this process is done honestly.
I will say though that it might look a bit funny to an observer who sees me sitting down, eyes closed, making faint "car noises" and moving an imaginary shifter!
More later...
October 04, 2004
Biography of Kevin F. York
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