Can't thank NOS enough for the support. It’s a testament to this
team and these guys and Jason Ratcliff, the race car he
prepared for me and all the guys at Joe Gibbs Racing – engine, chassis
shop. The NOS Energy Drink Camry was fast and it's good to get them back to Victory Lane.
High schoolers as well as car enthusiasts surrounded the NOS tent to get their free sample of NOS Energy drink.
Models Kristee Lani, Novella Nikita, and Genevieve Chanelle were looking good as always fitted in their NOS tank tops, sweatbands, and bandanna's.
The girls were able to transform green energy consumers into loyal dedicated mango passion fruit lovers
At the end of the show fans gathered around to find out the winning results for the 4th Annual Yerba Buena Car Show...
And the winner is....
So...I would assume that some of you don't know me yet. Guess I should introduce myself, huh? My name is Dan Wheldon (Daniel if you knew me from back home in Emberton, England). I have been racing cars in America since I came over the pond in 1999, but actually started racing in go-karts in England at the age of four. These days I race the #4 National Guard IndyCar...and I race it as fast as those four Firestone tires and 720lbs of Honda horsepower will take me. I won the IndyCar Championship back in 2005, the same year that I won the mack daddy of all motorsports events - The Indy 500.
When I'm not on the track or traveling for work I live in St Petersburg, FL with my wife, Susie, and my son, Sebastian. It's a great city with a ton of exciting things to do...not the least of which is the domestic season opener for the IZOD IndyCar Series, The Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. I always love racing on the streets of St. Pete!!! We were on course for a top 10 finish this year but my right rear suspension failed and luckily (for me, at least) I hit Mario Moraes before I hit the wall, otherwise it would have been a BIG one!
This particular St Pete race was especially cool for me for a couple of reasons:
First, I launched a photo-biographical book called "Lionheart" that myself and well-known sports photographer, Michael Voorhees, started together over three years ago. (Why "Lionheart", you might ask? Well when I first started racing a lot of the guys said that I raced with a lot of heart...occasionally not my head...but always a with a lot of heart, like the way that Richard the Lionheart fought in battle. And so the Lionheart mural became an image that has been put on the back of every helmet that I've had painted since. Only right that it be the name of the book that sums up my racing career to date.) So awesome to see that project finally come to fruition...and in my hometown no less!
And B) I got to wear my first specially designed NOS helmet of 2010!
For those who don't know...the race cars and the firesuits that we wear pretty much belong to the teams and its sponsors. They get to do whatever they see fit with them in terms of design. But a driver's helmet...that's a driver's one place to show what he/she is about. It is our singular resource for showing who we are out there from any sort of personal or fashionable perspective....and oh, since I'm introducing myself here I suppose I have to be honest...word on the street is that I am pretty fashionable. Haha!!! So needless to say, it was very cool for me to get to start the season with a NOS helmet. I wanted people to know that I was fueled up and ready for victory, and since I had my NOS nearby to keep me going...I definitely was!!!
Next week I'll send over some video from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. IZOD shut down Hollywood Boulevard for an Indy Racing League red carpet event and pit stop competition...it was pretty sweet.
Stay tuned!
DW
Will Roegge and Josh Herron really stepped it up with this new video that is unlike their usual slow motion music filled jams. I have always been in love with any of the videos that these guys create, and this unorthodox style for them just shows how creative they can be. Check it out.
Check out the video from last weekend's Rowdy RC Cars event in Charlotte... Kyle's favorite past time!
The Temple Canyon Hill Climb is the first stop on the Colorado Hill Climb Association calendar, held in in Canon City, CO. We've yet to take home a class win at this event, missing out on the win last year by a mere 0.04 seconds. Based on a few changes made to the NOS Energy Drink Hill Climb Evo prior to PPIHC last year, we knew it would be capable of running at the front once again.
The first race of the season always presents unique challenges, and 2010 was to be no exception. The install and fabrication work for some new “goodies” on the Evo got wrapped up Thursday evening. Dave headed out to CORE (our local testing facility) early Friday morning for a shakedown before we headed off for some racing. A few good laps proved that the improvements made in the off season were well worth it, but suddenly the clutch pedal stopped working and the car was loaded back on the trailer via the “ratchet strap of shame” method.
Once the culprit was discovered we contacted AMS Performance – our go-to guys for all things Evo. They quickly gathered the necessary parts to repair the car and over-nighted them from Chicago. Saturday (which under normal circumstances would be a practice day down in Canon City) the parts were installed, car put back together and we were off to CORE for another, hopefully uneventful, shakedown. We made a few handling adjustments out at CORE, but otherwise she was ready for competition. We mounted some fresh tires and headed home.
Sunday morning (Race Day) we got up at about 5am to head down to Canon City. Our best time last year was a 3:19. On our first run, with no practice, we ran a 3:23, securing 2nd place. Our goal for 2nd and final run was to try to beat last year’s time. We blasted up the hill to a 3:16.22, 3/100ths short of the Rally AWD record! Bummer to be so close to that record and not grab it, but that 3:16 was enough to take first place in the Rally AWD class, making the weekend’s drama well worth it. Check out the video of the NOS Energy Drink Hill Climb car’s winning run:
Our next race is CORE out in Deer Trail June 5th and 6th, just an hour East of Downtown Denver. We won overall last time we were at CORE and we’re looking forward to defending. Be sure to become a fan of Kern Racing on Facebook by clicking the link and we'll keep you updated on the latest news about the NOS Energy Drink Hill Climb team. We've got lots of pictures and videos of the Evo in action for you to check out too!
Dave & Allison
The 2010 Kern Racing Team is made possible by the support of our sponsors:
• NOS Energy Drink
• AMS Performance
• Built-by-Bones & SCR Performance
• CBRD Speedfactory
• Forced Performance Turbochargers
• Shepherd Transmissions
• TiAL Sport
The results are in! We now have 4 qualifiers to come to the NOS Energy Drink’s Road to Formula D Contest final @ Formula D: Round 4 in Monroe, WA...
They win 2 tickets to the Formula D: Round 4 event on July 10, 2010 at Evergreen Speedway and a $50 American Express gift card to help them get there.
The qualifiers are……..
event stop: Honda-Tech Meet - - Charles F. of Lake Forest Park, WA
event stop: High School Drags - - Marcus S. of Spanaway, WA
event stop: Oregon Trail Rally Fan Appreciation Day - - Ryan T. of Tigard, OR
event stop: Oregon Trail Rally - - Jacob W. of Vancouver, WA
Have fun guys and PREPARE TO FUEL VICTORY!
We got our 2nd win in the Camping World Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) so excited to do it at Charlotte! Here is a clip of the team in Victory Lane.
With the snow finally melting and racing season just getting started here in Colorado, I thought I’d take a minute to introduce everyone to the 2010 NOS Energy Drink Hill Climb team. My name is Dave and with my wife Allison in the navvie seat, we compete in hill climb racing throughout Colorado in our Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution rally car. We run events with the Colorado Hill Climb Association and the famed Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
One great thing about the groups we race with is that they don’t require us to run restrictors like normal rally cars, so rather than being limited to 300hp, the sky’s the limit. For those of you who are hardcore rally fans, think back to the 1980s and days where the unlimited Group B cars ruled the rally world. Now add in modern technology, from tires to electronic differentials, and you’ll get the idea.
Our main event of the season is the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC). It’s the second oldest motor sports race in America. First competed in 1916, this year marks the 88th running of the race. The course is 12.42 miles with 156 turns. It begins at 9,390 feet and finishes at the 14,110 foot summit of Pikes Peak. There are hair pins galore, treacherous drop offs, and guardrails are few and far between. As we race to the summit the thin air slows reflexes and saps muscle strength and it also robs engines of 30% of their power. Mix in high altitude weather conditions, like sunshine, rain, sleet, hail, and even snow in under 15 minutes, and you can see how the odds are stacked against you from the start. Competitors and vehicles must be in top shape simply to reach the summit, let alone win.
As with many extreme sports, the adrenaline rush keeps you coming back for more. Taking a checkered flag at the top of a 14,000 foot mountain after a week of trials and tribulations is just plain exhilarating. We’re back for our 4th run up the mountain this year. We hold the record in the Time Attack AWD division with a time of 11:48.434, and will be attempting to set a new mark this year.
Race Day is June 27th in Colorado Springs, CO. If you live in the area, it’s not to be missed. Even if you don’t, this is a motorsports event that every enthusiast should have on their bucket list.
Our next race is CORE out in Deer Trail June 5th and 6th, just an hour East of Downtown Denver. We won overall last time we were at CORE and we’re looking forward to defending. Be sure to become a fan of Kern Racing on Facebook by clicking the link and we'll keep you updated on the latest news about the NOS Energy Drink Hill Climb team. We've got lots of pictures and videos of the Evo in action for you to check out too!
Dave & Allison
The 2010 Kern Racing Team is made possible by the support of our sponsors:
• NOS Energy Drink
• AMS Performance
• Built-by-Bones & SCR Performance
• CBRD Speedfactory
• Forced Performance Turbochargers
• Shepherd Transmissions
• TiAL Sport
Can't thank NOS enough for the support. It’s a testament to this
team and these guys and Jason Ratcliff, the race car he
prepared for me and all the guys at Joe Gibbs Racing – engine, chassis
shop. The NOS Energy Drink Camry was fast and it's good to get them back to Victory Lane.
High schoolers as well as car enthusiasts surrounded the NOS tent to get their free sample of NOS Energy drink.
Models Kristee Lani, Novella Nikita, and Genevieve Chanelle were looking good as always fitted in their NOS tank tops, sweatbands, and bandanna's.
The girls were able to transform green energy consumers into loyal dedicated mango passion fruit lovers
At the end of the show fans gathered around to find out the winning results for the 4th Annual Yerba Buena Car Show...
And the winner is....
So...I would assume that some of you don't know me yet. Guess I should introduce myself, huh? My name is Dan Wheldon (Daniel if you knew me from back home in Emberton, England). I have been racing cars in America since I came over the pond in 1999, but actually started racing in go-karts in England at the age of four. These days I race the #4 National Guard IndyCar...and I race it as fast as those four Firestone tires and 720lbs of Honda horsepower will take me. I won the IndyCar Championship back in 2005, the same year that I won the mack daddy of all motorsports events - The Indy 500.
When I'm not on the track or traveling for work I live in St Petersburg, FL with my wife, Susie, and my son, Sebastian. It's a great city with a ton of exciting things to do...not the least of which is the domestic season opener for the IZOD IndyCar Series, The Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. I always love racing on the streets of St. Pete!!! We were on course for a top 10 finish this year but my right rear suspension failed and luckily (for me, at least) I hit Mario Moraes before I hit the wall, otherwise it would have been a BIG one!
This particular St Pete race was especially cool for me for a couple of reasons:
First, I launched a photo-biographical book called "Lionheart" that myself and well-known sports photographer, Michael Voorhees, started together over three years ago. (Why "Lionheart", you might ask? Well when I first started racing a lot of the guys said that I raced with a lot of heart...occasionally not my head...but always a with a lot of heart, like the way that Richard the Lionheart fought in battle. And so the Lionheart mural became an image that has been put on the back of every helmet that I've had painted since. Only right that it be the name of the book that sums up my racing career to date.) So awesome to see that project finally come to fruition...and in my hometown no less!
And B) I got to wear my first specially designed NOS helmet of 2010!
For those who don't know...the race cars and the firesuits that we wear pretty much belong to the teams and its sponsors. They get to do whatever they see fit with them in terms of design. But a driver's helmet...that's a driver's one place to show what he/she is about. It is our singular resource for showing who we are out there from any sort of personal or fashionable perspective....and oh, since I'm introducing myself here I suppose I have to be honest...word on the street is that I am pretty fashionable. Haha!!! So needless to say, it was very cool for me to get to start the season with a NOS helmet. I wanted people to know that I was fueled up and ready for victory, and since I had my NOS nearby to keep me going...I definitely was!!!
Next week I'll send over some video from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. IZOD shut down Hollywood Boulevard for an Indy Racing League red carpet event and pit stop competition...it was pretty sweet.
Stay tuned!
DW
Will Roegge and Josh Herron really stepped it up with this new video that is unlike their usual slow motion music filled jams. I have always been in love with any of the videos that these guys create, and this unorthodox style for them just shows how creative they can be. Check it out.
Check out the video from last weekend's Rowdy RC Cars event in Charlotte... Kyle's favorite past time!
The Temple Canyon Hill Climb is the first stop on the Colorado Hill Climb Association calendar, held in in Canon City, CO. We've yet to take home a class win at this event, missing out on the win last year by a mere 0.04 seconds. Based on a few changes made to the NOS Energy Drink Hill Climb Evo prior to PPIHC last year, we knew it would be capable of running at the front once again.
The first race of the season always presents unique challenges, and 2010 was to be no exception. The install and fabrication work for some new “goodies” on the Evo got wrapped up Thursday evening. Dave headed out to CORE (our local testing facility) early Friday morning for a shakedown before we headed off for some racing. A few good laps proved that the improvements made in the off season were well worth it, but suddenly the clutch pedal stopped working and the car was loaded back on the trailer via the “ratchet strap of shame” method.
Once the culprit was discovered we contacted AMS Performance – our go-to guys for all things Evo. They quickly gathered the necessary parts to repair the car and over-nighted them from Chicago. Saturday (which under normal circumstances would be a practice day down in Canon City) the parts were installed, car put back together and we were off to CORE for another, hopefully uneventful, shakedown. We made a few handling adjustments out at CORE, but otherwise she was ready for competition. We mounted some fresh tires and headed home.
Sunday morning (Race Day) we got up at about 5am to head down to Canon City. Our best time last year was a 3:19. On our first run, with no practice, we ran a 3:23, securing 2nd place. Our goal for 2nd and final run was to try to beat last year’s time. We blasted up the hill to a 3:16.22, 3/100ths short of the Rally AWD record! Bummer to be so close to that record and not grab it, but that 3:16 was enough to take first place in the Rally AWD class, making the weekend’s drama well worth it. Check out the video of the NOS Energy Drink Hill Climb car’s winning run:
Our next race is CORE out in Deer Trail June 5th and 6th, just an hour East of Downtown Denver. We won overall last time we were at CORE and we’re looking forward to defending. Be sure to become a fan of Kern Racing on Facebook by clicking the link and we'll keep you updated on the latest news about the NOS Energy Drink Hill Climb team. We've got lots of pictures and videos of the Evo in action for you to check out too!
Dave & Allison
The 2010 Kern Racing Team is made possible by the support of our sponsors:
• NOS Energy Drink
• AMS Performance
• Built-by-Bones & SCR Performance
• CBRD Speedfactory
• Forced Performance Turbochargers
• Shepherd Transmissions
• TiAL Sport
The results are in! We now have 4 qualifiers to come to the NOS Energy Drink’s Road to Formula D Contest final @ Formula D: Round 4 in Monroe, WA...
They win 2 tickets to the Formula D: Round 4 event on July 10, 2010 at Evergreen Speedway and a $50 American Express gift card to help them get there.
The qualifiers are……..
event stop: Honda-Tech Meet - - Charles F. of Lake Forest Park, WA
event stop: High School Drags - - Marcus S. of Spanaway, WA
event stop: Oregon Trail Rally Fan Appreciation Day - - Ryan T. of Tigard, OR
event stop: Oregon Trail Rally - - Jacob W. of Vancouver, WA
Have fun guys and PREPARE TO FUEL VICTORY!
We got our 2nd win in the Camping World Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) so excited to do it at Charlotte! Here is a clip of the team in Victory Lane.
With the snow finally melting and racing season just getting started here in Colorado, I thought I’d take a minute to introduce everyone to the 2010 NOS Energy Drink Hill Climb team. My name is Dave and with my wife Allison in the navvie seat, we compete in hill climb racing throughout Colorado in our Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution rally car. We run events with the Colorado Hill Climb Association and the famed Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
One great thing about the groups we race with is that they don’t require us to run restrictors like normal rally cars, so rather than being limited to 300hp, the sky’s the limit. For those of you who are hardcore rally fans, think back to the 1980s and days where the unlimited Group B cars ruled the rally world. Now add in modern technology, from tires to electronic differentials, and you’ll get the idea.
Our main event of the season is the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC). It’s the second oldest motor sports race in America. First competed in 1916, this year marks the 88th running of the race. The course is 12.42 miles with 156 turns. It begins at 9,390 feet and finishes at the 14,110 foot summit of Pikes Peak. There are hair pins galore, treacherous drop offs, and guardrails are few and far between. As we race to the summit the thin air slows reflexes and saps muscle strength and it also robs engines of 30% of their power. Mix in high altitude weather conditions, like sunshine, rain, sleet, hail, and even snow in under 15 minutes, and you can see how the odds are stacked against you from the start. Competitors and vehicles must be in top shape simply to reach the summit, let alone win.
As with many extreme sports, the adrenaline rush keeps you coming back for more. Taking a checkered flag at the top of a 14,000 foot mountain after a week of trials and tribulations is just plain exhilarating. We’re back for our 4th run up the mountain this year. We hold the record in the Time Attack AWD division with a time of 11:48.434, and will be attempting to set a new mark this year.
Race Day is June 27th in Colorado Springs, CO. If you live in the area, it’s not to be missed. Even if you don’t, this is a motorsports event that every enthusiast should have on their bucket list.
Our next race is CORE out in Deer Trail June 5th and 6th, just an hour East of Downtown Denver. We won overall last time we were at CORE and we’re looking forward to defending. Be sure to become a fan of Kern Racing on Facebook by clicking the link and we'll keep you updated on the latest news about the NOS Energy Drink Hill Climb team. We've got lots of pictures and videos of the Evo in action for you to check out too!
Dave & Allison
The 2010 Kern Racing Team is made possible by the support of our sponsors:
• NOS Energy Drink
• AMS Performance
• Built-by-Bones & SCR Performance
• CBRD Speedfactory
• Forced Performance Turbochargers
• Shepherd Transmissions
• TiAL Sport
