Pro-IT swarms New Jersey on Grand-Am weekend

Steve Ulfelder — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:41:55 +0100

It's fun to run as a support race for the bigtime Grand-Am Continental Tire Series, and a bunch of Flatout clients did just that at New Jersey Motorsports Park on the weekend of May 12-13.

Whitfield Gregg, Rhett O'Doski, Bob Varca, Matt Fassnacht, Todd Buras, Bobby Kennedy, and Derek Whitis all piloted Miatas (both races were run on NJMP's Thunderbolt circuit, which included a chicane that was new to most drivers). Fassnacht, one of Team Flatout's newer clients, impressed with a pair o...

Devil in the Dark enduro!

Steve Ulfelder — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:06:37 +0100

Nothing tries drivers, machines, and crew like an endurance race. In the dark. With unpredictable weather.

Yikes!

In late April, Team Flatout visited New Jersey Motorsports Park for a terrific 12-hour enduro dubbed The Devil in the Dark. With three cars and nine drivers to support, a cast of thousands pitched in to crew: Andrew Burke, Evan Consolazio, Jody Fisher, Gerardo Gonzalez, Nick Leverone, Alex Negron, and Nick Ustin all pitched in!

Ca...

Split weekend: Flatout tackles VIR, NHMS!

Steve Ulfelder — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:33:44 +0100

A cast of thousands had a ball at VIR. Many were seeing the grin-inducing track for the first time.

At Flatout Motorsports, we race when and where our clients want to race. Sometimes, that means performing D Day-style logistical feats and sending two crews to two tracks. Such was the case April 21-22, when we divided and conquer...

NJMP school and test gets 2012 rollin'!

Steve Ulfelder — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:47:54 +0100

As March rolled over into April, Team Flatout headed for New Jersey Motorsports Park for an SCCA driving school and a day of testing. It was an exciting time to welcome new clients, greet old friends, and get the 2012 season in gear.

The school, held on NJMP's Lightning Bolt course, found Flatout hotshoe Tom Capizzi shaking down his new '99 Miata. We also welcomed talented Matt Fassnacht to the Arrive & Drive fold, and helped keep Jon Goodman, with whom we've worked before, on the ...

Southern tour in full swing: Flatout rolls through Sebring, Miami-Homestead

Steve Ulfelder — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:53:46 +0100

When you're racing in the dead of winter with a palm-tree backdrop, life is good and results almost don't matter.

How do you make winter in the northeast a bit more bearable? Head south!

That's what many wise Flatout Motorsports clients did recently, hitting SCCA race weekends at Sebring, then Miami-Homestead ...

Thanksgiving in style: Pilgrimage to Sebring

Steve Ulfelder — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:45:52 +0100

Ah, the traditional deep-frying of the turkey! Amy Mills and Whit Gregg do the honors.

In what has become a Flatout Motorsports tradition, we opened our Winter Series (aka the Great Southern Migration) at the Turkey Trot, an SCCA Regional race at Sebring. Jon and Jacqui Far...

Thompson, Tsiounis take checkers at NJMP!

Steve Ulfelder — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:20:10 +0100

We swear he's happy! Eric Thompson in Victory Lane after one of his two wins.

Team Flatout headed to New Jersey Motorsports Park the weekend of October 22-23 for a weekend of Regional SCCA racing on the complex's Lightning circuit.

Gorgeous (and fast!) fall weekend at Watkins Glen

Steve Ulfelder — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:15:21 +0100

Crew and clients! This group shot captures the essence of a wonderful late-season weekend at North America's finest race track.

The traditional October race at Watkins Glen, which follows the uber-competitive NARRC Runoffs, marks a winding-down weekend for many SCCA drivers. Don't get us wrong: ...

Capizzi, McHaffie, Ulfelder all grab checkers at NARRC Runoffs!

Steve Ulfelder — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:42:27 +0100

Crewmen Adam Desrosiers (l) and Nick Leverone flank Tom Capizzi in Victory Lane.

The North Atlantic Roadrace Championship Runoffs is always one of the biggest events on Flatout Motorsports' calendar, and the capricious weather at Lime Rock Park is always a factor.

Whit Gregg and Amy Mills

The weekend of Sept. 17-18, we rolled west to Watkins Glen International for the annual Fun One double Regional race.

Arrive & Drive client Amy Mills, who's really been standing on it all year, posted another strong weekend. In Saturday Spec Miata qualifying, Amy ran a personal-best 2:20.7 on the Glen's ...

Murcott, Capizzi, Ferguson grab wins at NHMS!

Steve Ulfelder — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:08:04 +0100

Sept. 10-11 featured one of our favorite race weekends: SCCA New England Region's value-packed Cheap Date at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Boy, did our clients do us proud!

Arrive & Drive hotshoe Dylan Murcott, a young gun who's been knocking at the door all season, enjoyed a breakthrough weekend. Driving his yellow number 17 Miata in the always-competitive SM class, Dylan ripped a pole, a pair of wins, and a second-place finish. Fantastic driving from an up-and-coming star!

Another Action-Packed Weekend at NJMP

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:29:41 +0100

Once again Spec Miatas swarmed the Thunderbolt track at NJMP, and with 40+ cars in the SM group, it made for quite an exciting race! Flatout customers Amy Mills, Jon Farbman, and Bill Finsilver started the weekend strong, qualifying 7th, 8th, and 9th place for the final race. Dylan Murcott, fighting car issues all weekend, made an impressive run through the pack from the back up to 15th, but unfortunately was unable to finish the race due to those same mechanical problems. R...

Success both on the track and off at the Rally Against Leukemia

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:59:34 +0100

The annual Rally Against Leukemia event at NHMS is always a fun one for us, especially since it helps to support a good cause. This year was no different as we were joined by Arrive & Drive customers, Jon Farbman, Dylan Murcott, and renter, BJ Piekarski.

After a great battle in SM, Jon Farbman ended up finishing 7th in the final race, with BJ Piekarski close behind in 8th. Piekarski also double dipped in STU and ended the race with a solid 3rd place finis...

Flatout-built '99 SM for sale!

Steve Ulfelder — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:41:39 +0100

Here's an opportunity for a driver ready to step into a no-excuses Spec Miata. This car, built from a shell by Flatout Motorsports, features the best of everything - and has the results to prove it: track record at Lime Rock, 2011 Maybury Cup winner, consistent top-fives and even podiums at SCCA National races.

On to the specs:

- 1999 Miata built in 2008

- Strong mot...

Hot time at the Glen

Steve Ulfelder — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:09:43 +0100

When Team Flatout rolled into Watkins Glen for a big weekend of SCCA Regional and Pro-IT racing, the local bank thermometer read 107 degrees! So before we talk about the cars and drivers, let's ask the broiled crew to take a bow. Company president Nick Leverone, Andrew Burke, Adam Desrosiers, and Nick Ustin did their usual outstanding job keeping cars track-ready.

Arrive-and-Drive star on the rise Dylan Murcott had a fantastic event, running up front every session while racking u...

Capizzi takes poles and podiums at NHMS!

Steve Ulfelder — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:05:42 +0100

July 8-10 was a big split weekend for Flatout; company president Nick Leverone and ace crewman Nick Ustin hauled to Watkins Glen for an SCCA double National, while Theresa Condict and Adam Desrosiers crewed for a driving school and Regional race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

At NHMS, Arrive & Driver Tom Capizzi grabbed as much track time as possible by taking the school. He was joined by renters Ernesto Jurado and Andrzej Wegrzyn. All of the pupils did a flawless job, setting up...

Flatout-built MX-5 takes Grand-Am win at Laguna Seca

Steve Ulfelder — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:36:50 +0100

Hey, that's one of ours!

Flatout's MX-5 Miata, built for the ST class in Grand-Am's Continental Tire Series, is typically piloted by its owner, team driver Hugh McHaffie, or his son Craig McHaffie.

But for the remainder of the 2011 Grand-Am season, the car wears the livery of our friends at Freedom Autosport. Freedom is locked in a tight team points battle, and a massive wre...

Poles and podiums at Lime Rock!

Steve Ulfelder — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:03:49 +0100

We opened up the Fourth of July Weekend with a little racing, as SCCA's Mohawk-Hudson Region hosted a one-day event at Lime Rock Park. The story of the morning was Pole City. Flatout drivers competed in three different race groups - and took the pole in all of them! Team driver Steve Ulfelder took top spot in ITR, posting a 1:00.8 in his Honda S2000. Rising Spec Miata star Dylan Murcott took the SM pole (1:02.4), while fellow Miata pilot Tom Capizzi, who has immediately established himself as...

Flatout Miatas swarm NJMP; Farbman, Hartberger among standouts

Steve Ulfelder — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:01:49 +0100

The weekend of June 25-26 saw a nice double bill at New Jersey Motorsports Park's Lightning circuit, with SCCA Regional racing as well as Round 3 of this year's Pro-IT Series.

We were there with several trailers' worth of Spec Miatas, and clients responded with strong races and great results. Arrive & Drive hotshoe Jon Farbman was fast right off the trailer; he took home a podium finish and was a top five factor all weekend.

Renter Michael Hartberger was new to Flatout, but ...

That's one of our guys! Reed Sorenson wins at Road America

Steve Ulfelder — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:38:50 +0100

One of our recent blog posts seems to have been lost in a website makeover, but a few weeks back, ace road-racing coach Chris Cook teamed with Flatout for a full day of testing and coaching at Wisconsin's Road America. The idea was to offer stars of NASCAR's Nationwide And Craftsman Truck series a chance to burnish their road-racing skills in Flatout Motorsports Miatas. Pa...

Blog entries