Introduction

I'm Mike Mahaney, I'm 21 years old and I'm from King Ferry, NY. I currently race Dirtcar Big Block Modifieds all around the northeast USA. I grew up on our family crop farm crewing for my Dads race team on the weekends. I started driving when I was 14, I had over 30 wins and 5 Championships by the time I was 18 and moved up to the Modified division. After recieving a Machining and Welding degree in High School, I went on to college at Alfred State and earned a degree in Motorsports Technology. I am currently continuing my education with RACE101. I like to exercise with P90X and play basketball to stay in shape, but most of my free time is spent in the shop preparing race cars and figuring out how to make them perform better. I work at Enders Racing Engines. My sponsors for 2011 include: Northern Biodiesel, Shop Crane, Aloi Materials Handling, Wave Energy Drink, and Beyea Headers. My goal is to race for a living so that I can concentrate on racing 100%.

Brandon Atkinson, Statesville, North Carolina

Hi my name is Brandon Atkinson and I am 14 years old. My hometown is Richmond, Virginia but im currently living in Statesville, North Carolina. I race in the dirt late model division at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Virginia. I am learning a lot about marketing and shocks. I plan on racing in the dirt late model series at Virginia Motor Speedway and get good attention and get my name out there. If you want to know more about me check out Brandon Atkinson Racing at Facebook.com, or AtkinsonRacing on Twitter!

Anthony Perez, Suffolk, Virginia

Hello, my name is Anthony Perez and I am 16 years old from Suffolk, Virginia. I race in the Pro-Six series at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia. I got my start in racing at age 13 when I started racing minicups with the Hampton Roads Kart Club. I raced my minicups for three seasons in the arena pro summer series and won three races and the championship in the 2010 season. I have also raced my minicup in Arena Racing USA for two years and I have two wins in that series. In 2010, it was the first time I had ever raced a full size race car when I stepped into my Pro-Six. I did five races in that series last year and had a best finish of 3rd (twice) and also got four top fives. In the 2011 season, I plan to race my Pro-Six for the full 13 race season and try to be in contention for 13 wins as well. My main goal is to be the 2011 rookie of the year and contend for the championship.

Sarah Cornett-Ching, British Columbia, Canada

    I'm Sarah Cornett-Ching, an aspiring race car driver who competes in a regional racing series across British Columbia, Canada. I standout in the series as being female, and one of the youngest competitors. Although winning is a priority to our team I also feel it is important to make a difference in our community whenever we can. I take marketing and our public relations very seriously, and I always strive to leave a positive impression. 

   This season I will be running in the Arca West Ok Tire Series, West Coast Sportsman Series and select races in the ASA series. 2011 will be a year of learning curves for my team racing at new tracks and trying new setups, I have confidence in my team and myself and know we can prove to the regulars that we are a force to be reckoned with. Follow me on facebook at Sarah Cornett-Ching Racing and check out my website: www.sccracing.com

Racing this Saturday

Well we will be taking the Hamme Time racing #33 mustang to the opener at Laurens Speedway this week. We worked hard and got our motter rebuilt for this season. The cars in the shop ready to rock. Hope to see some old fans and make some new ones this saturday night.

Students Busy Preparing Cars and PR Campaigns

The RACE 101 Class of 2011

We are in full swing preparing for racing season, and several of our students have started racing already in some of the warmer states. We are continually working with the students on their PR and sponsorship campaigns for this season. Many of them are either excelling in getting a tremendous amount of press or gaining sponsorship or both!  As instructors we are encouraging the students to go after the media and sponsors on their own and we are assisting them as needed. We are very proud of this class they are taking what they are learning and applying it to their programs quickly and the results are already impressive for many of them. We will continue to work one on one with the students all year, as well as online classes, Until we all meet again at our NC shop in the fall.


Please take a look at the 2011 students roster pages and feel free to connect with them on their Facebooks, and other networks to follow their progress this season -http://www.race101.net/roster.html

You can also check back here on the blog as we will have students posting periodically, as well as follow the progress of our 2011 Premier Driver, Trevor Edwards.

Post first test

The shake down went good besides a power steering line that went bad as we were pulling out for the first run. The line itself was a little short putting it in a bind and started leaking but bucket. chris birdsall and donnie cox got anopther and got in back on so we could go out and run a few shakedown laps. The test was my first ever laps on bumpstops and in a super late model so it took awhile to adjust to the new car and get back ito the rhythm. We plan on taking this week off since tony is going to be a crew chief for Scott Gafforini at teh bullring in las vegas and im sure there gonna be the car to beat out there so keep going to the race 101 facebook and website (race101.net) to se how there doing. ill be back in the car next thusday to keep logging laps.

First test

Hey everyone just wanted to let yall know that were going to test this weekend for the first time. The test will be my first time driving the howe chassis and first time on bump stops so its gonna be a learning curve but i'm positive with tony mentoring me and all ive learned through race 101 were gonna be fine after a few runs then we can build on getting some speed out of the car but everyone come back here and see how we did when i post my next blog on Monday or go to my racing fan page on face book or website TrevorEdwardsRacing.com.

If you just cant wait to know how it went email me Saturday night at Trevor.edwards33@yahoo.com
Thanks everyone

A message from Jerry Tunney

Can't wait to blog on here throught the season!

Moving Around

I recently moved back to my hometown to be able to graduate with my lifelong friends, and that's really important to me.

 

 

I hadn't seen a farm animal in months, but when I got back that's all my town is - the country. I love it, though. It's so relaxing, and it's an escape from teh crazy world of racing. I'm a senior at Bullitt Central High School, so school and racing pretty much take up my entire life along with friends family and a girlfriend. Even with such a full plate I wouldn't trade my life for anyone else's. It never gets old, and there's something to do every day to improve my career and life as well. I attended the RACE 101 class in Denver, North Carolina, this weekend, and I'll be driving back down from Kentucky to North Carolina to do my first test in the Howe super late model. I'll do a blog about the test and my first real experience driving for RACE 101 the monday after the test, so stay tuned and come back to see more. Thanks for reading my blog, and thanks for all your support. As always if there's anything you'd like to know I'm always available by e-mail at Trevor.edwards33@yahoo.com or add me on facebook but coming soon Trevoredwardsracing.com  

 

Introduction of Trevor Edwards

Well I'm new to this blog stuff. I hear you just write down your thoughts, so here it goes. I'm Trevor Edwards, and I was selected the RACE 101 premier driver.


I come from a small town in Kentucky named Shepherdsville. It's a very relaxing town and the complete opposite of Mooresville, North Carolina where I've spent most of the last year living with my dad chasing my dream of becoming a race car driver.



I drive a rolling thunder modified. I'm the 2010 rookie of the year, and I'm the youngest winner in series history. I'll be drving a super late model for RACE 101 presented by Howe Racing, and we plan to compete in 4 races this year with the CRA series.

I'm really excted about the oppurtunity I've been given, and I'm gonna do my best this year for everyone. I'll keep everyone updated here the best I can. If there's anything you'd like to know I'm always available by    e-mail at Trevor.edwards33@yahoo.com