JASON DISALVO #40 WINS 3 IN A ROW! | MAY 17TH, 2011 | INFINEON RACEWAY, SANOMA, CA
Domination Weekend for DiSalvo at the AMA West Coast Jam in Wine Country, Sanoma, CA.
Jason DiSalvos winning streak continues after his Historic win at the Daytona 200 aboard his Latus Racing Ducati 848 EVO. After more than a month since the first race of the season, a few test’s and traveling across the state, Jason arrived in Sanoma ready to win. That’s just what he did. After achieving the fastest lap time during qualifying Jason got pole position for both Saturday and Sundays race.
Jason continued his pace and finished Race 1 with an astonishing 7 second lead leaving his competition in the dust. Sunday brought some wet weather, and after an early morning rain, and a slight delay, the clouds cleared and the race was on. After a short shuffle of riders, Jason dropped to 3rd, then to 5th after running wide. In just 4 laps, Jason charged back to 1st place and kept that position for the duration of the race ultimately finishing 1st.
This win brings Jason to 3 consecutive first place finishes which is a new high for his career and a double at Sanoma which in its own right on such a technical track is a major feat. Additionally, Jason leads the series with a 37 point advantage over the second place competitor.
Jason commented after the race “Once I got out in front, got in that rhythm, got in that zone, I just kept chugging away—pulling laps, keeping my head down, and riding hard”. The results speak for themselves.
Congratulations Jason, keep that head down and keep riding hard!!!
Want to learn to ride like Jason? Why not take some classes with Jason as your race instructor?
FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS SERIES | LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX | APRIL 17, 2011
Electric’s young open-wheel star Conor Daly won the biggest race of his career this weekend at The Long Beach Grand Prix. As he has done in every race this season, Daly proved to be the fastest car on race day and in a display of speed, discipline and patience, he worked his way to the win after starting 4th.
Daly moved from 4th to 3rd after the leader crashed at turn 9. On the re-start Conor went down the inside of Esteban Guerrieri in the braking zone at turn 1 to take second place. Then it was time to reel in the leader and find a way past him. After several laps of pressure by Daly the leader made a critical mistake that let Conor get by and take the win.
Ironically, Conor now wil leave the Indy Lights series as the points leader to go take on Europe in the GP3 series. His first race will be in Turkey May 8th.
FORMULA DRIFT ROUND 1 | STREETS OF LONG BEACH | APRIL 2011
Electric’s Justin Pawlak earned his first ever victory in the Round 1 of the 2011 Formula Drift season in his Falken Tire Ford Mustang.
This marks the 4th year in a row the Volt has rocked to the top spot on the podium. In 2008 it was Chris Forsberg, 2009 – Ryan Tuerck, 2010 – Vaughn Gittin Jr. “This victory feels unreal. I have worked so hard for this and can’t believe I’m on the top to start out the season.”
After the Victory Lane celebration it was off to “The Pike” for some beer, tequila “victory” shots and some old school punk rock music with the whole Drift Alliance crew.
Make sure to stay on the lookout for the new Chris Forsberg and Vaughn Gittin Jr. Electric signature color-way shade.
B,B,B,B… BACK IN THE USA | DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, USA | MARCH 10, 2011
Back in the AMA and running Electric Knoxville shades, Electric’s Jason Disalvo is pumped to smoke the competition at the Daytona 200 this weekend. Jason Disalvo #40 Ducati Latus Racing is a lead contender in the 70th Anniversary Daytona 200!
“‘I’m really stoked to be racing back in America with the latest Ducati crew, Latus Racing. The Ducati 848, is going to be very strong for this race. Daytona is such a top speed track and thankfully the Ducati isn’t lacking in that department. It corners like nothing I have ever ridden before, has a ton of torque and a top end that should keep me ahead of the pack. Working with Ronnie Saner (Latus Racing Head Honcho) has been great, our communication has been flawless in pre-season testing, and will really benefit us this weekend. I am excited for this race and to be flying the Electric flag yet again this season.” – Jason Disalvo
Jason was 1 second faster than everyone during Thursday’s, practice. That being said, Saturday will be a race you don’t want to miss. Motorcycle Road Racing at its finest in the U.S. Of A. After a week of mullets, leather, chrome, exhaust, burn outs and Mardi Gras beads during Bike week…This weekend marks the 70th running of the legendary Daytona 200 and thankfully after last years night race, they are switching back to the traditional Saturday afternoon start.
Dating back to 1937, when Ed Kretz won the fist Daytona 200 on an Indian, this world-class race has served as the opening event of the American road race season. In keeping with tradition, the 70-year-old contest will again kick off the start of the current AMA Pro Road Racing season. The winner of this race will enter the history books of the Daytona 200 and bragging rights for years to come. Despite bragging rights and history books…money talks!
This year the AMA has put together a $235K purse for the event. $20,000 going to 1st place, $15k to 2nd, $10k to 3rd and so on and so on. This race will be action packed, be sure to it live on Speed Chanel this Saturday. (10:00am Pacific time, 1:00pm Eastern time.)
Electric’s young speedster, Conor Daly, was dominate Saturday night winning the Pizza Ranch 100 at Iowa Speedway. Conor stunk up the show for the competition by leading the whole race from the green flag to the checkered.
This was Conor’s 4th race win in a row and it looks like he is going to run away in the championship points standings.
Next stop for Conor and his Juncos sponsored Star Formula Mazda will be June 26-27 at New Jersey Motorsports Park. The race will be televised live on HDNet.
APRIL 10, 2010 | ELECTRIC’S VAUGHN GITTIN WINS “STREETS OF THE BEACH” | LONG BEACH, CA
Electric’s Vaughn Gittin wins event #1 in the start to the Drifting season in Long Beach, California. Vaughn was totally ready for this win. Electric is proud to be behind Vaughn this season and can’t wait to see more victories like this one. On Wednesday night a party will be thrown to launch the all anticipated new Ford Mustang for 2010.
Update:
Check out the video of the win!
This car would find its way to victory this weekend. The 100% Carbon Fiber body proved to be the coolest looking car and also the fastest car of the day. This is a great start for Vaughn and the Ford/Falcon team. Congratulations Vaughn.
FEBRUARY 26TH, 2010 | THE HARD ROCK STORE | LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
Update:
This event is over but check out the behind the scenes vlog from Kyle!
Come meet Kyle “Rowdy” Busch and get some Electric Visual gear! Autograph signing at the Hard Rock Store in Las Vegas from 8:30 – 10pm on February 26th 2010.
NOVEMBER 23RD, 2009 | KYLE BUSCH CLINCHES 2009 NATIONWIDE SERIES TITLE | HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY, FL
After a long fought season ELECTRIC’s Kyle “Rowdy” Busch finishes the year with a bang by taking the checkered flag and winning the Homestead 300 this past Saturday. This would be Kyle’s 9th Nationwide win this season and 30th career win in the three series combined. To top it off, Kyle clinched the overall 2009 Nationwide Series the moment he pulled out of pit row to start the race.
In Kyle’s words, “It was a tough race for sure. We weren’t the best car here for a long time. All these guys made some great race calls — [crew chief] Jason [Ratcliff] and everybody else. That’s why we’re a championship team. That’s why we made it here [Saturday], because these guys can fight through stuff.”
Congrats to Kyle Busch on a great win this weekend and most of all, the overall 2009 Nationwide Series Champion. Look out next year!!!
OCTOBER 31ST, 2009 | KYLE BUSCH WINS NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE | TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY, ALABAMA
Electric’s Kyle “Rowdy” Busch pushed his way to the win at the Camping World Truck Series Race this past Saturday. Kyle who is known for his stellar performances in the truck series seemed to sit back a little until the end where teammate Aric Almirola would give Kyle a little push to victory.
This victory would be Kyle’s sixth Truck Series win of the year, his ninth top five and his 11th top 10 in just 12 starts. Kyle also has four Sprint Cup series wins and seven in the Nationwide Series, where he is on the verge of clinching the Championship. Next stop is Texas Motor Speedway for the Dickies 500.
OCTOBER 17TH 2009 | CHRIS FORSBERG TAKES THE FORMULA DRIFT CHAMPIONSHIP AT SERIES FINALE | IRWINDALE, CA
Chris Forsberg drove the NOS Energy Drink 350Z to his first Formula Drift Pro Championship and his second Tires.com Triple Crown bonus this weekend at the series finale at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, CA.
In front of a record track attendance, the pressure was on Forsberg who had to make it to the Top 16 round of competition to clinch the title just ahead of Drift Alliance team mate and close friend Ryan Tuerck.
“We came into the weekend knowing we would have to first qualify and then move into the round of Top 16 to secure the title, “ said Forsberg. “Watching Tuerck through testing and practice, I knew he was going to win the event. We just had to stick to our plan and take each round one at a time.”
The NOS Energy Drink Drift Team came into the event without making any changes to the car from the previous event, 7 weeks prior, for fear of causing more problems than solving. The plan worked as the team qualified 7th overall pairing them with privateer Doug Van Den Brink for the Top 32 round of tandem competition.
During the Top 32 round, Forsberg ran a strong run creating a significant gap to Van Den Brink behind him. When Forsberg switched to follow Van Den Brink, the engine had an intermittent “hiccup” on the main entry causing Van Den Brink to get the advantage and forced a “One More Time” (a repeat run). The “One More Time” allowed Forsberg to have two clean runs defeating Van Den Brink and sealing NOS Energy Drink’s first ever championship and Maxxis Tire’s first Formula Drift Championship.
Forsberg went on to battle Robbie Nashida in the Top 16, but slight contact with the wall straighten Forsberg up handing the win over to Nashida.
“I couldn’t be more proud of our team, Kevin Wells (crew chief) and Sergio Ramirez (crew member),“ stated Forsberg, “and of our sponsors NOS Energy Drink, Maxxis Tires, Clarion Corporation, Mishimoto, Genius Tools and Electric Sunglasses. We certainly would not have been able to do it without their support!”
The team will have a busy off season running in several local Time Attack events and the infamous “24 Hour of Lemons” on the schedule before the end of year.
