My racing career started November 2003 when I purchased a Factory Five Challenge Series kit car. Taking 1 1/2 years to complete FFR #4706SP was on the road July 2005.

Now that I had a race car, I needed to learn how to race, in July 2005 I attended the SkipBarber Racing School at Limerock, CT and came out with a provisional SCCA license. With that in hand I was able to apply for a NASA racing license and did my first race at VIR (at the time the FFR Nationals 2005; finished 10th.) I completed my 4 rookie races at Summit Point in Oct 2005.

2006 season saw the first full season of racing starting with MidOhio in April, WatkinsGlen in May, BeaveRun in June, Hyperfest at Summit Point in July, Limerock in August, MidOhio in August, and back to MidOhio in September for NASA Nationals 2006 (finished 6th).

2007 season started with MidOhio in April, BeaveRun in May, Hyperfest at Summit Point in June, Pocono in July, Limerock in August, MidOhio in August, back to MidOhio in September for NASA Nationals 2007 (finished 5th), and finishing with WatkinsGlen in October.

2008 started at VIR in February with a 3hr endurance race where I finished 3rd in the E0 class, Road Atlanta in March with another 3 hr endurance race, Sebring in June driving Ed Boothman's FFR #85, Pocono in July, MidOhio in August, and back to MidOhio in September for NASA Nationals 2008 (finished 3rd.) I also had the privilege of being part of Team Racing 4 A Reason 2 running Ed Boothman's FFR #85 in the NASA's 25hr race at Thunderhill 2008 where we finished 27th overall (out of 68 competitors) and 11th in E0 class (out of 18 competitors.)

2009 was an eventful year starting and ending with engine troubles in two different cars. Road Atlanta saw me sidelined for the Enduro and Saturday's race in FFR#48 but both Car Thompson and Scott McKay were kind enough to let me drive their cars during the Enduro. Andy Cole and Bob Kay slaved over my engine getting it working with a head swap at the track and I was able to make Sunday's race. From then on it was two times at Summit Point. In between the two SummitPoint events Kevin Eves and I went down to Florida to help upgrade Ed Boothman's FFR#85 to ES trim upgrading brakes/engine/suspension and then testing the car at Sebring, FL. After that at MidOhio saw 12 Challenge cars nose-to-tail creating some exciting racing the whole weekend. Limerock was next and had me set a new lap record (1:01.395) during the races. The 2009 NASA Nationals was next held in Utah this year at Miller Motorsports Park where once again I finished 3rd. Watkings Glen was the last race of the season in FFR#48 finishing out by besting my old track record by nearly 4 seconds at a 2:12.447 lap. After that the focus shifted to Ed Boothman's FFR#85 Enduro car for the NASA25hr race in December 2009, flying to test/tune in Oct and Nov at Thunderhill Racetrack in CA. FFR#85 unfortunately had a blown engine during qualifying for the 25hr, and after the crew slaved all night doing an engine swap saw us unfortunately retiring from the 2009 25hr after only 3hrs with engine troubles again.

2010 started again at Road Atlanta with a 3hr Enduro in the rain this time. I was driving great and was either 2nd or 3rd overall when coming into the downhill esses I hydroplaned off the track hitting the tire-wall backwards taking me out of the event. Mark/Jim/Dave were great succoring my car up after the hit by drilling holes in the affected areas using zip-ties to hold the 2 pieces together. The races at Road Atlanta Saturday and Sunday were uneventful. After that debacle start progress was once again made on Ed's enduro car, FFR#85 now back up north at Factory Five with Jim, Andy, and me working to dial in the car for the 2010 NASA 25hr race. Fitting in Jim's spare shortblock along with Ed's spare Trickflow heads we headed up to NHMS for Test/Tune #1. #85 ran flawlessly and was even fast on my old Toyo RA1's. My next event in #48 was at Summit Point which saw great races between Paul Kaiser and I, with Paul being the victor. May/June saw me dawn a new body on #48, now flat black, and a ton of work getting done on #85. June was once again at NHMS for Test/Tune #2 in #85 where we worked on crude aero package and tire pressures. End of June through August saw me in #48 heading for great sprint races at BeaveRun,  VIR, and MidOhio. End of August was a COMSCC weekend for me in #48 doing the final shakedown prep for Nationals 2010 held at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah. At Nationals 2010, Mark Dougherty helped me tremendously fine-tuning the car setup allowing me to have great races battling up front. TC McNett and I dueled most of the Nats race with Scott McKay sailing off with the win. TC on the last lap got a great run on me going into the hairpin but was too fast entering and spun the car securing me a 2nd place finish. After Nats 2010, the focus shifted once again on Ed's FFR#85 Enduro car, now dawning aero with a new splitter, tanoe cover on the passenger side cockpit, and the rear wing from the FFR GTM supercar. Testing things like break-balance, break-wear, tire-wear, fuel consumption, allowed the car to run 1:12.5 second laptime around NHMS, a full 5-6 seconds faster the #48. NASA 25hr 2011 saw us finishing 5th in class, and 18th overall with the car on track for about 22hrs. The crew overcame problems with studs breaking, and axle flange bending only loosing about 3hrs of tracktime. Post race analysis identified gaps which will be resolved for 2011 NASA 25hr race.

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