Southeast Spec Racer preparing for 2018!
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:24 pm
After a great 2017 season (team podiums, Majors wins, poles, and track records at numerous tracks from Florida to New York), SSR is in the throes of upgrading cars, adding steeds to the stable, and preparing for a stellar start to 2018.
I brag on Tony and the SSR team all the time but I'm going to take a moment to brag on one of SSR's pilots, Russ (Charles on the entry list) Turner.
If you haven't met him yet at a track near you, you're in for a real treat when you do. If you have some Jack Daniels with you, multiply that treat by 3.
Russ had essentially zero experience in road-racing in November of 2016. He saw some online videos, contacted Tony, and said "that looks fun, I'm in". He rented a Gen3 from SSR and then purchased his own Gen2 in early 2017.
After his first couple of weekends (and first couple of fiberglass body parts ) he was already showing great improvement. Through turning lots of laps in a top notch SSR car, Russ went from an inexperienced road-racer whom no one in SRF-land had heard of to a guy who finished on the Gen2 podium and in the top5 of Gen3 at Homestead only 3 months after getting his license. Two months later he was drafted by on the last lap of the CoTA Gen2 race by Scott Rettich (a few skins on the wall ) to just miss taking the checkered at one of the biggest races of the year. After several more excellent finishes (including several podiums), he proceeded to qualify in the top 5 of SRF and the top 10 in SRF3 at Indy, no mean feat indeed.
Russ has been a joy to work with and while he's super laid back and great to hang out with, he's a fierce competitor. Check out the shots of his beautiful new SRF3, courtesy of Tony and the Southeast Spec Racer guys. It's as pretty a car as I've seen. Those brand new kits sure look sharp don't they? Yes they do... and this isn't even one of them! This is Russ' Gen2 converted over in spectacular fashion.
Ok enough of that. Russ' head is big enough as it is, I don't want to see him breaking helmets.
I'd like to personally thank Tony and the SSR team for being a great group to run and work with all year. Todd and his wife Kim are great, great folks and a joy to be around... you guys enhance every race weekend with your humor and spirit.
Starting at Homestead in January, be on the lookout for the Southeast Spec Racer steeds. Between Todd and Russ who will be regulars, I fully expect to see SSR all over podiums in the southeast in 2018. SEDIV is arguably the deepest divisional talent pool in the country and those guys will be a factor week in and week out (apologies to all the other divisions... just my .02 ).
If you're looking for a car that you know can win and you want to run at a spectacular track like Road Atlanta, Sebring, Daytona, or VIR (man I'm jealous of you SE guys!), look no further than http://www.southeastspecracer.com.
The legacy continues in 2018!
I brag on Tony and the SSR team all the time but I'm going to take a moment to brag on one of SSR's pilots, Russ (Charles on the entry list) Turner.
If you haven't met him yet at a track near you, you're in for a real treat when you do. If you have some Jack Daniels with you, multiply that treat by 3.
Russ had essentially zero experience in road-racing in November of 2016. He saw some online videos, contacted Tony, and said "that looks fun, I'm in". He rented a Gen3 from SSR and then purchased his own Gen2 in early 2017.
After his first couple of weekends (and first couple of fiberglass body parts ) he was already showing great improvement. Through turning lots of laps in a top notch SSR car, Russ went from an inexperienced road-racer whom no one in SRF-land had heard of to a guy who finished on the Gen2 podium and in the top5 of Gen3 at Homestead only 3 months after getting his license. Two months later he was drafted by on the last lap of the CoTA Gen2 race by Scott Rettich (a few skins on the wall ) to just miss taking the checkered at one of the biggest races of the year. After several more excellent finishes (including several podiums), he proceeded to qualify in the top 5 of SRF and the top 10 in SRF3 at Indy, no mean feat indeed.
Russ has been a joy to work with and while he's super laid back and great to hang out with, he's a fierce competitor. Check out the shots of his beautiful new SRF3, courtesy of Tony and the Southeast Spec Racer guys. It's as pretty a car as I've seen. Those brand new kits sure look sharp don't they? Yes they do... and this isn't even one of them! This is Russ' Gen2 converted over in spectacular fashion.
Ok enough of that. Russ' head is big enough as it is, I don't want to see him breaking helmets.
I'd like to personally thank Tony and the SSR team for being a great group to run and work with all year. Todd and his wife Kim are great, great folks and a joy to be around... you guys enhance every race weekend with your humor and spirit.
Starting at Homestead in January, be on the lookout for the Southeast Spec Racer steeds. Between Todd and Russ who will be regulars, I fully expect to see SSR all over podiums in the southeast in 2018. SEDIV is arguably the deepest divisional talent pool in the country and those guys will be a factor week in and week out (apologies to all the other divisions... just my .02 ).
If you're looking for a car that you know can win and you want to run at a spectacular track like Road Atlanta, Sebring, Daytona, or VIR (man I'm jealous of you SE guys!), look no further than http://www.southeastspecracer.com.
The legacy continues in 2018!