January 2012
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June 2011
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Jim Busby on Speed.com (PART 2) →
Nice work John Dagy’s - It is a treat to hear some really solid research surrounding the whole event. I have just been hearing the Jim Busby perspective, which is amazing. This fills in a lot of blanks that would not be visible from the first person perspective.
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Jim Busby on Speed.com (PART 1) →
This is about the Mazda Lola’s that Jim raced to victory at Le Man’s in 1984… It really describes just how awesome it is to win Le Mans.
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Rick Rawlins' World Class Collection
Rick Rawlins has taken car collecting and made it an art. His collection of cars spans some of the most historically significant times in automobile history. With a keen eye and rock solid patience he has developed not only a car collection, but a network of friends that give all the pieces significance.
His awesome woody.
The stickers all mean something to a kid growing up throughout the...
May 2011
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The Lister Project Hits the Road.
This car is a totally reinvented machine… The Before pictures are HERE. To celebrate an entire re-structure on the inside, Julian Mann, requested signed up for an awesome new paint job.
It’s the best looking car on the track, and it won it’s first race!!!!
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Chuck Porter Truck!!
Yesterday, the Chuck Porter truck came into the shop… It is part of a trio of cars that made up Chuck Porter’s Bonneville entourage… Richard Munz just bought this from Debbie Porter (Chuck’s daughter)… This truck would push THIS car out onto the line up… Scroll down after this post- yesterday I put up some cool old pics of them… Also, stay tuned as we...
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Chuck Porter Truck Arrives Today!
An old picture of the truck- I will be taking some before pictures, as it is a different color and needs some TLC.
This is the truck and the Chuck Porter Bonneville Roadster that had been purchased by Richard Munz and restored by Busby Racing.
It is now at the NHRA Museum in Pamona, Ca.
See it HERE.
Michael Lewis Hits the Podium!!!
Note his bottom front right wing, damaged by another car— Despite this, he hung in there and managed to place 3rd!!
For more go to mjlracing.com It sure is great to see him doing so well.
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From Anchor to Ardun.
A while back, Richard Munz had David Busby go to an obscure and disturbing location to dig this engine out of a garage… Braving dead rats, and live angry rattlesnakes- David managed to bring it back, duck tape and all to the Busby shop.
Well… After some serious elbow grease from David, the hunk of metal that seemed nothing more than an elaborate anchor- is now a show stopping...
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The First Turbine Dragster- Designed and Built by...
A great example of technology and style- Built and designed by Busby Racing the worlds first jet powered dragster - 1967.
The rocket fuel was instantly shot into the chamber causing an 80 flame out the back!
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Jim Busby Stops to Help at Laguna Seca Raceway
Jim pulled over after a fellow driver at the Laguna Seca Raceway had some problems with their F1. Luckily no one was hurt, except that awesome car.
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GT Porsche- 1982 GT Class Le Mans Winner.
This is Jim’s GT Porsche that they won the GT division at Le Mans in 1982 with… Jim compared driving this car to driving a train. Nothing could stop it.
Driving the car in addition to Jim were; Doc Bundy, and Francios Minot.
Jim’s relationships with Porsche was extensive… Lots and lots of Porsches were driven by Jim. Too many to count… Check out most of them in...
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El Toro Marine Airbase
1943 the El Toro Marine Air Base officially opened… It had formerly been the largest lima bean farm owned by the Irvine Family. It officially closed in 1999 and is now called ‘The Great Park’ and is utilized by the city of Irvine.
A benefit for us is that we get to bring our 3 window ‘32 powered with a huge Roush Engine in it to do some testing with Street Rodder...
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The First BMW M1 Pro Car Raced in America
The First pro car they built- knocked everyone’s socks off, because it looked so awesome and different- however proved to be underpowered compared to the Supercharged Porches as competition… However, the Busby Racing Team placed 3rd at Elkheart Lake and 3rd at Ohio, despite this problem.
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Malibu with Rick, Lucy and Grant Rawlins
Happy Friday! Today I get to head up to Malibu with car collector and awesome guy Rick Rawlins, his wife Lucy, and his son Grant… He is pictured below with Kathy Busby (Jim’s lovely wife) and his Springfield Built- Rolls Royce… More about the car in our earlier post from Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance 2010 Here.
Rick also came with JBR Motorsports for a track day in...
April 2011
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The 15 Ounce Coupe!!
Today we are posting about a car that Jim’s brother in law- Mike Bartlett- For the past 50 years Mike, The Demerest Brothers, Les Hawkins, Gary Read and the gang have been building the legend of The World Famous 15 Ounce Coupe.
Mike is not feeling well, and we want to make sure that he knows we are thinking of him and his family during these tough times.
Here’s to an awesome guy and...
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Jaguar XJR 5 Chassis #001
Found this cool old picture of the car Jim just finished restoring, back when it was competing against him in his Mazda Lolas…
Now they put it up for sale at Fantasy Junction- See it restored HERE
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Have you ever heard of Lattsaltad?
Niether have we… All we know is that salt is in the middle of it, and they seemed like nice people… They didn’t say anything bad did they?
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Michael Lewis On Top of Time Charts at Vallelunga
Vallelunga Formula 3 Italia Test Results
1) Michael Lewis - Prema Powerteam - 1:30.266
2) Victor Guerin - Lucidi Motors - 1:30.266
3) Raffaele Marciello - Prema Powerteam - 1:30.341
4) Eddie Cheever - Lucidi Motors - 1:30.484
5) Andrea Roda - Prema Powerteam - 1:30.742
6) Sergio Campana - BVM Target - 1:30.846
7) Brandon Maisano - BVM Target - 1:30.967
8) Jesse Krohn - RP Motorsport -...
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WatchPromised a video yesterday about Monday’s trip to Chuckwalla Valley Raceway- Here it is!
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Chuckwalla Track Day! with JBR Motorsports!
Monday Track Day at the beautiful Chuckwalla Valley Raceway… An incredibly fun day with lots of great people, food and fast cars.
Drivers; Taylor Miinch, Roman Lagudi, Matt Ostiguy, and Rick Rawlins..
We have an awesome video coming up, created by Yours Truly…
JBR Motorsports knows how to do racing right. Check it out HERE.
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Michael Lewis Continues To Top The Time Charts
Franciacorta Formula 3 Italia Collective Test Results 1. Michael Lewis - Powerteam Prema – 1:04.52 2. Eddie Cheveer - Lucidi Motors – 1:04.96 3. Victor Guerin - Lucidi Motors – 1:05.14 4. Raffaele Marciello - Powerteam Prema – 1:05.14 5. Kevin Giovesi - Lucidi Motors – 1:05.34 6. Andrea Roda - Powerteam Prema – 1:05.40 7. Sergio Campana - BVM Target – 1:05.44 8. Brandon Maisano - BVM...
March 2011
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The Bean Bandits
Thinking of Bonneville today… It would be nice to be on the salt early this morning… One of my favorite groups there was a San Diego team (Home of your Blogger Extraordinaire) The Bean Bandits… They have some really great iron out on the track and they seem to be doing things right.
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Michael Sets New Track Record!
Our neighbor in Laguna Seca is really making a name for himself- Go Michael Lewis!
Laguna Beach, California (March 24, 2011) — Michael Lewis quickly adapted to Italy’s Mugello Circuit during the recent Formula 3 Italia collective test session, and set fast time during both days of testing on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 22 and 23. In fact, Michael’s time of 1:38.989 earned him the distinction of...
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Lister Project Update! Friday= Test Day!
This has been an amazing car to see come together… The Busby Team has really reinvented this baby… Get ready to see it in action- Friday is Test Day, and drivers Rick Knoop and Julian Mann will get to dream of championships.
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Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance Award!
That is a fine looking man.
This is the Special Judges Award given to the Jim Khougaz Roadster owned by Richard Munz and restored by Busby Racing… We headed out there in August, it sure was fun… The car also received 3rd Place in it’s class… Not too shabby. More HERE.
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Richard Munz and his Kurtis Aguila 500 at Amelia...
Richard gave me the low down on the Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance, and sent along these pictures… There was a whole section called ‘Kurtis Street’… Sure is cool to see the Kurtis with it’s famous brethren.
Richard and World Famous Don Prudhomme.
The three cars above are three stunning examples of Frank Kurtis’ works… The Kurtis...
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Busby Lister Project Gets Crankin'!
For the past few months the Busby Team has been working on Julian Mann's Lister Corvette...
Rick Knoop and Julian Mann will be driving it victory soon...
The car has been completely re-invented.
Here are some pictures they sent us showing their tests and exuding their excitement to hit the track!
See past posts on this car HERE.
I got this email from Jim this morning:
Hi Dougie,
The...
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Cadzilla At NHRA Museum
During the Grand National Roadster Show this year, we stopped in to see the exhibits… As your blogger, my personal favorite (other than the S’Deuced Roadster, Khougaz Car, Rambler Club Car Special, and the Chuck Porter car ) was Cadzilla… ZZ Tops cadillac… Pretty awesome.
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JBR Motorsports breaks into the Scene!
JBR Motorsports is the latest addition to the Busby Racing family… With JBR your race car will be maintained to the high levels of Busby Racing. Jim Stepan is president of the operation with Jim Busby as founder. Finally a place that you can confidently put your race car and have it race ready anywhere you are racing!!
David Busby and Kevin Weeda place 1st and 2nd in both Qualifying and...
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February 2011
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Busby Jet Dragsters- 1966
Yes, there’s a jet engine on this thing.
Jim’s Daughter Rebecca, age 2, ready to hit the road… That is the coolest Ford, Country Squire ever built.
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Michael Lewis, Signs up with PREMA Powerteam!
This is our neighbor down Laguna Canyon from us... We have been following his career
so far, and we are so proud that he is doing so well. Congratualtions on this big move!
Michael Lewis, of Laguna Beach, California, has been signed by the PREMA Powerteam as the team
welcomes an American driver back into its lineup for the 2011 Italian
Formula 3 Championship. Michael has already been...
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Tribute Jack Hart at NHRA Museum...
The black coupe that JB restored it as a street car, not as the pictured race car and sold to Munz… Originally in Pasadena.. JB saw it at Jack’s gas station when he was kid and rode by it on his paper route.
The car would later go on to become a significant drag racer.
The car, reverted to it’s original splendor when it was a street car, and Jim passed by it every morning...
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Introducing JBR Motorsports!!!
JBR Motorsports, is the newest thing to hit racing!
To celebrate, JBR Motorsports, headed by Busby Racing’s very own Jim Stepan, is giving a free test day to the winner of the Gatorz Challenge of the America’s! This is an opportunity for the best Go Karter of 2011 to take their racing to the next level!
Go to JBRMotorsportsllc.com for more!
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Some Cool Bonneville Photos From Life Magazine
My dear friend Bob, was surfing his really cool Life Magazine App for the iPad, and found these famous images of the Bonneville Salt Flats…
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The Busby Restored Jaguar XJ5 is now on Fantasy... →