Jim Busby Racing

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

The Boys of Bonneville… Looks really awesome! Cant wait to see it!!!

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Look back in our Archives for Jim Busby’s drag years… These hunks of metal are what’s left of his beach boy’s drag racing team… At some point the cars were destroyed while racing.

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?

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 - 1:31.231
9) Daniel Mancinelli - RP Motorsport - 1:31.374
10) Maxime Jousse - BVM Target - 1:32.063

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 Target – 1:05.60 
9. Maxime Jousse - BVM Target – 1:05.60 
10. Nelson Mason - RC Motorsport – 1:06 .20
(Data courtesy of www.stopandgo.tv)

I kept hearing that Don Prudhomme is a ‘Funny Car’ racer, so I googled it… This is a good synopsis of the wild sport.

It is similar to drag racing, but they just make them look funny…

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 Lister ran for the first time today on the Chassis Dyno. It ran
	with out any problems and produce 611 horsepower at the rear wheels!!!
	that is the equivalent of 850 horsepower at the engine!!

	This one will be a rocket.

	J.B.

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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 overall this weekend at Sears Point Raceway! The Busby Team prepared the twin Radical SR8 LM’s to compete in the Radical Series…

Go to JBRMotorsportsllc.com for more on JBR!

The Team.

Look at these handsome hard working devils!

David Busby screaming by at Sears Point, not only placing 1st on Saturday’s race, but also setting a track lap record on Sunday!

Don Prudhomme car commercial!  This is pretty classic.  See our post on Don Prudhomme HERE.

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.

Michael Lewis has his first big victory at Miller Motorsports Parkway, UT…

This is particularly special for us, because on our way home from Bonneville Salt Flats last year, we stopped off and checked out the track and the Museum…

Jim Busby was prominently featured in the Miller Museum, because of the famed Miller car.

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 impressive in the
winter tests with the team directed by Angelo Rosin at Franciacorta,
Mugello, Barcelona and Valencia.

Michael Lewis hears the good news of the invitation to join the PREMA
Powerteam directly from Rene and Angelo Rosin.

We posted about him HERE. 

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! 

Jim Busby took over the helm in the Brumos Porsche, while Peter Gregg spent a few years driving for BMW.

This is the breakout Porsche that Gregg drove to prove it’s competency.   Gregg was a dear friend to Jim.

It is hard to find very detailed information unless you talk to people met him and saw him race…  This video is a rare opportunity to see the spot light briefly light on such a prolific driver…