Racing Series about going from club to pro racing

[benbeames]

Hey all,

I thought you guys might be interested in a no-budget documentary I'm working on following an SCCA member as he attempts to go from FE to the Star Mazda Championship on very little money. We're putting it up in installments as it happens.

This is the third episode and I think the most entertaining so far. If you like it you should be able to find the first two episodes in the related section on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t1-zZq4fMg

Hope you enjoy it.
-Ben

[provamo]

well...........she is cute!

[BeerBudgetRacing]

Star Mazda on very little money

Watched robin at the runoffs. 1st year, 2nd place. Not bad...

[mousecatcher]

Didn't you do the lotus autocross video awhile back? Very funny.

[benbeames]

I did! I've been doing videos for the Golden Gate Lotus Club ever since and then I met Robin and his story of the past year in FE reminded me a lot of our autox mockumentary, only his was all true. So now I'm doing this series.

-Ben

[kflyer]

Sounds ambitious and should be fun! To be clear though, you guys are planning to run the full series pulling an open trailer and entering as your own team? No track support from a team like World Speed? If that's the plan and you succeed in this endeavor you're my new hero. Good luck!

[BeerBudgetRacing]

Followed him last year.....Did he get rid of the FE?

http://www.robinshuteracing.com/

We'll be watching

[provamo]

what is the Star Mazda Championship?

[racerdad2]

Livin' the Dream ! A David & Goliath racing adventure. Here's to 'David' !

Great videos !

[benbeames]

This is the series he'll be running:
http://www.promazdachampionship.com/

He is planning on getting an enclosed trailer soon. But he'll still be towing it behind his own truck.

He sold his FE and his Lotus to pay for this new car and has enough savings to do a few of the races in the series. He then is going to try to raise $50,000 I think to make it through the rest of the series (just covering fees and travel really). But if he isn't able to raise the money he's still going to do as many of the races as he can afford and go from there.

I'm as curious as anyone to see what happens

-Ben

[S. Frebert]

This is awesome to see. Subscribing to thread for updates!

[provamo]

very cool

good luck!

[a. pettipas]

ah the cockeyed optimism of youth… makes me a bit nostalgic for the days when my life wasn't overly burdened with the weight of reality.

[provamo]

seems like he is doing the right thing

[TeamFRD]

First 2 episodes: ( I think)
e1 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLtFQtBuuto
e2 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1aMUXAoExM

[mikey]

will certainly be one for the ages if you can even make every race of the season. all the best!

I recently watched "Driven to Race" by Cargo Productions about the Star Mazda Series. It isn't very encouraging to anyone aspiring to run at that level on peanuts.

also enjoyed the lotus autocross series - thanks!

[racerdad2]

This reminds me of the days at Indy when relatively low budget racers would come to qualify for the 500. I suggest you set yourself up on one of the fund raising sites. Post a link. I'm in.

[sprocketmensch]

Just watched the episodes. SO FUN. Go Robin. Can't wait to see how this continues. This is why we all race I think.

[NPalacioM3]

ah the cockeyed optimism of youth… makes me a bit nostalgic for the days when my life wasn't overly burdened with the weight of reality.

[rshute]

Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement. For sure it's going to be a huge undertaking, but I think that is what makes it exciting!

We will be revealing a few more things in the oncoming weeks, one of which being how people can get a bit more involved with our project. So stay tuned and enjoy the videos in the meantime!

[provamo]

waiting

[rshute]

Episode 4 is up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jxLKkWtFOU

Ben has left the project but we are continuing to make videos and learning as we go along.

Enjoy!

[Spengo]

Will you be coming up to Portland for the July 4th FCC with SCCA Majors event?

[provamo]

did you make st pete pro mazda?

[BeerBudgetRacing]

I think he's staying out west....


http://www.robinshuteracing.com/race-calendar/

[tlusk31]

Very cool. Subscribing to thread.

[mousecatcher]

did you make st pete pro mazda?

wasn't listed in the results (nor entry list)

[Brett Lane]

Very cool motivating video. Liked the music- a nice fit...

[dsmithwc04]

Robin, good luck my man!

[dsmithwc04]

Just heard that Robin had an engine seize at 120mph over the weekend. Hopefully this is just a temporary road bump. I've been keeping up on your progress Rob and will continue to do so!

[rshute]

Apologies for the lack of content recently - we've been focusing on the racing which has been paying off. We took our first victory at the weekend in Portland. Looking forward to the next one at Sonoma with Indycar. Hopefully we will be able to get together a camera man to film content there and put together another episode. We will also be broadcasting live on racecast.me. Thank you all for your continued support!