Bruce hits the turns at Road America and comes home a WINNER!
Bruce Hibbs, Jr was turning heads and gaining priceless knowledge this past week at Road America while logging in approximately 1400 miles of asphalt expertise. The instruction and direction provided by the Skip Barber staff proved to be beneficial in the key areas of tire management, drafting, and cornering techniques.
During a CNN interview with Juan Carlos Malmane Director/CEO, Bruce Jr was quoted on his thoughts of the overall experience; “It is my belief that any aspiring driver should attend this training, the knowledge has proven to be invaluable with the insight of 2 years of racing into one week!” The statement was later reinforced by the young Hibbs in the September 29th Regional Racing event as he drove his way to the front, taking on victory lane and earning both the win and title as Rookie of the Race.
Bruce Jr continues to admire the encouragement and leadership of both Jim Pace and Al Carter as he is confident that, placed in a properly prepared car, the opportunity and growth gained from their counsel will catapult his talents to the next level. Special thanks and gratitude to Jim Pace winner of last years 24 hr Rolex and the 12 hrs of Sebring what a great instructor to have teach you one on one with in car racing. I got alot from the private secsions I recieved from him. and also the entire Skip Barber staff. Thanks to Don,Bruce,Phil,Rob, Steve and all the others who helped me out. Bruce Jr. is now eligible for a National SCCA licence. He finished 10 and 1/2 seconds in front of second place and 24 seconds over third. With the high speed 4 mile track 14 corners and 31 shifts per round Hibbs showed he could get it done.
BRUCE VISITS DOVER AND THE BUSCH EAST SERIES
This September, while in Dover, Bruce Jr. gained valuable insight, guidance and expertise from the Busch East Series track, staff, drivers, teams, and owners. His determination to take on the 2008 season and represent his sponsors and team with professionalism was recognized by the track media center; resulting in multiple interviews. Bruce Jr. is actively working with new sponsorship and developing positive racing identification and fan respect. Notably, a special recognition to Kerry Earnhardt for being so eager to pass on valuable information to this up and coming "young gun" racer. Kerry's upfront and honest conversation with Bruce Jr. provided a lifelong impression, as we are sure Bruce Jr. will be making very soon within the Nascar arena. The team is ready to head to the races and earn their place in the field.
Dover Weekend - Spring 07.....
Bruce Hibbs Jr has just returned from the Dover race where he spent 3 days with Stephen Leicht. While he was there they took the time to catch up on news and future endeavors. Bruce Jr looks forward to the day when they will enjoy racing against each other in NEXTEL Cup. He also spent some time with Randy and PJ and enjoyed being with them.
Daytona ARCA 2007 Notes...
The Hibbs Motorsports team had the opportunity to attend the ARCA race in Daytona 2007. While there they took the opportunity to promote and mingle with some of the best in the sport. Bruce Jr saw and met many old and new friends while there. Talking with teams about the do's and don'ts was very informative to all on the team. Bruce Jr also had the opportunity to spent some time with James Hylton who was attempting to become the oldest to ever make the Daytona race. Bruce Jr said that he was one great guy. Bruce Jr also wants to thank all his friends that where there and the time that they all took out of there busy schedule visiting with him. Bruce got his ARCA mechanics license while he was there.
Advanced Post Frame Systems Inc. Joins Hibbs Motorsports for 2007...
Hibbs Motorsports will proudly display the Advanced Post Frame Systems Inc. corporate logo on the hoods of their NASCAR Busch Car and also the late model Car and/or Truck which is being negotiated at this time with scheduled to be raced during the 2007 race season. Hibbs Motorsports will be present in various NASCAR racing venues. We want to thank Mr.Will Kramer and all the employees of Advanced Post Frame Systems Inc. They have been very supportive of our race team and local motorsports for years. They are looking forward to the transition to NASCAR racing with Hibbs Motorsports in 2007/2008.
TEAM FULL THROTTLE RACERS TO TEST NASCAR BUSCH EAST CAR...
Mooresville, NC (September 27, 2006) – Team Full Throttle Driver Development racers Tommy Hartensveld, Joey King, and Bruce Hibbs, Jr. will be three of four drivers testing a NASCAR Busch East Series car next month for opportunities to compete in that series In 2007. The test will take place at an undisclosed location and could position one or more of the racers for a full time developmental ride in NASCAR’s blossoming series.
Team Full Throttle founder Tom Baker says all three have shown the combination of leadership and communications skills and ability behind the wheel that are necessary for success in NASCAR. “All three have combined for over 20 wins this year, and each of the three has excelled within their respective divisions. We’re excited about being able to see what each of them can do in a stock car, and we’re also excited about adding a fourth driver to those two test days next month. We have a tremendously talented group of racers in our program, and we look forward to giving a few of them a chance to make their dream happen in 2007.”
Hartensveld (16) has won 15 INEX Legends Car features including three wins at Charlotte and three at Kentucky. He finished in the top five in the national points for the Semi-Pro division this season, and is a four time national WKA Karting champion as well. He tested a short track Late Model recently with tremendous success at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, NC.
King (18) is a pavement late model racer who has visited victory lane and scored numerous top fives at the Hawkeye Downs International Speedway in Cedar Rapids, IA this season. He recently graduated at the top of his class from the Finish Line High Performance Driving School in Florida, racing in a Super Late Model.
Hibbs (16) has just completed a successful year of racing on the dirt in the 600cc Micro Sprints, winning 8 features and running in the top five for most of the year. Bruce will also be gaining some stock car experience in a car owned by his family prior to the test so he expects to be ready when the opportunity arises.
Hibbs at Pocono Speedway for ARCA event
Date: June 11, 2006
Once again the team was off to a track that they had never been to before. This was a trip to visit a good friend Ken Weaver who drives the #20 ARCA car and also to see some old friends. It was fantastic to be trackside to see a friend of ours visit victory lane in only his third ARCA start, Chase Miller. Chase - Way to Go! We are excited to have been there for your first ARCA victory. We want to thank ESR Racing for the hospitality and other than it being cold we had a great time. While there we saw Mr. Mike Calinoff for only a few minutes as he was spotting for David Stremme who was on the pole for the ARCA race. The race wasn't to kind to him as he had mechanical problems on the first lap which took him out of the competition. A faulty shifter was found to blame for the dissapointing run. Ken Weaver ran up front all day and too the checkers with a with a top 6 finish. While there, we invited Mr. Dave Nale to join us and he had a blast taking many photos throughout the afternoon. Once again we were able to meet and mix with more people in the business, meeting old friends and making new ones. We are looking forward to next year as we will be selling our dirt cars and equipment and moving on to asphalt racing to further Bruce Jr's career. We may do some late model dirt and/or dirt modified racing if the right opportunity presents itself. On the way home we stopped off at the Micro Sprint races at Airport speedway to witness furious racing action. Now it's time to concentrate on stats for the rest of the year. We will visit our friends in the big show at the Dover race in September. We will also be making ourselves available for future development in the business with the help of our driver development agent Mr Mike Calinoff.
Hibbs Motorsports travels to the heart of NASCAR
Date: May 28, 2006
On May 25th Hibbs Motorsports left for the Charlotte area to spend the day with Mr. Mike Calinoff and attend his NASCAR seminar on the 26th. It was a very productive visit with the panel of 11 VIPs from the NASCAR family and also the visit with Mr Andy O'Hara from the ppcRacing NASCAR team. Laura Reitz joined the team in Charlotte to shoot photos of the seminar. We wish to thank Laura for taking time out of her schedule to photograph the event. After the meeting we found ourselves over at the FitzBradshaw Racing shop for post seminar festivities. The following day Jr. spent the day with Stephen Leicht who is a 19 year old development driver for Robert Yates Racing. They have become very good friends. The evening of the Busch race, Jr stayed in Stephen's coach and watched the race. We also had the pleasure of also having breakfast with Mr. PJ Long who is like Bruce's God Father and a great asset to the team. All in all it was a great trip. We were also fortunate to be able to spend some time with one of our sponsors, the Simpson company. We look forward our upcoming Pocono trip with the ARCA division on June 10, 2006.
Mike Calinoff Joins Hibbs Motorsports
Date: April 22, 2006
Mike Calinoff, who served for the past six seasons as the Spotter for 2003 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion, Matt Kenseth and now works as Spotter and Business Manger for Rookie David Stremme, has joined Hibbs Motorsports in the capacity of Driver Development and Consultant.
Calinoff has had Bruce Hibbs, Jr. on his radar screen for the past year and is excited to accept this role.
“Bruce Jr. not only has the driving instinct to excel to the sports highest level, but brings all of the other attributes necessary to rise to the top. I’m eager to begin cultivating his career”.
Calinoff has worked closely with driver Kelly Bires, who will run for top rookie honors in the ASA Late Model Series this season and Sean Caisse, who will compete for a Championship in the NASCAR Busch East Series.
For More Information contact Mike at mscalinoff@earthlink.net. Bruce Jr. and team will be racing at the Middleford, DE Track the 28th April and also again on the 5th of May 2006. After that evening of racing Bruce, Jr. and Sr will be off to the Richmond, VA track for the Nextel race. Jr. will be spending time with Mr. Mike Calinoff. While there he will be on Mr. Mike Calinoff's schedule which has been put together for him. His training begins.
He is scheduled to race the 12th, 19th at the Middleford Speedway.
He will be making his debut at the Kutztown Speedway in Pa on the 24th of May. This is the first show of the year at that speedway. He will run for rookie of the year there in the 600 M Sprints.
Bruce Jr. and Sr. will be leaving for the Charlotte, NC track the 25th of May to continue training with Mike Calinoff.
Return
from Daytona...
Date: February 17, 2006
The team went down to Daytona for the ARCA race and hung out
with the Woodard & Sharp Racing team. We want to thank all who
was there and also for letting us hang out. The team had Ken Weaver
drive the 20 car where he started last on the field because
of motor trouble and came through the pack to finish 6th. During
the race Bruce Jr was allowed to be the pole man. Beau Joseph was
helping out with the gas and Bruce Sr helped out with the
tires. All in All it was a great time. Bruce Jr was able to
mix with allot of big names in the sport. Thanks again to Eddie
and Rick. The 4 car also was one of the teams cars. It was
driven by Scott Legassi Jr. He didn't fair too well as
he was caught up in a accident. Scott is a great driver and
guy also. We look forward to being able to help out in the
future with the team.
2006
Looking Very Busy!
Date: January 26, 2006
This month has been a busy one with the team getting allot of things
ready for the up and coming 2006 season. We visited the Lake
Norman area and finished up our sponsorship plans for the year
with the Team Simpson drivers program. We want to thank Trish
Haggerty for all her help. While there we had the chance
to visit Hendrick Motorsports and had a great time. Very impressive.
We went to the Valley
Forge Motorsports show and was able to bring aboard Hammerhead
Promotions for all our web site updates and new and improved
designs for the site. They will also be doing all our printing of
hero cards. Mr. Dave Nale is a great guy and is very knowledgeable
of what is needed from a marketing approach to move forward
into the new era of racing. The team was approached by USAA Insurance to do a article on Bruce Jr for this year around
June 2006. The article should be sent out to about 5.5 million
policy holders for review. We are looking forward to the added
exposure and working with USAA to help them with there U-Turn
magazine. The team will be leaving for Daytona area on February
8th. We will be making a stop to see the World OF Outlaws race on
the 9th and 10th. We will then be going to Daytona for the
festivities. We want to be there to see the ARCA race. We will
return to Delaware on the 12th and get ready for the Motor
Rama show in Harrisburg which will be on the 18th and 19th
of February. Our new site should be up around the last week
of February. We are still looking for a major sponsor for the
Hooters Pro Cup Division for the 2007. If you know of anyone
who would be interested in this kind of exposure we would appreciate
you passing our name to them for future plans. Bruce jr will
be starting the year out in the 600 Sprints and we are hoping that
this will be his last year on Dirt. Best of luck to all and
we hope to hear from you all in the future. Thanks for all
your support.
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