Episode 142 of Inside the SCCA was a pinch me moment for your intrepid host... I was asked to be one of the first drivers to test what we believe is the first Club Spec Mustang ever built. We tested at the Goodyear Proving Grounds in Akron. It gave me an opportunity to drive at a track some of the greatest drivers in motorsports history have driven on. My guest for this episode was Goodyear Test Driver and two-time SCCA Solo Nationals Champion Dave Ogburn. We also have video of some of the cars in action.

Here are some of the people who helped make this build happen in record time.

Jay Chapman – Goodyear -- https://www.racegoodyear.com/

Sam Strano – StranoParts: curated parts, and hand delivered them to installation shop https://www.stranoparts.com/

Allen Briere – KONI: found and donated set of KONI Yellow shocks for the car

Mitchell Bloom – Hawk Performance: donated Hawk DTC 60 front and DTC 30 rear pads, plus new DOT 4 fluid

Bill Snow – Atomic Autosport: Offered shop space to install Club Spec parts https://atomicautosports.com/

Matthew Harbert – Atomic Autosport: Offered his time free of charge to install Club Spec parts

George Katona – InSignOut Printing: Designed livery and executed the printing of all the decals https://insignout.us/

Jim Liaw – PRI: Promotion of Club Spec through PRI

Ryan Kirkwood – UMI Performance: Coordination of parts with Sam Strano

Ramey Womer – UMI Performance: Coordination of parts with Sam Strano

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Brian Bielanski has lived a parallel life of motorsports and journalism for more than 30 years. He started in motorsports in 1986 as his father’s 16-year-old “crew chief” on SCCA FV, Sports Renault and IT Honda CRX efforts. He has also competed in, and plans to compete again, in SCCA Club racing, Autocross and Road Rally. As a journalist he’s worked in news in network staff positions with CNN and CBS and local news in seven markets from LaCrosse, Wisconsin to New York and Los Angeles. In 2009 he founded RacingWire, one of the first web-only motorsports news services given credentialed access at NASCAR, IndyCar, and NHRA events. He currently hosts several podcasts including “Inside the SCCA” and is an editor/producer for KNX News 97.1 FM in Los Angeles.

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