Here are selected photo memories from 2025!!!

The Enhanced Performance, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team had a great race weekend at the 2024 SVRA U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International.
We ran in Group 9 – Monoposto Wings and Slicks.  The weather was absolutely beautiful with temperatures ranging from the mid to high 20’s °C. Over the course of Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we were on track a total of 8 times; 3 on track practices during the Thursday test day, followed by 1 practice, 2 qualifying sessions, Race 1, and Race 2.  There was a large speed differential within the qualifying group!!  We definitely had our work cut out for us, as most everyone in our group had much more horsepower than we did. Lots of beautiful race cars!!

In the first qualifying session, we placed 9th of 15 race cars, 1st in our 9F4 class with a time of 1:57.601. In the 2nd qualification session, we qualified 10th out of 15 cars, 1st in our class with best lap time of 1:58.083.

For Race 1, on the afternoon of the 24th of August, our race Group 9 included 16 high powered open wheel race cars, including Lola’s, Elan’s, Ralt’s, Swift’s and a number of F5000’s.  The weather was perfect for racing, clear and mild, about 24 Celsius. We finished in 11th position, 1st in our class, with a best lap time of 1:58.072. Here is the YouTube video link to our first race -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV3WBtWhn2Q – our race begins at time mark 5:02.10.
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In Race 2, on the 25th of August, we started in P11 and finished in P12, 1st in our class, with a best lap time of 1:58.560. Here is the YouTube link for our second race - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BejZTIFGuxY – our race begins at time mark 2:47.29. All in all, a fantastic race weekend!!!  

Stay tuned to our website www.subjectmotorsports.com and our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkrPKqGp6WSukj3qKzMiKhw, for further updates!! A special thank you Bill and Shirley Vallis of Vallis Motor Sport for their trackside support.
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A very big thank you to the SVRA for hosting such a great event!!  And last, but certainly not least, once again we want to thank our long suffering and tormented family which follows us from racetrack to racetrack and allows us to continue to do the racing thing…….

​The Enhanced Performance, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team had an fantastic weekend at the VSCDA Vintage Grand Prix au Grattan XXXVII held at Grattan Raceway. We had registered our #77 Formula Mazda in the VSCDA Formula Classic (Group E). There was a total of 27 cars in our race group including Vintage Formula Fords, Club Fords, Scott Durbin and his lightning-fast Formula Continental, as well as a many other historic open wheel cars.  The weather was beautiful all weekend with temperatures during the weekend ranging from 20°C to 25°C. Over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we were on track a total of 7 times; 2 on-track practices and the first qualifying session on Friday, followed by the second qualifying session and the Sprint Race and the Heat Race on Saturday and Feature Race on Sunday.

On the Friday test day, the weather was very nice with a sun cloud mix.  Our best lap for the two practice sessions was a P2 1:22.405 – a pretty respectable lap time. The leader, Scott Durbin in a very nice yellow Formula Continental, was P1 at 1:19.342 – so we had some work to do. During our first qualifying session on Friday, we improved our best lap time to P2 1:20.071, while Scott bettered his practice time to 1:19.777 – clearly, we had to improve our on-track performance if we were to challenge for the win.
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The weather on Saturday was perfect, sunny and 24°C. During our second qualifying session, we did not improve on our initial qualifying session at 1:21.098. With qualifying over, and based on the best qualifying time, Scott qualified P1 and we qualified P2.  During the Sprint Race, we managed to get a good start and gapped Scott down the front straight to turn 1. Scott caught us in the technical portion of the track and passed us during the first lap. Scott finished in P1 with a best lap time of 1:19.401, while our best P2 lap time was 1:20.060. During the Heat Race, once again we managed to beat Scott to the first turn – we battled for the entire race – I was able to use a back marker to my advantage and I beat Scott to the finish with a gap of 0.158 seconds.  I finished in P1 with a best lap time of 1:18.712 – we were definitely making progress.

On Sunday, the weather was once again a beautiful day to be on the track.  During the Feature Race, I managed to get an excellent start, beating Scott to the first corner. He and I battled for the first three laps, and then I developed a problem with shifting between 3rd, 4th and 5th. In the end, Scott finished in P1 with a best lap time of 1:18.881, we finished 30 seconds behind him in P2 with a best lap time of 1:19.813. A fantastic weekend and a great race result!!!!

A very special thank you to our guest crew chief for the weekend, Christina Murdoch.  We would not have been able to accomplish what we did during the weekend without her expert help. And many thanks VSCDA Vintage Grand Prix au Grattan XXXVII for hosting such a fantastic, safe event!!  

The Enhanced Performance, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions, #77 Formula Mazda Team had great weekend at the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races, held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP). We were placed in the Formula Libre/Formula race group). We had registered our #77 Formula Mazda in the VARAC Formula Classic 90 class. There were a total of 16 cars in our race group including, Formula 4’s, Formula Ford’s and F1200’s.  The weather varied greatly during the race weekend. It was very hot on the Friday, wet and rainy on the Saturday and absolutely beautiful and sunny on Sunday with temperatures during the weekend ranging from 20°C to 35°C. 
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Over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we were on track a total of 7 times; 3 on-track practices during the Friday test day, followed by qualifying and Race 1 on Saturday and Race 2 & 3 on Sunday. As always, our race class had some very nice open wheel race cars including the blazingly fast Formula 4 racecars.

On the Friday test day, the weather was very warm with a sun cloud mix and a high of 35°C.  Our best lap for the test day was a 1:23.0 – pretty respectable lap time on new Hoosier RB35’s.  

Saturday morning, the weather was lovely. We set a best practice P1 time of 1:26.486. In the afternoon on Saturday, we started in P1 and was quickly overtaken by Jim Morton – we pursued the leader for the entire race but was unable to maintain contact with Jim as he was moved through lapped traffic. We finished P2 with a best lap time of a 1:25.371. The weather on Sunday was beautiful with a mix of sun cloud and a temperature of 25°C. We started Race 2 in P2 and chased Jim Morton for the entire race. We finished Race 2 in P2, P1 in our class, with a best lap time of 1:25.621 – 0.252 seconds behind Jim. We started Race 3 in P2 and began to track down Jim Morton. We finished P2, P1 in our class with a best lap time of 1:24.915, 16.711 seconds behind Jim. A great result!!

​A special thank you to Bill & Shirley Vallis of Vallis Motor Sport for their trackside support during the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races and to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park for hosting such a great event!!  And last, but certainly not least, we want to thank our long suffering family which allows us to continue to race……….

The Enhanced Performance, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team had an excellent Saturday at the 2024 Peter Jackson Trophy Races at Shannonville Motorsport Park. We were placed in the Formula Classic Race group. There was a total of 13 cars in our race group including, Formula Fords, FVee’s, F1200’s and Ed Luce’s beautiful Formula B.  The weather was a beautiful sunny day with temperatures in the upper 20’s °C. 
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Over the course of the day, we were on the Shannonville Pro Track a total of 4 times; 1 practice, 1 qualifying session in the morning, followed by Race 1 & 2 in the afternoon. Our race group included some beautiful open wheel race cars.

During practice, we set a fast lap of a 1:14.206, during qualifying, we set a fast lap and pole of 1:10.077.  

During Race 1, we pulled away comfortably from the field on the first lap, we finished P1 in our race group with best lap time of 1:10.566. During Race 2, we pulled away from the field on the first lap and finished P1 in our race group with a best lap time of 1.09.709. All in all, a superb race weekend!
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A special thank you to VARAC for putting the 2024 Peter Jackson Trophy Races and to Shannonville Motorsport Park for hosting such a fantastic, safe event!!  And last, but certainly not least, we want to thank our long-suffering family which allows us to continue to race……….

Here are some photos from the SVRA U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International.

Here are some photos from the race weekend at the VSCDA Vintage Grand Prix au Grattan XXXVI at Grattan Raceway

​Photos from our race weekend at the SVRA Road America SpeedTour.

Here are some amazing images from Richard Hornby from the CASC-OR/CTMP Celebration of Motorsport at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park

Here are some amazing photos by Richard Hornby from our BEMC Late Summer Trophy Races at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park