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The RJ Racing team of Rob, John and Tim Gibson traveled to the Long Beach Grand Prix to determine the viability of a future entry in the ALMS GT2 class.

Fontana, CA – The highs and lows of racing struck the #23 Weekend-Racer.com Mazda Miata again at their first event of the 2009 season. The high: winning the Performance Touring “E” race on Sunday by a healthy margin. The low: not being able to race on Saturday due to a hood pin failure that caused […]

The team set out on Friday for Auto Club Speedway to complete a lengthy agenda prior to racing on Saturday and Sunday: rechecking all setup specs, making final preparations for the races, and completing the required annual technical inspection. The team arrived at the track ready for anything. And we got something right off the […]

Tustin, CA – The off-season was too long by all accounts, but after making numerous improvements to the Weekend-Racer.com RJ Racing MX-5, the team will be back on track this weekend, March 28-29, 2009, at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. As the track is a stone’s throw from RJ Racing’s home base in Tustin, […]

You may have to squint, but that is unmistakably the #23 in the bottom left corner of the page. This photo was taken during the Buttonwillow 6 hour endurance race in June.

Tustin, CA – Following a 2008 season that exceeded all expectations, RJ Racing ups the ante yet again for the 2009 season. In addition to defending its championship in the Western Endurance Racing Championship (WERC) the team will make its first trip to the NASA National Championships to compete against some of the best road […]

Willows, CA – The 25 Hours of Thunderhill is over and although it was only a fog-reduced 18 hours, RJ Racing performed admirably in only its first running of the infamous event. There was a lot on the line this weekend. Not the least of which was that the first 6 hours of the 25 […]

I’ll have more detail later but wanted to give some final thoughts to keep everybody updated (although a couple days late…). The team put in a huge effort. Our budget and team resources were very limited (especially compared to other teams) and we were able to finish 3rd on track (out of 17 cars in […]

I ended the last post saying “whatever obstacles are in our way I’m sure we’re prepared to handle them.” I think I spoke too soon. The one obstacle that we are having trouble handling is the fog. I didn’t say weather here because we can handle almost all weather: cold temperatures (just make sure the […]

Friday was all about testing. We had a day and a half of work to do in 6 1/2 hours. The day started early (as usual at the track) and it was non-stop until about now (11:30pm – finally sitting down and the first thing I do is reach for the laptop to blog).After a […]