ArmsUp Motorsports Shows Well at The Hawk with Brian Redman
ArmsUp Motorsports made its first vintage racing start of the season this past weekend at The Hawk with Brian Redman at Road America. One of the biggest vintage events in the country, The Hawk features some of the most recognizable racecars from motorsports glorious past. ArmsUp Motorsports brought two cars to the summer classic. Walter Vollrath campaigned his 1978 Lola 497 C-Sports Racer (CSR). Rick Balsley, driving his 1969 Brabham Formula B car, made his first race start since undergoing neck surgery last year. Vollrath would go on to win the Historic CSR class with Balsley putting in a fine drive from the back to third in Vintage FB after a difficult heat race. Read More
Jerry Szykulski and ArmsUp Motorsports Continue Hot Streak in Summer Heat
Jerry Szykulski and ArmsUp Motorsports continued their domination of all things Formula Continental (FC) at the Freedom Sprints Double National at High Plains Raceway in Deer Trail, Colorado. Running in scorching heat, track temperatures approached 140 degrees, Szykulski swept the double feature event setting the FC track record at High Plains in the process. Jim Victor joined his teammate on the podium running second in both races allowing ArmsUp to lockout the top two steps of the podium for the first time this season. Read More
ArmsUp Motorsports Claims First Formula Continental Victory at the SCCA June Sprints
ArmsUp Motorsports and Jerry Szykulski each claimed their first SCCA June Sprints victory in the Formula Continental (FC) class last weekend. Having come heartbreakingly close to victory on several occasions over the past seven years the ArmsUp team left nothing to chance for the 2012 edition of the summer classic. Szykulski put in a dominating performance all weekend. The Minnesota driver won the pole, and set the fastest race lap en route to the victory. Szykulski was joined on the podium by ArmsUp new comer Brian Belardi who drove to third in his debut with the team. Jim Victor scored his third career fifth place result in FC. In the Formula Atlantic category, Jose Paredes scored a fifth place result in his first race start of the 2012 season. Read More
Biangardi Gains Experience during Oval Debut at the Night Before the 500
ArmsUp Motorsports driver Luigi Biangardi raced to an 11th place finish in the Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda event at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. The event, run as part of the famed "Night Before the 500", marked Biangardi's oval debut. Starting from the 19th spot after a slide in qualifying Biangardi, in his No. 15 Inject-It/Gulfstream Properties/Slick Locks/Chicago Indoor Racing car, advanced eight positions to 11th during the 46 lap event. Read More
Jerry Szykulski Scores First SCCA Formula Continental Victory of the Season at Blackhawk Farms
ArmsUp Motorsports driver Jerry Szykulski scored his first SCCA National victory of the season at the Carl Mueller National. Szykulski had a perfect event in the Formula Continental (FC) class, scoring the pole, setting the fastest race lap, and taking a dominate win on the 1.9-mile Blackhawk Farms circuit. Following his teammate home with a fifth place finish was ArmsUp veteran Jim Victor. In the Formula Atlantic (FA) category, Dan Bruggeman made his debut with ArmsUp Motorsports behind the wheel of a Ralt RT-41. Bruggeman had a solid weekend earning a third place result as the checkered flag fell.
Jerry Szykulski drove to a dominate win at Blackhawk Farms
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ArmsUp Motorsports Continues USF2000 Program with Tests at Mid Ohio and Lucas Oil Raceway
ArmsUp Motorsports spent the better part of last week traveling between the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio and Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis as the Cooper Tires presents the USF2000 Championship Series powered by Mazda, holding back to back series tests in the Midwest. At Mid Ohio Luigi Biangardi and James Dayson were behind the wheel of ArmsUp prepped Van Diemens. Biangardi continued his early season form posting the quickest time in second of four sessions. Dayson, a National Class driver, made a lot of progress over the two day test in his debut for the Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin based team. From Mid Ohio the ArmsUp Crew made their way to Indianapolis where Biangardi made his oval debut at Lucas Oil Raceway. The driver of the Inject-It/Gulfstream Properties/Slick Locks/Chicago Indoor Racing car spent the single day test getting acclimated to the famed short oval.
James Dayson made his ArmsUp Motorsports debut at Mid Ohio
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Biangardi Shows Speed on the Streets of St. Pete
Luigi Biangardi and ArmsUp Motorsports proved that their performance in the opening rounds of the Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 Championship Series Powered by Mazda was no fluke. On the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida last weekend Biangardi was once again a threat at the sharp end of the grid, scoring a fourth place result in race one. Bad luck would once again keep the Inject-It/Gulfstream Properties/Slick Locks/Chicago Indoor Racing driver from scoring his first podium of the season as contact while racing for third ended race two prematurely for Biangardi and his ArmsUp Motorsports team.
Luigi Biangardi matched his career best USF2000 finish with a fourth on the Streets of St. Pete
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Biangardi Scores First USF2000 Championship Series Pole for ArmsUp Motorsports at Sebring International Raceway
Luigi Biangardi made the Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda paddock stand up and take notice that the Chicago native and his ArmsUp Motorsports team are going to be a force to reckon with in 2012 by setting the fastest time in three different sessions. Biangardi put his No. 15 Inject-It/Gulfstream Properties/Slick Locks/Chicago Indoor car on pole for the opening round of the USF2000 Championship during the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The pole was both his and ArmsUp’s first in the USF2000 Championship. After being crashed out of race one Biangardi was forced to start from 35th on the grid for race two and put in a spirited drive to ninth in the ten-lap affair. ArmsUp Motorsports’ National class driver Bobby Kelley added to the successful weekend by scoring a third and fifth in his USF2000 Championship debut.
Luigi Biangardi scored his and ArmsUp Motorsports maiden USF2000 pole at Sebring last week
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Mazda Road to Indy Scouting Combine Winner Bobby Kelley Joins ArmsUp Motorsports for USF2000 Season-Opener at Sebring
Talented young Californian racer Bobby Kelley will drive for ArmsUp Motorsports in the opening two races of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda at Sebring International Raceway, Fla., on March 15-16 – his prize for winning the inaugural Mazda Road to Indy Scouting Combine last December.
James Dayson Joins ArmsUp Motorsports for USF2000 National Campaign
ArmsUp Motorsports is proud to announce that the 2012 Cooper Tires USF2000 Winterfest National Class Champion James Dayson has signed on to compete in the full Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda in the National class. The Vancouver, British Columbia based driver will pilot the No. 16 Dayhu Group of Companies/Me & Lewis Ideas Inc./Regal Beagle Bar & Grill Van Diemen for his campaign in the National category.
James Dayson will bring his Winterfest Championship to ArmsUp Motorsports for the 2012 USF2000 National class campaign
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