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Latest Results:
October 19, 2008
SCCA Fall Sprints Regional
Jim Victor - 1st
Rick Balsley - 2nd
John Greist - 5th
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Buckeye Tradition
ArmsUp Motorsports owner Gregg Borland is an Ohio native and passionate Ohio State fan. To honor his home state, an ArmsUp Motorsports driver receives a Buckeye Leaf on their car for each pole and race win they earn.
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ArmsUp Motorsports was formed in 1995 by long time Skip Barber instructor Gregg Borland. ArmsUp Motorsports began as the marketing company for Gregg's professional racing career. In 1998 ArmsUp Motorsports entered the prep shop business with a 1988 Renard Formula Continental for a friend of Borland's, John Braun.
Since its beginnings as prep shop in 1998, ArmsUp Motorsports has grown into a full service prep shop and race team for Formula Continental, Formula Atlantic and Vintage racing. Today ArmsUp Motorsports houses 10 racecars in a 10,000 square foot facility just east of the famed Road America race course in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.
Team Members
Gregg Borland
Team Owner & Data Engineer
Gregg Borland has worked in motorsports since 1989, starting his career as a mechanic with the Skip Barber racing school. Gregg worked his way up from mechanic to instructor and has since held various positions in the company. Currently, he is the chief instructor for the Midwest region of Skip Barber. As a driver Gregg has competed in the Barber Dodge Pro Series, Formula Ford, various vintage cars, and sports cars in the U.S. and Europe.
Brent Borland
Team Manager & Shock Engineer
Brent Borland, Gregg's brother, also began his racing career as a mechanic at the Skip Barber Racing School. After Skip Barber, Brent worked with several top race teams as a mechanic before joining Forsythe where he was shock engineer for the team's Champ Car program. Brent moved to ArmsUp Motorsports in 2005 to develop his own shock company, ArmsUp Damper Services.
Brian McCulloch
Lead Mechanic - Formula Atlantic
The Jim Russell Racing School provided Brian McCulloch with his start in racing. Brian next worked at the Barber Dodge Pro Series as a race mechanic, then at PTG Racing on both the team's Formula BMWs and BMW M3s. Brian joined ArmsUp Motorsports in the spring of 2006 to head up mechanic duties on the ArmsUp Formula Atlantic cars.
Steve Levinsohn
Lead Mechanic - Formula Continental
Steve Levinsohn brings almost a quarter century of experience to the ArmsUp Motorsports team. His career began at the Skip Barber Racing School as a mechanic in 1984. Progressing through the ranks in Skip, Steve would become the Chief Mechanic of the Barber Dodge Pro Series from 1997 to 2001. Steve's first driver in the Barber Dodge Pro Series was none other than Juan Pablo Montoya. Bookending his Pro Series career were stints with two Champ Car teams; Hogan Racing (1997) and America Spirit Racing (2003). After working with several Star Mazda teams Levinsohn became team manager for BK Motorsports IMSA Lites program when they won the series Championship in 2007. Steve then joined ArmsUp Motorsports in the winter of 2008 to manage the team's growing fleet of Formula Continentals.
Scott Edgell
Mechanic - Formula Continental
Scott Edgell's racing career began in 2000, but not as a mechanic. The South Carolina native campaigned his own Legends car from 2000 to 2006 in the Charlotte area. In April of 2005 Scott joined the Skip Barber Racing School as a mechanic and quickly worked his way up to crew chief of the school car fleet. In August of 2007 Scott joined BK Motorsports' IMSA Lites program as the car chief on the team's championship winning car. Scott then joined ArmsUp Motorsports in the off-season as the team's Formula Continental mechanic working along-side Levinsohn.
Todd Wenzel
Race Mechanic - Formula Continental
Todd Wenzel began going to races at the age of six with his uncle who raced Formula Fords. As he grew older, Todd took up a mechanical role working on his uncle's Reynard in Formula Ford, and his brother Troy's kart. When Todd's brother moved into Continental, he continued as his mechanic working first on a Vector, then a 96 Van Diemen. The two of them were competitive with the tricky mono shock Van Diemen despite no testing and limited budgets. 2001 was Todd's last year in racing until 2005 when he joined ArmsUp Motorsports as a race mechanic.
Jim Pace
Lead Driving Coach
Jim Pace has been a driving instructor with the Skip Barber Racing School since 1988. During his driving career, Jim has produced victories in this countries top sports car races. His resume includes overall and class victories in both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Since 2006 Jim has competed in the Daytona Rolex 24 hour race with TRG / Jim Lowe Racing in the GT class. In 2007 and 2008 Jim scored 3rd and 4th place finishes respectively in the endurance classic. Jim joined ArmsUp Motorsports as a coach and test driver in 2005.
Steve Welk
Driving Coach - Formula Continental
Steve Welk began his racing career at age 8 in karts. In karting Steve won in National and Regional competition and competed in the CIK World Championships. Steve moved into cars with the Skip Barber Race Series running in their regional and national championships. In 2003 and 2004, Steve ran in the FF2000 Championship scoring tenth and seventh in the season standings. Steve has been an instructor with the Skip Barber Racing School since 2003 and also formed his own driver development company, Linear Sport, in 2005.
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