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SCCA National @ Gateway International Raceway
August 1, 2010
Formula Continental
Pat McGinnis – 1st
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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
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 including chief instructor for the Midwest Region. In 2008, Gregg left Skip Barber to focus solely on ArmsUp Motorsports. 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
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 technician for the team's Champ Car program. Brent moved to ArmsUp Motorsports in 2005 to develop his own shock company, ArmsUp Damper Services.
Laura Cooper Dusenberry
Team Coordinator
Laura Cooper Dusenberry began her racing career like many in Elkhart Lake, WI, bartending at the famed Siebkens Resort and out at the track working part-time for the Skip Barber Racing School. Upon graduation from the University of Illinois, the Illinois native affectionately known as "Coop" joined Newman Haas Racing's Hospitality Program in 2001. In her six seasons spent at Newman Haas Coop enjoyed being a part of Four Championships with drivers Cristiano DaMatta and Sebastian Bourdais behind the wheel. Coop left Newman Haas to open her own event planning and management company Cooper Consulting in 2007. Cooper Consulting has contracted with several race teams and corporations to assist in client and customer incentive programs. Cooper Consulting began managing the ArmsUp Motorsports hospitality program in 2007 which quickly became the envy of the paddock at any SCCA Club Racing event. In the summer of 2009 Coop joined ArmsUp Motorsports as the Team Coordinator to manage the team's logistics and customer support programs.
Kent Boyer
Engineer
After graduating from Purdue University in 1998, Kent Boyer started his career in racing as an Engineer for Players Forsythe Racing’s Formula Atlantic Team. After winning the Atlantic Championship in 1998 with Lee Bentham Kent moved up to the CART Series for Player’s. He worked with such drivers as Paul Tracy, Alex Tagliani and Patrick Carpentier. In 2006 he moved to Walker Racing and won the Atlantic Championship with Simon Pagenaud. He has worked in all levels of racing from IRL to Mazda’s. Currently Boyer is Engineering for Sam Schmidt Motorsports Indy lights, while assisting ArmsUp Motorsports Driver Development Program. This is Kent’s second year with ArmsUp and is looking for the Championship this year.
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.
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.
Wes Baumann
Race Mechanic - Formula Continental
An Elkhart Lake local, Wes Baumann took a different route into the motorsports world then most of his teammates. Wes worked as a mechanic on dirt late models and grand national cars in the competitive Wisconsin dirt track scene. Wes then moved on to the Mazda backed sports car team BK Motorsports. At BK Wes worked as a mechanic on the team's Lola Prototype car in the American LeMans series. After leaving BK Wes came to ArmsUp Motorsports as a full time mechanic on the teams FF2000 cars in 2008.
Theo Bialk
Race Mechanic - Formula Continental
Theo Bialk started his career as a race mechanic at the Skip Barber racing school in 1998. From there Theo went on to work with several different teams. Starting as the lead mechanic for Steve Forrer's Formula Atlantic program in 1999, Theo competed in SCCA Club and Pro Atlantic events with the team. For the 2000 season Theo worked with Active motorsports for a full season in the Pro Atlantic Championship. Theo then moved into the Champ Car Series as a mechanic for the Arciero-Blair Champ Car Team in 2001. After 2001 Theo worked as a fly-in mechanic for several teams before landing at ArmsUp as a regular race mechanic in 2008.
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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