14 year old racing a Mazda GT2
 

What a great future for such a young man.... 2007 NASA Super Unlimited Champion

http://crispinbeaver.com/id9.html

wow thats hot

I wish I was fourteen... :D

Looks like a Sevens only car?

I agree with Kim.:)

http://www.sevensonly.com/MazdaGTWeb.pdf

I wish I had rich parents....

I've seen the kid running in the OH/IN Region NASA events. Good looking car, and obviously a talented driver.

:eek:

One of his relatives works with me. He has been racing for a while and is very talented. Because of his age several race tracks will not allow him to run. Have not seen him drive in person though.

I wonder if that was Jeff Kiesel's old full carbon fiber FD?

Many of the body panels look similar........

14 years old! What a bad ass!!!!

As stated above, I believe it's a 7's Only car.

I have raced with him a bunch of times, fun kid and can move that car pretty well, pretty aggressive driver too. We had fun together as our cars, although in different classes, are close to the same lap times on some tracks. I spent some time talking to his family about rotary engines and stuff like that, cool people, I really enjoyed hangin out with them, representing rotaries at the track :-)

Keep in mind that car is not a production chassy like my FD, this is a tube frame car with a miniature FD body over it.

http://www.sevensonly.com/

What kind of engine is he running?

2 rotor NA, pretty sure it was a 13b but not 100%.

If he is running in GT-2, then it's most likely a P-Port 13B.

-bill

there is no GT-2 in nasa, its in SU (super unlimited...basicallly no rules in that class)

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Nice !!!! Go for it. I wish that happend more often. it's rare that young tallent gets what it deserves.

If it's the 7's Only car than it will more than likely be running a P-ported 12A. Check the link above and read the article, it says in there

damn .... wish my parents were rich

Try working hard. That will work better that WISHING!:sadwavey:

tube frame fd has to be under a ton right?!

I also wish I was born into that kind of family. No matter how hard I work, I can't turn back time to when I was 14 and somehow fork over that kind of cash to get into racing. But of course, hard work means I'll probably be out there with that kid on the tracks in a few years.

It's always nice to see these kind of stories. Kids can drive too, so stop bashing on the young Seven drivers :P

It's not like his dad rolls up in some massive toter-home signing checks left and right. It's more about parents and their son that love road racing, and have made it a priority. Every time I see them at the track, the whole family is there doing the nitty-gritty work.

As far as weight goes, their website shows 1790 for the Mazda GT and 1690 for the GT2, not sure which version they run. 1690lbs, Jerico 4spd. and 340hp...yeah buddy!

Hmm, I'm 17... and don't quite have that much actual seat time.... I wonder how competitve I would be against him if I were currrently at his level...

But you aren't and you probably never will be.

It would be like trying to beat Roger Federer when you've only been playing tennis for a few years.

OTOH, I really hate when I get reminded that motorsports is basically hereditary.

Either your parents are rich, and racers themselves, or you are never going anywhere in motorsports.

(at least not until your in your 40s or 50s when you have money yourself)

Cases like Lewis H. are completely out of the ordinary...

I saw him race at the aitobahn contry club when I went to go watch my buddies race in a NASA event. I talked to the kid and he seemed to be a cool. His car was setup really nice also. I might have some pictures on my camera but im going to have to double check. The engine was a 13b pport that made 280 whp...So im told.