Team USA Young Guns Out of Luck but Thankful After UK Charity Kart Race
Birmingham, England – Team USA Young Guns, comprising four recent Team USA Scholarship winners, was out of luck in this evening’s charity karting event at the NEC (National Exhibition Centre) Birmingham. The event was hosted by American Le Mans Series LMP1 Champion driver David Brabham, of Patron Highcroft Racing, as part of the Autosport International Show in support of the Malaria No More charity.
Four Team USA Drivers To Contest Charity Karting Event in England
Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. – Four recent Team USA Scholarship graduates will travel to England next week to take part in a star-studded charity karting event at the Autosport International Show. The event takes place at the NEC (National Exhibition Centre) Birmingham on Friday, January 15.
Hildebrand Concludes Impressive Formula One Rookie Test
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain – J.R. Hildebrand today concluded his three-day program with the Force India Formula One Team at the Circuit de Jerez in southern Spain. The 21-year-old from Sausalito, Calif., recorded a best lap of 1:19.873 to rank a solid 10th among the 16 F1 rookies who participated in today’s sessions.
Includes NEW blogs from 2009 Team USA Scholarship winners Connor De Phillippi and Brett Smrz
And a blog from 2005 Team USA Scholarship winner J.R. Hildebrand - including a link to some video footage of our intrepid rising star at the wheel of Doug Mockett's Penske PC-3 vintage F1 car
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Age 16 (born December 25, 1992), lives San Clemente, Calif. After starting go-karts at age 5, Connor won many championships in IKF, WKA and SKUSA and was chosen to represent the United States in the Granja Viana 500 go-kart race in Brazil in 2007. Victory in the Skip Barber National Shootout earned him a full ride in the National Series for 2008 as part of the MAZDASPEED Driver Development Program. Connor finished sixth in the National Series and won the Skip Barber West Coast Regional Championship, plus top rookie honors, after which he was voted E-Karting News Rising Star of the Year. This year he has won the Legends Silver State Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and leads the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda by 52 points heading into the final race weekend.
Brett Smrz
Age 18 (born February 28, 1991), lives Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Brett started racing at age 12 after his parents bought him a go-kart for Christmas. Brett won multiple national championships before moving into the car racing world in 2007. One week after qualifying on pole and finishing third in his first-ever professional race, a round of the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Series in Houston, he suffered an off-track incident which resulted in the amputation of his left leg below the knee. Brett recovered from the accident remarkably quickly and resumed his career in the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup, Jim Russell Championship Series and the BFGoodrich Presents the Skip Barber National Powered by Mazda. He won the 2008 Russell Championship Series and claimed a Skip Barber victory earlier this year at VIR.
Age 16 (born December 25, 1992), lives San Clemente, Calif. After starting go-karts at age 5, Connor won many championships in IKF, WKA and SKUSA and was chosen to represent the United States in the Granja Viana 500 go-kart race in Brazil in 2007. Victory in the Skip Barber National Shootout earned him a full ride in the National Series for 2008 as part of the MAZDASPEED Driver Development Program. Connor finished sixth in the National Series and won the Skip Barber West Coast Regional Championship, plus top rookie honors, after which he was voted E-Karting News Rising Star of the Year. This year he has won the Legends Silver State Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and leads the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda by 52 points heading into the final race weekend.
Age 18 (born February 28, 1991), lives Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Brett started racing at age 12 after his parents bought him a go-kart for Christmas. Brett won multiple national championships before moving into the car racing world in 2007. One week after qualifying on pole and finishing third in his first-ever professional race, a round of the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Series in Houston, he suffered an off-track incident which resulted in the amputation of his left leg below the knee. Brett recovered from the accident remarkably quickly and resumed his career in the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup, Jim Russell Championship Series and the BFGoodrich Presents the Skip Barber National Powered by Mazda. He won the 2008 Russell Championship Series and claimed a Skip Barber victory earlier this year at VIR. 