For Sale Front Running PTE/E3 1990 Miata. $12,500

This car was our SRC Team Car for many years. I spared no expense with safety

equipment or upgrades. We are going to be building a new car and

moving up in class, so its time to hand this great car off to a new

owner. You can see the info on the build from a SM car to PTE at SM to NASA PTE/E3

We have spares that will go with the cars as well from motor, head,

intake, alter, rear end, hoses, etc you get it all!

• Megasquirt Onboard Computer
• Blue Printed Injectors
• Custom Race Head - matched and ported
• Raceland Pro Race Headers
• Custom Race intake
• Dyno Tuned
• ATC Race Clutch
• MazdaSpeed 10.5lbs Flywheel
• Springfield Dyno Custom Race Exhaust
• 2 row Aluminum Racing radiator
• New Calipers front and rear
• Hawk DTC 60 and DTC 30 race Pads
• Steel Braided brake lines
• MazdaSpeed 15" race wheels
• Toyo RA1 race tires
• MazdaSpeed Coilover Shocks (revalved)
• 1 sets of extra springs
• 99 Hats
• New Belts
• MazdaSpeed Sway Bars
• Adjustable End Links
• Fire extinguisher
• New 5 point cam lock harness
• Quick release Pro Steering Wheel kit
• Sampson Racing Radio Complete set-up with Crew Radio
• Kill Switch
• AIM Onboard Mychron3 Gold
• Scaled
• Pro Race Alignment
• Torsen LSD 4.1 gear ratio
• Custom roll cage with 3 door bars and transverse bar low behind the dash
• Fenders rolled but otherwise unmodified
• Wink Mirror
• Racetech Racing Seat (Out of date this yr, so it is mounted to cage)
• Drivers Right Cage net
• NASA and SCCA log books
• Window net with clip quick release on the upper bar

25 Hours of Thunderhill Qualifying Nets DivaSpeed/SRC Team P1 Starting Position

WILLOWS, Calif. — Friday night, under darkness, Aaron Povoledo put the
No. 06 Acura Integra of Team Divaspeed on the pole in the E3 Class
with a time of 2:04.947.  Qualifying would be cut short due to a car
rolling, but not before Arron and the DivaSpeed/SRC Team had nabbed
the front-row starting spot.

"What an exciting track and event that NASA puts on here," Povoledo
said. "This is my first time at Thunderhill. That was a very exciting
session. We had the darkness, cars going everywhere. I had to get used
to the darkness. We really lucked into two quality, traffic light
laps. You never get a clear lap here with 86 cars. I had very good
visibility with our lights. Hats off to Ron Carroll at Team Divaspeed,
the car drives itself. It really goes through the left handers here.
They prepare a great car, which is fun and easy to drive. We want to
stay out of trouble in the race. We need to drive a little slower than
our best lap, to free up our brain space and make it to the end. It is
a thinking man's game. One little mistake can put you two laps down.
We need to be gentle and error free."

The testing preceding the Qualifying session proved useful to the
team, as all drivers were able to find good rhythm, with just a few
seconds separating them.

The race will begin at 11 a.m. Pacific on Saturday, and the checker
will fly at high noon on Sunday, December 4th.  Information on the
event as well as live timing and scoring can be viewed at
www.NASA25Hour.com., while live TV coverage can be seen at
www.goracingtv.com.


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SRC Sampson Racing Radios and Communications is the Offical Racing Radio supplier for NASA at the 25hrs of Thunderhill.

Successfully Capturing the 2011 NASA SoCal SM Championship Title!

NASA @ Buttonwillow - November 5~6, 2011
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The first winter storm blowing through central California threathened to make the final event of the season a difficult affair.  Dedicated drivers and supporters who showed up at Buttonwillow Racway were rewarded with gorgeous sunny and cool conditions, essentially perfect race weather for running in configuration #1, counter clockwise, which would be Star Mazda with the Bus Stop.


Saturday
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Clement Lee showed why he was the top driver in 2011 as he qualified his Rush Motorsport Sampson Racing Radios and Communication Spec Miata on pole in his SM race class, and 3rd overall in the race group.  Clement took command of the race right from the second split green flag, taking the lead into the first turn.  As P2 and P3 battled for positions, Clement with a clear track in front, put his head down, ran hard for several laps to open up a gap from the rest of the pack.  That gave Clement enough of a safety margin to comfortably get through traffic without taking any unnecessary risks.  Clement continued with his fast pace around the track and never relinquished his lead to finish 1st in class and 3rd overall in his Rush Motorsport Sampson Racing Communications Spec Miata.


Sunday
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Weather forecast for Sunday was supposed to be clear through the scheduled race time.  The morning began that way but the sky began to turn overcast by mid morning.  Just like the day before, Clement qualified his Rush Motorsport Sampson Racing Communications Spec Miata on pole for his SM race class and 3rd overall.  Dark clouds continued to accumulate and finally it opened up just before the race.  With a completely wet track, all of Clement's competitors quickly changed to their rain tires. 

Given the last event of the year, Clement did not bring along any rain tires so he had to make do with his dry setup.  Not being able to carry any speed around the corners, Clement lost 2 positions at the start right after the green flag when his competitor pushed him into the the pool of standing water at the esses and he had to straight line through the dirt.  Clement rejoined in P3 and was back in P2 when the car in front shot itself off track at Magic Mountain (aka Lost Hill).  Clement was back in P1 when another car went wide at the bus stop.  Unfortunately, that car slinged mud all over Clement's windshield which in turned jammed up Clement's wipers.  With reduced visibility, Clement had to back down his pace as a couple of other cars on wet tires and setup made their was past.

Clement hooked onto their bumpers and took advantage of their tire spray to help cleared the windshield of dirt and mud!  Around half way, Clement made his way back into P2 and back in hot pursuit of P1 albeit still slipping and sliding on his dry weather tires.  With 2 laps to go, Clement was right on the bumper of P1, but with no functioning wipers, he could barely see out the window as P1 continued to spray water all over Clement's windshield.  Clement took a few peeks but thought better of it and decided to just follow P1 to the checkered flag to take home a solid 2nd as well as fastest lap in his SM class and 2nd fastest lap overall.


Recap
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With a 1st and 2nd finishing position over the weekend, Clement Lee in his Rush Motorsport Sampson Racing Radios and Communications Spec Miata concluded the season by successfully capturing the 2011 NASA SoCal SM Championship title.  Many thanks to Rush Motorsport and Sampson Racing Communications for making the championship title campaign possible and successful.  Clement Lee is already looking forward to 2012 for another exciting year of NASA Spec Miata Championship racing.

Sampson Racing Radios wins at CA Speedway

Jul 30-31, 2011 - Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California
NASA Double @ ACS
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The show arrived in Fontana for the a race before a summer break.  15 Spec Miata drivers, along with HC, PT, Legend, and TR, in a run group with over 40 cars, braved the warm SoCal summer weather to do battle at Auto Club Speedway (ACS).  Clement brought along the trusted #9 Rush Motorsport prepared Sampson Racing Radios Warehouse (SRC) sponsored silver bullet that served him very well at the last event at Buttonwillow.  With the good performance at the last event, Clement expected a good showing over this weekend at ACS.
Saturday
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While the rest of the country baked in 100+F heat, SoCal enjoyed a warm but pleasant Saturday.  Clement made good use of the early warm up session to get his car dialed in then promptly qualified the silver bullet on the front row, just missing pole position by less then 1/10th.
The weather began to warm up in the afternoon just before the race with Spec Miata taking the 3rd green flag in the split start for the run group.  Everyone behaved and filed through the tight turn 3 from the oval into the infield without incident, with Clement's Rush Motorsport Sampson Racing Radios SM #9 right on the bumper of P1.  With the top 3 pushing hard, they quickly broke away from the rest of the pack.  Clement continued to push P1 down the oval for several laps as his engine temp began to creep up.
Clement decided his motor needed some clean fresh air and found an opportunity to out brake P1 in the infield 180 right hander before the pedestrian bridge to get into the lead.  With P2 and P3 squabbling for position, Clement continued to push hard and made his break away.  By the time P2 and P3 realized what had happened, Clement had opened up a small gap and began making his way successfully thru the back markers.
The Rush Motorsport Sampson Racing Radios Silver Bullet continued to handle magnificently through to the end of the race.  Driving flawlessly and not letting P2 and P3 to close up, Clement took the win with a margin of victory slightly over 3 secs.

Sunday
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The contestants woke up on Sunday morning to a dramatic and unusual thunder and lightning storm sweeping through the area.  With rain falling constantly non-stop, Clement wisely decided to skip the warm up session to avoid pools of water gathered on and off the racing surface.  The rain lightened as qualifying time approached. Clement surveyed the track and noticed while there were still a few pools of standing waters in a some places, it was safe enough to run with his dry weather tires.  As Clement was cautious going around the puddles and high banks, his qualifying times were significantly slower but still managed to put in enough to be on the front row off pole one again.
The sun finally broke through about an hour before race time and all the competitors quickly changed back to their dry setup as the track was dry up very quickly.  Just as the class did the day before, SM started with the 3rd green flag and gave themselves a big gap to the group in front.  Clement got a nice bump by P4 right at the green flag which literally shot Clement out of the canon clear into the lead as P1 didn't get help!  By turn 3 on the very first lap, the Rush Motorsport Sampson Racing Radios silver bullet came charging into the infield already with a couple car lengths lead!Meanwhile, the pack right behind did a 4 wide into the infield.  Clement saw what was happening behind him, took the opportunity to put his head down and ran.  By the end of the first lap, he had a 2 sec lead on the rest of the pack!  Clement went into track attack mode and continue to push to open up a bigger gap.  The rest of the pack tried but soon gave up as they began battling amongst themselves!  Finally, Clement was able to cruise home, unchallenged, to a flag to flag victory as the Rush Motorsport Sampson Racing Radios SM #9 scoring the 2nd win over the weekend as the class head for a summer break.

Sampson Racing Radios Sposored SM takes 2nd Place at NASA event!

Jun 25-26, 2011 - NASA @ Buttonwillow Raceway - Sampson Racing Radios Warehouse Wins Podium Again!

Steamy hot summer weather did not deter 16 Spec Miata drivers from taking part in NASA's summer sizzler at Buttonwillow.  Together with BMWs and Porsche 944s, the SM contingent formed a 30 car large run group.  Running counter clockwise in Configuration #1, which included Star Mazda and the Bus Stop, the wide gap between Spec Miata lap times and those of the other class made for a challenging grouping.  For the event, Clement brought along the #9 Rush Motorsport prepared Sampson Racing Communications (SRC) sponsored silver bullet.

Saturday:
Not in his usual ride, Clement was not entirely comfortable with the driving position, but still qualified for Saturday's race up front in the 2nd row in 4th.  With a large downtime between qualifying and race, Clement took the opportunity to disassemble the fixed race seat mount and reassembled to a seating position more to his liking.

There were 3 race class in the race group with Spec Miata (SM) taking the 2nd split green flag after the BMWs.  Just before SM was going to get the green flag, the 2 SMs in the front row touched and hooked wheels on the pit straight, bringing both of them to the pit wall.  Amazingly, despite the incident, the starter still gave the green flag and the race began.  But halfway into the 1st lap, the double red-yellow flag came out, signaling a complete regroup / restart.  It took them a while but the 2 original front row cars eventually made their way back to the front of the pack for a restart.  This time around it was a clean start.  The top 3 cars including my Rush Motorsport Sampson Racing silver bullet ran nose to tail and quickly broke away from the rest of the pack making it a 3 car race.

It didn't take long for the top 3 to catch up to the BMW race group, and the SM race became a yo-yo race as the 3 SMs tried to get around the BMWs as quickly as they could.  Eventually, after getting around the BMWs, the top 3 SMs ended up split up more or less evenly amongst themselves.   The top 3 continued to circulate that way with Clement brining the Rush Motorsport prepared Sampson Racing Communications sponsored home to a comfortable 2nd place.

Sunday:
For Sunday, the race group embarked on a qualifying race to set the grid for Sunday's main event, with the qualifying race grid set based on Saturday's finishing order.  Without much fan fare, the top 3 circulated more or less status quo to the end, with Clement ending his qualifying race in 2nd position, exactly where he started.

Just like Saturday, SM had the 2nd green flag for the split start, this time starting without any drama!  Once again, the 3 lead cars, including Clement's, quickly broke away from the pack and opened up a gap.  But that was all for naught as a BMW soon spun itself into the pit wall, requiring a full course yellow which lasted several laps to clear the wreck.  Upon the restart, we saw a train of BMW followed by SMs and 944s now all battling for position.

Unfortunately with the vastly different driving dynamics of the makes, it was difficult getting around the other class of cars.  Eventually the lead SMs got through the train of BMWs albeit breaking up the nose to tail SM race in the process.  Once again for the 2nd time in the weekend, Clement's Rush Motorsport prepared Sampson Racing Communications sponsored silver bullet cruised home with another 2nd place finish.

Fiberglass Roof Mount Antenna Systems - Sampson Racing Radios

Video from Sampson Racing Radios Warehouse.  Here is a short video on a fiberglass antenna setup and whats needed to do a proper install in a racing radio system.

Hope this helps!

Have fun and be safe, Shawn Sampson

Racing Radio Helmet kit Install - How to

Hey Guys and Gals- We get calls all the time about proper install of racing radio communications in helmets, so we thought we would put this out - Thanks Grassroots! We also do install at the shop and its free with any Sparco, Bell or Stilo helmet purchase.

Hope this helps- Shawn Sampson

• "Shawn, just wanted to let you know that the helmet kit worked very well during the 6 Hours of Buttonwillow, I stopped by but you were out helping customers (looked like quite a few had just made the jump to in-car radio)".
• We've got a how-to install article up on the site, check it out at:

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/wiring-helmet-radio/


Thanks again for your help and the great product,Scott R. Lear - Grassroots MotorsportsClassic Motorsports

How to Mold Custom Ear Buds for Racing Radio Communications

We are always asked the proper way to do a set of Sampson Racing Radio custom molds for racing radio communications. So, we did a 3min video (see below) to show folks the correct way we do a custom impression. If you have any questions this should help you out and is the exact way we do them here at the Sampson Racing Radio Warehouse shop and track side.

How about doing an Upgrade... One really nice thing about them is that you can take an older pair of foam tip ear buds and upgrade them to a set of customs for about 1/2 the cost! The process is the same you just need to add your current ear buds to the self impression box. In about 2 weeks, they are back in your hands, brand new and ready to go.

http://youtu.be/R6gtvlyVSVQ

Have fun and be safe, Shawn Sampson