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Forsberg was also ranked fifth on the Driver of the Decade list for 410 Drivers
There's a top-ten list that David Letterman hasn't yet compiled, it's Sprint Car Drivers of the Decade, but Handy Racing Promotions has. According to their list Andy Forsberg was ranked number one for the 360 division. Forsberg was also ranked fifth on the Driver of the Decade list for 410 Drivers (2000-2009).
Forsberg making a move on the outside in his number 92 360 Sprint Car
The criteria for their list included wins and championships only, and Forsberg completely dominated the decade when it came to local winged 360 racing. Forsberg won 38 times while earning four Civil War Titles, 2000, 2001, 2006 and 2007, the most of any driver throughout the decade. He was also the 2000 Placerville Speedway track champ.
"I was very excited when I found out about being honored as Driver of the Decade," remarks Forsberg. "I never really thought my stats over the last ten years would ever be compiled into a driver of the decade award, but to see the actual numbers on paper, against some other very good drivers that I race with, it makes me feel pretty proud of what I have accomplished."
Big awards carry with them big rewards and sometimes they add unnecessary and unwanted pressures, Forsberg chooses not to dwell on it too much. "As far as how this affects my career, I am not real concerned about that, I race because I love it, it's not a career, it's a hobby - although we take it very seriously," says Forsberg.
"I race 60 to 65 times a year and I'm not interested in moving up the ladder at this point in my driving career, I am completely satisfied with what I have accomplished. I have a family and a business to take care of, and it's hard to do that on the road. I love racing close to home in Northern California."
What does Forsberg attribute a decade of such high-level, consistent racing on? "A lot of dedication from my parents Richard and Dianne, my wife Candace, my crew, which are not just crew members, but my best friends, and a group of sponsors that do everything they can to help me stay on the Race track," he says.
"And talking about sponsors, I could not ask for anything more from K&N. Everything they make that could be used on a Sprint Car, they provide to us, and everything works great. We use their oil filters, carbon fiber air cleaners, filter oil, and filter cleaning solutions, it saves us a lot of money and on the family budget, that helps out a lot."
For 2010 Forsberg plans on racing approximately 45, 360 races, throughout California, for Brian Cannon Motorsports, and Approximately 20, 410 races, for A&A Motorsports and various Golden State Challenge races, and the World of Outlaws races when they come to town.
"As for the next ten years, that seems like a long time, but it also seems like just yesterday when I won my First Championship in 2000. I can see myself driving for another ten years; hopefully I'm still winning races and Championships. I look forward to making K&N proud, so that they will continue to sponsor me as a driver, and hope that I can live up to my nickname Mr. Excitement for at least another ten years. I just want to win some more championships and have fun doing what I love."
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Last season Brian Brown, the Grain Valley, Missouri resident, topped off his first full season as an owner/driver by being awarded Knoxville Raceway's 410 "Owner of the Year." He also managed to notch six victories. The 2010 season picked up right in his familiar comfort zone, when his FVP number 21 Racing Team won the battle at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas. Brown was able to top a very competitive ASCS-Gulf South field.
Brian Brown in Victory Lane at Battleground Speedway - Photo by Carey Akin/www.ManvelMotorsports.com
With this victory Brown's total Career wins sit at 83, a number that no doubt will change real soon. Some drivers are seemly magnetically drawn to victory circle, so it becomes an almost expected occurrence; in 2008 alone he won nine times. This weekend Brown will stay in Texas and put the 410 in for some World of Outlaws action in Kilgore and Baytown, and he likes his chances going in.
Can he carry the momentum from Battleground into this weekend? "I sure hope so," says Brown. "The outlaws are a tough group, but we have a great FVP number 21 team. I hope to go in there, run well, and just continue to build momentum throughout the 2010 season."
Brown's ultimate racing goals for the future are to continue building Brian Brown Racing into a successful organization and give all of his marketing partners a return on their investment, while of course picking up as many wins as possible along the way.
"I love my relationship with K&N and look forward to growing it as Brian Brown Racing and K&N grow together," comments Brown. "I use the carbon fiber air box, the oil filters, the filter oil and filter cleaner, there's no question that it's a winning package as far as I'm concerned."
Brown's very optimistic, yet realistic plans for his particular season are to "Just run 85 races in 12 states and try to win as much as possible, and to represent each one of our marketing partners with the utmost professionalism."
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Go do that voodoo that you do so well, it's a spell. VooDoo Industries is a custom sportbike research and development company based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founder and CEO, Rob Uecker, says he's in the business of making magic with sportbikes - one spell at a time. Uecker is indeed part Merlin and all artist.
(left to right) Skyscrape, Uecker and Punkass model with TapouT custom
By all definitions of the term, his creations are true works of art. And clearly, far more engaging than the utter randomness of say a sculpture made of coat hangers, soup cans and hubcaps. Uecker is a passionate visionary working in a niche industry that's not yet totally up to speed with his revelations. The VooDoo Uecker handle evokes a sense of playfulness, but make no mistake, this guy takes his work very seriously, excuses don't exist in his reality.
TapouT cockpit – indeed, the devil exists in the details
"Voodoo Industries came about from a Bugs Bunny character, Little Voodoo," explains Uecker. "In the late 90's I had a retail shop in the heart of downtown Cleveland called Adrenaline Powersports. I worked my way up to selling 200 used bikes in one year, and that's when I started making some side mount billet plate brackets and frame sliders. I needed a separate branding for the parts, so Voodoo Industries was born. Our main product now is the Voodoo Shorty Exhaust."
All VooDoo bikes are built to order, or they are specially created to focus on a particular product launch, or they're used as advertising, and then they are sold. That's how the two TapouT bikes came to be. TapouT is the MMA (mixed martial arts) clothing/training/lifestyle giant. And, tap-out is what you do when you find yourself in an irreversibly sticky situation in a MMA match, it's like crying uncle, or please stop, that really hurts.
Roaring Toyz manufactured the custom 240 swingarm with Radial Mount 4 Piston Caliper
"I worked with Sarah Timlek, of Advanstar/2 Wheel Tuner. She was orchestrating a major marketing event with TapouT," says Uecker. "They wanted to get into the powersports market and for that they needed someone with the ability to deliver the best, on a very short timeline, without excuses, so I got involved."
"Here's the scenario: we had a build time of two and a half weeks before the reveal to the public, TapouT branding/design required - and failure was not an option. So let's crank it up even more. Let's do two bikes, not just one, and due to all the custom parts, the bikes have to be finished in two weeks and transported to the show direct. Did I mention the show was over 2,000 miles from my shop?"
"As they say in MMA, let's prepare for battle. I was in contact right out of the gate with all the top suppliers in the industry to pull the builds off. Suzuki came through with two 09' Hayabusas. They were stripped bare within two hours of receiving them on our shop dock, and I drove the bodywork from Cleveland to Chicago's Gator Customs, the inventors of Gator Glass."
The custom 240 swingarm was manufactured by Roaring Toyz, and in Uecker hands in only a few days. "And not just any swingarm," adds Uecker, "A prototype built to hold a custom Roaring Toyz, four piston radial caliper." The wheels were made in a mere five days, by Xtreme Machine, with a custom black cut surface treatment. And it all needed to be made for two bikes, oh, let's not forget the matching sprockets too.
Uecker is fully hands-on with every bike he builds, doesn't matter if it's chroming a ZX14, converting a GSX R600 to 1000 (Uecker says it does work), or creating a one-off tribute bike. "I get inspiration from classic lines and objects that make sense. Some of my most popular bikes are my tribute bikes, like the Shelby GT500KR and the Viper bike. The cars are iconic and I wanted to capture some of that spirit in today's top rated sportbikes. Anyone can paint a bike and hang some stickers on it and call it a tribute. I strive to capture the essence of what makes the original so good. The devil is in the details. That's what sets apart the Pros from the Joes."
Private collectors are the majority of Uecker's customers for now. He says a retired athlete that wore the number 23 rides two of his bikes (hint: he wore a Chicago Bulls jersey). He built a Busa (Hayabusa) for MMA Champion, Anderson "The Spider" Silva and recently delivered two bikes for "Punkass" and "Skyscrape" of TapouT.
"Johnny Jump has always worked with the best in their respective fields," says Uecker. "I contacted Johnny a few years back and we have been on board with K&N ever since. It's just a natural fit that we use the best product on all our builds and customer bikes. I have been using K&N oil and air filters on my road-race bikes and in the shop for years. It just makes sense to use the best, why just get by on a build/project that you have poured everything you have into and then install barely adequate filters? Do the right thing - install K&N."
"The future of Voodoo Industries is in developing more applications for our exhaust line, which is now up to 22 applications. One of the largest distributors of aftermarket motorcycle parts, Yanashiki, is distributing my exhaust line and we couldn't be happier to have them onboard. I am also going to release another tribute bike late spring/early summer and get back with my involvement in road racing. Controlled growth is where I am now at, and I wouldn't want it any other way."
