Thursday, February 25, 2010

Fontana Nissan Secures Enthusiast Class Title Sponsorship!!

Wow!! Fontana Nissan has really stepped up to the plate by sponsoring the Enthusiast Class for all of 2010 in the Redline Time Attack Series!

The following press release was posted on the Redline Time Attack site detailing the involvement of Fontana Nissan in the series.

Hope to see you and your car at Buttonwillow March 26th!

Rosamond, CA   February 22nd -  The Redline Time Attack Series is pleased to announce that Fontana Nissan has secured the Title Sponsorship of the Enthusiast Class. For the duration of the 2010 Season the Class will be officially referred to as "The Fontana Nissan Enthusiast Class". As part of Fontana Nissan's involvement with the series, the team at Fontana Nissan Racing will field two Franchise Cars: the #23 2009 Nissan R35 GT-R in Modified AWD and the #29 2007 Nissan 350z in Super Modified RWD.

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Fans of Redline Time Attack will be able to catch both of Fontana Nissan Racing's cars at Round 1 of the 2010 Redline Time Attack Series @ Buttonwillow Raceway, March 26th-28th. The Team at Fontana Nissan Racing intends to make a run on both the Modified AWD and Super Modified RWD divisions of the West Region Championship with appearances at all seven West Region events.

 

Friday, February 19, 2010

Fast Lane Daily Episode on Time Attack

AutoStream, the premium automotive media network, has an online show entitled Fast Lane Daily.Leo Parente, the host, recently explored the rise of Time Attack as a viable form of automobile racing.

Watch closely and you will see the Fontana Nissan Racing Nissan 350Z as it competes in the Redline Time Attack events!

Check out the video. Then get your entry into Redline for the upcoming Buttonwillow season opener!! You will have more fun than is legal.








Wednesday, February 3, 2010

2010 Schedule Now Up !

Time to pull out your iPhone, Blackberry, a pen and the inside of your wrist,  or whatever you use to remember important dates and enter the 2010 schedule of events for Fontana Nissan Racing.

In 2010 we will be competing in the west coast Redline Time Attack events, which this year include the exciting world class venues of Infineon Raceway in Sonoma California and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway!

The July 4th event at Willow Springs International Raceway is rumored to be one long party with a full Fireworks show as well as fun and games for the kids, karting competitions, drag racing, and of course the Time Attack. Make sure you are planning to attend this event.

Click on the Event Schedule page to get the full schedule complete with handy links to each track website. You will need to make hotel or camping arrangements, line up the pet sitter, put the mail and newspaper on vacation hold, and get ready for many fantastic fun loud events full of fast cars, cute girls, and good times.

The first event on the list is Buttonwillow Raceway Park, March 26th, 27th and 28th.  Be there.

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Short on Knowledge???

Here you are, the week between Christmas and New Years, bored out of your gourd. Wondering what 2010 will bring. Wondering how to find out what all the cool guys are doing. Wondering who the cool guys are. Wondering how to be a cool guy.

Wonder no more.

Go to www.apexkings.com and enter the portal for serious motorsports enthusiasts. The site focuses on track related articles, videos, forums, and blogs.

If you are an enthusiast join up to discuss and learn about tracking cars, watch grassroots videos of track days, or blog about your own track adventures with friends.

If you are a driver, join up and blog about your builds and
adventures on the track, get fan feedback and let everyone know of
upcoming events.

Industry contacts are welcome to post their new products and services in the announcement section for free! Special banner/video packages are available to take companies to the next step of viral branding on the web.

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Cyber guru Darin Ferraro is the creative genius behind Apex Kings, so you know it will be a well run site.

Go on over and join up now. It’s free and you will be a better person for doing it.

 

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

We Wish You a Fun Safe Holiday Season!!

All of us at Fontana Nissan Racing wish to thank all of our fans and vendors  for their support this past year. We have truly enjoyed meeting people at both the dealership meet and at the Redline Time Attack events in 2009. 

Our plans for 2010 include competing with both the 350Z and GTR in all  of the Redline Time Attack events.  We hope to see all of you out there next year!

We would like to wish everyone a very safe and enjoyable holiday season and a very happy New Year!!

Bring on 2010!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

We Feel So Appreciated !!

Fontana Nissan Racing attended the Redline Time Attack Customer Appreciation Day at the Street of Willow last Friday. Middle of December with the sun shining, 72 degrees, no wind (a miracle!), good cars, good people, good food. What more could you want!

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Mike Cronin took the GTR out for a few  fast laps around the circuit before giving rides to some other lucky drivers.

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A good variety of old and new Nissans and even a Datsun 510 were in attendance.

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The NAGTROC group was well represented by Kunani, Soccer Dad and Greg S with their fine Nissan GTRs.

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Professional driver Stu Hayner was providing world class driving instruction for all comers, novice and veteran alike, at no charge.

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All in all, a great time was had by all. Thanks to Redline Time Attack for the hamburger barbeque lunch and a fun time!

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Thanks to All Who Braved the Rain!!!

 

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The Fontana Nissan Meet was a large success, thanks to all of the hearty folks who braved the rain and cold to come out and participate in the first of many Meets.  Many, many beautiful Nissan cars and trucks were brought over and displayed.  Fontana Nissan Racing displayed the 350Z Redline Unlimited Class racecar as well as the Redline Modified Class GTR.

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Check out all of those GTR’s!!

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The truck owners were the only guys happy about the rain! I’m sure they didn’t have to go far to find some mud to play in after the Meet.

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Thanks also to the following vendors: Berk Technology, Injen, Adams Motorsports Park, HB Speed, KW Suspension, Motul,  Anarchy Eyewear, Dealer Services Direct, Synapse Engineering, Redline Time Attack, and Mode Racing. They not only came out but donated generously to the raffle.

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The fine folks at Tommy’s Original brought out their cool truck and served up over 300 burgers in 2 hours. I need one of those trucks for the race weekends!! Really nice people with a killer set up.

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The highlight of the day was the raffle, made possible by the generous gifts provided by all of our previously mentioned sponsors.

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Just one of our enthusiastic, excited raffle winners!! Check the Gallery page on the website for all of our lucky winners!!

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Always popular, the Fontana Nissan Racing Girls Girls Girls! Thanks to Helen, Alexia, and Sarah for braving the chilly weather and smiling the whole time!

We can’t wait until the spring when Fontana Nissan will be hosting another Meet. Lots bigger, with all kinds of fun things planned! Stay tuned here or at www.fontananissanparts.com for all the updates.

Go to www.fontananissanracing.com/Gallery for all of the Meet photos or on our Flickr page.