Formula D. Long Beach. 2013 by Mark Lenardon

Finished the Engine Bay and Interior Paint!

Now its time to pony up and get back on track. We have a tight deadline and its imperative we get some testing time before Round 1!

In other good news: Vengeance Racing decided they wanted to ship my parts finally and I should have them here Friday! Which means this weekend I will be finishing the long block for the 6.0!

Here is a reminder to myself to go ahead and order the transmission and headers tomorrow, because I keep forgetting. And be sure to cross your fingers and hope they still have them in stock!!!

Now I'm going to bed to take care of the sleeping portion of my day so that I can earn more money to blow on this rolling money pit.

Holllaaa

Alfano Racing Announces Partnership with Canton Racing Products for 2013!

Alfano Racing is proud to present Canton Racing Products as the newest partner to the team! Canton Racing Products have been involved with the v8 world for many many years. With their 25+ years experience you can expect quality with their products. Their famous Accusump Oil Accumulator can be found on virtually all of the top drag cars and race cars on the grid today! We will be running their LSX-240sx oil pan, and remote oil filter setup on our 6.0 motor this year! We also plan on upgrading to the 2 quart Accusump later on as the team's budget gets.... reimbursed by my day job hahahaha. Huge thanks to Jeff @ Canton for hooking us up and providing a bond that will hopefully last for years to come. Check out www.CantonRacingProducts.com to place your order now!

Deep Vengeance is the Daughter of Deep Silence. - Vittorio Alfieri

Ok, so the nerdy quote grabbed your attention huh? What does that have to with drifting you might ask.

It doesn't.

But if I wanted to be clever, I could use it as a segway to introduce you to Vengeance Racing. Local to my home state of Georgia, Vengeance Racing has earned their name through their highly praised custom camshafts for the LSX application.

I had the privilege to talk to them about what products would be best for a high revving torque machine, and we came to an understanding that money must be spent for reliability. (Learned that the hard way with  my SR.)

So, looks like the 6.0 is getting a nice mix of parts, including:

Vengeance Racing VRX5 Camshaft 236/238 .602/.605 113+2
Hardened Pushrods
Dual Titanium Springs/Retainers
LS7 Lifters
Katech Timing Chain (Good enough for LeMans, good enough for me!)
ARP Headstuds and Crank Bolt
SLP Underdrive pulley

and the Comp Cams Trunion Rocker upgrade which removes the needle bearings in the lightweight stock rockers and replaces them with a more durable and fail-safe option.


Needless to say, I'm pretty pumped and so is my wallet.

Thanks to Ron and Kevin for answering all of my dumb questions, and getting me on the right path to ripping the track!

And to close, here are some pictures of things I could buy with the money I just spent:

Off to a Great Start!

Well thanks everyone for showing your support! Since the site has been live we have gotten over 500 views! And I promise they aren't all just me ;)

I'm really excited about turning this racing program into a solid gig this year. Bare with me as I get used to this format and am able to get my bearings straight.

In fact, I already have people wanting to host my web site on their host to draw in traffic... pretty sweet! Then I will be able to bring you even more content and increase the quality of the site ten fold.


As always, here is a sweet pic to keep your attention span going: This is me driving Chris Ward's Formula D car at the KMS Nationals back in November. I placed 6th after a controversial call, but that's drifting!

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Gifts from Achilles Radial!

Thanks to Achilles Radial for sending me these!! Do you recognize them?

Yeah, thats exactly right. They are THE end plates to the monster wing that is attached to Daigo Saito's SC430 drift car. Daigo Saito is officially the D1GP/Formula D/FD Asia world champion of all that is Drift.

Now I don't have 1300hp but I'm pretty sure this will be a nice addition to my Big Country Labs Wing. Anyhoo. Robbie Nishida signed it alongside Daigo himself.

If I do say so myself, I'm pretty stoked and a little fanboyish. Can't wait to rock these badboys!

FYI: The damage on the plates is from when he took out the wall at Las Vegas last year. BOSS!!!!!!

And always don't forget to checkout the Achilles Radial Facebook!

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Welcome to Alfano Racing's official website!

Hey everyone! Thanks for checking in. This will be the main source for all of your 2013 Alfano Racing news!   As you can see, my Instagram and Twitter feeds are attached, so this can and will be your one stop shop! I'm going to be updating regularly about my 2013 build and what kind of progress we are making. Big news is coming so stay tuned!!!!

I'm a man of very little serious words. Mostly a lot of fluff, so in order to take myself more serious I'm mostly just going to post pictures. Most of which, sadly, will probably be from Instagram because lets face it... I'M LAZY.

-J.J.

Here is a sweet picture of my race machine from 2012 to keep things interesting, as usual, the rear bumper is dislodging itself from the vehicle.

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