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Monday, July 09, 2007
07/09/07

So I'm here at the computer (again).  Tonight's project was to update the slideshows on the Team profile (here) and on the Team Website.  "done" !!!

So now I'm onto figuring out how to install and manage a shopping cart program that will link to Paypal so that we can sell shirts, hats, visors and decals on the net....  Let's see how that turns out.

As for the 724 Car... we are still working on our next (and final) trip up to Madison, WI to pick up the parts car and all of the other body parts, etc.  Maybe next week??  But we have to drop the fuel tank, have it boiled out and then treat it with POR15.  There is so much crap floating in the tank and hiting the basket strainer that the car keeps cutting out during shakedowns.  We will be replacing and upgrading the fuel pump at the same time.  Better to be a little pro-active than to hate being re-active.

Well onto the web for shopping cart adventures!!!

RALLY ON !!!

Jim

Monday, July 09, 2007
06/30/07

6/30/07     So... Finally....

The work on the car begins.  Check out the photos to see what's been going on.  We have stripped the old graphics off of the car, washed it down and put it in the garage on jacks to start taking it apart to put it back together.  We had to make some seat bracket adjustments to get Jim's long legs in the car.  But that is done.  The new racing harnesses are in the off (in a box) awaiting installation.  The interior cockpit wells got primed and painted, as well as some of the exterior and trim pieces. We want the 724 Car to look as good as possible for our fans, our sponsors and ourselves.  Keep checking back to see how it is progressing!!!

We have also added a new team member!!! Adam Simpson.  Adam will be handling our local sponsorship sales and on top of that he is a mechanic. So he is will be working a double role her at WASHPA Racinh.

He is a motocross nut that also loves fast cars.  More Adam info will be coming!!!

Press Release 0807

August 31, 2007
 
WASHPA RACING'S DRIVER MAKES THE TOP 8 !!!
 
WASHPA Racing's driver and owner, Jim McClelland is currently being featured as one of the TOP 8 Pros and Amateur Drivers in the nation on Loopd.com sports network, a new branch of Sponsorhouse.com, the largest online sponsorship community promoting
athletes, teams, sports and sponsors. He was selected from over 10,000 listed drivers on the network.
 
When asked about his new "distinction", novice driver Jim McClelland had this to say: "What a great honor to be listed in the top 8 Pros and Ams. on the new Loopd Network. I was very surprised to see my picture on the main page with such great rally drivers as Tanner Foust and Travis Pastrana. I mean, come on now, these two guys were racing to win Gold at the X Games in LA a few weeks ago. We've been working really hard over the past 8 months to promote the team, the car and the sport of Pro-Rally Racing here in the states and it looks like it's starting to pay off! I'd really like to thank our sponsors for helping us get as far as we have, G-FORCE Racing Gear, AMSOIL, Clutchmasters, FUEL, Motor Tabs, Osiris Shoes, Clutchwipes, Fiberwise Pasta and A.R.S."
 
Jim is the owner/driver of WASHPA Racing, a new Pro-Rally race team based out of Washington, PA. The team is currently refurbishing and preparing for the 2008 Rally Season a 1987 Toyota MR2 that has a longstanding list of top finishes in its illustrious history of Pro-Rally racing during the SCCA years. The team will be racing primarily in the Rally America Eastern Regional Series, but is also planning to enter in certain NASA Rally-Sport races in the East as well. Their two team slogans are "Living The Dream - One Race At A Time" and "We're In It 2 WIN IT". In the near future, we will see them winning many races - one race at a time. 
 
To find out more about WASHPA Racing and the extreme motorsport of Pro-Rally Racing, visit the team's website at www.WASHPA-Racing.com.