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Jul 16, 2019

Race Recap: 2019 WRL Peachtree Grand Prix

The World Racing League visited Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on July 13-14 for the classic Peachtree Grand Prix. As always, I was driving the #213 Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda MX-5 with Jason Workman, Hunter Cestoni, and Erick Melton. We were in good shape for the weekend and had high expectations. We started the weekend with a short test session on Friday to just shake the car down and ensure things felt good for Saturday. We were all happy with the car, so the team moved

Jul 9, 2019

Race Preview: 2019 The Peachtree Grand Prix

After what felt like a long break we're back on track this upcoming weekend at Road Atlanta. The World Racing League returns to the classic north Georgia based road course which is our home track. With thousands of laps between our driver lineup we are in good shape to be competitive throughout the weekend. As always I'll be sharing the #213 Mazda with Jason Workman, Hunter Cestoni, and Erick Melton. Heat will be the name of the game with summer in full swing here in the sout

May 3, 2019

Race Recap: The Mitty 2019

The Mitty has been a fan favorite at Road Atlanta for forty-two years now and only continues to grow. For myself, it is always an exciting weekend of sprint racing which differs from our usual endurance racing events. It’s fun to just hop in the car and push hard without longevity in mind. The Mitty is also special to me as it marks one of the first races I ever went to as a kid. For those unfamiliar with The Mitty, it’s actually a vintage racing event where cars from through

Apr 23, 2019

Race Preview: 2019 The Mitty

It's that time of the year again! The sun is shining on occasion here in Georgia and the pollen is falling by the pound. It's time for the HSR's traditional "The Mitty" at Road Atlanta. Once again I'll be driving the Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda MX-5. I have had much success at The Mitty over the years with numerous class wins and even an overall podium in 2017. Last year we had a bit of a bad weekend when our weekend was ended prematurely on Friday after a huge crash on th

Nov 10, 2018

Race Recap: 2018 SCCA American Road Race of Champions

The 2018 SCCA American Road Race of Champions marked my final visit to Road Atlanta for the 2018 season. I drove the Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda MX-5 in the ECR endurance race with MX-5 driver Assen Rachev. We took the T3 win in Sunday's race and finished third overall. This marked my eighth win of the season and added to an extremely successful season for the Casey Carden Motorsport's Mazda race cars. Talk about a short recap! Sometimes short is sweet though, that just me

Oct 31, 2018

Race Preview: American Road Race of Champions

This weekend we head back to Road Atlanta for the 2018 SCCA American Road Race of Champions weekend. I'll be driving one of the Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda MX-5 T3 cars in the ECR race on Sunday. My last ARRC weekend was in 2016 driving with Casey Carden where we won ITA in the ECR race. It will be my final event of the year at Road Atlanta before we head to the Circuit of the Americas later in November with the 24H Series in the Sorg Rennsport BMW M235I Racing Cup car. St

Aug 1, 2018

Race Recap: 2018 SCCA Hazel Harrell Memorial @ Road Atlanta

July always marks the return to Road Atlanta of the Sports Car Club of America for the South Atlantic Road Racing Championship (SARRC) series. I would have a chance to take a break from the usual endurance racing and run a double sprint race weekend in the same Mazda MX-5 that I race in the World Racing League and the American Endurance Racing series. While I am passionate about endurance racing, sprint racing is always a fun challenge. Instead of driving with conservation in

Jul 18, 2018

Race Recap: 2018 Peachtree Grand Prix

Recap of the 2018 World Racing League Peachtree Grand Prix.

May 11, 2018

In-Car Video: The Mitty

Ride along with me for a lap during qualifying from the 2018 The Mitty at Road Atlanta. #mazda #mx5 #roadatlanta #racing #cars #motorsport #drift #crash #nascar #f1

May 7, 2018

Race Recap: 2018 Classic Motorsports The Mitty

Well, the 2018 Classic Motorsports The Mitty is now past and won’t be remembered as one of the best weekends for us. Things started off Friday for us with practice and qualifying sessions. I was driving the new to Casey Carden Motorsports #213 Mazda MX-5. The first was cut very short with only one or two laps before the black flag came out for oil on the race track. The second session ended short as well as we needed to make some adjustments to the car so we ended the day wit

Apr 3, 2018

Next Event: The Mitty

My next event of 2018 is just a few weeks away (April 27-29) at Road Atlanta for the classic "The Mitty" historic sportscar weekend. I'll be racing a Mazda MX-5 with Casey Carden Motorsports in the WeatherTech Sprint Series and the B.R.M. Chronographes Endurance Challenge as well. This will be my fourth Mitty, my first being in 2015 in a Volkswagen Rabbit. We won our class numerous times and last year managed to get a second overall in Group 2 in the WeatherTech Sprint Series

Mar 1, 2018

In-Car Video: 2018 AER Road Atlanta

Ride with me during the Sunday stint from the AER weekend at Road Atlanta. #videos #cars #motorsport #racecar #miata #roadatlanta

Mar 1, 2018

Race Recap: 2018 AER @ Road Atlanta

Well the 2018 season has finally started! It wasn't a very long "off-season" but any time not behind the wheel of a race car is a boring time. Our season kicked off at Road Atlanta on February 17-18. It was round one of the AER (American Endurance Racing) series and after a successful 2017 season we were eager to pickup where we left off. Friday was a combination of practice and qualifying. All four of us drivers had driven this Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda Miata before, so

Feb 8, 2018

Next Event: AER Series @ Road Atlanta

We're just a week away from getting back on track for the 2018 season! I'll be driving the Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda Miata in the AER double nine-hour endurance weekend next weekend at Road Atlanta. After a hugely successful year in 2017 with the Miatas, we look forward to kicking the year off with a very strong driver lineup. The team is also running one of their new MX-5s for this season that weekend. We will transition into their second MX-5 probably by Watkins Glen i

Aug 29, 2017

Video: July SARRC @ Road Atlanta

As promised, here's some video from last month's July SARRC at Road Atlanta. #sportscar #roadatlanta #miata #mazda

Aug 4, 2017

Race Recap: SCCA July SARRC @ Road Atlanta

This past weekend I returned home to Road Atlanta to race in the double SCCA SARRC weekend which was also named the Hazel Harrell Memorial. I was driving the #78 Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda Miata in ITA over the weekend, the same car we have been racing in AER and WRL racing. The setup was the same minus running BFG R1s versus the usual BFG Rivals and we had to add quite a bit of weight to the car to meet ITA regulations. The weekend went well, I was able to finish third b

Jul 14, 2017

Next Event: SCCA July Fry Double SARRC @ Road Atlanta

My next race will be July 29-30 at Road Atlanta. I'll be driving one of the Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda Miatas again as I have been driving in AER and WRL with them. I'm excited to be back in a Miata at my home track and also in a sprint race format. We have two sprint races that weekend, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. It will be the third year in a row I have ran the miserably hot July event. In 2016 it marked the death of the VW Rabbit: #scca #roadatlanta

May 15, 2017

In-Car Video: The Mitty 2017

Here's a compilation of my 2017 Mitty weekend from Road Atlanta. #mitty #mazda #mazda3 #mazdaspeed #simontibbett #roadatlanta #scca #hsr #vintage #sportscar #touringcars #tcr #btcc #themitty

Apr 25, 2017

Race Recap: The Mitty 2017

The 40th anniversary of "The Mitty" was a success. Friday morning was our first practice session and the goal was to just get a feel for the car since I had never driven it. Things went well and the car seemed good, I was within a few seconds of the Mazda3 I ran a few years back in the first session so that was a good start. The second practice was the same thing but with so much traffic (over 40 cars) it was hard to get a clean lap so I worked on just running wheel to wheel

Apr 3, 2017

Next Event: The Mitty

My next race in the 2017 season brings me back to Road Atlanta for the huge "Mitty" weekend. This has been one of my favorite events to attend ever since I was a little kid. When I first got the chance to race at The Mitty in 2015 I knew I'd have to find a ride every year thereafter. The car I will be driving is not so vintage though! I'm getting back behind the wheel of a Mazda3. The car was a Runoffs competitor in the SCCA SSC days, now converted to more Touring 4 trim. The