Race Reports and Schedule

February 4th Parker 425, Parker AZ. BITD. April 1st Mojave 250, Barstow CA. MDR. June 10th Coyote 200 Night race. Plaster City CA, Superstition Series. September 30th Lucerne 250, Lucerne Valley CA. MDR. December 2nd Terrible 400, Henderson NV. BITD
1795 6-10-06 Temper-Mental Racing Jason LaFortune and TMR team topped the field of 17 entries in the MDR coyote 200 night race. The 1795 JeepSpeed piloted by Jason LaFortune with co-driver Jason Rivera started 3rd off the line and left at 7:30 pm. By mm 7 they had passed the 2 other JeepSpeeds in front of them and extended there lead by 3min &30 seconds by the end of the first lap. The Dirt Logic shocks worked flawlessly and aided in the passing most of his competitors in the rough sections of the course. On the beginning of the second lap Jason Rivera switched on all 8 KC HID lights which made it seem like daylight coming through the main pit. Midway through the 2^nd lap 1795 became stuck after moving over to let a buggy buy but luckily a spectator was nearby with a truck to give him a quick pull, it did however cost him 4min of downtime which shrunk his lead to 1 min and 30 sec by the end of the second lap. At the start of the 3rd lap 1795 was running hard and passing many of the prerunner and 7’s trucks. While coming up to make a pass in one of the heavily whooped out sections of the course a 7’s ford ranger tried to speed up to avoid being passed and lost control rolling right in front of 1795. At the end of the 3^rd lap 1795 had extended their lead to 3min and ran strong all the way to the finish, beating second place by 2 minutes. 1795 did not suffer one flat on BFG baja terrain tires.
1795 Jason LaFortune Race Report 4-1-06 Temper-Mental Racing had a great day at the MDR Mojave 250. On the first lap Karl Ambrust (co driving) Jason LaFortune (Driver) started in 12th position and we ran strong passing all the Jeeps in front of us except Peltzer, we were hot on his trail but a wrong turn put us a little behind. Then as we pulled up to the start finish some of the flags were down we ended up on the wrong side of the flags having to drive through them. As we sat at the flagman they discussed with each other what to do, so after 30seconds they wanted us to back up around the barrels and back around the fence. Keep in mind how hard it is to back up when you cannot see behind you let alone dangerous. Backing into the orange barrels and into another fence we drove back around, swung a 180 and pulled back into the start finish and we were finally off on our second lap. Our second lap was a little better them the first except for making the mistake of trying to pass a prerunner truck and following him down the wrong road causing us to do some serious bushwhacking. The second lap went great except for that small detour. The third Lap Jon Krellwitz (driver) and Jason Rivera (co driver) took the jeep and ran strong battling back and fourth with Eric Heiden for second place until a flat tire brought them limping into pit C where Matt McCallum did a quick tire change. On the fourth lap they pulled into main pit to take on a new spare tire where it was discovered that the lower sub frame had cracked and needed to be welded. After 10 minutes welding and hammering of parts we were off to a flawless 4^th lap and a strong 3^rd place finish out of 24 entries. All in all an exceptional run and testament to the strength of mostly bolt on products that we are running on this jeep.
1795 Temper-Mental Racing Henderson 400 Race Report 12-2-06 Temper-Mental Racing (TMR) takes a first place finish at the Best In The Desert Henderson 400 and clinches the 2006 American Racing Wheels JeepSpeed racing circuit. With Jason LaFortune at the wheel and Jon Krellwitz co-driving the TMR team had a 9^th place start out of 18 entries. One thing was on their minds Beat Ray Griffith and keep the truck together. With Eric Heiden starting right behind TMR it was essential to push hard to catch Ray Griffith who was first off the line. When the green flag dropped it was full throttle into the 3big jumps in the infield where the Dirt Logic shocks and bump stops proved as they have all season that they were ready for some serious abuse. Jason proved this by launching all three of the jumps bigger then any of his competitors. Out of the infield and down the course the race was on, passing other Jeeps with the solid skyjacker suspension system. The next big challenge was the rock garden where it was proved once again that the BFG tires are tough as nails and many competitors were passed as they were changing flat tires. It was after the rock garden where some of the greatest racing took place between Guy Aldredge, the lost racing crew, Eric Hieden and TMR. Jon Krellwitz did an amazing job of reminding LaFortune that this is not who he is racing against (for the championship) and got LaFortune to calm down and get out of their dust. Up and over the mountain and down to pit C TMR was in 4^th place and right on the tail of Eric Heiden, it was on the way into pit C where they witnessed Ray Griffith on the side of the course who was signaling that he was out of the race. At that point there was mixed emotions of joy knowing all that was needed to win the championship was a finish and disappointment that TMR would not be able to race it out with Ray Griffith who had run an amazing season. Past pit C and on to the lakebed where heavy dust was cleaned by the huge UMP air filter and funneled through the custom UMP intake system giving the Jeep all the power necessary to scream across the lakebed. It was then on to the last obstacle on the course BLM’s revenge (another rock garden) where the Currie rear end took quite a few large hits with big rocks and did not miss a beat. TMR was now in 3^rd place cruising at a good pace when they came upon Guy Allderedge stuck in a sandy section and took the 2^nd place position. There was only one person to catch now (Eric Hardin) but Krellwitz reminded LaFortune again that we just need to finish. Now TMR was in the fast power line road and came upon Heiden changing a flat tire putting TMR in 1^st place. Unfortunately 5 miles later a driver error caused TMR to get a flat tire, as Krellwitz and LaFortune finished changing the tire Heiden went driving by and the race was on. Heiden and LaFortune battled for 10 miles with a helicopter flying 40ft above getting all of the racing action all the way into the main pit area. TMR came into the pits hot on Heidens tail for a quick fueling and spare tire change and were off on the last lap. TMR’s pit crew was able to get them out of the pits ahead of Heiden, and in the 1^st place position. Five miles into the last lap the motor started missing heavily due to a faulty sensor. However TMR was able to maintain their lead to pit 2 where it was decided to pull into the pits to let Gavin Skilton and Nick Beil take a look at what was going on. The decision was made run it the way it was. With the motor running fat and no other problems TMR took the Currie Enterprises/ Dirt Logic shocks 1795 JeepSpeed to the first place finish and clinched the 2006 JeepSpeed Championship for the second year in a row. The Team who mad it possible: Jason LaFortune, Jon Krellwitz, Jason Rivera, Karl Armbrust, Matt McCallum, Dean Schlingmann, Patrick Smith, Robert Zeman, Dan Kiefer, Steven Albovias, Joel Olivia, Joe Reinbold, Daniel Demonteverde, Jason Bernal, Kris Hernandez, Kurt Youngs, Randy Wiseman, Chris Black, Gavin Skilton, Ray Currie, Tony Sierra, Noel Sierra, Jeff Proctor, Steve Schlingmann, This series would not be possible without all the hard work of Clive Skilton, and Michelle so my hat is off to you as well. Also to all of the other JeepSpeed racers who have helped us get unstuck or for parts: Steve G, Kevin (big red chase truck), Jim and James Hunt, Gavin S, Nick B, Drew K, there are so many others who I know I forgot sorry but thank you. Thank you to Temper-Mental Racings sponsors for helping TMR to clinch the 2006 American Racing Wheels Championship.

2006 Temper-Mental Racing