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April 23 - Jeff Westphal and Scuderia Corsa headed to the fourth round of the Grand Am Rolex Championship with the stage set at the infamous, Road Atlanta. This was the first year Grand Am had visited the historic track, with the most notable event prior being the Petit LeMans, a 12 hour sprint that is considered a testing ground for those hoping to score a victory at the 24 Hours of Lemans later in the season. The venue in Braselton, GA was not only new to Grand Am, but the entire Scuderia Corsa team bar 6 laps Jeff did last year at a Time Attack event.

“The start of the weekend was familiarization for Balzan and I, neither of us had solid references around the track so each outing we spent our time trying to get our feet on the ground to be able to click off consistent laps…….. Qualifying was rained out so the officials set the grid based on points. Although this isn’t ideal for my competitive nature, it’s a pretty good deal. Scuderia Corsa is slated to start the race on the outside of front row, so I am pretty happy with our chances heading into the race” explained Westphal.

The Race was 2 Hours and 45 Minutes in length, and with Balzan not feeling well just days prior to the green flag, the plan was to have Westphal take the lions share and run a double stint to get the team going (a double stint is 2 full tanks of fuel). With that said, Jeff impressed the entire paddock by leading the race for all but two laps during his 1 Hour 50 Minute drive time, at some points holding a lead of 6 seconds over the entire GT field while managing tire degradation. Once the fuel light came on for the second time, the Californian dove into pitlane to do the mandatory driver change and let his team mate carry the car to the end.

“We have nothing but faith in our drivers, they have shown strength all year and both are capable of winning races, so we choose the most advantageous time to do the driver change. Jeff did a fantastic job at the beginning of the race, and Alessandro fought very hard to fend off cars with new tires nipping at our heels.” said owner, Giacomo.

As the dust settled, Scuderia Corsa finished 3rd in their maiden race at Road Atlanta, making this their second podium in a row, as well as now taking over the points lead of the championship heading into the long break before the Detroit Gp at Belle Isle.

All races are live on Speed channel with the full hourly schedule on the grand-am.com website. Next up is Belle Isle street circuit on June 1st, 2013.

April 6, 2013 – Birmingham, AL – After many close calls with victory during the current Grand-AM season, Scuderia Corsa is celebrating a well-deserved second place finish at today’s Porsche 250 held at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Less than one second was the difference between the #63 Ferrari 458 and the winning Stephenson Camaro. Jeff Westphal addition to the driver lineup paid off when he qualified the car in fourth place despite very little time behind the wheel. At the start Westphal wasted no time, storming to second place to then lead GT class until co-driver Alessandro Balzan kept on the heels of Robin Liddell in the winning car. The #63 Ferrari held the second spot for much of the race.

Of his team’s strong result, team principal Giacomo Mattioli, said, “I am very pleased with the result today, we needed a positive weekend after Austin. Because of the rain on Thursday, we had a limited amount of practice and the drivers had to improvise a little. Alessandro and Jeff did a fantastic job, and we look forward to Road Atlanta in a few weeks.”

Helping his team reach the podium in his first race in the #63 Ferrari, San Francisco native Jeff Westphal added, “It’s great to be back racing again. For me, this weekend was used to get familiar with the car, tires, setup, and to gel with the team. The car and the setup were fantastic and the race was executed well. Moving forward, I have a great feeling.” The team’s Technical Director, Roberto Amorosi affirmed the strong teamwork, saying, “After Austin, the team worked very hard to achieve this result. I am very happy that Jeff is driving with us. Alessandro was great as well and the crew did a great job. I am proud of everyone. This now puts us in a competitive spot in the championship and we will see what we can do in Atlanta.”

Of course it was veteran driver Alessandro Balzan who reminded race fans of the challenges drivers face every weekend, “The first 5-10 laps were a little surprising for me. I had some difficulty finding the line. After all, this was my first time driving the track in dry conditions. The car felt really good. The last 20 minutes I pushed very hard and the car was so nice to drive, thanks to the crew. Jeff had a great race and I am very happy to be with him. Now we begin to fight for the championship.”

Scuderia Corsa will immediately begin preparation for the April 20th Road Atlanta race.

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April 1, 2013 – Los Angeles, California – Scuderia Corsa, the Los Angeles based Ferrari team competing in its first full season of Grand-AM, has announced that young driver Jeff Westphal will join Alessandro Balzan behind the wheel of the #63 Ferrari 458 for the remainder of the season in the Rolex GT class.

Westphal, a 26 year-old San Francisco native, started his racing career at a local northern California indoor go-cart track when the track owner was so impressed with his raw talent that he sponsored him for the 2004 Red Bull Driver Search Runoffs. During the past few seasons Jeff has gained attention for his record-breaking victories and Championship wins in the Global Time Attack series and other early career highlights included a record string of victories in the Pacific F2000 series where he took the championship with 9 wins in 12 races. Jeff has earned numerous Continental Challenge starts together with two participations in the Rolex 24H At Daytona.

Team principal Giacomo Mattioli, said; “Jeff has been in the squad since the beginning as a driver and as a coach for the Ferrari Challenge team, I have appreciated his commitment and contribution to our team. I think he earned the opportunity to drive #63. Together with Balzan they formed a fast and reliable duo. I am looking forward to a great season with Jeff.”

“I am excited and honored to have the opportunity to drive the #63 after working with Scuderia Corsa and Ferrari for over a year” said Jeff Westphal. “The two have a reputation nothing short of stellar and I look forward to moving forward with both in the rest of this 2013 season. The remaining races encompass quite the challenge with some world-class facilities and events, tracks that I cannot wait to see again from behind the wheel”.

All races will be televised on the Speed Channel, with exact time/dates on the following schedule at grand-am.com: http://www.grand-am.com/ScheduleResults/Rolex.aspx

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About Scuderia Corsa
Giacomo Mattioli and Art Zafiropoulo created the Scuderia Corsa racing team in 2011 for the sole purpose of supporting the racing needs of Ferrari clients. Turnkey programs include, GT3 endurance racing, Ferrari Challenge Series and track events. Giacomo Mattioli is the owner of Ferrari Maserati Beverly Hills and partner in Ferrari Maserati Silicon Valley with Art Zafiropoulo.

Well, it doesn’t always finish the way you’d think, domination at almost every event yet come to finals, the one event that we really wanted to show how far the car had come over the last 12 months, and we were plagued with an engine failure. It is the first I’ve experienced with GST Motorsports in 2 seasons of Time Attack, and a few tests here and there. “Upon the last 1/4 mile of the warm up lap on the first run of the day, she let go near pit in” explained Jeff. “When a little 4 cylinder is pushed as hard as we push it, I can’t blame anyone for the failure. The rod that failed in the engine was nearly 3 years old with VERY high levels of pressure on it. This package is really a testament to all of our technical partners involved as they have given us a reliable enough platform to win the Championship this year” said Westphal.

Global Time Attack held its last Time Attack of the 6 event championship at Buttonwillow Raceway this November 7th of 2012, where 50+ cars attended hoping to break the record of their respective class with anything from a mild street class car, to exotic unlimited class build.
Over the last 2 years Jeff Westphal and GST Motorsports have collected 9 track records at racetracks all over the country with their Subrau Impreza.

Jeff and the team plan to make significant improvements to the car for the next season, and looking to enter some unique events for a time attack car in 2013! We would like to say thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters this year, and look forward to having you as a partner next year.

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2010 Time Attack Champion Jeff Westphal added yet another track record to his and GST Motorsport’s repertoire this past weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. The Global Time Attack Championship hosted the 5th of 6 events there on the infield road course, providing sub minute laps around the 1.36 mile track.

“The car felt much better after the team had some time to give it a once over and replace some worn out parts. It’s amazing what a thorough nut and bolt job will do the feeling of a machine. Everything worked better, and felt much less sloppy than it did in Palm Beach.” Explained the multi time championship winner.

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GST and Westphal debuted some new technology on their Impreza L that should help them generate more down force, and ultimately allow them to corner faster, and thus have a faster lap time. “Downforce is the new black art of Time Attack, where you have the top teams and cars sporting creative new ways to generate more negative pressure, thus allowing a capable driver to drive the car faster through given corners.” Said Mike Warfield, team principle of GST Motorsports.

Jeff and GST won the event overall with a 35.0 and set a new track record for a production car at the facility, and added their ninth track record to the resume as the pair has notched more track records and event wins than any Time Attack Subaru in the world.

The next event is the Modified Magazine Tuner Shootout at Buttonwillow, CA on November 7th. Watch for live streaming internet coverage viewable from www.globaltimeattack.com

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September 8, 2012. Grand Am professional made his return to Continental Challenge competition with Cameron Racing and their Ford Mustang Boss 302R at Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.

Jeff Westphal was competing in the Continental GS category with Insight Racing earlier this year, but has had time off since the team’s demise. Team owner Steve Cameron called Westphal within a week of the penaultament race, and the deal came together on Thursday before the race, but once all was set up, the team and drivers started working immediately on preparing their Mustang for battle come Saturday morning.

Jeff’s teammate was World Challenge GT competitor, David Welch who regularly drives the Ferrari F430 in the competitive series. “I knew what David was going through transitioning from a car with much more tire and more aero, it’s the same thing I did coming from Rolex GT cars to Continental Challenge where sports cars started life as road cars, and have far more conservative rule regulations. The cars are harder to drive in that the closing speeds to the corners aren’t much slower than bigger GT cars, yet the cars have less grip so all 3 phases of the corner are more sensitive.” Said Jeff.

After practice finished, Jeff put the car as high as 14th of 30+ competitors in class, and 50+ overall. “The balance was good, but this track doesn’t favor mustangs much. The fact that we were the second fastest Mustang of 4 including the factory Roush effort was pretty encouraging, especially since we started this race weekend without a proper test and it was my first time in a new Ford Chassis” explained Westphal.

Come Saturday, it was decided David would qualify the car so Jeff could finish the race when the conditions and competition is stiffer. “Jeff had experience in the series and David was new, so it made more sense for Jeff to finish.” Said Steve Cameron.

The last lap of qualifying, David called in on the radio and complained of a funny smell inside the car, only to be diagnosed later as a terminal engine failure. Unfortunately for the team, the race was only a mere 2 hours after qualifying, making the engine change effort useless since it takes about 4 to get one in and out. So that meant Cameron Racing would have to watch from the sidelines while the field took the green and the carnage ensued. 2 hours later after many yellows, broken cars and penalties handed out, the race neared it’s end with Cameron, Westphal and Welch watching in envy.

Unfortunately no headway was made during the 2.5 hour event for the #150, but Westphal showed well in the few sessions he did with the car prior to the event. As of right now, Jeff is available to drive in the 13’ season, please inquire at Jeff@jeffwestphalracing.com

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August 5th was the final day of competition for Global Time Attack and GST Motorsports at New Jersey Motorsports Park where Westphal and his team of multicultural bandits stole the track record in 2011 by some 4+ seconds.

With the events leading up to this, the GST Subaru had lived on the road for almost half a year, and in racing standards that is a lifetime. No in between prep, no maintenance other than at track the morning of which was more nut and bolt to make sure Linda was safe to lean on at break neck speeds.

Westphal adorned in Sparco x TNVC gear climbed aboard with the challenging task at hand, beat a 1.02.4 around NJMP’s Lightning Circuit which was the official closed wheel production car track record. Unrestricted Speed World Challenge GT cars barely dipped into the 1.05’s. “This is what time attack is all about, taking a car that ultimately isn’t supposed to be able to achieve speeds like that, pushing the envelope for overall outright speed supremacy. I love the challenge associated with making our Subaru handle like a purpose built race car around World Class circuits.” explained Westphal.

With massive heat, lots of sweat and heat soak to turbo chargers, along with a car that needs a refresh and a blown center differential, GST wasn’t able to reset their track record, however they still waxed the competition by over 2 seconds. “I wasn’t quite happy with the overall result because the nature of this sport is to keep pushing forward. I don’t compete here to win the events, I compete here to break records. It wasn’t all a failure though, as we gained some valuable knowledge about the chassis and how to refine the balance for future events” said the multiple record holder.

The next event is September 21-22 at Texas Motor Speedway with XDC for the Global Time Attack Circuit. Stay tuned for up to the hour results through social media, or check out GTA’s homepage for a link to a live webcast of the event!

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June 2nd Jeff Westphal and GST Motorsports took the top step of the podium at the third round of Global Time Attack at Palm Beach International Raceway as well as breaking the previous production car track record of 1.25.0 by some form of a Porsche 911.

In just 2 outings on the racing surface, Westphal had locked in a 1.16.709 in the heavily modified street car. “The track was fairly simple, so after leaving pit-lane for the first time, the next revolution I was able to break the record and then re-set it on the second try.” explained Westphal. “We couldn’t do it without our sponsors, after all they are who makes this car the record breaker that it is currently.” continued Jeff

The next round of Global Time Attack is at New Jersey Motorsports Park’s Lightning Circuit where Jeff and GST currently hold the record at a 1.02, eclipsing GT2 Porsche’s by some 4 seconds. The event will be hosted with a live stream on the Global Time Attack Website during the competition days of August 11-12.

The GST Impreza had a feature in the online magazine, Speedhunters which can be seen here:

http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/05/gst-chases-time-like-it-stole-their-bike

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California based Jeff Westphal and GST Motorsports kept their streak alive in securing the overall win and track record at Braselton, Ga’s Road Atlanta, May 11 & 12.

“The development of our new platform is coming along well. The Road Atlanta facility was fantastic, a real treat to continue refining the new package for the upcoming events” commented Jeff Westphal, driver of the GST Time Attack Subaru L. “I can’t thank the GTA crew enough for putting on the event as well as the World Racing team for all of their help” Continued Westphal.

Mike Warfield, owner and engine tuner at GST Motorsports, had this to say about the team’s event; “I would pretty much like to echo Jeff’s comments regarding not only the track but our thanks to both the GTA and World Racing crew’s”. “Aside from some teething issues with the car the event went really well for us, I would like to add my thanks to our fantastic crew of Earl, Phil and Aaron at the track as well as Keith, Zalo and Mert back at basecamp GST. Obviously additionally my eternal thanks to Jeff for putting in a shift only he knows how to do behind the wheel all weekend!” Added Warfield.

Jeff Westphal and GST Motorsports would like to thank their sponsors for their continued support: Tactical Night Vision Company, GoPro, Kona Red, Continental Tire, Ksport USA, World Racing, World Electronics, Cosworth, AFI Turbo, Wheeldude.com, Rota Wheels, JE Pistons, BC, ACT Clutches, Kognition Designs, Full Race, Huck Gee , Turbosmart USA, ATP Turbo and Garrett Turbo’s.

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Just over a fortnight ago, GST Motorsports and Westphal with their menacing Subaru Impreza L met down in Buttonwillow, Ca to compete in Rd. 1 of the 2012 season of Global Time Attack. This is the Series that Jeff broke 3 track records in 4 events with in 2011, and looks to continue that momentum into 2012.

“Heading down to Buttonwillow with a raft of changes over the winter meant this was going to be the type of weekend where we got what we were dealt. The car could work flawlessly or it could have a few issues to be ironed out, so I had a realistic outlook on the weekend as a whole. Gather some useful data, and analyze it to better refine the car.” explained the California native.

“The car has gone within 1 second of the overall record here in testing with a former build, and we’re confident once we get this package working harmoniously we’ll be in better shape to reset that bar for other cars to chase. At 1.40 seconds, these once road going rocket ships are clipping along quite quickly here, with speeds in excess of 140 miles per hour around the technical and bumpy 17 turn course.” said Mike Warfield, owner of GST Motorsports.

Jeff and the team we able to run one lap with a decent level of aggressiveness all weekend, which was fast enough to win the event overall, yet it wasn’t the pace needed to reset the delta around the track. However, the GTA series will be back to Buttonwillow in November when abient temps are out of the 100 degree range, much more appropriate for high hp turbo cars to make good power. Next up for the Time Attack circus is Road Atlanta in less than 5 days!

You can watch the live stream of the event on Friday the 11th and Saturday 12th of May by using the link on www.Globaltimeattack.com