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DRIVER
PROFILE
JUSTIN
WESSELING
Born
: August 27th 1978
Hometown : Cerritos, Ca
Current
residence : Lake Elsinore, Ca
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Auto
body repair and engine repair certificates from cypress college, ca
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Established pro rc car
driver, avid surfer and bodyboarder, likes camping, watching nascar,
grand-am, DTM,F1 racing on t.v., big basketball fan
, English Soccer (man. untd.)
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NASA racing member with NASA competition license
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Favorite people are
Michael Schumacher, Tom Hanks, Dale Earnhardt Jr. , Fernando Alonso, Sir
Laird Hamilton, Kelly Slater , Elton Brand
, Mike Parsons ( tow in surfing ), my dad
For
over 13 years Justin has done many Honda engine swaps and suspension
enhancements , and is a long time Honda builder and enthusiast
Justin
also has some significant karting experience to add to the foundation
for future racing.125cc grand prix.
In 2001 Justin
established himself as a world level remote controlled car driver in
California and has been nationally recognized. From that year Justin has
gone on to drive and promote for Mugen Seiki USA until the present time.
Mugen Seiki is one of the top rc car manufacturers in the world next to
associated. They are also affiliated with Sanwa electronics who has a
renamed U.S. company called Airtronics. Justin has been a team driver as
well for Airtronics who makes the transmitter and servos to control the
model cars.
During
this time with rc and karting, Justin has admitted to learning a vast amount about car
handling characteristics and suspension geometry. This is extremely
relevant as the tuning of suspension on a race car is crucial . In the same time he has also recognized the combinations of car
set-up, driving skill, components, sponsorship promotion it takes to be
successful in racing. This sets Justin apart from many other drivers in
his class. To add , the many open track days so far have confirmed
Justins' knowledge
of these great characteristics and he is progressing very fast. After
paying his dues going through the NASA HPDE ranks , Justin has the race
craft needed to be a winner.
With
a new goal to race real cars Justin may not have a long list of event accomplishments at the moment, however as you can see by
the experience and knowledge he can apply, success is only a few turns
away. The progress being made is very good and Justin seems to be
learning very fast and is comfortable on the track. He will run Time
Attack events and NASA Honda Challenge H1 2008.
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