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Meet Jesse Hasson: New Shop Porter and Apprentice Race Car Technician

We’re thrilled to publicly welcome Jesse Hasson to our team as the new Shop Porter and Apprentice Race Technician. Jesse started back in September and has been getting up to speed and helping the Racer on Rails wheels continue to churn. Jesse’s journey into the world of racing and car mechanics is not just a career choice but a lifelong passion that has been nurtured from a young age.

Jesse’s love for cars and racing sparked early, growing up with a wrench in hand alongside his father. “From the day that I replaced the water pump in our family truck alongside my dad, I knew that working on cars was my lifelong passion and hobby,” Jesse shares. This early experience laid the foundation for his deep-rooted love for all things automotive.

Further honing his skills, Jesse attended Renton Technical College, where he immersed himself in the world of car mechanics. His time at Renton wasn’t just about learning; it was about embracing the complexity and beauty of what makes cars tick. Jesse’s education went beyond textbooks, delving into the practical, hands-on experience that is crucial in our field along with helping on side projects around the shop and working during the race weekends for a while before he officially joined.

But Jesse’s ambitions don’t stop at just fixing and maintaining cars. He dreams of being behind the wheel, competing on the race track. “It is also my lifelong dream to one day competitively drive race cars,” he says with determination. This dream adds an extra layer of enthusiasm and understanding to his role with us.

As our new Shop Porter and Apprentice Race Technician, Jesse brings not just technical skills, but a genuine passion and understanding of the racing world. His role is pivotal in helping the shop operate properly and to help us maintain the high standards of race cars that we manage, ensuring they are in top condition for every race and event.

We believe that Jesse’s passion for racing, combined with his budding technical knowledge, makes him an invaluable addition to our team. His journey is a testament to following one’s passions and turning them into a career. We can’t wait to see the contributions Jesse will make to our team.

Welcome to the team, Jesse! The race track just got a little more exciting with you on board.

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Dyno Now Available w/Racer’s Annual Benefit!

It may have taken more time than we would have wanted but our dyno is now fully operational and ready to go!

It is a Dyno Dynamics 4WD Dyno that is capable of up to 900whp for a single axle car (FWD or RWD) and 2700whp for AWD platforms!

Check out the Dyno Services page pricing details.

Ready to Schedule?

To book your dyno session, simply reach out and note that Reid Morris will be our full time dyno operator!

Reid Morris Dyno Operator at Racer on Rails
AWD/FWD/RWD Dyno Dynamics Dyno Operator Reid Morris

Licensed Road Race Car Driver Dyno Benefit – Annual Pre/Post Dyno Run

Our purpose, the reason we exist is to help people go racing, achieve their goals, have fun and make memories of a lifetime. The sport isn’t cheap either so as a way to help every racer’s dollar stretch the most it can, we are proud to offer a benefit for all road racers (including Time Attack) where a sanctioned racing license is required.

Pre and Post Season Power Hour for $250 + taxes

If you are a licensed (active and valid license) road racing driver or team, for an extra $55, you get two dyno power hours so that you can head into the season knowing how much power your car is making and at the end of the season, know how much the performance has changed, which can than inform your off-season maintenance, repair, or upgrade plans.

Racer on Rails AWD Dyno Dynamics Dyno
Note: Car on the dyno is in storage mode – making room of every inch of space where we can!

Details

  • Pre-season dyno runs must be scheduled and executed by June 31st of each calendar year
  • Post-season dyno runs must be scheduled between October 1st and December 31st of each calendar year
  • Both Pre and Post-season dyno runs should be scheduled at the same time
  • Post-season dyno run can be rescheduled 1x with at least a 2 week notice
  • No refunds if post-season dyno run is not executed by the end of the calendar year due to a no-show or scheduling issues on the driver side. If due to circumstances on the Racer on Rails side a post-season dyno run needs to be rescheduled more than 1x or past the end of the calendar year, there will be no incremental cost to the driver.
  • Benefit applies to a single unique driver for one race car. e.g. if a licensed race car driver has multiple race cars, this benefit can be used only for one race car per calendar year.
  • Any road racing or time attack/trials license where a driver must demonstrate safe operation of a race car on-track before being licensed and pay an annual due is accepted.
  • Examples of accepted competition licenses: ICSCC, SCCA, NASA, FIA, WRL, SRO, IMSA, AER
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New Year, New Shop and New Faces!

And just like that, 2022 is gone and 2023 is here! And with the new year, comes some changes for Racer on Rails that have been in the works for several months.

We’ve moved to Pacific Raceways!

Starting tomorrow (Tuesday, January 3, 2023) we will be fully operating out of our new location at Pacific Raceways. We are in the new commercial buildings as you enter the Pacific Raceways main paddock on the left in bays 115, 117 and 119. There are two buildings – a “blue one” and an “orange one”. We are right in the middle of the “blue one”. Signs above the bay doors will be going up in January.

Official Address:

31001 144th Ave SE, Suite 115

Kent, WA 98042

We couldn’t be happier or more grateful for the new space and the multiple years of work Pacific Raceways and Proformance Racing School have done to get the development to this milestone. For those who have been to other major tracks across the country, having an ecosystem of automotive and motorsport companies on-site is invaluable.

Note: The signs above are rendered. Signs will go up in January. Find us in garage bays 115, 117 and 119.

The space is a big upgrade as we more than doubled the available indoor space to ~5,500 square feet. This will enable us to grow the team, add new race technicians (spoiler alert!), offer indoor storage, finally get our AWD dyno running in a dedicated garage bay (119) and all while being located right where our customers want to be… the race track!

Phone number, email and everything else stays the same. We will be setting up shop equipment throughout the month and kicking off a mezzanine construction project where we’ll have a dedicated customer lounge area, parts inventory room, clean room for engine assemblies and conference rooms. Crossing our fingers that this will be completed sometime in the spring/summer.

Welcome Tyler Mayer, Race Technician!

Tyler joins the team as our new race car technician and brings a wealth of experience and talent working on high performance cars in the Seattle area. Everything from alignments, corner balancing/setups to full custom fabrication projects, Tyler has worked on many projects.

But wait, there’s more! Tyler has been competitively drifting for the past 6 years, is Formula Drift Prospec Licensed, has been a drift instructor for the past 3 years and is an avid simulator driver/racer. We couldn’t be more happy to welcome Tyler to the team. He can not only work on almost any aspect of a race car but he has an in-depth understanding of what we’re trying to accomplish with motorsports.

Welcome, Tyler!