+Team Athlete, Brian Valin

+Team athlete, Brian Valin age 16, is the 2007 HPV Pro Class Champion and has returned to defend his title in the highly competitive six race Championship Enduro Series in 2008.

Starting the season at Gateway International Speedway in   St. Louis, Brian battled tough conditions, tough competitors and rain to deliver a 1st and 3rd place.

The next series race will be held at Gratten raceway in Michigan on June 13-15 2008.  Brian has elected to travel with two carts and has entered three different races in an attempt to sweep the series.  Brian believes that Gratten will suit his driving style and that he has the experience to win the event.

Hazardous Fluids would like to wish Brian the best of luck in defending his title in 2008.

Dixon wins!

Scott Dixon has a few days to celebrate his 92nd Indianapolis 500 victory, and then he will get back to business - the business of winning the IndyCar Series championship.

The 27-year-old, who won an IndyCar Series title in 2003, became the first native New Zealander to win the Indianapolis 500, leading 115 of 200 laps May 25. After drinking the milk in Victory Lane and posing for pictures with the Borg-Warner Trophy, Dixon hopes he can carry on another Indianapolis 500 tradition - winning the series title.

Story by Indycar.com

 

Indy Lights Track Record

A NEW TRACK RECORD - 191.412 mph. The fastest lap record for an Indy Lights car was shattered by Sportsdrink+ Pro Team Athlete Bobby Wilson in lap 16 of the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis, beating Ed Carpenter's 4-year old record. Congratulations Bobby from us all at Hazardous Fluids.

Coleman Gulick, Best In The Country!

Hazardous driver Coleman Gulick was rated the best 14 year old sprint car driver in the country by HammerdownUSA.com, a top Sprint Car Web Site based in California. HammerdownUSA.com rates the Top Sprint/Midget/Champ Dirt Car Drivers in the Country each year and Coleman tops the 14 Year Old List for 2008. “This entire List contains some pretty prestigious names, many whom we have raced with over the last few years and all of these drivers are that good. It is an honor for Coleman “The Iceman” to be recognized with this group.” said Pete Gulick.

 

Hazardous Fluids announces Fluidfoxes

Hazardous Fluids has announced its global search for product ambassadors to represent the Sportsdrink+ brand. If you have what it takes, or know someone who has, click on the Fluidfoxes button on the left hand side of this page.

 

Battisini: Freedom 100 Pole

Panther Racing's Dillon Battistini sped to a two-lap average speed of 188.397 mph during qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday (May 22nd). The thirty-year old Brit's effort put him on the pole for tomorrow's Firestone Freedom 100 alongside Sam Schmidt Motorsports' James Davison (188.390 mph).

Hazardous Fluids athletes had a solid showing with Logan Gomez (+Team athlete) qualifying 9th, Bobby Wilson (+Team Pro athlete) qualifying 12th and Marc Williams (+ Team athlete) qualifying 14th.

We wish all our Hazardous athletes the best of luck for the Freedom 100.

Will Power joins Sportsdrink+

Hazardous Fluids is very pleased to announce that Australian IndyCar driver
Will Power has joined the growing list of +TeamPro members. “We have had the chance to work with Will this month and are pleased to be responsible for his hydration program for this years Indianapolis 500 and beyond” - said Damon Hill, Vice-President of Hazardous Fluids, Inc.

Introducing +TeamPro member, Bobby Wilson

Bobby Wilson, 26, debuted in the Indy Pro Series in 2005 competing in three races for Brian Stewart Racing, the season after he won the Formula Ford 2000 Zetec championship. In 2006, he split the season between Michael Crawford Motorsports and Kenn Hardley Racing, recording his first series victory in the rain at Watkins Glen. Last year, he returned to Brian Stewart Racing winning on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Father’s Day. He finished fourth in the championship in both 2006 and 2007.

Despite his past success with established teams, Wilson believes this is his best opportunity to win the Firestone Firehawk Cup.

"I’m really pumped about the season," Wilson said after the team’s first test at Sebring International Raceway on January 24-25, 2008. "The test was the first day that everyone on the team was together, and we came out of the box hitting on all cylinders”.  “There were no hiccups, nothing missing”.

"I look at everybody else and ask, what will it take to beat them?”. “I don’t see anything that should keep us from being up front, winning is our goal, the championship is our ultimate goal."

Bobby will race in the Freedom 100 on “Carb Day” in an attempt to add another Indianapolis victory to his impressive record. We wish Bobby the best of luck and will ensure that his system is primed with plenty of Sportsdrink+ Bodily Fluids.

Joel Miller gets 3rd - Star Mazda Championship

Round 2 of the 2008 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear took place at Miller Motorsport park in Utah, with MAZDASPEED/Sportsdrink+ young development driver Joel Miller starting from the front row. The race was not without incident as the lights went green, the field ran into turn one causing a multiple car incident which brought out the yellow flag.
 
Miller slotted in behind leader Edwards ready for the race re-start. Again the light went green with Miller running around the outside of Edwards causing both cars to touch.  This caused Miller to run wide and loose several places, dropping him to 9th position.
 
More drama was to affect Miller during the race as the temperature spike on the onboard dash illuminated.  Instructions from the JDC team to “go for it” provided Miller the incentive to fight through the field and finish on the podium in 3rd place.
 
Special thanks must go to JDC Motorsports efforts this weekend after Joel suffered two suspension failures and an engine change due to a loss of power.

Setback for Giebler

Sportsdrink+ Phil Giebler was the 33rd fastest qualifier for the 2007 Indianapolis 500 and his efforts earned him the Chase Rookie of the Year award. The Californian was so inspired with his initial experience that he couldn't wait for the next go-around. But his dream vanished Saturday afternoon when he crashed heavily during his first day on the track.



"Phil pushed it too hard, too fast but he's okay as far as we know," team co-owner Eric Zimmerman said shortly after the crash. Regarding the condition of the car and the bad luck experienced by the team, he added, "The car is not repairable but that's racing."

"Phil's career is exactly what American Dream is all about," Zimmerman said on Friday. "He's an excellent driver and he just needs a break to make good. We picked him up as we believe he's a perfect candidate for us."

The likable driver will undoubtedly race again as his spirits won't be dashed after his bout with the wall. Prior to the crash he had said, "I have tried to make the Indianapolis 500 be like any other race but it is so different, and so special, it can't be done. It is good to be here."

By Joe Jennings - Motorsport.com
 

Manning qualifies for Indy 500

Fine tuning car setup has paid off for Darren Manning allowing him to qualify in 14th spot. (No. 14 ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt Racing, qualified 14th)

"It was really good. I've been struggling with my car all month, and that's the best it's been. I've been loose all month, and then all of a sudden we made a few changes and then I had understeer. You know the day's not very nice with all this wind and the temperature has been getting up there, so we were a bit cautious on downforce. So we were actually surprised to go so fast, but it was just because the car was that much better.

I had to actually come off the gas a little on Turn 2 on the last lap, which dropped me out of fastest for the day. We're in the show, so now we'll go back and think about it a little and see if we can run some good, competitive race runs. I think I'm going to be faster than the guys around me, and it's a long race, so we should be all right."

Indianapolis Rookie Returns

Majority ownership of Playa Del Racing has been purchased by former Indiana Boxing Commissioner William T. Kelsey and Arizona businessman Eric Zimmerman and will be known as American Dream Motorsports.

American Dream Motorsports will attempt to qualify for the 92nd Indianapolis 500 with 2007 Chase Rookie of the Year Phil Giebler behind the wheel of the No. 21 Honda-powered Panoz.

Giebler qualified 33rd in 2007 and finished as the "Rookie of the year".

"It's hard to put into words what it means to return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indy 500," Giebler said. "I had a huge learning curve in my rookie run last year, but I plan on this being a much better year. To say Indy is all I've thought about for the last 12 months would be an understatement."