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Tooele, Utah, April 1, 2011 - Ryan Snodgrass met up with former NayKid Racing teammate Cindi Lux at Miller Motorsports Park to dust off the cobwebs on his driving shoes. Despite warnings of rain the weather turned out sunny and in the mid-60s, perfect for pushing the Mustang FR500S race car to the limits. Friday was dedicated to the West track and focusing on getting back up to speed. Sunday we moved to the East track and focused on consistency and picking up the speed. A few laps out with Cindi showed how it is really done which reset the bar for the remainder of the day.
Ryan Snodgrass: "The Miller Motorsports Park facility certainly ranks as one of the best racing facilities in North America. The ability to run multiple configurations and really test your abilities at reading a different race track each day really make the challenge just that more fun."
Lexington, Ohio, September 24, 2005 - In one of the most exciting Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Touring One (T1) class events in recent memory, NayKid Racing placed its two KUMHO Tires / Woodhouse Auto Family Dodge Viper SRT10s in the top-five at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Kohler (c). Scotty B. White (Puyallup, Wash.), who started from the pole position and led five laps of the 20 lap event, exchanged track record for track record, lap after lap with the eventual winner John Heinricy to finish second in the No. 3 KUMHO Tires / Woodhouse.com Dodge Viper SRT10. In the process, White took fastest lap honors (one minute, 33.360 seconds) on lap 17 of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Just behind, Cindi Lux (Aloha, Ore.) was in a nail-biting race of her own. In some of the closest competition of the weekend, the No. 78 KUMHO Tires / Woodhouse Auto Family Dodge Viper SRT10 would fall an excruciatingly close .162 seconds short of fourth place at the checkered flag to come home fifth. The week's events made history for Dodge Motorsports, the SRT Division of DaimlerChrysler and Mopar Performance Parts. Never before had a Dodge Viper SRT10 earned the T1 class pole position, set fastest qualifying and fastest race laps, led a T1 National Championship event or placed multiple cars in the top-five at the SCCA Runoffs. "After the re-start for the first yellow, I opened up a gap on the guys for a couple laps while John [Heinricy] worked his way past the others," reflected White on his race. "With John about a second back, I missed a shift from second to third [gear] allowing him to blow by me on the front straight. From then on it was about maintaining a gap and just running hard. I tried to save a bit for the end. With three laps to go I charged hard and got to his bumper only to hit oil in [turn] 10B dropping me back out of striking distance for the win. All in all it was a great week for KUMHO Tire, Dodge Motorsports / SRT and NayKid Racing." The accolades for the Viper SRT10 add to those already accomplished earlier in the season as NayKid Racing was the first team to build and develop the Dodge Viper SRT10, in its current iteration, for SCCA use. During the course of this first, developmental season, White earned the SCCA Southern Pacific Division championship for Dodge while Lux added to the trophy case with the Northern Pacific Divisional title. "It was a great Runoffs debut for the Dodge Viper SRT10," said Dodge Motorsports Road Racing Manager Gary Johnson. "The team has been working so hard to develop the car throughout the season. They have probably done a year's worth of development in three months. What was really impressive was the drive that both Scotty and Cindi showed all year. It was good to see their hard work and effort pay off with such a good result at Runoffs for both of them. Dodge is looking forward to next season, coming back and, hopefully, taking the win. The third NayKid Racing, KUMHO Tire-shod entry of Ryan Snodgrass (Kirkland, Wash.), started 24th in the race. The young Northwesterner, in his second season of racing with NayKid, ran as high as 21st before falling back to 22nd in the closing laps of the event. "This race really showed how the SCCA has done an excellent job of making the Corvettes and Vipers very similar in performance," remarked Lux after the race. "Just look at the diversity of cars in the top 10. There were three of us fighting it out nose-to-tail the last two laps of the race. And that's why we come back to Mid-Ohio ... to race! I cannot tell you how proud I am of our crew's effort this entire year but especially these past two weeks. These guys are truly the warriors behind our success. Scotty did a stellar job driving this whole week and I was so jazzed to see his drive to second place. Having two of our cars in the top-five the first year out is something I can definitely live with over the winter. 2006 brings new challenges, new courses and new opportunities to get our NayKid Racing hotrods on the top-two spots on the podium next year." SPEED Channel will air the T1 class race. It will be shown at 1:00pm (ET), November 26, 2005.
LEXINGTON, Oh., September 19, 2005 - NayKid Racing enters Friday's SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Kohler at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ready to strike with its pair of Dodge Viper SRT10s in the Touring One (T1) class. Drivers Cindi Lux (Aloha, Ore.) and Scotty B. White (Puyallup, Wash.) each earned class titles in their division- Lux in the Northern Pacific Division (NorPac), White in the Southern Pacific Division (SoPac)- in their first season of racing the formidable V10-powered machine. Now they bring the newest iteration Viper, the SRT10, to the SCCA National Championships for the first time. Having spent much of the year developing the car with Dodge Motorsports, the SRT Division of DaimlerChrysler, Lux Performance Group, LLC and technical partner KUMHO Tires, momentum has the NayKid Vipers coiled and ready. Lux, in the No. 78 KUMHO Tires/ Woodhouse.com Viper, and White, in the No. 3 Viper also backed by KUMHO Tires and the Woodhouse Auto Family, will each challenge to give Dodge and SRT their first-ever T1 national titles for the Viper just as they gave the American supercar its first divisional titles last month. "I am not going to sit here and make promises on how we are going to run this year at the Runoffs because so many things can happen," said Lux. "All I am going to say is the cars are ready and the drivers are super-eager and very hungry. KUMHO has great tire underneath these cars that is really getting the job done. My hat's off to them once again. I think it would be appropriate to stamp a NayKid Racing driver's name in the record books as winning the last Runoffs at Mid-Ohio. I feel 100% physically and I'm ready to get back up on the wheel of the number 78 car." The SCCA Runoffs is a unique event in the world of motorsports. Unlike other series that crown their national champion from a season-long collection of points earned at each event, the 13-race NayKid schedule only served to win the division titles and an invitation to the Runoffs. Here at the week-long National Championships, the 21 class titles- three of which Dodge is represented- will be decided in one race. The added pressure is something that NayKid Racing has become accustom to. "It's really a weird feeling going into Runoffs as a dark horse," offered White about the position of the team in the season's premier race. "We have been going into the event the past several years with people predicting us as the ones that could finally steal one away from the GM Factory team. Now, here we are starting from scratch with a brand new car and people are so worried about us getting it done. Who in their right mind would expect anything better than a top-10 in a brand new car in this tough, talent-rich field? We have had amazing support from KUMHO Tires. I love this hot rod and I love workin' with the guys from Dodge/SRT and Mopar. It's so awesome to visit with any of these guys and they are actually excited for you when you make progress! They are passionate about the hot rods they build and it just feels so right to have the honor of flyin' their colors!" "Having Dodge now in the hunt for the championship is great and it adds diversity for the fans," Lux picked-up White's thought. "That is what it's all about. I wouldn't be surprised to see more Vipers out there next year. But you know what? We were the team that took the chance with this car, rolled the dice and hopefully we will win the jackpot." The KUMHO Tires/Woodhouse.com Vipers will take to the track for the first round of qualifying at 1:50 PM (EDT) on Tuesday, Sept. 20th. Second-round qualifying will take place on Wednesday at 4:15 PM while the final field will be set on Thursday at 9:50 AM. A final warm-up will take place at 9 AM, Friday, Sept. 23rd with the race scheduled for the green flag at 3:20 PM (EDT). The race will be 40-minutes or 20 laps of the 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course. Ryan Snodgrass (Kirkland, Wash.) will pilot a third NayKid Racing entry at the Runoffs. Snodgrass will run the No. 75 KUMHO Tires Chevrolet Corvette in T1 competition alongside Lux and White. NayKid Racing is set for the challenge of the Runoffs and welcomes all comers. "We know we have a lot of work to do and we also have the chance to prove our mettle as a team," concluded White. "I can tell you one thing though; this team has a fire in their belly like I haven't seen in a while. They have the desire to shut some people up who think we forgot how to build hot rods or the shoes forgot how to drive on this team. This team will do everything necessary to prove the doubters wrong! Even with the phenomenal strength of NayKid Racing as a team, a top-five or a podium would be a dream season." "Ya know what?" asked White as a final thought. "The last time the team was in this position we won the biggest race of the team's career." SPEED Channel will air each event at this year's SCCA Runoffs on a tape-delay basis. The T1 class race will be shown at 1 PM (EST), November 26th, 2005. Live timing and scoring of each session can be found at:
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Lexington, Oh. - NayKid Racing has landed in Ohio and is preparing to run their KUMHO Tires / Dodge Motorsports / SRT / Mopar Performance Parts / Forgeline Wheels / CORSA Exhaust / Moton Shocks Dodge Viper SRT10s in the winner take-all National Championship event. All the information you need to know is here. Cindi Lux will be providing frequent updates on the goings-on as well. NayKid Racing is competing for the first time in Dodge Viper SRT10s at the Runoffs. According to the official schedule, here is when the NayKid machines will be on the track: Monday, September 19, 2:25pm (Eastern): T1 Practice
Tuesday, September 20, 1:50pm: T1 Qualifying
Wednesday, September 21, 4:15pm: T1 Qualifying
Thursday, September 22, 9:50am: T1 Qualifying
Friday, September 23, 3:20pm: National Championship T1 Race The race will be 20 laps or 40 minutes, whichever occurs first.
ELKHART LAKE, Wisc., June 30, 2005 – Sunday’s June Sprints was no walk in the park for NayKid Racing. The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) T1 class defending champions of the event would take one top-five finish and send two cars away on the flatbed tow truck. In 2004, Cindi Lux (Aloha, Ore.) led teammate Scotty B. White (Puyallup, Wash.) to the checkered flag in a run-a-way NayKid Racing victory at the classic SCCA Club Racing event after White set a new track record and won the pole position. 2005 would be a far different matter. Lux out-qualified teammate Ryan Snodgrass (Kirkland, Wash.) and White with the No. 78 KUMHO Tire/ Forgeline Wheels/ CORSA Exhaust/ Nike Racing/ Moton Shocks Dodge Viper SRT10 and began to pull away at the green flag. Only seconds later Snodgrass got rear-ended into the concrete wall in Turn One. Lux, then in turn six, got pancaked into cement wall while trying to avoid a car reentering the track after it had lost control. Both were out of the race. White would continue on to finish fifth in T1 with his No. 3 KUMHO Tire/ Forgeline Wheels/ CORSA Exhaust/ Moton Shocks Dodge Viper SRT10. For Lux and Snodgrass it marked the first DNF (Did Not Finish) in over 50 races spanning the past two years in NayKid Racing machines. Snodgrass sustained no serious injury in part due to the use of the HANS head and neck system. Lux, however, suffered two broken ribs on her left side and some pulled ligaments as a result of the hard impact with the retaining wall on the driver-side of her car. Both the No. 78 Dodge Viper SRT10 of Lux and the No. 75 KUMHO Tires/ Suburban Chevrolet Corvette of Snodgrass suffered serious damage in their separate impacts. The two NayKid entries were shipped to Michigan where they are currently undergoing extensive repairs to be ready for NayKid Racing’s next scheduled event at Watkins Glen International on July 10th. Lux is continuing her rehabilitation in the Portland suburb of Aloha, Ore. Developing the new KUMHO Tire/ Forgeline Wheels/ CORSA Exhaust/ Moton Shocks Dodge Viper SRT10s for competition in the T1 class continues to take time. However, a recent SCCA rules break gave the team out of the Northwest new hope to again win their divisions for the season. While the car was considerably more responsive to setup changes and is utilizing the strong KUMHO rubber more, it continues to suffer in straight-line speed due to a 40% air restrictor on the V10 powerplant. The lack of horsepower is especially important at tracks like Road America’s 4.048-mile course. The Fred Lux-prepared cars will continue to be developed with an eye towards a return to NayKid Racing’s traditional domination of the production car-based class in 2006. Quotes: Cindi Lux: “Meeting my teammate in the in field medical care center really isn’t something I want to do again! It’s either bitter or sweet for us at the June Sprints. What a ghastly weekend for the team. But one thing is for sure, the Viper SRT is one tough car! NayKid Racing is not used to results like this past weekend but we will be back stronger than ever. What this has done is get the entire team more fired up, if that possible, to get our Vipers to the front. Just got to keep digging and digging and digging until we get there. I know we will be back.” Scotty B. White: “What a brutal weekend for the NayKid Team. Showing up as defending champions and going home with a fifth, two banged-up cars and an injured driver is likely the lowest point ever for us. Between the 40% restrictor on the Vipers and the dumb-ass moves of two other drivers, we are left with a pretty poor result. I can tell you one thing though, this team is more determined than ever to overcome all this and return to our winning ways. The Dodge guys helped us all weekend to find speed and the KUMHO Tires had that Ecsta bite we need for the Vipers. Now we just need the SCCA to dump these restrictors so we can compete, we’ll stop repainting the cars every weekend from all the hammering they are taking running in the back!”
Puyallup, Wash., June 5, 2005 - Scotty B. White (Puyallup, Wash.) was holding his confidence in check when he arrived at his local track, Seattle's Pacific Raceways, last weekend. The 2004 Rocky Mountaind Division SCCA T1 class champion had a new Dodve Viper SRT10 under him that has been experiencing teething pains in the opening rounds of NayKid Racing's season in T1 class of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). when the dust had settled, White and teammate Cindi Lux (Aloha, Ore.) walked away with a win apiece in the two-event weekend in the NayKid Racing KUMHO Tire / Forgeline Wheels / Moton Schocks Dodge Viper SRT10s. Capping the weekend was teammate Ryan Snodgrass (Kirkland, Wash.) who impressed by posting some of the fastest laps of his young career. Snodgrass out-qualified his more experienced teammates in the first race of the weekend, sitting second on the grid with White third and Lux fourth. While Snodgrass was hit by another competitor damaging his NayKid entry, White went on to win the first T1 race of the weekend on Saturday. The technical Pacific Raceways road course played to the strengths of the stock Viper and the expert driving experience of Lux and White. They went on the attack and took one-two in the running order at the checkered flag with White's No. 3 stretching across the start-finish line first. In race two, Lux, the 2004 NorPac Divisional T1 Champion, turned up the heat even more. She posted the fast lap in qualifying to set the No. 78 KUMHO Viper on the pole while Snodgrass again had a strong qualifying run in his Suburban Chevrolet / Corsa / Kodiak Wheels / KUMHO ride replicating his first race with a second quick time. White was right behind in third. The trio stayed that way through the event, with Snodgrass alling off the podium to fourth, due to a pit stop. Lux and White ran to the finish taking the checkered flag one-two for a second time in as many races. Celebrating the success of the weekend was welcome. Even more welcom, and encouraging, is that this was done with the stock suspension that SCCA rules had required the Vipers to run. However, as of this week, the SCCA technical committee has ruled that, in light of the modifications granted to other cars in the class, Dodge's V10-powered car would be given an equal upgrade to its suspension. The opportunit for success at the class's biggest events - including the upcoming Rose Cup at Portland, June Sprints at Road America, and Runoffs at Mid-Ohio at the end of the season - has grown substantially with the SCCA's decision. NayKid Racing will have the new suspension, as well as other approved or required modifications, made entering the Rose Cup events on June 8-10th. Quotes: Scotty B. White: "Boy, it was nice to run at the home track with all the friends and family there! It must have really had an effect on Ryan because he was multiple seconds faster this year. We had a good run. We've been working hard for this and that effort is really starting to pay off. I can't wait to get the T1 suspension package SCCA finally allowed us for Rose Cup. Now the hard work really starts. Trying to get these smokin' SRT10 hot rods up front for Rose Cup and Sprints!" Cindi Lux: "Pacific Raceways is such a classic race track of the '60's. It's super fast and the risk factors are huge for car and driver. My teammate Ryan must be drinking triple shot espresso's before qualifying because he is getting super quick! Only .01 [seconds] off my pole time for the second race! Our new Viper SRT10's sure do get the attention from all the fans and spectators which is pretty cool. One of the unbeatable things about these Vipers is how low maintenance they are. Truly a 'gas and go' race car. They're impressive."
PUYALLUP, WASH., February 17, 2005 – Dodge Motorsports and NayKid Racing are proud to announce that the multi-division Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) champions will make a momentous move and campaign two Dodge Viper SRT-10s in the 2005 SCCA T1 class. NayKid Racing owner Scotty B. White (Puyallup, Wash.) and Managing Director Cindi Lux (Aloha, Ore.) will be the first drivers to pilot the V10-powered American Supercar since 2002. The announcement is less a launch and more of a reunion for both sides. White earned an SCCA Solo title in a Dodge Viper and Lux started her immensely successful career racing a Dodge against now Dodge Motorsports Director, John Fernandez in the late 1980s.  Following a dominating season in-which the team won every regular season race on the way to two divisional titles, team principals Lux and White began an exhaustive search to create an even stronger program in 2005. An agreement between Dodge Motorsports, Mopar Performance Parts, Dodge’s SRT Division and NayKid was reached making the first two-car punch for Dodge in the T1 class. Longtime team sponsor KUMHO Tire will return in ’05 with a Dodge Viper version of their very successful V710 tire. The American Le Mans Series’ inaugural Women’s Global GT Series champion, Lux will pilot the No. 78 KUMHO Tire/ Mopar Performance Parts/ Dodge Motorsports NayKid Racing Dodge Viper SRT-10. Lux, who became only the second woman to win the prestigious SCCA June Sprints at Road America last season, will challenge for her third-straight NorPac Divisional T1 Championship as well as pursue the unprecedented SCCA Triple Crown (wins at both the June Sprints and Runoffs matched to a Divisional title) in ’05. White, a six-time SCCA T1 division champion, including the 2004 Rocky Mountain Divisional T1 titleholder, will wheel the No. 3. KUMHO Tire/ Mopar Performance Parts/ Dodge Motorsports NayKid Racing Dodge Viper SRT-10. In 2004, he had a nearly undefeatable season winning 10 poles, seven wins and three track records in 11 races. Only Lux could challenge her teammate as the two swapped first and second-places not only race after race but lap after lap. While primary support for the 2005 Viper program will come through KUMHO Tires, Dodge Motorsports, Mopar Performance Parts and the SRT Division of Dodge, further support will come from new partners Forgeline Wheels and Moton Shocks along with longtime partners RedLine Oil, CORSA Exhaust, Nike Racing and UPR Racing. NayKid Racing was formed to be a championship-winning effort. 2004 titles include Lux’s Northern Pacific and White’s Rocky Mountain T1 Championships. Lux had also won the Northern Pacific title and Oregon SCCA National Driver of the Year in 2003 while White won the Southern Pacific title. Since its creation, NayKid has earned eight SCCA Division T1 championships, as well as five SCCA Pro Solo and eight Solo II titles. With a focus on winning, NayKid Racing balances the intense workload of racing with a lighthearted attitude that encourages fun at the track. Quotes:
John Fernandez, Director of Dodge Motorsports: “It has been one of our main goals to position the Dodge Viper SRT-10 with a highly professional and successful organization in the SCCA T1 class. We are very pleased to announce that we have done just that by entering into this program with NayKid Racing. Scotty B. White and Cindi Lux have each proven themselves on the track as competitors. They have also proven, through the team they have created together at NayKid Racing, to be able to spearhead a race and development program that will show results. The T1 class will place the Viper SRT-10 against many of the same cars that it competes with in the showroom. We feel that this is the perfect environment and the perfect team to display the strength of the Viper SRT-10, in nearly street-legal form, against all challengers.” Rudy Consolacion, KUMHO Tire motorsports manager: “We’ve worked with NayKid Racing for eight years. We have enjoyed great success with Scotty, Cindi and the rest of the NayKid gang in SCCA Club Racing and SOLO II competition. We expect that success to continue during the next two years. We’re looking forward to the added excitement and exposure that NayKid will provide KUMHO because of the Vipers they’ll be racing. Like KUMHO, Dodge has shown a strong commitment to the SCCA, and we’re happy to see Dodge join the NayKid Racing team.” Cindi Lux: “This change of manufacturers will come as quite of a shock for a lot of people. But it’s absolutely the best decision for NayKid Racing. We are not in this sport for the short term. Both Scotty and I have a long term goals and this fits perfectly into our plans. Everybody on the team is so fired up to help Dodge get the Viper back into T1 racing and it’s going to be one wild ride. I wouldn’t miss for the world! Needless to say, there is a tremendous amount of work to do this year but I guarantee you there will be a lot of laughs a long the way.” Scotty B. White: “This deal looks so right for NayKid Racing to hook up with Dodge and race Vipers on KUMHO Tires. The Viper SRT-10 has really pulled it all together. It has the sophistication of a world class sports car without losing a step from its gnarly ‘in your face’ beginnings. It’s a no apologies, take no prisoners ass kickin’ hot rod! Just like the KUMHO V710 tire and NayKid Racing, no apologies necessary!”
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