Posts Tagged "Sam Hubinette"

Sam Hubinette hopped in this Pro Light Dodge Ram over the Memorial Day weekend in Michigan to race in his first ever TORC (The Off-Road Championship) and the #77 Dodge took home a victory in his first ever outing for the series. The photo above shows Sam Hubinette getting some ridiculous air time in the Dodge as he came off the start line and instantly fought his way to the front of the pack and then never looked back. Here is what Sam had to say about the weekend:

“This weekend couldn’t have gone any better,” said Hübinette, a superstar in the world of drifting, who has now scored wins in his first two career TORC starts. “The Traxxas Racing and Jenkins Brothers Racing team provided an amazing package, a great Ram Truck with an awesome Mopar engine and BFGoodrich Tires to help hook up all that power on the muddy, challenging track.

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Another horrible weekend for the SHR team falls on them at Road Atlanta. When Sam came down the hill for his first pass he hit about 30-35mph and the engine sounded like it exploded. He drove straight off course and back to the pits scoring a zero. Sam Hubinette posted some photos of the team hard at work on the car before his second qualifying pass which is attached below.

They made it out to the grid before his second qualifying pass. Sam Hubinette flew down the big hill and started a great run. He lined up the horseshoe and as he swung around it the same horrible sound came from the car. Sam ended up gripping the rest of the track and resulted in a second zero for the weekend. The team is no doubt frustrated and going to struggle to keep up with championship points moving forward. A top 5 finish should almost be impossible at this point for Sam which we all know he is capable of from years past.

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Dean Kearney suffered another problem with his Dodge Viper this weekend. The SHR team has been fighting issues this whole season but with one of the best pit crews in the business they keep getting the cars back on the track. Dean posted this out on twitter showing off the damage done to his Dodge Viper as it is getting fixed. Qualifying is about to kick off here but he should have no problem at least putting down one run. We will update this as qualifying happens for you Dean fans.

UPDATE at 5:27pm: Heard reports that Dean is staged on the grid ready to make qualifying pass #1 already

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Sam Hubinette looked amazing in practice and after all that time he put in at Irwindale Speedway lately we aren’t that shocked he looks good. The thing is none of us at the office question Sam Hubinette’s raw talent as a driver but this Dodge Challenger has sure been a wild card this season. He stopped in Practice 2 earlier due to a crack in his headers. This is an obvious easy fix but draws concerns of if the car might have some other nightmares looming over it for the weekend.

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According to reports and Dean Kearney they also had some engine problems like his team owner and driving partner Sam Hubinette in the Dodge Challenger. Well apparently Dean had some early week engine troubles as well in the Dodge Viper that have since been all fixed up. The team at SHR had a week from hell but the cars are ready for qualifying tomorrow at Formula Drift Round 1.

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About 30 minutes ago Sam Hubinette took to his twitter account and reported that the Dodge Challenger has lost engine oil pressure today. They have about 50 hours to get the car back in a running fashion for qualifying. The SHR team is fully capable of getting the car back together in that time frame but hopefully problems with the Dodge Challenger don’t plague his whole 2011 season.

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Sam Hubinette Testing Dodge Challenger at El Toro Field

The new look is out for Sam Hubinette Racing officially as of this week and Sam Hubinette is wasting no time testing the refresh to his Dodge Challenger. We haven’t found any video of his new teammate Dean Kearney in the V-LEDS Dodge Viper but we’ll take what we can get for now! This video came courtesy of Dodge.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/sam-hubinette-testing-dodge-challenger-at-el-

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Check out Sam Hubinette Racing with his newly wrapped rig and two cars super refreshed for 2011. The V-LEDS Dodge Viper is being driven by ProDrift champion Dean Kearney and Sam Hubinette’s Dodge Challenger is being driven by Sam Hubinette of course. Discount Tire has hopped on board and the new black/white/red program has a great look to it. Good luck to this team in 2011 and I have a feeling they are going to be a big force for the new year.

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Here is a render we found on Facebook of Sam Hubinette’s potential 2011 Formula Drift render. The car looks the same sponsor wise with the addition of Discount Tire on the car. The new black/white look from Dodge with red accents seems like it will look much better than last years red/black design.

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For whatever reason Dean Kearney announced early last week he would be making an announcement on Friday (two days ag0) about his 2011 Formula Drift program and he didn’t release anything on Friday. However, even with his no news Friday we have kept doing some digging based on our Dodge Viper rumormill we made on Thursday.

I think we found the conformation we needed when we visited Sam Hubinette Racing’s website today and did some digging around. The Team SHR tab now has two drivers in it and one of them is former ProDrift champion Dean Kearney. We screen capped the site in case they take it down but it clearly seems to us that Dean will be in this Dodge Viper with his old sponsor V-LEDS!

Source: http://www.hubinetteracing.com/shr/dean-kearney/

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