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Vintage
auto racing, offenhauser, sprint car, midget
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Brian
was born in March of 1971. From the time of his birth Brian
has been helping his father, Bill Watson, with the #32 Crack'n
Riley Special at various Meets, Shows & Exhibitions. Primarily
the AACA Hershey,
PA Antique Car Show.
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| Brian
graduated from Philadelphia
University in Philadelphia, PA with a B.S. in Chemistry
in 1993. Following graduation Brian took a job with a Specialty
Chemical Manufacturer located in Bucks County as a Production
Chemist. In March of 2000 Brian was promoted to Production Manager. |
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May of 1994 Brian purchased a 1983 Porsche 944 and formed Watson
Racing Team. With the help of his father, Brian slowly converted
the 1983 Porsche from street to race ready. Over the next few
years Brian, along with his father, participated in Porsche
Club of America, (PCA), events until $$$ required to run
surpassed feasibility and enjoyment per $. |
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car was then sold and all operations were put on hold. Following
the selling of the car, Brian dabbled in various forms of Motorsports
trying to find the right combination of financial involvement,
track time, competitiveness & enjoyabilty. |
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August of 1999 Brian began classes at a local college to learn
Web Design. |
In
September of 1999 Brian started the #32
1933 Crack'n Riley Sprint Car Web Site. This site has continued
to grow since its inception. The site's main purpose is to promote
and gain additional information on the #32 1933 Crack'n Riley
Special as well as to promote all forms of Vintage Racing -
especially those spectacular cars that ran on local dirt oval
tracks back in the heyday of racing.
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training in web design was initially undertaken to simply learn
the basics, yet after a few classes this training turned into
an interesting, technical, intellectual hobby. After numerous
classes & countless design projects this hobby had culminated
into an actual web design company - High Performance Design,
(HPD), founded in January 2001. |
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is now assisting others in promoting their local businesses,
race teams & hobbies. |
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proceeds generated by HPD are channeled into current & future
racing programs. This will hopefully help Brian return to the
track very soon - which is his main passion. So, if you know
anyone who is in need of a web site please have them contact
Brian at: brianwatson@watsonracingteam.com |
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In
January of 2002 Brian resigned from his position of Chemical
Production Manager and went to work for a different Specialty
Chemical Manufacturer as a Project Manager. Instead of overseeing
the hands-on day-to-day operations of a Chemical Plant by
being right in the middle of it, Brian is now behind a desk
orchestrating the business transactions that drive a Production
Department. This new position requires a chemical background
as well as strong business skills.
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April 6, 2002 the spark was rekindled. The 1983 Midget featured
on this web site was purchased and work began to restore the
Championship winning car to race ready form. |
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On
August 2, 2003, a little under a year and a half latter,
the restoration was complete and the car was ready for a
few test runs. The outcome: the car ran perfect. We then
brought it back to the shop and have been tweaking on it
ever since.
Areas such as weight distribution, caster, camber, right
height, spring rates, wheel offset, air pressures, stagger,
etc.
2006,
besides the midget we will run a micro sprint at several
local track.
Stay
tuned.
Brian
can be contacted at: brianwatson@watsonracingteam.com
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Some photos from our archives...
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