Late Start Racing Team

Late Start Racing is a 3 generation race team working towards going 200mph at the Loring Timing Association landspeed trials in Limestone, Maine at the Loring Airforce Base. Check out the Instagram and YouTube channel to see the progress on all our projects and race results.

Visit the Loring Timing Association at https://www.loringtiming.com/

  • Paul

    The patriarch of the team is "Gramp" the current record holder for the F/BGC class and jack of all trades master of some. Gramp went 168mph this past summer at the LTA Maine Event in his modified 1988 Porsche 944T he built himself with some help from Dad. The goal is to go 200mph before he can't get in and out of the car anymore! Gramp has been collecting and building cars for the last 60yrs.

  • Forest

    The technical advisor, fabricator, designer, film crew, editor and chief motivator is "Dad". He started building cars with Gramp when he was 14. Since then he has built things like a cammed up Nitrous Oxide injected Harley. A hot rod black Ford pickup with Propane and Nitrous injection. His current land speed project is a 1993 Ford Probe GT.

  • Brooke

    Last but certainly not least is "Brookie", daughter and granddaughter, who has got the landspeed racing fever bad. She drove the 1 ton to 101.67mph this past summer at the LTA Maine Event the same week she received her license! Gramp, Dad and her are working on prepping a 1970 MGB GT for her to race along with her new daily driver 1993 Ford Ranger Splash mini truck.