After months of waiting and a few weeks of really hard work getting every detail finished it was finally time to say goodbye to the old shop and start operations out of the new location. I feel like a snake molting its skin or like a hermit crab upgrading from a smaller shell to a larger one in order for it to grow. It has been a few short years since Censport was only an idea and I have to thank a lot of people who have helped me get to where I am today. Anyway, we are now fully operational at the new place and we are hungry for a lot of work, so bring it on! Here are some snap shots that were randomly taken from the open house party. You can kind of get a feel for the new digs and see what I have had pictured in my head for the last few months.

Censport driver Lawrence Loshak captured his second SCCA national championship and first DSR championship at the 2010 SCCA Runoff's. Here are some words from the driver expressing his exciting weekend!

The week for us was a dream week. After countless hours of preparation and hours on the dyno (including at the track) the car and team performed flawlessly.

The track was ultra fast, quickest its ever been with perfect horsepower temps on Monday. I had recieved a text as we were still thrashing on the car trying to get everything loaded, that Garret and Skully were running 2:02's in testing. I'll be honest, I was worried. Afterall our goal was to run consistant 4's and hopefully crank out a high 3 in qualifying. But we pressed on. Of course we were relieved when we ran a low 2:03 testing during the weekend.

So we prepped the car for qualifying for Monday morning. Prime conditions, cool but sunny enough to heat up the track surface. The car felt great but the A/F ratio was a bit rich compared to Moon's dyno room. But when we came off the track at the end of the session we had P1, but Farrel stole the pole on his closing laps.

So we went to the dyno to retune for current conditions and got ready for Tuesday qualifying. Although the A/F was right, the weather was not ideal for any pole times, but we were P1 for the session again. We were more than happy.

On Wed, it seemed this is it. Very close to Mondays conditions, it was time to go for it! I didnt leave anything on the table, including a spin in 14 that would have set the pole per my forcasted lap on my dash. I broke at the right time, turned in, ran over the apex curbing and.... Mashed the gas. Too greedy, but the spin was done in a glorious and smokey fashion as I kept my foot into it making sure I didnt break the starter or go shooting into anything solid. I went back out with only 5 min to go and wasnt able to better my time of that session of 2:02.9. I knew it was close, P1 again, but I wasnt sure if it was enough. Later we found out Chris had the pole by .029 of a second!!! Congrats Chris for the Gumout Pole award!!!

So although not on the pole, our hopes were high. P1 the last 2 qual sessions and everything was working as planned. The car was stuck, the motor was singing and the driver was more than relieved after a season of struggles. But then the day off. It drove me nuts, but gave us time to go through the car after my Wed thrashing.

I couldnt sleep thurs night which is normal for me before race day. So as the crew slept, I looked at data, looked at speeds and figured out specifically which gear I needed to be in, in every corner. I also noticed spikes in the A/F ratio on every upshift and decided I was going to run with out the flatshifter on upshifts.

On the pace lap, things felt real good and I couldnt have been prouder to be surrounded by the fastest DSR drivers in the country. And beside the insane winds, we were actually going to have a dry race. I love racing in the rain, but I wanted to race in the dry. So green flag and rev limiter, damit, lift when you shift! And I did it again, rev limiter! And then I hit 3rd and the Moon Super Cylcle GSXR 1000 put me into the lead. I knew Chris is an awesome driver and very good on the brakes and he'd be on the inside, but I knew corner 1 was one of our strong points and left just enough room for Chris so we could go through 2 wide. But I got to 3 first and never looked back and just didnt allow myself to make any mistakes. Once I saw a 2:03 and my crew showing me the gap to P2, I decided it was more important to finish the race than to press on for a lap record. Running in P1 is what we worked our asses off for but man, running by yourself is nerve racking!!! Throw the checker, throw the checker! Is what I though every lap. Once I got the 1 lap to go, I made sure not to do anything stupid and took the checker and our 1st DSR title!

Now on to the victory lap! Well I/we couldnt have been happier. Getting slapped in the face, trying to hold on to the flag is something I'll never forget. I got to 5 and I knew thats were all my friends and family were watching, so I bounced off the rev limiter. Then I though what the hell, why not and released the clutch and was able to lay down a wonderfull burnout celebration all the way up the hill, one hand on the wheel, one hand holding the flag, grin cheek to cheek. Went around the carosel, through the kink and neutral. Shoot, I thought, I broke the chain. The corner workers found it quite humorous I managed to break the car during the victory lap. Im sure Chris and Mike didn't as they were waiting patiently for me at the podium (sorry guys!!!).

I would like to dedicate this win to my friend Tom Thrash and John Metzger. May you guys win every race on gods race track.

Bell has re-designed every helmet they have currently offered and ditched some of their older helmets. All the new helmets will be available at the end of October 2010 when the new Snell SA2010 rating helmets come out. pre order yours today! here are all of their helmets that will be available from October on.

Jason DiSalvo seemingly overcame all odds this weekend in claiming a top ten finish in the ultra competitive Moto2 class of World Championship Gran Prix racing. From the back of the grid the New Yorker charged through the field to claim the 9th position in an all out drafting war to the finish line.

The weekend started off well for DiSalvo and the GP tech crew, posting good times in practice and finding the setup on their FTR M210 Moto2 chassis. Things didn’t quite work out as planned in Qualifying, a small mistake sent Jason out on the wrong front tire, producing severe front end chatter and hampering his efforts in putting down a fast lap. DiSalvo said after the session, “We’re pretty far back on the grid, it’s going to be tough, but it’ll definitely make for an exciting race tomorrow.”

After qualifying 27th, Jason showed tremendous maturity and skill to survive the opening lap chaos of the 40 rider Moto2 class. Once things settled down after the first few laps, he began to pick apart the competition, steadily improving his standing as the race went on. In the final laps he became locked in a brief but fierce battle with two series regulars for 9th place honors. Falling back to 10th on the final lap, DiSalvo showed grit and determination off the final corner to make a well timed drafting pass to the finish line to overtake the other rider.

After the race DiSalvo was elated saying, “What an awesome weekend, everyone from the GP Tech squad really pulled together on Sunday to give me a great race setup. It seemed like when other riders started fading back our bike just got stronger, and we were able to push through the pack.”

Jason now returns to New York to continue his training and stay sharp, there are no definite plans as of yet for seeing Jason in further action this year, but the New Yorker hopes to find somewhere to let his talent shine again before the season is out.

Well after 5 years in business it is finally time to step up and get my own place. I could not have reached this level without all my great clients, so I thank you all for helping me get this far. It is your word's of mouth that is the greatest advertising I could ever have. Right now the scheduled completion date is September 6th. I will be needing to close the shop for a couple weeks around that time to get my shop and paint booth moved over and situated in the new location. So bare with me if you have a helmet in the works at that time. I will be updating the news section with pictures as the progress of the building goes forward. Let me tell you, it is going to be a very nice setup.

This video was shot with the GoPro HD sports video camera. Photographer Donald Miralle talked the Intersport guys to stick this camera up by the side view mirror for some intense video footage. Ride along with Jon as he rips down Shore Line Dr. at 190 MPH! you can also check out Donald's blog here he does some pretty amazing work.