Galster wins 5 out of his 6 races in the rain at High Plains Raceway

The weather was less than ideal this past weekend at High Plains Raceway which is located on the eastern plains of Colorado, an hour east of downtown Denver. After heaps of track prep to get the mud and standing water off the racing surface, the race weekend was underway with open practice sessions due to the lack of eager racers to get out on a cold, wet track. In a very quick manner Galster was able to put up some fast times in the open practice and topped the charts with the second fastest time, a 2:06.4, just behind one of the 1000cc riders that posted up a 2:05.9.

The first race of the weekend for Galster was the Middleweight Supersport class. The first start was red flagged due to a wet surface crash, with the rider going down right in front of Josh off the start. Once that was cleaned up, Galster was able to slot himself into 2^nd and paced the leader. At half race he made the pass for the lead and stretched out a gap to finish 1^st.

During Heavyweight Supersport he was positioned 3^rd on the grid and hung back check the track conditions since more rain had fallen. After two laps he had a good feel for what traction was like and made the pass under brakes to go from 3^rd to 1^st, where he stayed until crossing the finish line.

Sunday’s weather was more of the same, with rain and cool temps throughout the day. In the back-to-back qualifying sessions for Race of the Rockies GTO and GTU, he qualified 2^nd in Race of the Rockies GTO against the 1000cc riders. He was unable to get in a qualifying lap in the GTU before a red flag was brought out, caused by two riders going off at different parts of the track. Once back underway, Galster only had 7 minutes to put in a time to qualify for GTU. As more rain had dumped onto the track during the red flag, qualifying was 6 seconds off his GTO time, causing him to start the Race of the Rockies GTU race in 4^th.

In the Middleweight Superbike and Heavyweight Superbike races, Galster was able to jump into the lead and finish 1^st, with a healthy lead crossing the line in both races and a fastest time of a 2:04.4.

The Race of the Rockies GTU race was wet to start, but by the end of the race there was a definite dry line. His Dunlop rain tires held up well, and Josh secured another win. In the last race of the weekend for Galster, the Race of the Rockies GTO had a dry line, so he swapped to DOT tires and was part of a three-way battle for the lead, battling with a fellow Grandprix Motorsports rider before the race was cut short. Josh finished 3^rd in that race which capped a successful weekend.

Galster would like to thank Slednecks, Bluemedia, EDR, Grandprix Motorsports, Dunlop, Arai, California Superbike School, LeoVince, Bazzaz Performance, John Chadwick for photos, and Galster’s family and friends for their help despite splashing around in the rain all weekend.

Keep up on all the latest Galster/Sledneck info here: http://www.slednecks.com/

Check out the new UTV we designed and wrapped for our friends over at the Tilted Kilt and Weller Racing.

JTGrey and Head First Designs came to bluemedia with the design and need it printed and installed for the 24^th Annual MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 in Mexico.  This project was high profile and a huge rush but the crew jumped at the chance and knocked it out perfectly, having to make some adjustments on the fly and finished the install just days before the Cancer Treatment Centers of America Lexus LX 570 was scheduled to leave for the race.

The Team scored first in class and continues to dominate the series, now looking better than ever. Thank you from all of us at bluemedia and best of luck with your continued success!!

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bluemedia recently had the ability to work with the amazing crew over at Lifelock racing to update the look of their 2009 dragster. Clay Millican and his team were outfitted with some new graphics for the 2009 racing season. bluemedia produced the graphics on our HP turbojet 8300 using 3M material.

Clay Millican, from Drummonds, Tenn., has loved drag racing his entire life. He got his first race car at the age of 16, and fueled his passion for racing in the Sportsman ranks for many years. Clay had raced as a hobby for all his adult life until Peter Lehman came along. His path to Top Fuel carries a fairy tale style story.

He was working as a forklift driver for Kroger Supermarkets while campaigning simultaneously an IHRA Modified eliminator entry when Lehman selected Millican to drive his Chicago White Sox-sponsored Top Fuel Dragster entry. Peter provided the opportunity for Clay to fulfill a lifelong dream of driving professionally.

The goal was to learn the game and to establish themselves as the Top Fuel team of the future. What Peter saw in Clay was not only a potentially great driver, but a Southern gentleman with an unwavering passion for the sport and genuine appreciation of the fans of drag racing. Lehman and Millican later acquired sponsorship backing from trucking giant Werner Enterprises and formed one of the most well-known driver-sponsor alliances in IHRA Top Fuel history.

Clay’s never short on words personality and success at the race track with ESPN and NHRA Drag Racing has landed him some unique opportunities away from the track.

Speed TV and TV producer Rich Christensen recognized his unique appeal to Drag Racing fans and selected Clay as Host for the Speed TV Drag Race High Series for 2009.

Clay also hosted the series Blow It Up for Speed TV in 2007. In 2005 Clay and the team worked with Warner Bros. Studios to promote the movie release of “The Dukes of Hazzard”. In 2004 during the middle of “Elvis Week,” in the middle of the day, in the middle of one of Memphis’ busiest streets, everything came to a screeching halt – and a smokin’ start – in front of Graceland when then three-time IHRA Top Fuel champion Clay Millican stepped on the gas and launched his Elvis Presley“He Dared To Rock” dragster down the middle of Elvis Presley Boulevard.

A big thank you from bluemedia to the Lifelock Racing team, we can’t wait to follow the progress of Clay through his 2009 racing season!

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bluemedia™ was recently commissioned by US Racetronics to create, produce and install the graphics for the Stargate Worlds trailer and hauler. Stargate Worlds, the title sponsor, is an online PC video game based off of the popular film and TV series.

Team Stargate Worlds consists of two Atlantic Series drivers, Simona De Silvestro and Frankie Muniz. If that names sounds familiar, it should. Frankie Muniz is the former child star of the popular Fox sit-com, Malcolm In The Middle! This series is considered a “ladder or feeder” series for top level racing in North America.

Team Stargate Worlds cars already boasted a slick, black and yellow-gold striping/paint scheme. Our services were needed to create trailer graphics that not only matched the cars, but also conveyed the bold imagery of the video-game. High resolution graphic elements were provided to bluemedia™ from the game developer, Cheyenne Mountain Games and Firesky.

This project called for 1,832 Sq. Ft. of 3M Controltac Vinyl w/comply printed on our HP Turbojet 8300. We used our Seal laminator and gloss 8519 for the lamination process. All of the sponsor logos were done in cut vinyl as a second surface application. There was also a small amount of perforated window film. The bluemedia™ team spent a total of  over 90 man hours hours on this project with the majority of that time spent on installation. The entire rig, tractor and trailer, was red which meant that almost every surface needed to be wrapped. The tractor alone had about 50 man hours of installation.

“The team tested in Sebring, Florida a couple of weeks before the season started, and was questioned by many teams about who produced the wrap,” said Andy Salcido, the bluemedia rep for this account. “Race teams are very competive by nature, not only do they want to go faster than their opponents, they also try want to represent their sponsors in the best light by having bold and impactful graphics on the cars and the haulers. This project will generate many leads and other projects for bluemedia.”

This project will be featured in the July issue of Signs of the Times magazine and we will post the link here when it’s available. Special thanks to US Racetronics and Stargate Worlds for involving us in this awesome project! Go Malcolm,…er I mean Frankie!

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In 1983, their organization was one small Honda dealership (Town & Country Motorsports) in a rented building in Chandler, Arizona with approximately 15 employees.  Today there are 27 locations in 5 states with over 1300 employees and growing. The RideNow Powersports group has been touted in the industry as the largest most professionally operated Motorsports Dealer Group in the country.

Bluemedia recently produced these amazing graphics for the Ride Now Team at Jobing.com Arena. I’m sure these graphics are going to be grabbing a ton of attention! Thanks to the Ride Now Team for choosing Bluemedia. Have a wonderful holiday!

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Slednecks was born a decade ago, when a group of friends living in Jackson, WY, decided to record their snowmobiling prowess on film. Their movies created a buzz in the extreme-sports subculture, and Slednecks capitalized on this momentum by introducing apparel in 2002. In 2006, Paul Thacker, one of the team’s riders, executed a world-record snowmobile jump of 248 ft. and augmented its fame. (The banner that decorated the jumping ramp appeared in ST’s April 2007 International Sign Contest gallery – see page 117.)

Last year, Slednecks bolstered its cache by developing a live show, which Monster energy drink sponsors, that features snowmobile and dirt-bike stunts, as well as onsite concerts. To optimize its branding, Slednecks hired bluemedia (Tempe, AZ) to build the brand through edgy vehicle graphics. Brandon Boetto, a bluemedia designer, created the design using Adobe Photoshop CS3. A base layer of camouflage-green and taxicab, checkered-yellow vinyl is decorated with a second layer of decals that features the Slednecks logo and those of other corporate sponsors.

Using its Mimaki USA Inc. JV3-160SP printer, bluemedia produced the wrap using 3M Graphics Market Center‘s IJ 180-10C cast vinyl with air-egress adhesive and an 8519 luster-finish overlaminate.

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Check out the work we donated in this excerpt from NASCAR Angels. This episode featured Angels On Call, a charity organization who helps needy families with home renovation. While they were out renovating a home, unknown to them, we were wrapping their van. Andy Salcido and Will Mejia, our Design Director, ran point on this project and even get a little face time in the clip. Big shout-out to everyone involved and special thanks to NASCAR Angels for letting us get involved! Angels On Call loved their new wrap and it was a rewarding experience to be able to help them out.

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bluemedia motorsports recently wrapped this amazing prerunner for Sickboy Customs. Good job to the entire team, this bad-ass ride is sure to be noticed flying down the desert racetracks.

The 2008 Under Armour College Bass National Championship was July 9-11 on Lake Maumelle in Little Rock, Ark. Two-man teams from 54 colleges and universities from across the country competed in the nation’s most prestigious collegiate bass fishing.

bluemedia teamed up with the Arizona State Bass Fishing  Team to create a bad-ass fishing boat that traveled from Tempe, AZ to Arkansas for the competition.

Boat graphics have become the new wave of  creative branding across the nation and bluemedia is not afraid to share the love when it comes to designing, printing, and installing these watersport monsters.