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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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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.
Stay
tuned for more updates about the midget and other
cars we plan on campaigning...
Brian
can be contacted at: brianwatson@watsonracingteam.com
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The following are low quality "thumbnailed" images from Brian's archive,
just click on a photo to view a larger quality version of the photo:
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