 Summer 2009 Update After a slow start to 2009, we've been extremely busy at Havspeed LLC, with a multitude of large and small projects from vintage sports and racing car work, to contemporary road and race car engine and transmission builds.
We dusted off our historic RX7 for the nearby Rally New York this past April, only to exit the rally prematurely whilst holding the lead in 2 wheel drive.
Our next event will be at the New England Forest Rally this July in Bethel, Maine, where we will be going all out for victory in the MaxAttack! 2-wheel drive championship.
 November 2008 Our GC8 Subaru roll cage project is finally done, but our long-promised website revamp is not.
Please follow the following links to view all the photos of the build:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=60016&id=534521872&l=a3ab6c89b9
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=70873&id=534521872&l=c4072512d4   July 2008 Update Havspeed LTD is up and running at our new location, 225 Upper North Road in Highland New York! We've been so busy working on cars and competing at events that there has been no time to even update our website, so our apologies for that. We are currently in the throes of preparing three cars for the Maine Forest Rally, so there won't be a website revamp for a bit. Stay tuned though, we've got some great stories to tell from the first three months in the new shop, including a big overall 2WD win for Andrew Havas and Pete Pollard at Oregon Trail; and an overall win for Scott Wilburn and Aaron Crescenti at the PA rally!
We are currently running a raffle to raise money for the Jake Himes Family Fund, and will post the details and get some photos up of the prizes (official Subaru World Rally Team apparel graciously donated by Prodrive UK) very soon, but most likely after the Maine Rally which is July 10-12th
Havspeed LTD offers comprehensive race, rally, and vintage motorsport services;
from basic maintenance, roll cage fabrication, to ground up car construction.
Our 3000 square foot facility is conveniently located just six miles from Exit 18 on the NYS Thruway.
We will be having our Opening Party as soon as we get the place renovated a bit, hopefully within a month or two.
Please call: 845 691 8678 or email for more information:
havspeed@gmail.com ESPN TV Coverage from STPR '07
Our Mazda appears at 5:28
And here's another short one (28 sec) with good sound:
(Thanks Matt!)
Update: December '07 Check out the interview with Andrew recently posted on www.max-attack.com/andrewhavas.cfm
We missed the opportunity to compete at the second and third rounds of the Max-Attack! Triple Crown, but still somehow managed to place 3rd in the final standings!
However, all that is overshadowed by the passing of our friend (and Max-Attack! chairman) Jake Himes after a sudden relapse of cancer. Our love and heart-felt best wishes go out to Jake, Danielle, and their four children.
Danielle and the kids still need our help, so please contribute what you can this Holiday Season, information on how you can donate can be found through this link: www.specialstage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28611
Thanks again for your support, and Seasons Greetings!! We hope to have some news for '08 soon...  STPR Orange Update!!! | 06/08 | by Andrew | Comments Strong Showing at STPR for Team Havspeed
Havspeed.com's Classic Orange Mazda Always a Fan Favorite!
Wellsboro, PA. Two weeks before the start of the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally ("STPR", round 5 of the Rally America national championship series), Andrew Havas of Hopewell Junction, NY pulled his Mazda RX7 out of storage and began preparing for competition. The entry was made possible thanks to the efforts of Widget Rally Team's John Dillon (Thousand Oaks, CA,) with help from Perforce Software. The June 2nd event would reunite Havas and Dillon in a car for the first time since 2006.
"Andrew and I really clicked last year at STPR, so we decided to give it another go. We finished second in Group 5 and wanted to move up one position in 2007." More recently, Havas had won his class at Oregon Trail, while Dillon co-drove to twin regional victories at the Olympus Rally, rounds 3 and 4 respectively of the R-A championship.
The RX7 required extensive work, including a new axle designed by Andrew’s race and rally car shop Havspeed Engineering. Side impact safety improvements were also carried out to comply with recent series rules changes. Andrew accomplished all the work in-house and with just hours to spare. With a little help from his all-volunteer service crew, the car arrived at the event ready to go.
On the first stage Havas struggled to settle back into his rotary-powered Mazda. He had won the two-wheel drive battle decisively in Oregon six weeks earlier, but in a vastly different machine: a Honda Civic beautifully prepared by Derik Nelson and Mike Barber. "Derik's car is a front-wheel-drive car, with completely different handling and horsepower characteristics," Havas said. "I can't believe how long it took me to get back up to speed in my car. It took three stages and a lot of mistakes before I was comfortable throwing the car into the tricky junctions this event is famous for. After that it was clear from our times that we were the fastest Group 5 car out there, and we dutifully set about to make up for lost time."
<<< view pics: http://www.rally-america.com/event.STPR.2007.php?section=photos&pic=1518&gallery=49 >>>
Havas and Dillon went on to set fastest stage times in Stages 4 and 5, and a comeback seemed eminent. However, the strong contingent of Havspeed’s supporters were ultimately denied their dream, when the team was forced to withdraw by a freak failure of the clutch hydraulic system after completing the fifth stage.
"We lost the use of the clutch midway through (stage) five, as well as our intercom. The fact that we were still nearly a second a mile quicker through the stage than any other two-wheel drive car shows that we had the pace to pull a classic come-from-behind victory here this weekend," said Havas.
"Everything fit just like a year ago. My seat belts, the odometer calibration factors, even the Perforce stickers on the car were exactly as we left them at the end of STPR '6," said Dillon. "We were pretty disappointed when the clutch let go, but we gave the fans a show while we could. We saw people everywhere waving Havspeed flags and wearing our shirts!"
"For sure, it’s a shame we had to pull out, especially because our main objective was to entertain our fans. But we have a strong "can-do" attitude within the team and we are motivated to come back stronger than ever. Besides, let’s face it, things do happen when you’re driving a 25 year-old car!" recounted a surprisingly buoyant Havas.
Next month, Dillon returns to a four-wheel drive car when he codrives for Brian Scott in the New England Forest Rally, while Havas is working hard to secure sponsorship to contest Rally West Virginia in early August, round two of the "Max-Attack!" 2WD championship.
Perforce Software http://www.perforce.com">www.perforce.com) provides financial support to the Widget Rally Team. Team Havspeed is supported by Havspeed Engineering, Nui Motorsports, and longtime associate partners PIAA http://www.piaa.com">www.piaa.com) and Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development http://www.mazdamotorsports.com">www.mazdamotorsports.com).
Special thanks to all our friends and fans, and especially the "Orange Team" from Québec, for making the long journey to provide us with a great service crew.
--- Team Havspeed at STPR 2007 | 05/30 | by Guillaume | Comments Two days to go and still a lot of work left to do before the race. Andrew is working day and night to get the car up and ready to go.
 
Finally, we will do the WRC cap give away at the reward ceremony after the rally. Who will be the lucky winner? A minimum donation of $14.99 + postage entitles you to a free t-shirt (while supplies last) and your chance to win the hat!
Come to visit us during parc expose and services.
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