I just completed these two beautiful helmets and thought I would take some pictures of them together. Just shows how radical the Stilo helmet is compared to the Arai.

We just finished these two beauties up for Clint and Jon in time for the ALMS race at Limerock Park.

Other than the spectacular crashes by the two Audi cars this year you would have to say that the win for the number 73 Corvette was the most exciting thing about the race. As the sun was coming up over the picturesque French countryside the 73 Corvette was in 3rd place and a lap down on the two lead cars. It was safe to say that if the other cars didn’t run into any problems that Tommy and his teammates would end up 3rd. BUT, with a few hours to go the sister car collided with a back marker while overtaking in a corner and the car was destroyed and out of the race. One of the Ferrari’s assumed the lead and looked like it could cruise to the win, but with a couple of hours left in the race they started to have some engine trouble and the car lost quite a bit of power. The game was on! Tommy could smell blood in the water, and with Tommy behind the wheel he started to take chunks of time out of the Ferrari on every lap. The lead dwindled from a lap, to a half lap, to a minute, to seconds, and finally the Corvette was there to pounce and took the lead. Tommy never looked back and came in for their final driver change handing the car over to Antonio Garcia. They were able to capitalize on their competitor’s misfortune and won the race. It just goes to show that you can never give up and settle for less in an endurance race like Le Mans, anything can happen, and in this case their poise and clean driving paid off.

The win was particularly special for Tommy being the only American driver in the team, driving an American icon, and on the 100th Anniversary of the Chevrolet brand. This year so far Tommy has won the 24 hours of Dubai, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The only thing for him to check off his list for the year is get a win on home soil in the ALMS and take the championship in the GT class. It is a tall order because the GT field is deeper with talent and good cars than it has ever been. But you can be sure that Tommy (and his Censport helmets) will fight to the last lap of the season.

Friend and client Tom Sutherland wanted to surprise his dad with this specially painted helmet. Tom is graduating from college this year and as a thank you to his dad for the support over the years Tom wanted to give his dad a special gift. Rick (Tom's dad) raced for years in sports cars and open wheel. We took Rick's old helmet design and did some cool stuff like put photos of him racing throughout his career. In 2004 Rick won the 24 Hours of LeMans in the P2 class so on top of the helmet we did a special little design that includes the logo for the 24 hour race and the date that he won it, in the background is a track map of Circuit de la Sarthe. Who knows, this helmet might even inspire Rick to get back in a race car!

For those of you who didn’t see this race let me write a little synopsis for you. Jason was quickest in practice and had the pole wrapped up until the very last second when Jake Zemke squeezed in a lap .3 seconds quicker. There was no doubt that there was going to be a hand full of guys that could win the race. It is really hard to break the draft at Daytona and get a big enough lead so the pack doesn’t swallow you up on the banking, so it was any man’s race to win really.

The race started and sure enough there was a group of seven guys that were running nose to tail and even going four wide on the banking at some spots. Jason’s engine let go after the first pit stop and it looked like his day was over. However, on that same lap a red flag was waved for a tire safety concern. All the riders were to come into the pits and swap out for a fresh front tire. Since Jason was on the lead lap and was active on the track when the flag came out he was able to rejoin the race. His crew went to work and thrashed on the bike and threw in the motor from his back up bike, which was legal.

Jason restarted in the 3rd position since they went in order of the lap previous to the red flag and he was in 3rd on that lap. Due to the intermission of the race there was no need for a second pit stop and the race turned into a 15 lap sprint to the finish.

Again, the same seven guys were in a pack and there was no telling who was going to win the race, let alone know who was going to lead from lap to lap. With a hand full of laps to go Jason thought that he was having a tire issue and he backed off the pace to check his bike over. He quickly realized there was actually nothing wrong with the bike so he got on the gas hard to catch up to the pack before he lost the draft. He was successful and was dicing it with the leaders again.

With one lap to go Jason crossed the line in seventh place. He made a tight pass on JD Beach going into the first hairpin and then made a stunning move on Jake Zemke on the OTSIDE of the really fast kink. Coming onto the banking for the last time Jason was in 4th or 5th and hit the draft perfectly and even was able to use a lapper to get in the lead and pass Cory West. He was BARELY able to hold off Cory at the finish line and won the race by a foot or two. At that same time Josh Herrin collided with Dane Westby and touched his front brake lever locking up the front wheel and sending Dane flying over the handle bars at 180 mph. Taylor Knapp was also caught up in the accident and went sliding down the infield grass. Both men were very lucky to walk away from that crash. I am just glad Jason was ahead of the carnage and took the victory!

This is the most prestigious win for Jason and for Censport Graphics. Jason is in good form to take the title and Censport will be behind him 100%.

These are the first of 5 helmets for Jason for the 2011 season. The others will be like this but using different color combos. He wants one special one for the season that we have yet to determine what will make it special, maybe a chrome base?! He also wants to do one with no American flag inside the star, so we have to think of something cool to go in its place.

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My very good friend since high school has started an amazing blog covering his travels to cool locations and artist studios. He was in town this week and stopped by to snap some pics and do a small write up on the shop. Bo brought his friend Caleb Clark who works at MMI (Motorsports Management International) as director of branding. Bo wanted to show Caleb my operation and hopefully have him get me some business from his NASCAR clients that MMI represents.

I am proud to announce that Arai and Josh have teamed up with Censport for his 2011 helmet design and paint. These are the first three helmets so far. Hopefully it will become a replica and you to could own this design!

Censport is now on Facebook, please follow the link and click the like button if you support us and are down with what we are all about. www.facebook.com/censportgraphics

I just finished these two metal flake based helmets in time to put under the tree! The motorcycle helmet is for Kat Zimpel and the SK-6 is for Luis Alfonso Perez Jr. down in Mexico. I hope these helmets bring them some Holiday cheer and brighten up their season.

I just finished these two helmets that will be used here in a month or so, one will be racing in the Florida Winter Tour kart series, and the McManus helmet will be debuting at the 24hrs of Daytona weekend in the Continental Tire Series race.

I recently finished these two helmets, one is going to be used in the Baja 1000, and the other is going to be racing in Vegas for the SKUSA Super Nationals. Good luck wishes go out to Cortney and Daniel from Censport. Check out the studio pics of these helmets on page 4 of the helmet gallery.

Censport has offered custom made display cases for a while now and the holiday season is right around the corner! this is a fantastic gift idea for anyone who has a helmet to display. you don't even have to put your Censport creation in them, virtually any helmet will look stunning in either this case or on the stand. Check out the store under accessories for more info, the cases can be made with any color of velvet on the base to match a helmet paint scheme. Cases are 300.00 and the stands are 50.00. Order yours today so you can have them in time to put under the tree!