CREST Autosport League!!!

Presenting our driver line-up for this season!

Fritosport Sim-Racing TEAM Driver:  Miika "Fast Grandpa" Salonen
AGE:  42
NATIONALITY:  Central Finland
Background info:  - BSRWRC top 3 PRO challenger
                                - BSRHRC top 3 PRO winner 
                                - Expert setup builder and ultra-fast driver
                                - Writer of "The Coach's Rally Guide"
Plans for season:  Main focus will be HRC entry, however hopeful to run the live!WRC rounds which will be streamed live on Sunday's.
Bio and History:
1. What was your first memory of what triggered your love for motorsport?
1. My father rode motorcycle and I sit front of him. He also sometimes let me rev it up..
2. What is your most memorable moment you witnessed in a Rally
Most memorable.. Hmmm... There is many but i think when i was about 9yrs old in thousand lakes rally and stage was kuukanpää. Audi S1 and Peugeot 205 Ti16. Hannu Mikkola and Ari Vatanen. Remember that stage was 16 km and heard Audi start to finish😁
3. Who is your favorite rally car driver?
3. Hard cause so many finnish great drivers. Henri Toivonen. He gave his life but would come the greatest. Living ones Juha Kankkunen. He has driven four era of cars and win rallies three to four times longer than these on our days.
4. What things do you think are important when driving Finland stages?
4. Put pedal to the medal and just fly. Concertrate and dont be afraid..
5. We know you like F1 as well, who is your hero there?
5. Kimi. He's same that was when first went there. Still one of the fastest.
​6. What did you find in RBR that DiRT Rally doesn't have?
6. More reality and with mods more cars.
7. What would you like to see in future WRC?
7. More manufacturers. Back stickchange of gears.
8. What would you like to see in future Rally simulations?
8. Reality and all cars. Stages that you can'tremember/memorize.
9. How did you wind up on the FRITOSPORT Team?
9. Jones, my son wind up first. Then he left rally community server to me as he did go military service. Got idea to race with others and asked Frito if he needed old grandpa to drive.
10.What goals do you have in your future sim-racing?
​10. Help others in world of rally. Same time do some rallying and racing. Help team step forward.

Fritosport Sim-Racing TEAM Driver:  Joonas Torssonen
AGE:  young
NATIONALITY:  Central Finland
Background info: - WTCC TC1 TPS driver
                               - RSC founder
                               - Fast times at PPIHC
Plans for season:  Drive fast and faster!
Bio and History:
1. What sparked your interest in motorsport?
-Has to be my family and mainly my dad.
2. Who is your favorite rally and road drivers? 
- Henri Toivonen, Tanner foust, Travis pastrana
3. What type of motorsport is your favorite? 
- Rally/motocross 
4. We know you've been away in the military for a while, anything you have learned there that could possibly help you in racing? 
- Lots of patience.
5. From the leagues and races you've ran, what are some of the most memorable moments?
- Having the fastest lap on a TcOne race, was my first official online race on R3E. 
6. What kind of goals do you have when you return to full time driving? 
- I want to find new leagues on raceroom and dirt. Maybe iRacing..?
7. What do you hope to see from sim-racing titles in this year and 2018? 
- Dirt 4 and maybe pcars 2? Afraid of D4 being a disapointment.
8. Any advice to give up and coming sim-racers getting started? 
- Get a wheel with ffb, assetto corsa > Project cars.
9. What are your top 3 favorite cars and why? 
-Audi S1 from group b, just brutal power package with clumsy driving abilities. Ford Capri Gr.5, a work of art for its age, such a well balanced car with really good brakes, and the turbo noise.. Yaris wrc 2017 just because im a fan of toyota and i find it interesting.
10.How did you end up on Fritosport Racing team and do you have recommendations for the team going forward in 2017-2018? 
​- I accidentally stumbled upon the team leader and became friends with him, hope to race more and see the team grow. ✌

Fritosport Sim-Racing Driver:  Nathan Johnson
AGE:  not so young but young lol
NATIONALIT:  Australia
Background info:  - BSRWRC fast driver
                                - BSRHRC fast driver
                                - Adapts quickly to stages and can push consistently
 Bio and History: 
​28 years old, living in Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia (home town for Rally Australia, winning!)
Work in a motorcycle wreckers, doing IT at uni
Have been racing IRL for about 10 years, mostly club khanacross, rallycross, tarmac sprints/hillclimbs and a few rallies/rallysprints (driving and navigating). Used to have a Datsun Stanza rally car, am now building a 910 Bluebird rally car.
Have been into racing games all my life... Starting with Gran Turismo, Toca Touring Cars and Colin McRae Rally on Playstation, although I've only started sim racing with a wheel about a year ago in Dirt Rally and Assetto Corsa.

Hoping to finish my car and run the APRC round in Coffs, along with Rally Australia next year, then the East Coast Classic Rally Series in 2018!