JUSTIN BLUMENFELD IS A 19-YEAR-OLD, SEVEN-TIME SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING SPONSORED KART RACER COMPETING FOR 2026 IN THE KA-100 SENIOR ENGINE CLASS. HE PROUDLY REPRESENTS SEVENTH-GEAR MOTORSPORT, GALPIN MOTORS & GALPIN AUTO SPORTS, AND POWER PLUS LUBRICANTS ON TRACK IN HIS PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
ALONG WITH JUSTIN'S DECADE-LONG INVOLVEMENT IN MOTOR RACING, HE'S A FULL-TIME DEAN'S LIST UNIVERSITY STUDENT MAJORING IN BUSINESS MARKETING, PURSUING A CAREER IN THE SPORTS INDUSTRY WITH A PROFESSIONAL TEAM, VENUE, GOVERNING BODY, OR BROADCAST MEDIA ORGANIZATION. A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM PLAYER DURING HIS SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR YEARS, HE CURRENTLY PLAYS RECREATIONALLY WITH THE CALIFORNIA BASEBALL ASSOCIATION. AS A YOUTH, HE WAS A WINNING LEAGUE BOWLER FOR MANY YEARS WITH A HIGH GAME OF 278, COMPETING TWICE IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. HIS HOBBIES INCLUDE RIDING ROLLER COASTERS AROUND THE WORLD (437 TO DATE) AS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN COASTER ENTHUSIASTS, AND HE'S AN ACCOMPLISHED RAILWAY AND AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHER WITH A FEATURE ARTICLE WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED ABOUT HIM BY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
IN THE 121 TOTAL SANCTIONED STARTS SPANNING MORE THAN A DECADE OF HIS RACING CAREER, HE LAYS CLAIM TO 30 WINS, 69 PODIUMS, 7 FIRST PLACE CHAMPIONSHIPS, MULTIPLE DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS, AND A 3RD PLACE PODIUM IN THE 2025 IKF GRAND NATIONALS. HE COMPETES WITH LASER FOCUS AND WORKS TIRELESSLY TO REPRESENT HIS PERSONAL GOALS, TEAM, AND SPONSORS BOTH ON AND OFF THE TRACK.
RACE RESULTS
PARTNERS
JUSTIN REPRESENTS THE FOLLLOWING COMPANIES WHO PROUDLY SPONSOR HIM FOR THE 2026 SEASON. PLEASE VISIT THEIR LINKS BELOW AND FOLLOW THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MORE INFORMATON.
SINCE 2004, SEVENTH-GEAR MOTORSPORT HAS PROVIDED IN-DEPTH TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR A WIDE RANGE OF ROAD RACING PROGRAMS INCLUDING KARTING, FERRARI CHALLENGE, FORMULA ATLANTIC, AND VINTAGE F1. FOUNDER ERIC NELSON HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN FORENSIC SCIENCE AND HAS ENGINEERED MULTIPLE WINNING CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING EIGHT SCCA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SEVENTH-GEAR HAS WORKED WITH JUSTIN'S TEAM SINCE THE BEGINNING ON HIS SPRINT KARTING CAREER, PROVIDING THE ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND TUNING THAT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO HIS MULTIPLE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS. PARTNERING ONCE AGAIN FOR 2026, THEY CONTINUE TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE TO RAISE THE BAR AND PUSH FORWARD TOWARD NEW HEIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS.
FOUNDED IN 1946 IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, GALPIN MOTORS IS A RENOWNED FAMILY-OWNED AUTOMOTIVE GROUP AND THE WORLD'S #1 VOLUME FORD DEALER. THEY OFFER 13 BRANDS OF FINE AUTOMOBILES, INCLUDING FORD, HONDA, MAZDA, VOLSWAGEN, LINCOLN, LAND ROVER, JAGUAR, VOLVO, GENESIS, POLESTAR, PORSCHE, ASTON MARTIN, AND LOTUS. THEY ALSO OFFER THEIR IN-HOUSE CUSTOMIZATION SHOP GALPIN AUTO SPORTS, FAMOUSLY KNOWN FOR THEIR WORK ON THE TV SHOW PIMP MY RIDE.
GALPIN HAS GRACIOUSLY SUPPORTED JUSTIN'S TEAM FOR OVER NINE YEARS, SPONSORING HIS RACING FOR THE 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, AND 2026 SEASONS. HIS TEAM PROUDLY DRIVES VEHICLES PURCHASED FROM THE GALPIN DEALERSHIP, AND THEIR SERVICE AND SELECTION IS SECOND TO NONE. BECOME PART OF THE FAMILY AND GET YOUR NEXT VEHICLE AT GALPIN!
HEADQUARTERED IN BEAUTIFUL CAMARILLO, CA AND PROUDLY MADE IN THE USA SINCE 1969, POWER PLUS LUBRICANTS MANUFACTURES TOP OF THE LINE CASTOR AND SYNTHETIC RACING GRADE OILS FOR METHANOL, DIESEL, AND NITRO POWERED ENGINES, 4-STROKE AND 2-STROKE KART AND MOTORCYCLE CLASSES AND OTHER POWERSPORTS, FUEL FRAGRANCES IN TWENTY DIFFERENT APPEALING SCENTS, TOP LUBE FOR ALCOHOL-FUEL POWERED DRAG RACING ENGINES, ETHANOL FUEL TREATMENT ADDITIVES, FUEL STABILIZERS AND CONDITIONERS, AND A WIDE ARRAY OF STYLISH TRACK-SIDE CLOTHING AND OTHER MERCHANDISE.
OWNED BY RACE CAR LEGEND AND SKETCH ARTIST MIKE MANTEL, POWER PLUS IS AN ARDENT SUPPORTER OF OUR TEAM, AND WE'VE BEEN WINNING RACES USING THEIR PRODUCTS SINCE 2016. HEAD ON OVER TO THEIR WEBSITE TO GET "THE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE" FOR YOUR OWN RACE CAR TODAY, AND #POURINTHEPOWER TO SEE RESULTS FOR YOURSELF!
PAST SPONSORS
THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES SPONSORED JUSTIN FOR PAST SEASONS, AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN HIS RACING CAREER.
2024
WITH THE RETIREMENT OF THE ORIGINAL CRG KT1 KART, 2024 BROUGHT TWO NEW OTK CHASSIS, A KOSMIC MERCURY R AND A TONYKART EVK, ALONG WITH THE DECISION TO RUN DOUBLE DUTY IN TWO ENGINE CLASSES (BRIGGS LO-206 SR AND TILLOTSON 225 SR) FOR THE CHILL CHALLENGE WINTER SERIES AND THE MAIN SEASON, TAKING PLACE PRIMARILY AT ADAMS MOTORSPORTS PARK IN RIVERSIDE, CA, AND CULMINATING IN THE FINAL RACE AT THE NEWLY OPENED K1 CIRCUIT IN WINCHESTER, CA. WORKING ONCE AGAIN WITH RACE ENGINEER ERIC NELSON AND ENGINE BUILDER TERRY NASH, JUSTIN TALLIED A TOTAL OF 7 WINS AND 3 POLES, EARNING A RECORD BREAKING THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS, ONE IN LO-206 SR FOR THE TRI-C WINTER SERIES CHILL CHALLENGE, ONE IN LO-206 SR FOR THE MAIN TRI-C SEASON, AND ONE IN TILLOTSON 225 SR FOR THE MAIN TRI-C SEASON. HE PROUDLY REPRESENTED SEVENTH-GEAR MOTORSPORT, POWER PLUS LUBRICANTS, AND ELI'S MOBIL SERVICE FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON.
HISTORY
2026
FOR HIS FIRST YEAR RUNNING FULL TIME IN THE IAME KA-100 SENIOR CLASS, JUSTIN PLANS TO COMPETE WITH TRI-C KARTERS IN AT LEAST TWELVE RACES AT WILLOW SPRINGS KART TRACK, APEX RACING CENTER, ADAMS MOTORSPORTS PARK, AND SPRING MOUNTAIN KARTING COMPLEX. REPRESENTING SEVENTH-GEAR MOTORSPORT, GALPIN MOTORS & GALPIN AUTO SPORTS, AND POWER PLUS LUBRICANTS ONCE AGAIN, HE HOPES TO SHOW WHAT HE CAN ACCOMPLISH AT THIS LEVEL AND CONTINUE HIS INCREDIBLE WINNING STREAK.
2023
IN 2023, WITH CALSPEED AT THE AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY CLOSING DOWN FOR GOOD, THE MAIN SEASON RELOCATED TO APEX RACING CENTER IN PERRIS, CA. NOW WORKING EXCLUSIVELY UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF RACE ENGINEER ERIC NELSON AND ENGINE BUILDER TERRY NASH, AND WITH SPONSOR GALPIN MOTORS RETURNING ONCE AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE THE FINAL YEAR DRIVING THE ORIGINAL CRG KT1 CHASSIS. THE MAIN SEASON STARTED STRONG WITH A RAZOR CLOSE SECOND PLACE PODIUM AGAINST COMPETITOR SETH WILLITS, AND THE SEASON WOULD FINISH UP WITH A HARD-FOUGHT 3RD PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETING AGAINST 44 OTHER DRIVERS IN TOTAL IN THE BRIGGS LO-206 SR ENGINE CLASS WITH TRI-C KARTERS.
2022
WITH THE WORLD FINALLY GETTING BACK TO SOME SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY, JUSTIN RETURNED TO THE TRACK IN 2022 FOR HIS FIRST YEAR COMPETING IN THE SENIOR CLASS, WITH AMERICA'S TIRE AND GALPIN MOTORS BY HIS SIDE ALONG WITH HIS NEW PARTNER K1 RACEGEAR. AS A TEAM, JUSTIN BEGAN WORKING ALONGSIDE JOSH HUFF OF JHMOTORSPORTS AND TERRY NASH OF HYPER RACING ENGINES, AND HIS PERFORMANCE PROVED TO BE VERY IMPRESSIVE, SCORING ONE 1ST PLACE PODIUM, ONE 2ND PLACE PODIUM, AND TWO 3RD PLACE PODIUMS ALONG WITH THE FASTEST LAP OF THE RACE AWARD IN TWO RACES AND ONE POLE POSITION IN A LARGER FIELD THAN HE HAD EVER COMPETED AGAINST UP TO THAT POINT IN TIME.
2025
THIS SEASON WAS A BANNER YEAR, FOLLOWING UP THE TRIPLET OF SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 2024 WITH A BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONSHIP IN LO-206 SENIOR HEAVY, ALONG WITH A 3RD PLACE PODIUM FINISH IN THE IKF GRAND NATIONALS, MISSING THE WIN BY A MERE 0.109 SECONDS IN A FIELD OF 40 COMPETITORS. GARNERING THREE WINS AND A MATCHING THREE POLE POSITION AWARDS, ALONG WITH A MAJOR STINT IN A 4-HOUR ENDURANCE RACE FOR TEAM POWER PLUS WITH ERIC NELSON. THIS YEAR WOULD CONCLUDE THE BULK OF JUSTIN'S COMPETITION IN THE 4-STROKE CLASSES OF BRIGGS LO-206 AND TILLOTSON 255, WITH AN EYE ON A NEW CLASS FOR 2026.
2019
IN 2019, ALL FOUR OF JUSTIN'S SPONSORS RETURNED AS PARTNERS ONCE AGAIN, WITH AMERICA'S TIRE AS HIS PRIMARY. HE ALSO ADDED ACCELERATION KART RACING AND NORTHRIDGE BRACES TO HIS SPONSORSHIP LINEUP. TO HELP HIM BETTER PREPARE FOR HIS TIME ON THE TRACK, FORMER KART RACER AND TUNER KENT HATADA WAS BROUGHT INTO THE TEAM TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND COACHING DURING JUSTIN'S RACE DAYS. COMPETING FOR HIS FINAL TIME IN THE JUNIOR II CLASS WHERE HE WOULD RACE EXCLUSIVELY WITH TRI-C KARTERS AT CALSPEED AT THE AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY, JUSTIN WOULD GO ON TO BRING HOME ONE 3RD PLACE PODIUM AND FOUR TOP-FIVE FINISHES TO ROUND OUT THE SEASON. SHORTLY AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR, COVID-19 WOULD STRIKE, FORCING JUSTIN TO TAKE A LONG BREAK FROM RACING FOR BOTH 2020 AND 2021.
2018
2018 WOULD BE A BIG SEASON FOR JUSTIN, WITH NATIONAL TIRE RETAILER AMERICA'S TIRE/DISCOUNT TIRE COMING ONBOARD AS A SPONSOR, WHILE MOLECULE SPORTS ALSO STARTED A PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM ALONG WITH RETURNING SPONSORS GALPIN MOTORS AND PIT POSSE. RACING ACROSS THREE SERIES FOR THE SEASON, JUSTIN WOULD BRING HOME TWO 1ST PLACE WINS, TWO 2ND PLACE AND THREE 3RD PLACE PODIUMS (ONE OF WHICH WAS HIS FIRST RAIN RACE), AND A TOTAL OF 10 TOP-FIVE FINISHES.
2017
FOR THE 2017 SEASON, JUSTIN PICKED UP HIS FIRST SPONSORS WITH GALPIN MOTORS, PIT POSSE, AND ARROWHEAD/NESTLE WATERS, REPRESENTING THEM AT EVENTS WITH TRI-C KARTERS, WILLOW SPRINGS KART ASSOCIATION, ADAMS SATURDAY NIGHT RACING SERIES, AND THE F100/F206 LEAGUE. IN TOTAL, HE WOULD BRING HOME EIGHT 1ST PLACE WINS, ONE 2ND PLACE AND THREE 3RD PLACE PODIUMS, 12 TOP-FIVE FINISHES, AND SCORE A 1ST PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH WSKA AND A 3RD PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH TRI-C. HE WOULD ALSO CONCLUDE HIS TIME AT MB2 SYLMAR BY PARTICIPATING IN HIS 500TH RACE, CLOSING OUT THAT AMAZING FORMATIVE CHAPTER IN HIS HISTORY.
2016
IN THE SPRING OF 2016 AT AGE 9, JUSTIN WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO RACE ADULT INDOOR KARTS AT MB2 IN SYLMAR, CA. HE SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERED A NUMBER OF SUNDAY NIGHT GRAN PRIX EVENTS THERE, SCORING HIS FIRST PODIUM FINISH IN HIS THIRD TRY AND MULTIPLE PODIUM SPOTS THEREAFTER, GOING ON TO EVENTUALLY BECOME THE YOUNGEST WINNER OF A GRAN PRIX RACE EVENT AT THE VENUE, TAKING HOME THE $150 TOP PRIZE. WITHIN JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS, JUSTIN WORKED HIS WAY UP THE SCOREBOARD AT MB2 TO BECOME ONE OF THE TOP COMPETITORS AT THE FACILITY, CONSISTENTLY RANKED INSIDE THE TOP 40 OUT OF THE NEARLY 400,000 PEOPLE WHO HAD RACED THERE UP UNTIL THEN, REACHING AS HIGH AS #17.
MANY OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED TOP ADULT DRIVERS AT THE LOCATION TOOK A STRONG INTEREST IN HIM, AND THEY WENT ON TO FORGE LASTING FRIENDSHIPS. THIS INCLUDED WYATT CARPENTER AND LUKE DUNCAN, WHO WOULD RACE AGAINST HIM MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK AND CREATE YOUTUBE VIDEOS FEATURING HIM, AS WELL AS ULYSSES WASHINGTON III, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ENCOURAGING JUSTIN TO MOVE UP INTO OUTDOOR GAS KART RACING, INTRODUCING HIM TO KART BUILDER ERIC NELSON, WHO NOT ONLY SETUP JUSTIN IN HIS FIRST CRG KT1 KART, BUT WENT ON TO BECOME HIS MENTOR AND RACE ENGINEER YEARS LATER. ULYSSES BROUGHT JUSTIN INTO THE TRI-C KARTING CLUB, HELPING HIM OBTAIN SPECIAL PERMISSION TO RACE IN THE JUNIOR II CLASS WITH A SPECIAL AGE WAIVER DUE TO HIS SKILL.
BY SEPTEMBER 2016, JUSTIN BEGAN COMPETING IN HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED CRG KT1 CHASSIS POWERED BY A BRIGGS & STRATTON LO-206 FOUR-STROKE ENGINE. JUSTIN TOOK HIS DRIVING TO THE NEXT LEVEL AT CALSPEED KARTING, LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE TURN 4 AT THE AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY IN FONTANA, CA, WHERE HE SCORED BACK-TO-BACK 2ND PLACE PODIUM FINISHES IN BOTH OF HIS FIRST OFFICIAL RACES WITH THEM.
ON FEBRUARY 18 OF 2016, JUSTIN APPEARED IN A TELEVISION COMMERCIAL ENTITLED "THIS IS SPRING BREAK" FOR THE UPCOMING MARCH RACE AT PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY. HE HAD BEEN CAPTURED ENTERING THE TRACK DURING THE NOVEMBER 2014 RACE WHICH HE ATTENDED, WHERE HE MET KYLE BUSCH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAD HIS SUIT SIGNED BY HIM. ALREADY HIS FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL DRIVER, JUSTIN DECIDED THEN AND THERE HE WOULD RACE AS THE #18. SHORTLY AFTER THE COMMERCIAL AIRED, THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AT PIR SENT JUSTIN AN ENCOURAGING CARD, WHICH FURTHER SPURRED HIM ON TO CONTINUE RACING. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HE'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET KYLE BUSCH MULTIPOLE TIMES AT VARIOUS RACES AND EVENTS.
2014
JUSTIN'S FORAY INTO MOTORSPORTS BEGAN ON MAY 18TH, 2014 AT THE EARLY AGE OF SEVEN. MOTIVATED BY THE DAYTONA 500 BROADCAST ONLY THREE MONTHS PRIOR, HE DROVE HIS FIRST LAPS IN THE SEAT OF AN ELECTRIC INDOOR KART AT MB2 IN SYLMAR, CA. INSPIRED BY THE OVAL TRACK RACING HE SAW IN NASCAR, HIS NEXT STEP WAS TO TEST DRIVE A QUARTER MIDGET IN SAN BERNARDINO, CA WITH THE ORANGE SHOW QUARTER MIDGET RACING ASSOCIATION. HE SOON DEVELOPED A PREFERENCE FOR SPRINT STYLE ROAD CIRCUIT RACING, AS THIS TYPE OF DRIVING CAME QUITE NATURAL TO HIM AND SUITED HIS STYLE BETTER. BEFORE LONG, HE WAS QUICKLY WINNING A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF HIS RACES AT NUMEROUS INDOOR FACILITIES INCLUDING K1, MB2, MIRAMAR SPEED CIRCUIT, RACER'S EDGE, AND FAST LAP, AMONG OTHERS. THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP WAS TO COMPETE IN A FULL SEASON FORMAT, AND IN EARLY 2016, HE BEGAN THE K1 SPEED TORRANCE JUNIOR LEAGUE COMPETITION. IN THIS 10-RACE SEASON, HE WENT ON TO WIN SEVEN OF THE EVENTS, GRABBED THE POLE SIX TIMES, AND FINISHED OUT ON TOP BY EASILY SECURING THE FIRST PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP.
GALLERY
THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS CONTAIN PHOTOS OF JUSTIN OVER THE YEARS WITH MANY OF HIS FAVORITE DRIVERS ACROSS MULTIPLE RACING SERIES, INCLUDING NASCAR, INDYCAR, FORMULA 1, DIRT TRACK, AND MORE.
2021 - 2022
2017
2016
2015
