M-Pire "Drive The Dream" Auditions Begin

Last year, M-Pire Rent-A-Car announced its "Drive The Dream" campaign, which will involve the company fielding an ARLA Elite Series car and renting it to a different driver every week. The company is looking for ordinary people with no racing experience.

After negotiations with ARLA officials, the team will be able to compete for the championship, combining the points that all of its drivers earn during the season. The team will be listed in the driver's championship standings as "Team M-Pire"

M-Pire will began its driver auditions today. Applicants will fill out a simple form detailing their basic personal information (only drivers over the age of 18 will be accepted) and their experiences as M-Pire Rent-A-Car customers. The company has explicitly stated that people with prior racing experience will be rejected.

(OOC: This audition is open to anybody. I encourage people to be creative on their applications. Pay attention to the location you're signing up for; local residents are highly recommended. All drivers will carry the same ratings, which honestly won't be very good because the team isn't accepting people with racing experience )

Here is the application:

Code:

Name:
Age:
Hometown:
Race Applying For:
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer:
Tell us about Yourself:

Race/Driver Schedule:

1. Rookie Shootout/Smash Beer 400 (Dallas): Jacob Hartson (Ben Atkins)
2. Daytona 300 (Daytona): Marty Rite (day500champ1)
3. Radii Radiators 300 (Talladega): Mark Freestone (unknown user)
4. Carbondale Duels (Carbondale):
5. MyCheese.com 250k (Road America):
6. Balboa Boxers 200 (Piqua): Billy Gaton (f1fan12)
7. FABricators 250 (Quincy): Francis Gradi, Sr. (teamwhiper)
8. Four Corners 200 (Toronto): Michael Gallen (bartman97)
9. Mosport 150k (Mosport): Adam Thomas (Nascar9Fan)
10. Mini Indy 500 (IRP): Ray Smith (JMac525)
11. Yellowstone 200 (Buffalo Downs):
12. Albuquerque Twin 120s (Albuquerque): Jesus Ignacio Chavez III (Alta)
13. Crystal City Casino Double (Las Vegas):
14. Sarabai 300 (Twin Ring Motegi): Shunsa Yu (PKligBKFan)
15. Saitama 200 (Saitama):
16. Nemoto Tokyo 120ks (Tokyo): Shingo Ishida (Blackout)
17. Mr. Cobb's 200 (Iowa): Bart Rayman (Chives2112)
18. B.B. Wolf's House Special @ Memphis (Memphis): Bud Patterson (Sparkz47)
19. Orange County 200 (OCFS): Lucas Garnett (Cynon)
20. Zing Energy 300 (New York): Walter Klitzkov (hndrkguava24)
21. Rockford 200 (Rockford):

Name: Marty Rite
Age: 23
Hometown: Daytona Beach, Florida
Race Applying For: Daytona 300
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Extremely pleasant, have had to use my rental-car insurance very often.
Tell us about Yourself:
Die Hard College Football fan. Use M-Pire to rent cars to drive to college games around the country. Has collect tickets from everything from speeding to pushing a car out of my way cause he was going to slow.

Name: Jesus Ignacio Chavez III
Age: 32
Hometown: Farmington, New Mexico
Race Applying For: Albuquerque Twin 120s
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: "I love their cars...man. I use my rented car to get to my job at the The Home House, i use it to take my kids to school and to get around and general, I mean they've got the best cars at the lowest prices and I'm just one of their proud customers.
Tell us about Yourself: "Well I'm an immigrant from Mexico with a wife and two kids, I'm really good at...er "climbing things." I work at the Home House on the sales floor. I'm an avid racing fan, ever since i saw Eben...izer....quggs and Nico Petrov's awesome crash on news, i mean that was WICKED! And every since then I've wanted to drive one of those ARLA's. Heck...I bet i will win the race!"

Name: Ray Smith
Age: 45
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Race Applying For: Mini Indy 500
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: My car has a lot of problems, so I love being able to use their cars when mine is junk.
Tell us about Yourself: I've always been an avid racing fan ever since my dad brought me to my first race. I like to fix cars, but I 've never been able to afford to race them. I've always dreamed of it though. I Think I could give those ARLA boys and girls a lesson in getting around the track.

Name:Francis Gradi Sr.
Age:59
Hometown:Springfield,Illinois
Race Applying For:FABricators 250
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer:Often uses M-Pire's most Luxurious cars and was seen chatting up a service girl at an M-Pire branch.

Tell us about Yourself:Self-proclaimed Multi-Millionare willing to try anything expensive.Is also known to be a man for the ladies,even in his late 50's.The only time he saw an ARLA race was when he was looking to buy a 72 inch TV.

Name: Mark Freestone
Age: 42
Hometown: Somewhere in Alabama
Race Applying For: Radii Radiators 300
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Owner of an investment company that has used M-Pire Rent-A-Cars as company cars for 17 years
Tell us about Yourself: He is interested is racing because his company sponsors local short track teams.

Name: Billy, Gaton
Age: 39
Hometown: North Ridgeville Ohio
Race Applying For: Balboa Boxers 200

Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Iz rented a car once, it was bak in 1997, or was it 98, i iz forget, It was a 1993 Inglezbe Flashbak, I had to rent it becuz my car wouldn't start, and iz had to take my wif to the hospidle, cuz she waz delivein my quadtuplets. Thats for babys at one time if youze is unedumicated. It ran like buttered pig runner from my pig roaster, or iz I's likes to call it, the pigerator. But it was snowin sooooo hard wez could only drive it up to my mudders house, and she delivered 4 butiful boys there. The car drove soooooooo well, Iz gave my other car to da rental place, an Iz still got da rental car today. I think, I haz got a rental car the longest of anyone, in da hole wie world, So, Iz, desrve to drive the M-Pyre Rent-A-Car Car in an ARLA Race.

Tell us about Yourself: I iz workes at the drive in movies here in North Ridgeville, Iz is the won ho projam... projenicate... light da movie on da woden plank so da teengers can see da movies. I iz also works at da lokal garage, fixin peoples buggies, cars, an tractors. I iz also worked at the lokal horsey racin track sellin tikits, and iz also works at da figur eat racin, at da lokal durt trak sellin hot dog. Iz also race mize bestest frend Pittie Bole, wit r tractors. So I nos lots about racin. I also haz a lots of mony. Last week, I mad thirty bucks, sellin my home brewed alkhoalic bevreragerey, called Bubba's beer. I mak it in mize back yard, next to the rock by da creek wher my wif cleens my overalls. I haz five kids, Billy Bob, Billy Ben, Billy Dale, Billy Billy, and Fred, Fred iz jus a babie. I iz married to my beautiul wife, Mary Sue, I like her because she washes my overals and cooks me mize dinner. They alls wants me to do this race. I is likes to thank youse for your time reading this applikation. Thank youze for your time, yall.

Name: Bartolomeu (Bart) Rayman
Age: 29
Hometown: Black Jack, MO
Race Applying For: Mr. Cobb's 200 (Iowa)
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I was very pleased with M-Pire's Rent-A-Car service. Although, the first time I went there, they accidently gave somebody else my car and we had to run them half way down a busy street in St. Louis to catch it. They were very sorry and when I did finally got my car, I found a complementary box of popcorn in the front seat. Other than that, my other experiences were very excellent.

Tell us about Yourself: I'm just a regular Joe that does plumbing work. I plumb, do septic jobs, and other odds-and-ends. I am, however, at risk of loosing my job do to budget cuts, and this could give me a chance to do what I've always wanted to do, race cars.

Name: Walter Klitzkov
Age: 60
Hometown: New York, New York
Race Applying For: Zing Energy 300
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I worked at M-Pire for a few months in the late 80s. As a customer, I used M-pire after flights to some TV appearances in the late 70s. Only notable event was in 1979, when I got a free day of rent if I let the cashier make one joke about my eyepatch. After I returned the car, he needed one, too.

Tell us about Yourself: When I was 12, My family immigrated to New York, where my mother lived before meeting my Russian father. I didnt speak full english until my 20s, so I dropped out of high school. So, I joined the Army, and was taken prisoner of war. By the time I returned home in 1974, My right eye was missing, and my left thumb was gone. In the late 70s I made multiple TV appearences. Since Ive worked enough odd jobs (including 4 months at M-Pire in 1988).

Name: Shunsa Yu
Age: 34
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Race Applying For: Sarabai 300
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I've had much experience with M-Pire Rent-A-Car because I've crashed 6 of my 7 cars.
Tell us about Yourself: Japanese man just looking to have some fun in racing.

Name: Conner Fulton
Age: 19
Hometown: Katy Texas
Race Applying For:Smash Beer 400
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I have loved Using thier cars and have never had a problem, although i always make di\onuts with the tires.
Tell us about Yourself: I am a 19 year old currently enrolled at Texas A&M and was at the top of my high school graduating Class.

Name: Adam Thomas
Age: 20
Hometown: Clarington, Canada
Race Applying For: Mosport 150k
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Ever since one of my cars got stolen, I've used M-Pire Rent-A-Car on a regular basis & they are the best. Great service & never stuff up.
Tell us about Yourself: My family have been fans of racing since the 60's & I've always dreamt of driving in a series, even one race, during my life

Name: Bud Patterson
Age: 31
Hometown: Munford, TN
Race Applying For: B.B. Wolf's House Special @ Memphis
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer:Best car rental in the business. My family only has one car, so we usually rent from M-Pire when we have a lot of business to take car of, or if the wife and I need to get to different places at the same time. No hassle, great service, and the cars are always in great shape.
Tell us about yourself: I've been an avid ARLA fan since the 90's, seeing the greats like Chuck Johaanes and Andy Pearson battle it out each week; it was a thrill. I've always said if I could get some good equipment behind me, I could give those ARLA boys a run for their money. Now I may actually have the chance!

Name: Michael Gallen
Age: 34
Hometown: Warburton, Ontario
Race Applying For: Four Corners 200 at Toronto
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Went to New York for a holiday, then went on a road trip to Chicago.
Tell us about Yourself: I've been a race fan since the age of 7, always wanted to race stock cars, but couldn't cause of financial stuff. Somehow made it to college, and played college football for Michigan, then I got in a brawl in a night club and got bashed up by 3 people apparently, and glassed on my leg with a glass bottle twice. The doctors said I won't be able to walk again and it would have to be amputated. I'm going to try and attempt to surprise the doctors that said I wouldn't be able to walk again.

Name: Adam Allen
Age: 20
Hometown: Casper, Wyoming
Race Applying For: Yellowstone 200 or Road America
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Used it whenever I had to go on long trips
Tell us about Yourself: I have been a big racing fan since I was a kid. I've always wanted to race in a stock car, that and just looking for some fun.

Name: Troy Francis
Age: 27
Hometown: Great Lakes, Illinios
Race Applying For: Carbondale
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Man, I always get the best cars, and when they see my face they treat me like a king.
Tell us about Yourself: I used to drive in the TM Super Cup series, I'm a 5 time champ. I won the Vegas race, Karjoler, Talladega and Watkins Glen this year and won the championship with David Jarrett and Dome-O behind me. I'm the best motherf***er and I'm going to win this sh*t.

(if it's not obvious enough, it's all a lie.)

Name: Shingo Ishida
Age: 32
Hometown: Hakodate, Hokkaido
Race Applying For: Nemoto Tokyo 120ks (Tokyo)
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I used to occasionally rent cars from your company from time to time before i bought my own car, and I would end up choosing the fast, nimble sports cars that would be available from my local M-Pire Rent-A-Car. Might i also add that no other company stacks up with M-Pire's quality service?
Tell us about Yourself: I'm the son of a former singer and street racing legend. I myself, have never really been interested in racing, however upon hearing about the auditions, I decided to hand in an application. I tend to help out at my dad's shop, tuning cars so they can go fast, since i hope to possibly pursue a career in racing with this application. I'm well known in the Tokyo street racing scene for tuning some of the fastest (and most balanced) modified cars on the Wangan (OOC: Wangan is referring to the numerous highways throughout Tokyo that take people to and from and around the city), however i have never raced a car. I do hope that i get chosen to race here, as i could show my possible talents racing for this team.

Name: Adam Dudding
Age: 19
Hometown: Durham, NC
Race Applying For: MoSport or Rockford
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I'm not a customer of them. I like their pick-up trucks though... they is so shiny.
Tell us about Yourself: I think I have a cousin in ARLA, he's the best evur.

OOC: I'm so sorry Ceej.

Name: Willy Black
Age: 42
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Race Applying For: B.B. Wolf's House Special @ Memphis
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Every time I gotta rent a car, I do it at M-Pire. They've got service like no other, and a nice selection of cars and trucks.
Tell us about Yourself: Well, I tend to off-road race quite a bit, with mixed results... and when I'm not off-roading, I'm sittin' on the porch of my little country home, playing my guitar 'n sipping a drink.

Name: Lucas Garnett
Age: 20
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Race Applying For: Any
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: "The fines weren't too high when I rear-ended someone while I was texting!"
Tell us about Yourself: "I'd love to drift the M-Pire car around the streets!"

Name: Matt Koch
Age: 24
Hometown: Rockford, IL
Race Applying For: Rockford
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Me and my bros rented a M-Pire car to head to the Ohio Motor Speedway last year. The car was a 2009 Saar Tyrant. It was clean and well maintained, so I would rent from them again. Somebody knew the crew chief at Carrington Racing and we got to hang out in the pits. We were so stoked.
Tell us about Yourself:
I've been a racing fan my whole life. I've been to a ride ansndrivecbefore but never raced on a professional scale. It'll be awesome. I've always wanted to do this.

Name: Takumi Nagata
Age: 22
Hometown: Kyoto, Japan
Race Applying For: Saitama
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Very durable these cars are! I took one on test drive around Decatur, almost made a full lap!
Tell us about Yourself: I drive cars for living, drive them very, very fast for few lap until crash!

Name: Nigel Johnson III
Age: 23
Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico
Race Applying For: Road America
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Likely the cheapest rental car service i've ever experienced since I got my driver lisence 4 years ago.
Tell us About Yourself: Good Friends with Dan Meyato, who tought me all about
automobile racing such as open wheeled, GT cars and stock cars.

Name: Terry Sandusky
Age: 51
Hometown: Carbondale, Illinois
Race Applying For: Carbondale
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I have rented these cars since I started my shower company in 1996. A bunch of people told me to stop, but I didn't do it.
Tell us about Yourself: I am a shower manufacturer who was fir -- um, retired in 1999 due to ra --, um, run my charity.

pennst24 wrote:Name: Terry Sandusky
Age: 51
Hometown: Carbondale, Illinois
Race Applying For: Carbondale
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I have rented these cars since I started my shower company in 1996. A bunch of people told me to stop, but I didn't do it.
Tell us about Yourself: I am a shower manufacturer who was fir -- um, retired in 1999 due to ra --, um, run my charity.

I see what you did there.....

Name: William Jones
Age: 45
Hometown: Casper, Wyoming
Race Applying For: Buffalo Downs
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I have used this company for many business trips to Cheyenne, Denver, and Salt Lake City for my company. I usually rent a Saar Carolina, however after hearing about Lycoia in the TM Master Cup, I decided to rent a 2012 Lycoia Sentinel. It was of very high quality, as are many of their vehicles.

Name: Jacob Hartson
Age: 33
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Race Applying For: Texas
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I rented one of your cars out, but it never survived rolling down a cliff... I never figured that one out...
Tell us about Yourself: Well, I retired from being a stuntman on the game "Super Mario Kart" in '05, where I would have the cars drive straight off the edge f the tracks, and I would just respawn back on track! I don't understand why your shabby cars can't do that!

Ben Atkins wrote:Name: Jacob Hartson
Age: 33
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Race Applying For: Texas
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I rented one of your cars out, but it never survived rolling down a cliff... I never figured that one out...
Tell us about Yourself: Well, I retired from being a stuntman on the game "Super Mario Kart" in '05, where I would have the cars drive straight off the edge f the tracks, and I would just respawn back on track! I don't understand why your shabby cars can't do that!

did he manage to beat a driver in Iracing too?

navycook75 wrote:

Ben Atkins wrote:Name: Jacob Hartson
Age: 33
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Race Applying For: Texas
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I rented one of your cars out, but it never survived rolling down a cliff... I never figured that one out...
Tell us about Yourself: Well, I retired from being a stuntman on the game "Super Mario Kart" in '05, where I would have the cars drive straight off the edge f the tracks, and I would just respawn back on track! I don't understand why your shabby cars can't do that!

did he manage to beat a driver in Iracing too?

No he did this

Name: Marc Bielski
Age: 37
Hometown: Long Beach, California
Race Applying For: California
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: None, his wife signed him up in order to convince him to lose weight and to get him out of the house for awhile.

Name: Connor McPherson
Race Applying for: Las Vegas
Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Buisness Meetings. Wait, what am I filling out?

Name: Hiroshi Nakamura
Age: 33
Hometown: Kyoto, Japan
Race Applying For: Saitama 200 (Saitama)
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Has been part of the organisation for 4 years and says he loves how reliable their Cars are.
Tell us about yourself: I am wanting to get some experience at Racing and hope to know how reliable a Race car really is.

Name: Pat Demps
Age: 23
Hometown: New York, NY (Moved to Chicago, IL two years ago)
Race Applying For: Rockford (Rockford 200)
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Rented about 20 or so cars during the time when my '98 Saar had some mechanical problems to fix in my 1st year at my new college in Chicago. It breaks down here and there, so I rent once in a while and every time I've been there, I've been greeted with a smile and fantastic service. I'd love to work for them maybe in the future.

Tell us about Yourself: I was born in NYC, but I went to Chicago after my first 2 years of college because I just didn't feel like that was where I wanted to be. I figured Chicago is a bit... less crowded, I guess... Anyway, I went to work at a Starbucks for a while and I heard about the auditions. Now, I've been a huge fan of ARLA for a long time. I wonder where Ryan Baldwell went. I always rooted for the #10 FatBurgerKid car and I still do a little. Anyway, I figured that this would be a good chance to fulfill my dream of being an ARLA driver. I hope those new Late Models don't turn over on me or anything.

Casey Lester wrote:Name: Pat Demps
Age: 23
Hometown: New York, NY (Moved to Chicago, IL two years ago)
Race Applying For: Rockford (Rockford 200)
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Rented about 20 or so cars during the time when my '98 Camaro had some mechanical problems to fix in my 1st year at my new college in Chicago. It breaks down here and there, so I rent once in a while and every time I've been there, I've been greeted with a smile and fantastic service. I'd love to work for them maybe in the future.

Tell us about Yourself: I was born in NYC, but I went to Chicago after my first 2 years of college because I just didn't feel like that was where I wanted to be. I figured Chicago is a bit... less crowded, I guess... Anyway, I went to work at a Starbucks for a while and I heard about the auditions. Now, I've been a huge fan of ARLA for a long time. I wonder where Ryan Baldwell went. I always rooted for the #10 FatBurgerKid car and I still do a little. Anyway, I figured that this would be a good chance to fulfill my dream of being an ARLA driver. I hope those new Late Models don't turn over on me or anything.

Camaro doesn't exist in TM Canon....

Well, Saar, I guess...?

Ben Atkins wrote:No he did this

I'VE HEARD OF RUNNIN' OVER THE COMPETITION, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN IT DONE LIKE THAT!

Name: Wanda Fidikkiladowski
Age: 38
Hometown: Elgin, Illinois
Race Applying For: Rockford (Rockford 200)
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Mother of four young children who has been extremely grateful for the company's mini-vans.
Tell us about Yourself: "I want to make my four wonderful boys and my loving husband proud of their mother. I'm sure that driving to baseball, soccer, and hockey practice every week for over ten years will give me a competitive edge of the track! *laughs*"

NeverNeutral wrote:Name: Wanda Fidikkiladowski
Age: 38
Hometown: Elgin, Illinois
Race Applying For: Rockford (Rockford 200)
Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: Mother of four young children who has been extremely grateful for the company's mini-vans.
Tell us about Yourself: "I want to make my four wonderful boys and my loving husband proud of their mother. I'm sure that driving to baseball, soccer, and hockey practice every week for over ten years will give me a competitive edge of the track! *laughs*"

OK... I can't compete with that.

Name: Fuzzy The Alligator

Age: 54

Hometown: Mobile Alabama

Race Applying For: The Re-run of the Radii Radiators 300

Experience as an M-Pire Rent-A-Car Customer: I have rented their Luxuary SUV's getting to events around the country where I have to deal with those pesky brat kids who adore me.

Tell us about Yourself: I am a popular Children's Televison host. Teaching pesky little brats about mumbers and spelling words, I hate having to deal with children, they climb all over me like I am some sort of god... I will use this experince to begin a racing carrer, to avoid those horrible little terrors. I also don't give away my real name, because I don't want those disgusting little wastes of air, crawling around me in my own personal life. Ugh I hate my job... So hire me, or I'll never rent your cars again...

Name: Billy Lewis
Age: 23
Hometown: Orange County, New York
Race Applying For: Orange County
Experience as an M-Pire Rent A Car Customer: I don't rent cars, I drive 'em like I stole 'em. Because I did! As Orange County's resident carjacker, I'm the reason everyone around here is real cautious...

Name: Chris Richardson
Age: 28
Hometown: Bowling Green, KY
Race Applying For: Grand Detour
Experience as an M-Pire Rent A Car Customer: Frequent member of M-Pire as wife usually takes only car after domestic arguments or said car is wrecked. Extremely short tempered. Local demo derby and figure 8 champion.