All News: Steve Portenga


Self Improvement

June 6th, 2013 by

Road racing was the only form of racing that I knew for the first eight years of my career.  Even though I was an avid NASCAR fan as a kid, always watching the races and playing the video games, I got my start in Karts.  They taught me everything I knew as far as racecraft, … Read the Rest »

Self Promotion

March 14th, 2013 by

The last three years of my racing career have gotten off to less than stellar starts.  Finishing outside of the top 10 on all three occasions has made a rebound difficult.  It turns the beginning of the season in to a chase as opposed to a strong, consistency hold.  This year I knew things had … Read the Rest »

The Confidence Game

February 26th, 2013 by

I heard a quote several years ago from one of the two racers I idolize more than anyone else in the sport.  “It’s not about who has the faster car, it’s who refuses to lose.”  From the day I heard this quote to the last time I strapped in the car, and for every time … Read the Rest »

Michael Self Blog

November 8th, 2012 by

Michael Self has been competing in motorsports at a very high level since he won the Skip Barber Miller Motorsports Park and the Western Regional Junior Rotax championship in 2006.  The Utah native later named Champ Car Rotax Scholarship winner and won the 2008 Skip Barber Las Vegas Motor Speedway regional championship before turning his … Read the Rest »