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About Us:
Rick grew up in a
traditional family with two sisters. However, there was nothing
traditional about their family hobby –Racing. When you think
about racing families in Upstate New York, who have been around
for over 50 years, it is easy to make the connection with how
Kluth Motorsports began. From an early age, Rick was front row and
center watching his father compete during weekly racing events.
Racing was in definitely in his blood. As soon as he was legally
able, he would join his sisters and cousins in the pits to work
alongside the family making sure his dad was race ready. In the
years that followed, Rick would step into his own car and from
that point forward, he never look back. His love for the sport of
racing and passion for innovation made a great combination as he
worked on his goals of someday building a successful racing
business.
In 1999, the first
2Kwik chassis was built. That year also brought many exciting
changes for Rick as he took a stroll down the aisle, won his 1st
Modified race and decided to begin his own racing business.
Working during the day as a manager of a local service center and
then coming home for a quick bite to eat, Rick would quickly head
back out to the garage to continue building the business.
Working around the clock began to take a toll on life in general.
A time soon came when he was at a cross-roads and a decision had
to be made. Quit his day job and put everything into making the
business successful or stay employed and take a gamble that his
loyal customers would be patient enough to stick by him. The
decision came about when his wife said to him, “I teach kids all
day to reach for the stars and live out their dreams each and
every day. If I can’t support the one I love to follow his
dreams, then what is this all for?” In early 2000, Kluth
Motorsports went full speed ahead, adding reputable vendors,
custom services and chassis design helped build the foundation for
which our business was built.
In 2005 the Kluth
family welcomed identical twin boys, Cameron and Tyler into the
world.
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