The 1M Mortensen Motorsports Racing Team is a family run business. The Mortensen family has been racing for years and has many years of experience. Mark has a lot of talent. He is a great driver. We have a great team, but are on a low budget and do the best we can with what we have. We depend on Mark's smooth driving skills to help us and with the help from our sponsors we have finished the top 10 in points each year. In 2007 Mark captured his 5th career feature win on June 30th passing the undefeated points leader. His smooth driving style led him to this feature win! Mark Mortensen: Our awesome driver, just turned 23 years of age. If you know Mark, then you know he is a man of few words. He's very meticulous. He usually has the best looking car at the car shows. Mark’s car description is listed in “The Racing Insider – the Official racing program of Fonda Speedway” this year. Normally they choose the best looking cars to place in the racing program. Mark started go-karting racing at the age of 11 at the Albany Saratoga Speedway, Dodge City Speedway, and the Turkey Trot Speedway winning several track championships and the Northeast National Championship. Hobbies: Mark totally restored his 1985 El Camino. He has painted all of his own race cars, numerous motorcycles and his helmet along with his brother Brett's helmet. Mark enjoys snowmobiling, 4-wheeling, motorcycles, jet-skiing and most recently flying hobby air planes. Professional Job: Mark is employed with the Pepsi Bottling Group as a driver/merchandiser. Brett Mortensen: Youngest brother of Mark, Brett just turned 22 years of age. Brett also started racing go-karts at the age of 11 at the Albany Saratoga Speedway, Dodge City Speedway, and the Turkey Trot Speedway. He has won numerous track championships and also won third place in the Northeast Nationals. Brett's Race Car Responsibility: Crew chief. His duties include changing gears, changing tires and taking care of any other maintenance items. Hobbies: Brett enjoys motorcycling riding, snowmobiling and 4-wheeling. He drives a 2001 Yamaha and did a custom paint job on this motorcycle. Professional Job: In 2006 Brett graduated from HVCC with a AAS degree in Manufacturing Technician Systems with the third highest GPA in the class. He changed his degree to Mechanical Engineering and has been attending HVCC. With just one more semester to go, Brett will graduate with his AAS degree in Mechanical Engineering in December of 2008. He will then transfer to RPI in January 2009. Since 2002 Brett has worked as a pool aide in the Wellness Center at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital year round while attending college. He is very well liked at Sunnyview. Bob Mortensen: Dad of the boys is 58 years old and is also a former race car driver who raced at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway back in 1982 and 1983 driving a Hobby Stock. Bob also was on the pit crew for many years for the well-know Hall of Famer CD Coville. Bob's Race Car Responsibility: Bob has an awesome 2-stall garage where the 1M race car is housed. He is the Gas Can Man and also does weekly maintenance on the car at home as well as at the track. His business, Mortensen Electric, also sponsors the race car. Hobbies: Restoring cars. He has a 57 Chevy, a 58 Chevy , a 85 Corvette and a T-bird. Professional Job: Owner and operator of Mortensen Electrical Contracting. Bonnie Mortensen: Mom of the boys, just turned the big 50. Bonnie has never missed a race in all the years the boys have been racing. Bonnie also has a little racing experience winning a powder puff race at both the Dodge City Speedway and the Turkey Trot Speedway. Bonnie's Race Car Responsibility: Owner of the 1M. Bonnie takes care of the sponsorships and provides food and beverages to the pit crew every week. Hobbies: Bonnie enjoys reading, camping, planting flowers, and walking. Professional Job: Bonnie works at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital/NEH as a Human Resources Assistant. She is an EMT and recently resigned her duties from the Glenville Hill Volunteer Fire Department as the Secretary for the department and also the Treasurer for the Ladies Auxiliary. This will give her more time to work on her race car duties. She has been a member of the New York State Stock Car Association (NYSSCA) for 3 years with this being her second year as the secretary. Alisha Buehler: Girlfriend of Mark, age 20. Alisha is a great asset to our team. She is so calm and knows how to handle Mark when he gets upset at the track. Alisha's Race Car Responsibility: Alisha takes care of Mark's helmet (cleaning his helmet, adding tear offs), takes care of getting Marks’ race car suit ready, getting his raceiver ready for him and also takes care of the line ups for us. She also keeps lap times for Mark while he’s on the track. Hobbies: Alisha is very soft spoken and loves doing her word finds. She likes to read and play with Carson when she’s able to. Professional Job: Alisha works at RMSCO as a claims assistant. She had never been to a stockcar race prior to her and Mark getting together. She doesn’t care about watching any of the other races except for Mark’s. Andy Trautman: Andy is a friend of the family. Brett and Andy went to grade school and high school together. Andy was on our crew in 2006 but due to his shift being changed, he was unable to join us last year. Andy has rejoined our pit crew this year. Hobbies: Andy enjoys working on the race car and playing video games. Professional Job: Andy works as a forklift operator/warehouse worker for Hill & Markes Inc. Brian Mortensen: Oldest brother of Mark, age 32 is taking a hiatus from the racing scene. Brian and his wife Ashlee just had a baby, Carson, in March. Brian, also a former go-kart racer in the mid 90's won several features at the Dodge City Speedway and Albany Saratoga Speedway Go-Cart track. He also had multiple wins back in 1994-1996 driving a pure stock at the Lebanon Valley Speedway. Brian was the former crew chief for the Joe Budka #64 Racing Team at the Albany Saratoga Speedway. Hobbies: Brian enjoys 4-wheeling and going to Yankee games. Professional Job: Brian works as an electrician for Mortensen Electrical Contracting. Ron Szczerba: Ron is very well known to the Fonda Speedway and Albany Saratoga Speedway. He has been writing for the Area Auto Racing Notes column in the Daily Gazette for 10 years. Ron and Bonnie recently became engaged but due to Ron’s job at the speedways, he offers his moral support and anything he can do to help out during the week. Hobbies: Ron bowls every fall in the Friendly League. This past April he won the overall high average. Ron enjoys camping. Professional Job: Quality Control Technician for Greno Industries which is a machine shop in Scotia, NY.