Terry Fair is an amateur racing driver with 32 recorded laps across 15 different vehicles on LapMeta, averaging 2.1 laps per car. Fair brings three decades of racing and engineering experience to amateur motorsport, holding a mechanical engineering technology degree from Texas A&M University. His professional engineering background spans metallurgy, mechanical equipment design, control systems, and wireless devices—technical expertise directly applicable to understanding vehicle dynamics and performance optimization.
Fair is the owner of Vorshlag Motorsports, a leading manufacturer of high-end suspension components including camber-caster adjustment plates, spherical shock mounts, and other suspension components. This dual role—business owner and active racer—keeps him connected to both product development and real-world testing. He usually campaigns one of the Vorshlag race cars at 25+ competition events annually, often co-driving with his wife Amy, demonstrating that amateur motorsport can be both serious pursuit and shared passion.
His LapMeta data shows 19 laps at 1.7 CCW, 4 laps at 1.7 CW, and 2 laps CCW configuration, with the 15-vehicle portfolio spanning diverse platforms. Fair actively participates in autocrossing, open track events, time trials, wheel-to-wheel road racing, and drag racing—remarkably diverse motorsport involvement demonstrating curiosity about all forms of competition. He and Amy drove their Vorshlag Motorsports Mustang to TT3 wins at Motorsports Ranch, showcasing consistent competitive success.
Fair exemplifies the engineer-racer archetype: combining theoretical knowledge from formal education with practical experience from decades of competition and business operations. His suspension company allows direct application of racing insights to product development, while testing those products in actual competition validates design decisions. With 32 laps across 15 vehicles, Terry Fair represents the complete amateur racer who integrates engineering expertise, business acumen, and competitive passion into comprehensive motorsport involvement.
Amy drove this car in 3 sessions and won the Max5 class at this event, then Terry went out in a later session with a hotter track to set the new best lap in this cart at a 1:22.21, beating the car's previous best by 2.2 seconds (set Feb 1st at Track Test #3).
The engine was effectively down on power from the bone stock format, as the long tube header, race exhaust, bigger CAI and tune were hindered badly from the stock injectors hitting 100% IDC at 5500 rpm, so our tuner put in a safety rev limit of 5700 (normally pulls hard to 7000). Compared to our last test the peaks speeds on straights were down 3-5 mph - we have parts going on now to fix this (new injectors, rail, pumps, surge tank, etc).
Terry took 3 laps in the car, and still needs some more seat time with the new shifter and the new grip limits from the aero. We expect to knock another 2 seconds off soon with these same 315/30R18 Yokohama A052 "200TW" tires - just need the full engine rev range back.
This video shows the fastest hot lap Terry took, using the Garmin Catalyst lap timer. Next time we will go back to the AiM SOLO DL to get more data we can display and learn from. We'll be back for another time trial in this car at this track soon!