Featured FRN Driver Diary Off Road — 06 March 2012


Crunch Fitness Partners With Emme Hall

Washington, D.C., March 1, 2012 – Hall Ass Racing is proud to announce their partnership with Crunch Fitness in Washington DC for the 2012 racing season.

Crunch Fitness will provide Emme Hall, the principle driver of the Hall Ass Racing 2 seat 1600cc desertrace car, with personal training sessions as she prepares for the upcoming season.

“Anyone who thinks race car drivers are not athletes have never tried to control a car moving at high speeds through rocks, ruts, and silt,” said Hall. “I may not be able to hit a homerun, spike a volleyball, or make a free throw, but trust me, after a race I am beat. I need flexibility to climb into the car from the top while wearing a firesuit, gloves, head and neck restraint, and helmet, upper body strength for car control and to get the spare tire off the back and changed quickly, and cardio stamina to keep my heart from racing at the starting line!”

Bryan Bullock, General Manager of the downtown DC Crunch Fitness, is also excited about partnering with Hall Ass Racing. “Emme is a fixture at the gym already. I’m looking forward to working with her and seeing her grow in her fitness levels, and we know she will be a great brand ambassador for us.”

About Crunch Fitness

In twenty years, Crunch has grown from a tiny aerobics studio with no air conditioning into a collection of 27 state-of-the-art gyms in locations such as New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Portland, Orange County, Sacramento, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington DC. It stands as a rapidly growing brand that fuses fitness and entertainment to make working out fun, bringing a host of unique services and products to our active and expanding clientele.

Their philosophy is simple, “There are no judgments here – No too much or not enough. No glaresof disapproval. Here we keep open minds. We are nurturers. We seek only to encourage, empower and entertain. There is no one type. There is no one reason. There is no one way. What we are is a diverse community; what we have is a culture of fun; what there is, is room for everyone: all kinds of people with all kinds of goals who’ve chosen to come reach them with us.” You can learn more at www.crunch.com.

About Hall Ass Racing

Hall Ass Racing includes driver Emme Hall and her father, Larry Hall, as well as a team of unpaid (but highly appreciated) mechanics, welders and wrenchers. They campaign a 2 seat 1600cc air cooled VW race car in races in California, Nevada, and Mexico. They have been featured in Dusty Times, Dirt Sports, S&S Off Road Magazine, and Gearbox Magazine, and Emme blogs for Female Racing News. Last year she helped Desert Dingo earn the VORRA season championship in class 11 (stock VW bugs) and holds the record at the Buffalo Peak Hill Climb, co-driving for JT Taylor in an ultra-4. Emme holds an MFA in Costume Technology in North Carolina School of the Arts and is also a graduate of Yale School of Drama. She is the Costume Manager at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC and reviews new cars for Roadfly TV. During her few free weekends you can find Emme campaigning her stock 2001 Miata in SCCA autocross events. She has been aptly described as a “charisma missle.” To learn more visit http://www.hallassracing.com and follow along on Twitter @hallassracing.

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Emme races a two seat 1600 air cooled VW powered buggy in races in the deserts of California and Mexico with her father as a part of Mega Monkey Motorsports™. She has also guest driven with Desert Dingo Racing in their Class 11 VW. She is one half of Team Courage Gazelles and is currently preparing for the 2013 Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, a 9 day all female rally through the grueling terrain of Morocco using only a compass and an outdated map. She can think of nothing more awesome! Emme lives in Washington DC and works as the Costume Director at Ford's Theatre when she isn't reviewing new cars for Roadfly TV. She autocrosses her 2nd generation Mazda Miata whenever she can. www.megamonkeymotorsports.com www.rally.org/teamcouragegazelles @MMMotorsports