Blake was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over the years he’s competed in a wide range of driving disciplines, from dirt oval, to asphalt oval, and road racing, earning wins and championships in each.
In 2014, Blake began competing in the Vegas Drift licensing series, later earning his Pro License in both 2015 and 2016. After a 2 year hiatus due to family and medical issues, he made his debut with Formula Drift in Orlando, Florida 2019, earning a top 8 qualifying position in an otherwise untested and undriven car.
Since, Blake has amassed a couple podiums as well as multiple high qualifying positions. In the 2020 season, Blake was in contention to win the championship, finishing 4th overall in a tight points battle.
Besides driving, Blake and his father Ted do all the fabrication, prep, and CNC work on his cars. This level of immersion gives him a competitive advantage by knowing the car inside-out.
When Blake is not running with Formula Drift, he is a full-time driver coach, working with an array of different platforms ranging from GT4 cars to prototypes and Formula 3 cars. This range of vehicles has made Blake become an extremely adaptive driver.
A Rather unordinary ascent into motorsports by jumping straight into formula cars in 2006, since then he has acquired championships in both open wheel and closed wheel disciplines.
He has Lead and won races and championships in all formats he has raced; (Formula Mazda, F2000, Conti GS/ST, Grand Am GT, Imsa GT3, European GT3, GT4, as well as holding 9 track records in Global Time attack, and being the first and only American to claim Pole Position at the Nurburgring 24HRs in the 45 year history of the world’s toughest endurance race.
In 2019 Westphal won the GS Championship for Carbahn with Peregrine Racing in the Audi R8 GT4, and in 2020 Westphal won Petit Le Mans in GTD for Scuderia Corsa as well as 2nd in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge GS Championship for Carbahn with Peregrine Racing. 2021 was an IMSA Sprint Championship season for Carbahn with Peregrine Racing, with numerous top 10’s and 6th in the Championship.
Peregrine Racing Ready to Fight to the Finish at Motul Petit Le Mans Braselton, Georgia (Sep. 27, 2022) — As the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship enters the final weekend, the series heads to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for the famed Motul Petit Le Mans. Saturday’s 10-hour endurance event not only marks the end of the […]
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We are so proud of our Pro Driver Blake for winning his first Formula Drift event in the series finale. It was by no means an easy feat, as he had to go head to head with the eventual series winner en route to the top of the podium! Below is Blake’s personal account of […]
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Hello folks, and thanks for popping in to check out TNVC Motorsports! I wanted to share some notes from a unique experience I was able to have recently at Spring Mountain raceway in Nevada! Recently I got the opportunity to test out the L3Harris GPNVG (Ground Panoramic Night Vision Goggle)—not on the range or […]
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Finished out the race season taking 1st place in the TNVC Ginetta GTA Sports Car. Thanks to my coaches Jeff Westphal and Blake Olsen for all your incredible support and skill sets!
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