Maea Blog

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Maea Blog (b. 21st June 1973 in Apia, Samoa) is an retired Samoan racing driver who had raced in is currently racing in the Siemens Ausdauer Reject Series for Tassie Racing and Life GP Series for Aussie Motorsport.

Career

Early Career

After travelling down to Australia for a holiday, Blog went into karts in Australia at karting. With not much money to spend on repairs, Blog struggled in Australia with racing not going his way. Three seasons at karts not getting any offers for the Samoan and went back to his home country in late 1988. For Blog, three years of driving wasn't enough for his confidence. His racing career was over before it even begun, that was until a surprise offer came from Aussie Motorsport.

Life GP

International Formula 3000

After getting dropped from Aussie Motorsport at the end of the 1993 season, he looked for a spot in the International F3000 and in early 1994 he got a spot at Durango as he partner with Christian Pescatori in the number 30 car.

V8 Supercars

First retirement

After retiring from motorsport, Maea Blog stayed in Australia to go into politics as an independent for Victoria. But the world of politics would be a dangerous game with him coming last in his seat of Seymour in the 2006 state election in Victoria before another fail attempt in the general elections only one year later in 2007. After that fail attempt in politics, he got married with an unknown woman who he meet at a pub and had two kids (Matthew and Ayesha).

SARS

Second Retirement

After the brief stint back in motorsport, Blog would retire saying “I am done with motorsport and I would like to see my kids go into the sport that I love” as he left the sport.

Career Results

Life GP Series

Year Entrant # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
1992 Aussie Motorsport 10 ARG
5†
BRA
Ret
ESP
Ret
FRA
Ret
ITA
Ret
AUT
Ret
CZE
Ret
FIN
DNQ
GER
DNQ
SUI
6†
BEL
1
NED
5
ENG
INJ
GBR
INJ
CAN
6
USE
Ret
USW
Ret
JPN
Ret
AUS 12th 15
1993 Aussie Motorsport 8 ARG
Ret
BRA
Ret
VEN
Ret
USA
Ret
CAN
INJ
IRE
INJ
GBR
INJ
NED
INJ
GER
INJ
POL
INJ
AUT
INJ
ITA
Ret
FRA
Ret
NAM
Ret
JPN
Ret
MAS
Ret
INA
Ret
NZL
DNQ
AUS
Ret
MAC
EX
50th 0

Career Summary

Year Series Team Position
1986 Australian Rookie Karting Independent 10th
1987 Australian Rookie Karting Independent 12th
1988 Australian Rookie Karting Independent NC
1992 Life Grand Prix Series Aussie Motorsport 12th
1993 Life Grand Prix Series Aussie Motorsport 50th