Driving my 607hp turbocharged NSX at
Sebring...in my element!
Here are a few fun facts about club founder Wei-Shen Chin
- age: 50
- physical: 5'8", 160lbs
- home: Orlando, FL
- family: wife Lynn, daughter Lauren (4 years), Nicole (19 months),
Matthew (4 months)
- cars: 2008 Lexus IS-F (daily driver), 2007
Honda Odyssey (the best minivan!), Ford F350 6L turbo diesel with enough torque to TOW ALL THIS STUFF!
- fun car: 1994
turbocharged 607hp Acura NSX, (NSX-RAY)
- race car: 1992 supercharged 350hp Acura
NSX, (CHINSX)
- future car: 2012 Audi R8 GT (production
date 7/25/11)
- education: B.A.1982, M.D.1986 Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, OH
- profession: physician, specialist in diagnostic radiology
- business: CEO, Chin Motorsports Inc.
www.chinmotorsports.com
- subspecialty: orthopedic radiology, sports medicine
- partner, Medical Center Radiology Group,
www.MCRG.com
- favorite pastime: driving the NSX
- favorite book read recently: Caddy for Life
(Fienstein)
- favorite funny movie: Something About Mary
- favorite drama: Shawshank Redemption
- my dream job: storm chaser, meteorologist
for the Weather Channel
- hobbies: ballroom dancing, music (violin and piano), photography
- sports: golf, motorsports, table tennis
- favorite restaurant: Nonya Restaurant
(Malaysian cuisine), NY, NY
- favorite city: San Francisco, CA
- favorite small town: Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
- favorite foreign airline: Singapore Airlines
- favorite US airline: Continental (best
business class)
- favorite discount airline: (tie) Jet
Blue, Southwest
- favorite public golf course: Spyglass (USA), Turnberry
- favorite private golf course: Las Campanas, Santa Fe, NM
- number of speeding tickets: zero (Valentine
1)
I'm all about enjoying life and everything that life
has to offer. I'm not one to wait for something good to happen...I
actively search for the excitement and passion in my life. Good luck is
the combination of preparation and opportunity...it just doesn't "happen".
I love my profession and what I do. Most of all, I love my family and my
close friends. I truly enjoy the people I work with and acquaintances that
I have made through my life. My friends shake their heads when they see what
I try to pack into ONE day. When I kick the bucket, I want to be on round
two of the "list of things" I would like to do and enjoy.
Celebrating with my beautiful wife Lynn in Hawaii in February
2008
205yd. 3rd hole at Mauna Kea....hit it to 12ft. and missed
the birdie!
taken at Yosemite April 2003 prior to a LONG walk uphill to
see the giant trees...it SNOWED 6 inches the next day!
My brother Li (yes, he and I look very much alike) and son
Austin inspecting durian fruit in Vancouver, BC
visiting my Dad in Vancouver Canada