The PeakMotorsports

The PeakMotorsports Peak Motorsports is a grassroots racing team proudly based in Bellefontaine, Ohio.

Our passion is racing, and we’re dedicated to making motorsports more accessible and enjoyable for everyone—whether you’re behind the wheel or cheering from the sidelines.

1996 Turbo Miata 180WHP running Bellefontaine Hill Climb Revival
09/05/2026

1996 Turbo Miata 180WHP running Bellefontaine Hill Climb Revival

09/02/2026

I can’t stop making Bellefontaine cars and coffee edits

09/02/2026

A 1994 Mazda Miata (NA) is the classic first-generation Miata—small, lightweight, rear-wheel drive, and built around simple handling rather than big power.

The children of The PeakMotorsports helping with the Bellefontaine Hill Climb Revival
09/01/2026

The children of The PeakMotorsports helping with the Bellefontaine Hill Climb Revival

09/01/2026

Bellefontaine got tired of explaining itself and put the answer on the welcome sign.

Bell-Fountain. That is it. Four syllables collapse into three, the middle disappears entirely, and the French is nowhere to be found.

The name means beautiful fountain or beautiful spring, given for the springs in the area. In French it would be roughly bel-fon-TEN, with a nasal ending and no fountain sound anywhere in it. Ohio looked at that, decided it was doing too much, and translated the back half into English while leaving the spelling alone.

That is the pattern across this state. Ohio takes a French or Native name, keeps the letters, and replaces the pronunciation with whatever the settlers found easiest.

Versailles is ver-SAILS. Not the palace. Rio Grande is RYE-oh Grand. Lima is LYE-muh. Russia, Ohio is ROO-shee. Berlin in Amish country is BER-lin with the stress on the front. Bucyrus, Chillicothe, Cuyahoga, Coshocton, Piqua and Wapakoneta all have their own rules that no one has ever written down.

Outsiders get caught constantly. A GPS will say Bell-fon-TAIN and every local in the car will react at once.

Logan County has leaned into it. Bellefontaine sits on the highest point in Ohio at Campbell Hill, 1,549 feet, which is not a mountain but is theirs. The town also claims the first concrete street in America, poured on Court Avenue in 1891, and part of it is still there.

The sign itself is the real charm. Most towns would let visitors keep getting it wrong. Bellefontaine put the correction on the highway, in reflective white, permanently.

Say Bell-Fountain and you can skip the whole conversation.

05/06/2026

We are extremely saddened to share that Kyle Loftis, the founder of 1320video, passed away last night. We are in a state of shock.

Kyle’s passion for motorsports inspired millions of people around the world and we will never forget what he has done to grow our beloved sport. Kyle was a beam of light at every gathering… his enthusiasm, kindness, and creativeness was contagious.

Let us pray that Kyle is in a better place.

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211 S Main St
Bellefontaine, OH
43311

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