Its a stretch, I know… but when you’re in the heart of all things Country Music, you cannot help yourself. Let me try another original. I fell in to the burnin ring of lap times. I went round, round round, and laps got faster… and those turns, turns, a new lap record…. a new lap [...]
July 27, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Nashville, Records, Results . Author: Todd . Comments: 2 Comments
We’re in Nashville, and its hot both on and off the track. Sure the temperatures may be over 90 degrees, but its the humidity that’ll getcha! Time attack drivers are getting settled in nicely at the Nashville Superspeedway outside of Lebanon, with no major incidents to report here as finished up day one. An impressive [...]
July 26, 2008
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Great piece on the event last weekend from the crew at RiceBoyTV. Check out the vid in the “All Access” area. http://www.riceboytv.com/
July 23, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Fontana . Author: Todd . Comments: Leave a Comment
A couple great shots by our friend Shino. Check out his blog! http://fujishino.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/redline-time-attack/ and http://fujishino.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/redline-time-attack-more-photos/
July 22, 2008
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The math has been done, the results are in and final. Congratulations to all our top finishers, and to our class winners and overall champion. Overall and Unlimited Class Champion Gary Sheehan / GST Motorsports Subaru Imprezza / 1:38.395 Modified Class Champion Dieter Heinz Kijora / MFQ Motorsports Mitsubishi Evo 8 / 1:47.595 Street Class [...]
July 20, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Fontana, Results . Author: Todd . Comments: 1 Comment
Nobody saw it coming. After the first session, Tyler McQuarrie in the CWest / Brian Crower S2000 had a 1.5 second lead over his closest competition, Gary Sheehan in the GST Motorsports Impreza. Tyler finished first in the first session with a time of 1:41.621 and Gary followed closely with a 1:43.196. Chasing them both [...]
July 20, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Fontana, Results . Author: Todd . Comments: 4 Comments
Its pretty hot out here. The mercury tipped 90 degrees today, and tomorrow is predicted to be still hot with a slight chance of some thunderstorms crawling over the mountains from the desert. Couldn’t be more perfect for a Time Attack! Today went well for most teams. There were a few incidents, but nothing major [...]
July 19, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Fontana, Practice . Author: Todd . Comments: Leave a Comment
We’re here in beautiful Ontario, CA at the lovely Ontario Mills Mall and excited for a big weekend. Some news of note: Late reports are that Factor X has not been able to get the car put back together and will NOT be at Fontana this weekend. Gary Sheehan and the GST Impreza will be [...]
July 19, 2008
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Redline, in conjunction with Live Sockets (you know… those guys that sell vids of Best Motoring, WRC, Drift, etc) are doing something that is (as far as I know) a North American first! At the event this weekend at Auto Club Speedway, they’ll introduce the Circuit Battle. You might have seen clips on YouTube or [...]
July 16, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Circuit Battle, Fontana . Author: Todd . Comments: Leave a Comment
The funny thing about the Auto Competition Course (or Sports Car Course, or more familiarly, the “roval”) is that there is not really any barometer for a fast lap here. We know that in December 2004, the JGTC GT500 cars were able to set a blazing fast lap time of 1:23.124… but they had added [...]
July 15, 2008
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