Details involved in preparing, choosing and competing in various wheel-2-wheel events mainly in the Midwest both in my previously owned 2006 Mitsubishi Evolution IX and other racecar rentals!
My apologies as I step back to 2012 to share some wicked-ass information! I had some pretty rare overseas press on the #929Evo that recently went to print and eventually I was able to get my hands on a copy. I'm just now getting around to scanning it in.
The story goes... a columnist from the Arizona area found me somehow and
wanted to do a spread on me and the car for a new upstart British
magazine. His job/goal was to share some stories about racing in the US
to demonstrate that even though we're 1000's of miles apart we're not
all that different. And to compare/contrast the availability of tracks,
cars, competition, the racing ladder system, etc. We didn't have a lot
of time (or any funds) to put together a photoshoot so I merely
submitted pics that I had already. Enjoy.
After qualifying on the pole with a decent 1:34.2, we had another long
break until the race; 3+ hours I think. I took the time to drop in the
Hawk DTC70 front pads I had just picked up as I wanted to see if they
would hold the brake system hold up better throughout the race. They
are a touch high torque than the DTC60's I've been running mainly for
the past 3 years.
Besides setting the ballast & fuel load, there was really nothing
else the car needed. I started to pack up what I could as I'd be
heading the 7+ hrs home right after the race and the day was heating up;
already well into the 90's.
At the noon driver's meeting I got to stay behind as I was 1 of the 3
pole-sitters for the 3 waves we'd be having. A first! Being on the
pole, I was told to maintain the speed of the pacecar after it pulls off
all the way to the green flag - which would be 35mph. This is a very
difficult thing to do with all the anticipation around you too! The plan after Sat was to be more aggressive with passing and lap traffic - although there were already some close calls during the warmup & qual sessions!
The Race
Coming out of the keyhole after the pacecar pulled off we were in the
35-40mph range as expected. I had just downshifted to 2nd but was
pretty high in the rpms, and as expected our speeds started to creep up
just a little. I didn't want to touch the brakes and 'brake-check'
anyone (maybe I should have) so I was trying to decide if I should shift
into 3rd or not - right about the same time the green dropped and I was
NOT ready. So I got a horrible jump; and would be chasing once again!
Just like the previous day, I was right on the tail of the leader and
got a good run out of T1 (1:30 in the vid) only this time he blocked the
inside line so I couldn't get in there to pass. I jumped outside
instead to try and preserve all the momentum I could, but was definitely
out-braked and gained nothing.
I'm not sure what the difference was, but for the first several laps I
would be fighting some 4-wheel skidding; mostly started from understeer
and backing out of the throttle. I'm not sure what caused this, the
only difference was I had a bit less ballast in the rear since I came in
50lbs over my min after the Sat race. This definitely didn't help my
chasing cause and led directly to an off in T11 that lost me a good bit
of time.
Around the 6th lap my pedal started getting long. I pushed really deep
into T1 at one point before it caught and caused ABS to kick in I think.
I then did some quick pumping on the next straight to bring it back -
same on the backstraight. On the next lap or so - #8 I think - I was
weaving through traffic and around a cone going into T2 (aka The
Keyhole) and not sure if I braked a bit later than normal since I was
offline and couldn't directly see my brake point or what, but the pedal
just wasn't there. If you brake too late into this corner, you miss the
uphill section and then it transitions to downhill through the corner -
and I couldn't slow down enough to make the turn. This is about where I
ended the video as the next part wasn't good... Offtrack, through the
sand to the right a bit and the rearend caught the tirewall. DNF. With
damage to the driver's side of the car, most predominant in the rear
quarterpanel. Sucks.
It also turned out the lead PTA car in front of me - that was ran off between T1 & T2 (9:30 in my vid; on the far left) had cooling issues from that off and had to nurse it around to the finish, so I would have gotten around him quite easily. Sucks too; Traffic!
For an idea on closing speeds into some of the corners, check out the 6:25 mark and tell me WHEN you seen that car!
After arriving about 10pm and drinking until 2:30am - morning came quick and I made the registration switch from PTA over to ST2 already. I knew I didn't have a chance in ST2 w/o at least good tires but I wanted to be in the faster rungroup and get used to the traffic. My goal was simply get the car through the weekend successfully and see how everything felt and reacted over the course of an entire race. I prepped the car and went out for practice on street tires to feel out the brake updates. Everything felt solid, although the car pushed hard on the street tires - which it has all year since the cage went in - I ran a 1:47 and had a car spin in front of me and 2 of us had to split to miss it in the track which was fun. I was weighed afterwards and started doing to the math for the ballast I'd need.
I switched rims to the last of my leftover 2011 255 Hoosiers and stuffed the car full of fuel until it ran back out! I only ran a few laps and qualified with a 1:41 trying to save the tires as they were pretty beat up from running hard TT sessions last year. Last year pushing hard on the tire setup I ran a 1:38.8 (current TTA record) so I was in the ballpark. I made weight, but not by much, so we definitely would need to add ballast. Another issue was the oil temps. In my effort to fix the brake cooling issue I admittedly borrowed from the oil cooler flow as well as fixing the hole in the rubbed fenderwell by adding a chunk of plastic. I think the latter made things worse so I removed it and then worked up a special duct from the 'faux hole' around to the oil cooler. I was fairly confident this would make things at least manageable.
With a 3hr gap before the race I had some prep time. I had a tire that was starting to cord, so I replaced it with an another used 255 I had. I also was able to secure the ballast I needed, with the help of Jason from GP Racing we secured 25 lbs in the passenger side and another 30 lbs in the trunk. I'd already topped off every fluid container in the car (oil, radiator, drink bottle, windshield fluid, fuel, etc). Not knowing how much fuel the car would burn I errored on the heavy side as I didn't want a DQ.
The race went pretty well overall. All of the ST cars lined up in the 1st of 3 waves; I was 9th of 12 in that group and started on the inside of a very tight T1. I got a good jump, but all the big V8 N/A cars in front of me pulled harded off the line. I also realized from my vid I should have been up closer to the car in front; so I'll learn. I took T1 pretty slow trying to stay clean and dropped below boost in 3rd so I lost some momentum there. I ran a few 1:42's and after that settled into a pace around 1:45-46 carefully eyeballing my oil temps the entire time around the 280-285 range. I babied the car, avoiding the high rpms when I could by shifting early and pushing the clutch in to coast into braking zones - all tricks that I know help the oil temps. Brakes felt good throughout and the tires stayed underneath fairly well since I wasn't pushing hard. I picked up a few overall spots from traffic and I picked up the pace on the final few laps just to see how the car felt and the tires were giving up for sure. In all the race lasted 17 laps and I covered about 43 miles. As for the fuel, after the race I had exactly 1/2 tank but was not weighed.
After running the Enduro on
Friday afternoon/evening, I awoke at 6:45am Saturday tired and sore. I still
had to unload, unpack the car, and do some prep but that was about
it. Our warmup wasn't until after 10am so it was relaxed. For the
warmup I lined up around grip spot #3 I think and after waiting 1 lap
for things to come up to temp I put down an easy 1:17.9 to earn #2 in
grid. I then went to tech and got weighed since I still had no solid
idea of what the car weighed post-cage. It came in at 3198 lbs; which
was about 50 lbs over what I was claiming for the day so I was pretty
happy with that given the current fuel load.
Session 2 was at noon and I made no changes and fired a 1:17.0 which
slotted me first in class and first overall. I hit traffic very
quickly as there were 44 cars in TT on Putnam's 1.7 mile course. Also
someone nailed the hay bails in the final turn so we had a few sitting
on the exit of T10 which was right in the line - and after 2 laps of
that I seen the double yellow. I was probably going 130mph when I seen
it, closing in on 2 lower classed cars probably going 95-100mph but I
made the passes safely before the flagstand and tucked in behind the
traffic. Oddly though that traffic was another car giving pointby's
that was off pace. By the time I realized it I'd been re-passed by a
few cars - I think this confused some cars as other passing from other
cars ensued and only 1 was called in for passing under double-yellow.
For S3 I made a few small tweaks and ran a best of 1:17.2 but the
car was really starting to slide at this point. Wasn't sure if it was
the heat - sunny and around 85 - or the tires giving up. I figured a
bit of both. I know I was starting to drop 1-2 tires into the dirt in
multiple corners on exit as the car just wouldn't hold and would slide.
It made 'catching' the slides a bit interesting and fun but I knew this
wasn't going to be faster. I was also given the pleasure of the
'meatball' flag and when I came in was told my exhaust was rubbing and
throwing sparks. This shocked me as there was no audible difference.
When I got back to my paddock spot I seen the brace by the rear axle had
broken and it was hanging low and would need a bandaid! I recently had
another bracket re-welded and perhaps with that being tighter, me
dropping tires and that rear brace being rewelded back in 2009 - the
extra pressure caused it to break again. Either way I had 2 hours to
fix it, and with my idea and some help from a friend it was
pretty simple. (see pic)
For
S4 I adjusted the suspension a touch to try and aid rotation/grip
assuming things would be worse if the tires were the problem. I had my
answer in the first lap; it was the tires! I ran 3 hard laps right
around 1:18.3 until I hit traffic, then I played for another 1-2 and
drifted. I actually had a few people ask who left the drift marks in
certain turns as I was at least having fun! At this point I new the
tires were shot, having 12-16 Heatcycles each. Also good news was that
our exhaust fixed had held up just fine. My time from S2 would hold to
land me 1st place in TTA by about 3 seconds - but I was 1.3 seconds off my record from 2011 when I
was on wider stickier rubber. But considering the tires I came with I thought the car did very well - running times right where I thought we would. Power was smooth and rotation was great with no understeer; just an overall lack of grip especially at turn-in from the worn tires.
Vid from Sat; A lap each from Sessions 2 & 3 from different angles:
After the brake caliper failure on Saturday, I switched the car to run Time Trials on Sunday to do some testing with the brake setup. As for changes, I swapped out the leaking RF caliper with another that I had (always bring extras) and did a quick bleed of the brakes. The odd thing was besides being a bit low of brake fluid, there really wasn't any air bubbles or darker fluid that came out of the system.
Having no time in TT from the previous day, I gridded in the rear and clawed my way through the traffic to find a descent lap while trying to be nice. I ended up with a respectable 1:34x, similar to what I was running in the race the previous day - on the same setup.
Session #2 I bolted up my better 255 A6's that were leftover from 2011 and laid down a personal best 1:31.9, running just 3 quick laps. Everything felt great including the brakes and things seemed to be back to normal overall although the car was rotating more that usual with the more aggressive ACD map from ACD-Tuning. By this time it was lunch, so I popped out the front brakepads to check for wear assuming I'd need to drop in a new set. But, they did not look any worse so I left them in.
Session #3 I was lined up behind another Evo and we turned some good fun laps, nearly identical laps all right around the 1:32x range until he had an OFF and we both came in. Overall, no better.
Session #4 I stayed out and ran 6 hard laps; which coincidentally was all the further I got in the race! These turned out to be my best laps as I was pushing the car pretty hard - a bit too hard probably for the tires - through some of the tighter turns. I had multiple laps in the 1:31x range.
At the end of the day, we ended up 2nd out of 5 cars in class; besting 2 TTS Evo's with front/rear aero and set a personal best of 1:31.666. Keep in mind we were actually running in legal TTA form (but in TTS for competition) and this would have set a new TTA lap record with that time. Huge thanks to Buschur Racing, AMSOIL and ACD-Tuning for their 2012 support.
The video below is from S4; enjoy:
Saturday April 21st was the wheel-2-wheel (w2w) racing debut for the #929 Evo. After warmup and an oil-soaked qualifying the grid was set for the Thunder racegroup. Because of low carcounts in my chosen class of PTA, I'd be bumping up to run in ST2 this weekend. ST2 would be joined with the faster ST1 and SU groups for the first 'wave' of the Thunder racegroup. I ended up gridded 11th in the first wave.
The start was odd. I ended up beside a fellow rookie that ran TTA with me last year so there was some comfort there. We actually took the green when I was in 4th gear (yes above 90mph)... which is just odd at least compared to all our practice starts I'd done the previous week. I was side-by-side with said Vette for about the first 4 turns including some sideways action and him taking the gators to thankfully give me room! The next turn I backed off a hair (the car was loose on colder tires) and I tucked in behind him and the leaders. About 4 laps later the 4-5 leaders were pulling away from us but we were having our own race. About this time my 245 R6's were starting to give up a little grip and the Vette running 315 A6's was able to distance himself some. The next lap my pedal starting getting longer and I was doing some LFB pumping on the straights. The next lap when I was 3-wide down the backstraight passing a slower GTS car and letting a faster GTS car past I reached for the brakes and the pedal went to the floor repeatedly. Checking my data I left the track at 85mph.
Pumping the brakes feverishly, steering strategically and downshifting accordingly I was able to drift it through the grass & weeds to an eventual stop. I kept the revs up, got the car turned around and back to the track safely and into the pits to avoid a tow or extended yellow.
The brakes - 100% stock Brembo's - have always been a bit of an issue with this car and Autobahn S can be a difficult track. Most of the guys racing have upgraded to a BBK (Big Brake Kit) and that's ideally what I would do. But, that's not the plan as I have a TTA/PTA build and a BBK is a 2pt upgrade, not to mention the $1800-2500 price. So we'll see what the longterm fix is.... I later found a faulty RF brake caliper that looked to be a big issue as well with evidence of corrosive leaking.
The vid below is the green flag and first lap. The brake caliper issue happened on my 6th lap and caused a nasty off and my retirement from the race. Fortunately I was able to save the car w/o damage. And to my surprise, I didn't finish last in the ST2 field!
So Saturday and the Evo....
I went out for the warmup session on street tires as I did not have time to change tires as we were first up! I tossed down a very eventful and sideways filled 1:38x on a cold green track in about 50 degree weather on 5yr old Dunlops on my 3rd lap and pulled in. lol. It was fun; and the car ran for the first time since the cage!
Qualifying was about 2 hours later. On my 1st hotlap I seen the debris flag at T6 - and quickly found the insanely huge OIL SPILL directly on-line from T6 through T10 when I actually passed said spiller on the backstraight still limping the car around. IDIOT. About 5 awesome oil-soaked drifts later for myself, about 6 offs witnessed from other cars and 1 car sitting a full 180 degrees backwards track-center - and just 3 laps - they tossed checker to end quals early. I had just a 1:40x.
I had a 4 hr gap until the race. I worked on cleaning up some of the wiring from the gauges and getting my oil temp gauge hooked back up (Thx to Boostin Performance for the wiring fix). I had time to update some of the decals on the car including adding ST2 designations for the race. More to come...
The vid is from Qualifying. Not too entirely eventful as most of the sliding action was in front me.
Day #2 at Road Atlanta started dark and slow. With the time change in the ET zone; it was pitch dark when I got to the track and nearly that for our morning meeting. Then a screwy schedule had me waiting around for about 2 hours. I really had no changes to make, other than remounting my camera and GPS and putting in a little fuel. I'm tuned for 100oct; and having used all I brought I was using a cocktail of 98 unleaded and 110 leaded since that's all they had (well had 112 leaded too). Oh, I did get my AFR guage hooked back up as the wire had come out. Lastly I had installed a different ACD in my car as I had planned on doing some testing on a reflashed ACD unit from ACD-Tuning. We talked over the winter and Mathew hooked with up with a unit with 3 special maps; each more aggressive than the stock Tarmac map.
When our first session finally came, I had the inevitable slow-down from a new track on a new day and not being aggressive. I also had overestimated the tire pressures so everything was high - which I could tell by the reduced grip. I took it easy on the tires and ran a some mid 1:35's. Watching the AFR down the long backstraight in 5th gear 'planted', I seen 10.5 - 10.6 on the new Buschur Racing tune with the 98/110 cocktail. As for the updated ACD unit, I completely forgot about it until the session was done - which is good. Nothing detrimental at all to say about the map, no locking, no confusion, nothing at all that slowed me down. However, I didn't really notice any huge changes either which could mean I needed a more aggressive map or I simply wasn't pushing hard enough to tell - probably a combination of both.
I checked my data afterwards and I finally cleared 150mph on the backstraight!
Again - screwy schedule, so I had a big break before the next session. I had already started packing up, and continued that just in case I were to leave after this next session. Changes were small, reset the tire pressures was about it. I did decide to move my ACD to map #2 as I did not feel anything really different with map #1.
Finally around 12:30pm I lined up for session #2 - where I was up to 5th on grid I think. Knowing I had a 10hr drive home, I really just wanted to better my time from yesterday primarily. No sense in putting the car in danger with over-aggressive driving or torturing the tires (given the 2012 Hoosier contingencies). I ran a pair of 1:34's including my best of the weekend - a 1:34.1 - with a nice drift through T10A at the end of the long backstraight. Besides a few key areas, I was getting about as much out of the track as I could with the tires I had. I believe the time held for 1st place again in TTA and the 4th best out of 37 cars in TT.
Given the screwy schedule - I had 2:20 until my next session - I decided to head homeward. If we drove straight though I could be home around 12pm.
Gotta give huge props to David and crew at Buschur Racing for all the updated work on the car, installation of parts and most notably the new tune. Also thanks to AMSOIL, Forgeline, ACD-Tuning, KNS Brakes & Andrews Racing. The trip home was long and tiring. I'm thankful my Dad was with me, he drove the middle 4 hours of the trip probably and I ended up home about 2:30am ET. And yes I was at work Monday...
The day started with a 7am meeting. The TT group was first out at 8am. I went out on street tires with a goal to learn the track, stay out of the way of the locals, and try to set a fast enough time to stay towards the front of the grid.
The track was... pretty fun. Nothing too crazy. I was motoring down the backstraight and glanced down to see the odo approaching 140 really quick. Damn! Got past that; through the 'S' curve and then I went under the bridge and down the hill into T12. Holy sh1t; it was like the Log Ride - seemed like it was straight down. This was going to take some getting used to...
For S2 - I went back out on the street tires again. I was picking up the track, but definitely coasting down the latter part of the backstraight and down 12 (the huge hill) I netted a 1:39 still on street tires! I was actually pretty proud of that.
For S3 - I bolted on the Hoosier R6's. 2 were new; the other 2 were used so I'd need to scrub everything in. I tried to keep my track positioning in the first 2 laps and control the inevitable skids - which was fun. After a 1:37 I reset my tire pressures and was ready for S4 to hammer it.
S4 - Traffic! By now I was working my way through some of the TTS cars that are 1 class above me and run more HP. I'd catch them in the first part of the track but they could pull away down the long backstraight and down the big hill in T12. Track positioning is definitely important for a flying lap in TT. Best of 1:36.5.
S5 - I was up to 7th on grid by now, but as not everyone went out I was actually 3rd. This proved to be my best track position and allowed me to hammer w/o having to worry about navigating any traffic in front or behind. I had my best laps of the day; with the overall best of 1:34.8 that netted my 1st place out of 3 in my class of TTA and 5th out of 38 overall in TT.
The day turned out great, the Evo made it through it's first track event of 2012 with flying colors, which included a new tune by Buschur Racing. No problems over the ~100 miles on track including a top speed of 149.87 mph on the backstraight and around 130 on the front!
So I quickly rotated the tires and checked the car over before Then off to the NASA awards ceremony just off the main straight. Above is a good vid from Session #2 looking backwards to demonstrate some of the elevation changes at this track. Enjoy!
2011 NASA Midwest Region TTA Champion
2011 NASA Great Lakes Region TTA Champion
2011 NASA Nationals 3rd place TTA (out of 14 competitors)
2011 TT Most Improved - Midwest Region
2011 TT Perseverance - Great Lakes Region
16 Regional Events
10 1st place finishes
5 2nd place finishes
1 3rd place finish
5 track records in 2011
My last 38 NASA events dating back to 2009:
29 wins
12 track records
25,000 miles and 83 track days in total on the car, all with the stock motor, cams, turbo, bottom-end, etc.
As always a huge thanks to AMS Performance, AMSOIL, Forgeline, Hoosier, Hawk, Boostin Performance and Buschur Racing.
I wanted to give a quick shout-out to AMSOIL for their help this year. I've been partnering with AMSOIL since 2009 and it's been a great experience. I previously had been running their 'Dominator' Racing branded 10w30 oil. However, earlier this year I started to have some bearing wear discovered by the oil analysis reports I send in to an independent 3rd party. This is probably from a combination of the higher power output, higher revs, and resulting higher temps in this year's full TTA buildup. Whereas 2009-2010 I'd see 250-265 temps with some higher peaks with extended lapping, I'm seeing lots of 280-290 temps this year.
At about the same time I got the oil analysis report back, I started working with a new rep; Scott. Scott immediately suggested that we try a run of thicker 15w50 AMSOIL and watch the temps/pressures even closer. We ran that oil at the July Mid Ohio event where I seen temps peak and hold at 280 every session. We sent in a sample for analysis and the report can back much better. The bearing wear was much lower; presumably from the thicker oil protecting better under those high temps.
So, I had Scott send me a case of AMSOIL 'Dominator' 15w50 this week as we'll be running that the rest of the year. Hopefully everything will stay protected and safe. The car now has about 24,500 miles and 75 track days on it including 14 so far in 2011.
I run very very few stickers on my car. And AMSOIL is one of them for a good reason. If you want to get ahold of Scott, email him at: fixem2@gmail.com
Ah, the fun of crawling under the car when the cement garage floor is still really cold! I changed out most of the fluids in the Evo last week. I got the Engine Oil, Transmission fluid and T-Case fluid.
Left yet is the Rear Diff and later flushing out the Radiator.
I took care of the trailer this weekend. Repacked the wheel bearings, rotated the tires and gave it a quick scrubdown. All-in-all not a bad job at all. Thx to my Dad for helping me get things started.
Everything was in excellent shape and probably could have gone another year easily. But with ~11,000 miles on the trailer and another potential 8,000 miles planned this year, I wanted to take the time to inspect everything. All clear!
Made the trip Saturday to Autobahn Country Club to instruct for an AMS Performance track day. Helped out a few students and ran a few sessions myself as well. Temps were high and the car performed well once I got all the intercooler hoses tightened back up. I ran in my developing 'TTA' form and ran some 1:36-1:37 laps with a passenger so I was a good 250lbs over my min weight. I will be back this weekend running TTA with NASA - so it was good testing! Got several changes planned this week...
Last weekend was the NASA Midwest/Great Lakes crossover event at Putnam Park just outside Indianapolis. We had a total of 38 cars in the TT group hammering around the 1.77 mile track. I ran TTB and ended up First in class both days out of 4, and 7th fastest overall with a 1:18.0. My goal was the class record which I missed by .3.
Besides some pesky stock intercooler hose issues and dodging the raindrops, the weekend went very smooth. It's so great to have an AMS tune that you can beat on without worrying!
Thanks also to my parents for coming by and supporting me!
The first NASA Midwest region event was held last weekend
at the Gateway Int'l Raceway 'Roval' roadcourse.
Saturday I won TTB and set the new track record with 1:08.75. Unfortunately there was some oil spilt on the track and we all had to take different lines through T2 to avoid the oil slick they put down so I feel there's more time to gain here.
Sunday I jumped up 2 classes to TTS for a few different reasons. In the 4th session I was using leftover A6's from last year and actually spun a near 180 between T5-T6 which is pretty hairy to say the least. I quickly decided to ditch the old A6's and go back to my setup from Saturday. So I put my TTB R6's back on climbed to within .012 seconds of the TTS leader - another Evo. We both had to go out for the last session to try and squeeze out some more time and in the end I squeezed out a victory by .7 seconds.
Along with a pair of 1sts (TTB & TTS) and another track record, I debuted the new Forgeline ZX3R's, new Exedy Twin HD clutch, and new PowerSlot rotors. Everything (save for the old A6 tires) worked out great.
There's some tweaking that needs to be done to the suspension and alignment before the next event; but that's nothing new!
Big thanks to AMS Performance for the powerful & safe tune & the new clutch install, AMSOIL for keeping the car cool and lubricated and Forgeline for help with the new wheels!
My 2010 supply of AMSOIL has arrived! I ran 10w30 'Dominator' engine oil in the Evo last year and the oil analysis reports I can proved that it was a great choice. No changes this year there or with the AMSOIL DOT4 brake fluid that I quickly grew to love after using Motul for a few years. New this year; I'll be running a 5w30 synthetic in the tow truck - Nissan Titan. Also picked up some misc grease.
Warmer weather makes it so much more comfortable to work in the garage!
So far I've changed out the Tranny fluid, Transaxle fluid, Engine Oil (pic below), bled the ACD, drained the Rear Diff. Still need to completely flush the brake fluid and switch out the radiator mix when it decides to stay warm!
The final MW/GL region NASA event of 2009 was Oct 3/4 @ Putnam Park outside Indianapolis. This was our 2nd trip to Putnam this year I was excited to return with the car 'dialed in'. I came away with double wins again in TTB. I ended up missing my class track record by .6 at this event. I think if I would have brought new tires I could have gotten that easily.
Over my last 4 events, I ended up with 8 wins and 3 track records. It was great to get the car dialed in and just learn to drive it like hell!
Check out the calipers --> The top is a nearly new stock red Brembo caliper. The lower is my RF caliper which has been discolored from high braking temps on the track! A true badge of honor!
Last night I switched in new front Hawk pads, new front rotors, switched in 1 new front caliper, switched out the tires and bled all the brakes with AMSOIL DOT4. Whew....
