2009 Super Lap Battle Time Attack Finals At Buttonwillow Raceway

Time attack is a simple game of car and clock. The rules are fairly open, most of the front running cars can outrun Speed World Challenge GT cars, and the fastest lap of the day counts towards competition. The sport was originally begun as a showcase for aftermarket tuning companies, allowing manufacturers the chance to prove who had the capability to go fast. It’s for this reason that the cars are heavily modified and often driven by professional hot shoe pilots. Podium spots are separated by mere tenths and the Super Lap Battle race is still one of the biggest events in the US time attack scene.

Held once a year at Buttonwillow Raceway, Super Lap Battle sees some of the biggest names and fastest cars appear. There are classes for front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, racecars and pure street cars. At the front of the pack, everybody had only one thing on their minds – the record time of 1:43.523 set by the HKS Lancer Evolution.

Big names teams like AMS (Lancer Evolution X), FX Motorsports Development (Acura NSX), Crawford Performance (Subaru WRX STI) and Sierra Sierra Enterprises (Lancer Evolution VIII) came out with highly developed efforts in order to unseat HKS from the top spot in the record books. In the end, they would all have to wait until next year. Sierra Sierra took the top overall spot with a 1:45.061 while AMS had to settle for 3rd place in Unlimited AWD behind Crawford Performance. FX Motorsports Development set a new record in Unlimited RWD with a 1:45.247.

Further down in the Street class, the naturally aspirated Evasive Motorsports Honda S2000 set a new record with a blisteringly fast 1:56.762. This even beat the 1:59.789 time set by Project Evo IX, although our engine was slowly dying throughout the day and was unable to go any faster. Project 240SX also made the trip out to Buttonwillow with SR Motorcars, running a 2:08.217 despite some mechanical teething issues.

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Super Lap Battle
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AMS has always been at the front of time attack and their Unlimited Lancer Evo X is no exception

GOTO: Racing ran their Hoosier-shod 700hp+ Nissan GT-R to a 1:49.366

The carbon fiber C-West Honda S2000 ran into drivetrain issues early in the day. Sorry, we don't have a S2000 transmission in our toolbox

The Nissan GT-R is no stranger to the track

Chris Rado's insane Scion tC set a new Unlimited FWD record with a 1:49.703. Guess the wing works

Ryan Gates - AMS/Gates311/Nitto Lancer Evo X

Russ Warr takes the Octane Report Project Evo IX out to a 1:59.789 before the engine dies in the third session. Should we do a rebuild?

Steve Rodgers from SR Motorcars takes out Project 240SX and hits the track

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Tage Evanson ran incredibly fast in his EG-chassis Honda Civic, 1:53.002

The HASport/Ksport sponsored Honda Civic can outrun Nissan GT-Rs and 500whp AWD racecars. Not too bad for a economy car more than a decade old

Douglas Wind avoids a crash with a wayward 370Z and sets a new Street FWD record of 2:00.256

Forged Performance R35 Nissan GT-R hits the track

Crawford Performance took third overall at Super Lap 2009 with a 1:45.552 in their Subaru Impreza WRX STI

The new Nissan 370Z got the Robispec treatment and hit the track. What you can't see are the pizza delivery stickers on the hood. Hot pizza!

Evasive Motorsports' Evo took 2nd in Limited AWD with a 1:49.977

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