Autocon 2010 Car Show
This was a grassroots event built off of street level marketing geared toward guys (and gals) who love cars. Period.
This was a grassroots event built off of street level marketing geared toward guys (and gals) who love cars. Period.
At a bare minimum, you need talent and money to get noticed and climb the ranks. Thomas Smith, a Las Vegas, Nevada go-kart and autocross racer, has been paying his dues towards a road racing career by cutting his teeth at local time attack events.
We got the chance to ride in the Subaru WRX STI and drive the Lancer Ralliart through the twisty mountain roads just around the corner from Whiteline Automotive. The Subaru WRX STI, which has a bone stock engine, was no louder or rougher than stock…
As Guo progressed past the NASA Time Trial ranks, finishing 2nd in TTB in the Northern California NASA region in 2009, his S2000 developed further and further. Now campaigned in the Redline Time Attack and Speedventures S2000 Challenge
Faster on track than a Porsche 911 Turbo while using full tread, wet weather capable street tires. Once we play further with spring rates, alignment and other adjustments, we’ll be able to pick up even more speed. Simply. Badass.
Although they lacked the custom widebodies, insane engines, and roll cages of the upper classes, many of the Clubsprint cars were still well modified track machines. At any normal open track day, these cars would dominate.
Similar in build level to our own Modified and Limited classes, the Open Class cars featured built engines, high horsepower, bolt-on aerodynamics, roll cages, and full track car qualifications.
With a factory Garrett GT3540R turbocharger attached to the engine, the F6 E pushes out 416hp at 5,500rpm and 417lb/ft of torque from 1,950 to 5,200rpm. In fact, the F6 E is ludicrous fun in the wet, breaking loose the rear tires with pretty much every full throttle stab.
In the few short years since the GT-R was unleashed on to American audiences, the car has been modified to run track days, targa rallies and into the 9s in the quarter-mile. It seems to have hit its enthusiast market on the head; no single-owners grandmas need apply here.
The road into Sydney is filled with temptations. We spied numerous 500hp Holden and Ford super sedans, Skylines, Supras, Lancer Evolutions (V, VI, VII, and Tommi Makinen models), and Subarus.
Here in the US, the government is the one usually trying to shut down tracks, not build them. Then again, the Sydney highway speed limit is 50mph in most places and there are speed cameras every 500feet – so pick your poison.
The Pro Class is where the big dogs run. This is the category for all-out entries; the cars built with huge power, flared bodies, GT-style aerodynamics and full crews of mechanics.
Opening before the final time attack run sessions of the second day, the drifting competition was an invitation-only heads up battle that promised to feature the best Australian drifters.
After sitting out the first day completely, the 700hp Cyber Evo hit the track hard. Setting a time of 1:30.899, the longtime time attack competitor re-asserted its place at the top of the sport.
What made up for the limited diversity was the caliber of machinery present. For the first time ever, some of the fastest time attack cars converged to go head-to-head. Tomei/Cusco brought out their Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Whiteline is one of the most noted names today in suspension tuning with its control arms, bushings and swaybars becoming standard must-haves for such cars as the STI and Evo.
We’re talking two of the craziest time attack machines in the world – the wider-than-wide Panspeed Mazda RX-7 and the Tomei/Cusco Subaru Impreza WRX STI – sitting smack dab in the middle of the urban sprawl of Australia’s finest.
The World Time Attack Challenge kicked off today with a display at Martin Place, a shopping and business district in the heart of Sydney, Australia. On hand were the Panspeed Mazda RX-7 and the Tomei/Cusco Subaru Impreza WRX STI.
To the team here at The Octane Report, the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) race is the highlight of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (LBGP) weekend.
With the fastest laps of the entire Grand Prix, the Indy racers emit a high-pitched and very loud wail from their tailpipes as they go screaming through the temporary Long Beach street course.