So I see 3 other FDs... Anyone get times on those compared to yours Adam... Set-ups?

 

O crap I got a faster time than I thought!

Here's the times for Mod Class:

Adam Griffith, Mod RWD, Apex Restoration, 1993 Mazda RX-7 - 1.28.07 Champion
Eddie Nakato, Mod AWD, Adrenaline Racing, 05 Subaru STI - 1.29.67 Champion
Eric Bizek, Mod FWD, COBB Tuning, 07 Mazdaspeed3 - 1.32.21 Champion
Eric Cotton, Mod AWD, World One, 05 Subaru STI - 1.34.65
Fred Romanl, Mod RWD, Race Design Graphics, 1993 Mazda RX-7 - 1.38.97
Chase Aaron, Mod RWD, Forged Performance, 1993 Mazda RX-7 - 1.39.498
Ryan Douthit, Mod RWD, Rotary Speed Magazine, 08 Mazda RX-8 - 1.41.122

Fred's FD is mostly stock, with PFC, exhaust and my old well used Bridgestone Pole Positions tires and wheels.
Chase's FD is well modded with a single turbo, but not the greatest tires for this event, his oil temps were rather high and I believe he had an engine bay fire during qualifying.
There was another FD, the red one, but there's no time for him. He drives one of the Star Mazda race cars, lucky SOB.

As far as setup I definitely had an advantage over the RWD grid. Eddie was my only real challenge.

 

haha yea that lucky sob is me, i was the one with the red fd, i dont even know what my time was?? lol couldnt stick around had other more important racing duties to get to it proably wasnt fast anyways cause i could only do 1 sorta flying lap short shifting at around 7k, lol tooo damn hot and i didnt want to hurt it casue its my DD.

anyways it was my first time on track with my fd and i had a blast, im gonna do some more mods to make her more trackable and come out to more events somtime soon!

HERE ARE MY 2 RIDES THAT WEEKEND





photo credit goes to dylan wiggins (taken from his site on page 1)

 

Dare I ask how much it costs to get into something like one of the star mazda cars?

 

You need a sticker for your Star Mazda that says "My other ride is an FD"

And on your FD "My other ride is a Star Mazda"

Out of curiosity what set-up is powering your Star Mazda car?

 

hehe ya i should do that, the drivetrain for the star mazda, is a the N/a 13b renesis out of the rx8 except with a full exhaust, motec engine management, fuel system, and intake.
its mated with a hewland 6 speed sequential tranny with no lift shift.

yea its not a huge amount of power but the car only weighs 1200 lbs and with the sequential it rips pretty good, top speed is around 180mph/280kph.

0 to 60 mph is under 2.9 seconds (varys on track and weather conditions)



and the cost for the sm car brand new is 150,000$ for just the car, every race costs a bunch too with tires approx 4 sets at 2k each fuel maintence, transportation of the car, enginnering etc etc lol the list goes on.

so basically you need sponsors to run or you can do it if your extremly extremely wealthy,

the price for a full season is around $350,000, THIS PRICE IS WITHOUT ANY CRASH DAMAGE..... lol wich can be alot!

 

1200lbs with motor?!

 

Nice to see the locals take 2 out of 3 .Adam you beat Eddie ? Nice and good job. 93rxt what a nice shot of your FD looks like a sweet car. Man I need to bite the bullet and do this next year.......

 

Congrats Adam!

I was there, but just briefly. (I made sure I broke away from work to see the Time Attack) and then headed right back to work.

very impressive.

Just wish I could have had more time to actually enjoy the event as a whole.

 

Hey jesse,i didn't see you there,what day were you there ?

 

Hey Adam, your car looked sweet with those graphics! Who did that for you? Seems like they were well thought out and took a long time to put them on. Maybe other people would like to know where you got those bad *** graphics!

 

Looks like he got them from a Turkish Bath house owner in Beaverton

 

Sat. I was in my work clothes and drove my work truck.

I was only there for a short time, befor I had to run back to the job site.

We need to get together some time soon Paul!

see you around.

And thank you to Bill White, for the car corral parking (even though I didn't use it)

It was great.

 

Thanks to everyone that came out.

We're already talking about doing it again next year. Part of our goal for next year's Driving Sports Time Attack Challenge will be to expand the amount of track time we're allocated and to control our own timing (thereby being able to post times after each round.) Qualifying sessions will also help up get 6-8 cars out on the track safely since we'll have a better handle on speed differentials.

And next year, I expect my RX-8 will be a lot faster. :p

Cheers,

Ryan

 

When will you post my onboard video?

 

ON BOARD VIDEO OF MY HOT LAP!


http://my.drivingsports.com/kickapps...758/45077.html

 

HELL YEAH ! Nice save on turn 6 on the 2nd lap (1st timed i prsume) then that whole wig wag the dog through turns 10 - 12 with the wall coming up save was sweet. Then the last 10 seconds of vid where you went off was classic. Heard you hit the throttle right out of 6 and then whoosh - you became a dirt farmer. Awesome ! Looks like you had a blast. Congrats Adam

 

That tank slapper was a pretty scary moment.

What caused it? Too hard to tell from the video.

Too much speed? Lift? Brake too late?

Inquiring minds want to avoid doing the same.

 

Too much speed for the line I took, I was already at the limit of adhesion when I applied the throttle. I cleaned up my line considerably during the main (especially during my fastest lap), which allowed me to apply the throttle sooner.

 

GTFO troll....

 

this is the NW forum and your telling me to GTFO. The NW RX7's obviously have more class than you.

 

Play nice kids or both of you will "GTFO".

 

Dang thats nicey. Except the rodeo at the end. What was your top speed on the straights or for your hotlap?

 

On the front straight I was around 145+ mph, I stopped looking at the speedo at around 120 mph and started focusing on by braking point. I was at WOT for an additional ~10 seconds after I stopped looking at my gauges.

On the back straight I was in the low 150+ mph.

 

^ hi res pics of car+hoes plz