TopSpeed wins Overall Grand Champion Redline TA Nashville and sets a new track record
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TopSpeed wins Overall Grand Champion Redline TA Nashville and sets a new track record
First off TopSpeed would like to thank all the companies that have supported us this season.
JRZ, Cobb Tuning, Whiteline, Playmoreonline, and Urban8designs
Onto our weekend of many emotions.
Thursday started out pretty tough, after searching high and low for our tires we usually run we kept geting the same answer "sorry sir, those tires are on backorder". Crap.... well after a long search we finally found a set in Knoxville, Tn. So I told the guy to hold them for me as I would be driving up first thing Friday morning.
So Friday morning I wake up at 5am and hop in my car, destination Knoxville, Tn. After driving 3 1/2hrs through some of the most amazing twisties and mountain roads I arrive at the Hoosier south distribution center. Spending a total of about 10mins there, to relieve the 3 redbulls, sign a few papers and load the car up with a fresh set of stickys I am back on my way to Atlanta. Back at the shop we mount the 4 new tires, and load up the rig.
At 8pm we leave TopSpeed and make the 4 1/2 hr drive to Nashville Super Speedway. Once we arrive at the track we are greeted by Todd, and Nick from redline. Chat with them for a few and then call it a night.
Saturday comes and we have the car ready to go but no driver.. Luke isn't scheduled to arrive till later Saturday night. So while sitting around I get bored and decide to take the car out for a spin to check a few things. Saturdays fast practice times around around 1.07's to 1.10's for all the teams.
Sunday, finally our driver has arrived, but not without issues. Lukes flight was supposed to arrive Saturday night was canceled. With his only option to fly out first thing Sunday morning he loaded up.
Luke finally got to see the track for the first time about 10am Sunday morning. In our third lap out in Luke's first practice session we set FTD with a 1.05.6. Not bad for our first outing, after a few more practice laps we decide to sit and wait for the timed session to get one on the books. First session, we leave the car on our low boost mapping since we felt confident that we could secure the overall and then go for lap record on second session. The plan worked as we ran a 1.04.5 first session out securing the Overall.
Knowing the car had alot more in it we felt confident we could break the overall track record. So with the car set on our high boost map we headed out. On Luke's first flying lap it happened, A 1.03.7 the new track record for any bodied car there even faster than the GT1 times. Second lap around looked to be an even faster lap, however on the back straight the clutch decided it had enough and gave out. Pulling the data from the second lap it looks like we should have run a low 03 or even possible a high 02.
This wraps up TopSpeed second Overall Grand Champion win and first Track Record. Not to mention back to back GC wins We should have some wicked video up in a few days after the editing is done.
Summit Point and VIR here we come, hope to see everyone out there.
Doug
JRZ, Cobb Tuning, Whiteline, Playmoreonline, and Urban8designs
Onto our weekend of many emotions.
Thursday started out pretty tough, after searching high and low for our tires we usually run we kept geting the same answer "sorry sir, those tires are on backorder". Crap.... well after a long search we finally found a set in Knoxville, Tn. So I told the guy to hold them for me as I would be driving up first thing Friday morning.
So Friday morning I wake up at 5am and hop in my car, destination Knoxville, Tn. After driving 3 1/2hrs through some of the most amazing twisties and mountain roads I arrive at the Hoosier south distribution center. Spending a total of about 10mins there, to relieve the 3 redbulls, sign a few papers and load the car up with a fresh set of stickys I am back on my way to Atlanta. Back at the shop we mount the 4 new tires, and load up the rig.
At 8pm we leave TopSpeed and make the 4 1/2 hr drive to Nashville Super Speedway. Once we arrive at the track we are greeted by Todd, and Nick from redline. Chat with them for a few and then call it a night.
Saturday comes and we have the car ready to go but no driver.. Luke isn't scheduled to arrive till later Saturday night. So while sitting around I get bored and decide to take the car out for a spin to check a few things. Saturdays fast practice times around around 1.07's to 1.10's for all the teams.
Sunday, finally our driver has arrived, but not without issues. Lukes flight was supposed to arrive Saturday night was canceled. With his only option to fly out first thing Sunday morning he loaded up.
Luke finally got to see the track for the first time about 10am Sunday morning. In our third lap out in Luke's first practice session we set FTD with a 1.05.6. Not bad for our first outing, after a few more practice laps we decide to sit and wait for the timed session to get one on the books. First session, we leave the car on our low boost mapping since we felt confident that we could secure the overall and then go for lap record on second session. The plan worked as we ran a 1.04.5 first session out securing the Overall.
Knowing the car had alot more in it we felt confident we could break the overall track record. So with the car set on our high boost map we headed out. On Luke's first flying lap it happened, A 1.03.7 the new track record for any bodied car there even faster than the GT1 times. Second lap around looked to be an even faster lap, however on the back straight the clutch decided it had enough and gave out. Pulling the data from the second lap it looks like we should have run a low 03 or even possible a high 02.
This wraps up TopSpeed second Overall Grand Champion win and first Track Record. Not to mention back to back GC wins We should have some wicked video up in a few days after the editing is done.
Summit Point and VIR here we come, hope to see everyone out there.
Doug
Re: TopSpeed wins Overall Grand Champion Redline TA Nashville and sets a new track record (TopSpeedI
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LOL.
i gotta see u guys out fo the shakedown but didnt getta see u guys out on sun w the driver n the seat!! congrats.
LOL.
i gotta see u guys out fo the shakedown but didnt getta see u guys out on sun w the driver n the seat!! congrats.
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Thanks guys!
The car was running great, And our driver Luke was doing his thing. Not to bad to pull of a Record in only 7 laps.
Here are two more pics from J. Evins.
Modified by TopSpeedInc at 7:14 AM 7/31/2008
The car was running great, And our driver Luke was doing his thing. Not to bad to pull of a Record in only 7 laps.
Here are two more pics from J. Evins.
Modified by TopSpeedInc at 7:14 AM 7/31/2008
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Re: TopSpeed wins Overall Grand Champion Redline TA Nashville and sets a new track record (TopSpeedI
why'd you guys choose the GC8 chassis??? i think thats what its called....(old school subaru).......car looks great by the way, nice to see something different thats ripping off some good times.
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Re: TopSpeed wins Overall Grand Champion Redline TA Nashville and sets a new track record (TopSpeedI
We chose the Impreza Brighton because its the lightest impreza for our platform.
Our raceweight is somewhere in the 2400lb area + Driver.
We are running in the car a 2006 Subaru STi converted into the Impreza. Everthing swapped over as a starting point. Engine, Transmission, wiring harness, Differentials, Axels, drive shafts, wheels, brakes, hubs, etc..
The Subaru was as easy as legos so to speak.
Onto the Performance stuff.
We have our TopSpeed Built Motor Package RR2 (Road Race 2 Motor)
TopSpeed GT35R Kit with Tial housings
TopSpeed Built Intercooler kit, with Oil cooler Unit
TopSpeed Built Intake Manifold
TopSpeed Built race cage
Charge Speed Body Kit,
Carbon Fiber Splitter
StopTech 6 piston BBK
Racetech Seat
AIM Dash
etc....
The list could go on, and on
Stay tuned for a sick video!
Tray M
Our raceweight is somewhere in the 2400lb area + Driver.
We are running in the car a 2006 Subaru STi converted into the Impreza. Everthing swapped over as a starting point. Engine, Transmission, wiring harness, Differentials, Axels, drive shafts, wheels, brakes, hubs, etc..
The Subaru was as easy as legos so to speak.
Onto the Performance stuff.
We have our TopSpeed Built Motor Package RR2 (Road Race 2 Motor)
TopSpeed GT35R Kit with Tial housings
TopSpeed Built Intercooler kit, with Oil cooler Unit
TopSpeed Built Intake Manifold
TopSpeed Built race cage
Charge Speed Body Kit,
Carbon Fiber Splitter
StopTech 6 piston BBK
Racetech Seat
AIM Dash
etc....
The list could go on, and on
Stay tuned for a sick video!
Tray M
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Re: TopSpeed wins Overall Grand Champion Redline TA Nashville and sets a new track record (TopSpeedI
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TopSpeedInc »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">We chose the Impreza Brighton because its the lightest impreza for our platform.
Our raceweight is somewhere in the 2400lb area + Driver.
We are running in the car a 2006 Subaru STi converted into the Impreza. Everthing swapped over as a starting point. Engine, Transmission, wiring harness, Differentials, Axels, drive shafts, wheels, brakes, hubs, etc..
The Subaru was as easy as legos so to speak.
Onto the Performance stuff.
We have our TopSpeed Built Motor Package RR2 (Road Race 2 Motor)
TopSpeed GT35R Kit with Tial housings
TopSpeed Built Intercooler kit, with Oil cooler Unit
TopSpeed Built Intake Manifold
TopSpeed Built race cage
Charge Speed Body Kit,
Carbon Fiber Splitter
StopTech 6 piston BBK
Racetech Seat
AIM Dash
etc....
The list could go on, and on
Stay tuned for a sick video!
Tray M</TD></TR></TABLE>
The making of a great porno movie.
I think that's the best looking subaru body/year ever. And to swap a newer sti motor in it. One of the only other cars I would own over a honda.
Our raceweight is somewhere in the 2400lb area + Driver.
We are running in the car a 2006 Subaru STi converted into the Impreza. Everthing swapped over as a starting point. Engine, Transmission, wiring harness, Differentials, Axels, drive shafts, wheels, brakes, hubs, etc..
The Subaru was as easy as legos so to speak.
Onto the Performance stuff.
We have our TopSpeed Built Motor Package RR2 (Road Race 2 Motor)
TopSpeed GT35R Kit with Tial housings
TopSpeed Built Intercooler kit, with Oil cooler Unit
TopSpeed Built Intake Manifold
TopSpeed Built race cage
Charge Speed Body Kit,
Carbon Fiber Splitter
StopTech 6 piston BBK
Racetech Seat
AIM Dash
etc....
The list could go on, and on
Stay tuned for a sick video!
Tray M</TD></TR></TABLE>
The making of a great porno movie.
I think that's the best looking subaru body/year ever. And to swap a newer sti motor in it. One of the only other cars I would own over a honda.
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LOL...noooo, it's still there...it's just that nobody cares about some chubby kid driving an almost bone-stock-motored DC5 that's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY slower that the cars in Unlimited and Modfied. I don't carry that heavy of a rep anyway, so I think people just kinda go "oh, that's nice...good for him" and besides, I kinda got lucky with how the field in street class stacked up anyway.
Besides, getting that car dialed in after 7 laps, following the tire debacle and everything else, you can't help but be impressed. Lotta hustle there. Wai, you should come out with us to Summit Point! That way you can see some of these other cars. The performance of some of the cars in the higher classes is staggering.
LOL...noooo, it's still there...it's just that nobody cares about some chubby kid driving an almost bone-stock-motored DC5 that's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY slower that the cars in Unlimited and Modfied. I don't carry that heavy of a rep anyway, so I think people just kinda go "oh, that's nice...good for him" and besides, I kinda got lucky with how the field in street class stacked up anyway.
Besides, getting that car dialed in after 7 laps, following the tire debacle and everything else, you can't help but be impressed. Lotta hustle there. Wai, you should come out with us to Summit Point! That way you can see some of these other cars. The performance of some of the cars in the higher classes is staggering.
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LOL...noooo, it's still there...it's just that nobody cares about some chubby kid driving an almost bone-stock-motored DC5 that's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY slower that the cars in Unlimited and Modfied. I don't carry that heavy of a rep anyway, so I think people just kinda go "oh, that's nice...good for him" and besides, I kinda got lucky with how the field in street class stacked up anyway. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Ah man, don't feel that way. I was very impressed with your car at wmhm8. I hope to see you run at a TA soon.
Plus you get hella props for driving from kenosha all the way out to mchenry.. lol
LOL...noooo, it's still there...it's just that nobody cares about some chubby kid driving an almost bone-stock-motored DC5 that's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY slower that the cars in Unlimited and Modfied. I don't carry that heavy of a rep anyway, so I think people just kinda go "oh, that's nice...good for him" and besides, I kinda got lucky with how the field in street class stacked up anyway. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Ah man, don't feel that way. I was very impressed with your car at wmhm8. I hope to see you run at a TA soon.
Plus you get hella props for driving from kenosha all the way out to mchenry.. lol
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Ah man, don't feel that way. I was very impressed with your car at wmhm8. I hope to see you run at a TA soon.
Plus you get hella props for driving from kenosha all the way out to mchenry.. lol </TD></TR></TABLE>
Lol...I don't get props for driving from Kenosha to Nasvhille and Nashville to McHenry to Kenosha all without a break? :D Or for being the only FWD car in street class to best all the RWD and AWD entries (even if there was a light field)?
Lol...just giving you a hard time.
Back on topic though, does Top Speed have the AWD season championship locked up yet for unlimited? Will we be seeing them again at Summit Point?
Ah man, don't feel that way. I was very impressed with your car at wmhm8. I hope to see you run at a TA soon.
Plus you get hella props for driving from kenosha all the way out to mchenry.. lol
</TD></TR></TABLE>Lol...I don't get props for driving from Kenosha to Nasvhille and Nashville to McHenry to Kenosha all without a break? :D Or for being the only FWD car in street class to best all the RWD and AWD entries (even if there was a light field)?
Lol...just giving you a hard time.
Back on topic though, does Top Speed have the AWD season championship locked up yet for unlimited? Will we be seeing them again at Summit Point?
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Thought I'd contribute the thread:
Awards Ceremony - TopSpeed takes the biggest, manliest pimp chalice in all of Time Attack!!!!
Redline Time Attack Awards Ceremony - Nashville -
Awards Ceremony - TopSpeed takes the biggest, manliest pimp chalice in all of Time Attack!!!!
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Here is video of our TopSpeed Time Attack car breaking the record at Nashville Redline Time Attack.
Big thanks to Neal for putting this together for us.
Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay9gwpgQUck
*** Click High Quality for better Picture***
Big thanks to Neal for putting this together for us.
Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay9gwpgQUck
*** Click High Quality for better Picture***
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Big thanks to Neal for putting this together for us.
Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay9gwpgQUck
*** Click High Quality for better Picture***</TD></TR></TABLE>
gooood lawd that is such an insane car in everyway, much props
Big thanks to Neal for putting this together for us.
Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay9gwpgQUck
*** Click High Quality for better Picture***</TD></TR></TABLE>
gooood lawd that is such an insane car in everyway, much props
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Yes sir, I thought you would have seen this one already. Mos Def is one sexy biatch. lol
Modified by Gong Show at 10:46 AM 8/10/2008
Yes sir, I thought you would have seen this one already. Mos Def is one sexy biatch. lol
Modified by Gong Show at 10:46 AM 8/10/2008