Moar Autocross at Pocono Raceway!

Hey guys!

It's been a fun break.

My school gave us two weeks off between our Summer and Fall terms, and although that doesn't sound like much, to us it is.

During that time I worked a whole lot, took care of some appointments and ran some errands, and of course-- I raced my car.

Photo credit to AutoX4U

After my last autocross event, I realized that I needed to raise up the rear of my car more because I was rubbing on my 255/40 r17 tires in the rear.  After doing so, I definitely wasn't the coolest or most low kid on the block, but my car definitely handled like a champ!

For this event, my best friend Alex and I convinced two of our novice friends to come along for the trip.  One person was Josh, and the other was named Kirsten.

Josh drives this S2000:

With super light and super wide Enkei RPF-1's, an APR rear spoiler, a Mugen replica hardtop, a J's Racing Wide Body Kit, a C-West Front Bumper, a J's Racing carbon fiber hood, and a 2.7 L stroker to top it all off, this car sounds, looks, and drives in an awesome manner.

Kirsten drives an RSX Type-S with an exhaust, header, and Type-R rear spoiler.  She traded up to the Type-S from a base model RSX and she is loving the heck out of it.  We were all proud that she came out to drive the heck out of it with us!

After hard parking for a while and going through tech, we all drove over to the course for course walks and the driver's meeting.  The course was huge.  It was set up on the Pocono infield with as little cones as possible-- and trust me, that made it so fun for the higher horsepower cars which usually don't do so well in auto cross.

While sitting around during the driver's meeting I managed to get some sweet pics of this Joefis Racing Mustang!

The morning was pretty soggy and wet.  This didn't make good for the cars with extreme performance summer tires-- like Alex's Miata.  He wasn't able to warm up the tires enough apparently and it lead me to get a time that was two seconds faster than his because I am on max summer performance tires.

The more experienced drivers still pulled off some pretty good runs.  This just goes to show that driver mod is greater than car mod.

I got some really sweet pics of Alex going around the course.  The organizers of the event allowed me to get a really good spot for pictures with my bad camera and lense.  So, I grabbed Josh and made him my spotter-- then went out to get some flix!

Here's an ITR that I was able to ride in thanks to my friend Jimmy Vajdak.  The car was so well setup and grippy.  It was really like a roller coaster and I could feel the lightness and the effort that went into the car's modification.  Jimmy drove the car very well, however the person who actually owned the Type-R, Jimmy's friend, was a really good driver and truly showed the car's true potential.

After the morning runs we all parked up and I got ready for my run.  Although I didn't get any pictures of my runs yet, I did do fairly well.  I got second out of six in my class-- DSP-- to an E36 with slicks.  It's not perfect but it's something!

Thanks for reading up on this article.  I hope to bring you guys some more technical stuff within the next month.  I did have to roll my fenders and raise the car up to make these meaty tires fit.  So maybe I'll showcase that.

Or maybe I'll showcase the brake ducts I plan on making.

Until then, keep on reading!

Pocono Raceway and Auto-X with a Hairdresser

Hey guys,

So with some cash in my pocket from my most recent job and with the ambition to be faster and faster on the auto-x I finally splurged on a new set of wheels and tires.

My first time trying them out was at an event at Pocono Raceway in PA.  Combine two days of racing with one of your best friends and his cool Miata and you're bound to have a good time.

Walking around the event and sizing up the competition in auto-x is more friendly than in other forms of racing, I'd imagine.  The bottom line is always fun at these events, so if you see something cool you snap some pics of it and post it online, right??

How about this rare and awesome 1M with custom-made aero?

When we got off to racing, Alex and I did very well.  On the first day we both placed first in our respective classes and I won a trophy for my very first time.  In DSP, I was matched up against my buddy Paul and also this black Focus ST that just so happened to be very quick!

At the end of the first day I ended up taking first in class by a couple hundredths of a second, if I remember correctly!  It was a close one!

My buddy Alex ended up taking first in the STR class with some magical driving on his part-- it was only his second event!

The second day wasn't so great because Alex and I were severely outmatched.  I switched to the TDSP class for street tires because I thought I would be more competitive, and I ended up getting spanked by a WRX.

All in all, we had a great time beating on our cars and being fast as heck!

Until next time, peace out!

Showing Off Some Enkeis and APR Wings

Sometimes you have to be obnoxious...but in a good way.

You have to be obvious and loud and almost imposing...but in a good way.

However, little know that doing this in a good way means being overly conspicuous for a purpose.  In the case of N-Spire Performance's Josh Bryant and Ryan Luna who own these two cars, it is either obvious that they have successfully projected this image or not obvious at all.  And to those who do not find their cacophony of performance modifications including new APR Wings and Enkei RPF1's at 10" in width do not understand the concepts of downforce and contact patch.  Call it overkill-- but even if that were the case.  These cars look damn sexy.

Recaro seats keep these two bolstered in place; fighting high g-force corners in style.  Josh's S2000 has the best seats out of the two in my opinion, rocking a set of Pole Position, one-piece bucket seats.

And trust me, even with the time taken to edit these pictures I have not done the interior justice.

Josh's AP1 S2K has my favorite gauge cluster of all time.  By the way, did I mention that he bought this off of a stupid teenager on cut springs?  Yeah, that may also justify the fact that this Japanese Engineering masterpiece has approximately 148,000 miles.

The massive wing and rims with wide-body are intimidating to passersby.  When the car is finished, I'm sure it will be impressive.  Peep the N-Spire Performance Logo!

Enkeis.

After I was done shooting Josh's AP1, I moved on over to the RX-8.

Zoom, zoom, zoom indeed...

Ready for takeoff.

More Enkeis.

The night ended well...needless to say I had some mean pictures to edit.

Anyways, stop by Lexi.Laron some time later and give me a shout out ;).  Until then, PEACE.

Philadelphia Auto Show: Classics, Exotica, and More

So I went to the Philly Auto Show last week and decided that it was finally time to throw some photos up with the close of the show this Sunday!  I'm gonna go easy on you guys with the words and I'll just focus on the pictures.  ;)

See you guys when I post up the rest of them!

Check out this oldie limo!

American muscle.

Philly Fiat??

Let the good times roll with this turbocharged beast.

Mean as hell.  I loved how simplistic the Mazda 3 remained, even in this age of technology and crash test technology.

And for the closer, here's this Lamborghini Gallardo.

Peace...