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Check out link for full event photo's: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/utcc/updates/










As some of you may already know my Evo X MR received the invite to the Pirelli Ultimate track car challenge. I say invite because you had to create a blog on car domain.com and then the members vote on which cars get the invite to the race. We ended up being the 4th highest ranked car for the UTCC challenge with well over 11,000 views.

See link: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3868928


Since I do not have my super comp race license that meant I couldn't drive. No worries......I decided to give the reins to a former IMSA driver (Genady Soykher)

Needless to say I checked and rechecked everything on the car to make sure it would be able to handle getting flogged around at one of the most technical road course tracks in the country.......VIR (Virginia International Raceway) And if that wasn't enough pressure for the official track debut of the my X MR project car......they were record setting temperatures the entire weekend. And I'm not talking 90 degrees folks, I'm talking 105 degrees with 100% humidity. On track temps in my car were reading 117 degrees. And that was with the windows down while driving.

Knowing that heat is the enemy of any DCT (dual clutch transmission) we came well prepared with a SSP front mount cooler, deep trans pan, and Pro Red transmission fluid. And keep in mind this isn't your average whp MR here. This is currently the Worlds Highest HP Evo X MR on the planet, and we decided to take it out on the hottest day at VIR since 1974.

She preformed beautifully. Shifter like a dream all day long, no matter how hard we pushed it. Hitting over 140 mph on the back straight a VIR is pretty impressive considering this is the first time it's ever been on the track.

The PUTCC started out great, well kinda. The transponder ended up being broke so when we should have been in the middle of the grid after qualifying, we had to go to the back of the pack. No worries, considering the level of cars and simply stupid amount of HP most of them had. Considering the driver had never driving my car or any DCT car ever, laying down a 2:38 lap time wasn't that bad. And keep in mind it's not his car, so he didn't want to ball it up into a tire wall. Ended up running a best time of 2:22. I'd love to see what he could do with the JRZ set up and some practice time in my car. I was running the basic BC coil over set up and it felt very good. Genady didn't make any adjustments.....just rocked it out.

And since the car ran so well (thanks MDR performance) I decided to sign up for two days of HPDE. And not to tut my own horn or anything, but I didn't get passed once either day. My instructor was very impressed with my skill level and quickly moved me up to DE2 (intermediate) And on the second day we even started working on a few of the DE3 (advanced) driving. Once again the car did it's job, and had no issues whats so ever. Handled great, and stopped on a dime thanks to the boys at Works Motorsports for sending me out a set of there Evo X sways bars, and Orange Race pads. And I have to give a big shout out to Jay at Torque Solutions for the hook up on all the engine mounts.....my god does it shift and feel so much better no that the motor and trans aren't slopping around. Basically felt like a braced up the entire front of the car.....very impressed.

I lost count of the number of laps the car ran all together, but there were 4 25 minute sessions for the UTCC, and I did another four 25 minute session on Saturday and Sunday.

Best part of the weekend was getting the invite by the guys at grassroots motor sports magazine for a exclusive on track photo shoot for the magazine cover. Only 6 cars out of all 76 entries was asked to participate, so needless to say I felt honored.



I'd like to thank all my sponsors for making this possible. I couldn't have done it with out you.

*South Side Performance
*GT Performance
*MDR performance
*IAG Performance
*Extreme Turbo Systems (ETS)
*HP Logic
*JRZ Suspensions
*Fuzion graphics
*Bel Air auto body
*Torque Solutions
*Basf paint
*Works Motorsports
*Toyo tires -R888-
*ISS Forged wheels
*AMI customs

jsr426

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Robevo RS

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that is awesome!

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I can vouch for this guy, he was in DE-1 with me, and i had to let him go by twice that i remember. Where did you go on sunday afternoon? I stopped by the tent area, didnt see you there, just the mazda and nissan.

jsr426

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What time did you stop by on sunday. I was helping crew for GTP while driving my car so I was running all over the place. What car were you driving, sorry....I passed allot of cars this weekend . Don't feel bad, I was passing that guy in the GT-R like he was standing still.

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We ended up finishing 48 out of 59. And considering the competition I was just glad not to finish dead last.

1- 199 Phil Currin 1:54.428
2- 01 Kuno Wittmer 1:54.464
3- 218 Michael Levitas 1:55.703
4- 991 Sharif Abdelbaset 2:00.337
5- 101 Dennis Olthoff 2:00.725
6- 171 John Meyers 2:00.871
7- 98 Tony Wiesenhahn 2:01.360
8- 29 Paul Prideaux 2:02.511
9- 531 Michael Woods 2:03.570
10- 114 Greg Brown 2:03.792
11- 70 Gil Smith 2:04.735
12- 36 Michael Levitas 2:05.031
13- 188 David Russell 2:05.063
14- 1 Douglas Wind 2:05.679
15- 71 Mark Nunnally 2:05.756
16- 123 David Farmer 2:05.759
17- 46 James Clay 2:05.988
18 4 Justin Mathews 2:06.312
19 7 Philip Grabow 2:06.827
20 40 Igor Soykher 2:07.308
21 012 Jim Avery 2:08.174
22 121 William Taylor 2:08.891
23 99 Jeffry Brady 2:09.170
24 5 Trevor Poquette 2:09.764
25 002 Mark White 2:09.944
26 129 Jake Parrott 2:11.020
27 69 Pete Challinor 2:11.774
28 202 Everette Parson 2:11.797
29 929 Nathan Pitcher 2:12.277
30 04 Skip Merryman 2:13.021
31 84 Jim Pantas 2:13.199
32 72 Joe Ippolito 2:13.545
33 115 Pablo Crespo 2:13.842
34 333 Scott Good 2:14.004
35 88 John Whitaker 2:14.261
36 49 Alastair McEwan 2:14.333
37 141 Chad Slagg 2:14.876
38 11 George Penn 2:16.868
39 50 Scott Blair 2:16.942
40 07 Mark Stielow 2:17.568
41 41 Casey Penn 2:17.760
42- 28 Karen Salvaggio 2:18.163
43- 57 Folis Jones 2:19.364
44- 6 Matt Mullins 2:19.518
45- 47 Todd Reid 2:19.940
46- 299 Chris Sneed 2:20.148
47- 155 Fatih Selekler 2:20.850

48- 39 Gennady Soykher 2:22.067

warm up: 2:48.259
1st session: 2:38.127
2nd session: 2:29.434
Race: 2:22.067

49- 10 Jeff Williams 2:22.783
50- 151 Scott Porter 2:23.919
51- 60 Michael Dougherty 2:24.416
52- 136 John Dougherty 2:25.062
53- 138 Bill Brees 2:25.516
54- 55 Ronald Roderick 2:31.312
55- 56 Douglas Arcidino 2:32.201
56- 070 Richard Walker 2:35.109
57- 028 Colin Fabeny 2:43.463
58- 38 Jeff Young --:--:--.--- DNF
59- 114 David Herrington --:--:--.--- DNF

Here's what the competition looked like....they weren't playing around! 800+whp cars, fully track prepped, with pro drivers.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4shIvHuVyw