With the race season quickly winding down, I was able to attend my 4th autox event of the year. October 3rd is the North Hills Autumn Leaf Festival. With the threat of rain the entire time and cold weather I was about to get 13th out of 59. However with the PAX handicap, I was dropped to 25 out of 59. Not exactly great but considering I’m still on street tires, I felt it went pretty well. Plus a nice look at what happens when you push street tires past their limit.
Finally started my autox career (hopefully) about 2 events ago. Now with 3 events under my belt, I’m started to get used to the car in terms of performance and handling. Unfortunately due to the modifications of my car, I’m in the Street Modified (SM) class. Despite this handicap I did surprisingly well. Also note that in SM class you can run R-Comp tires, but I’m only running street tires which also puts me at a bit of a handicap. I was able to finish 9th fastest time out of 69 entries. After the PAX time adjustments I was 13 out of 69.
After picking up a 2006 Mitsubishi Evolution MR in July of 2009, the car has evolved from a mild performance car to a high performance vehicle. In the cars stock form, it produced 260whp on a Mustang Dyno. For a 2.0 4cyc turbo, it has quite a bit of power and performance for the price tag. Unfortunately being satisfied with a factory tuned car only lasted about 2 months.
For the past year, I’ve slowly upgraded the performance in terms of power and handling. I’ve teamed up with Buschur Racing, CBRD Speedfactory, and Baierl Mitsubishi to get the car to perform above and beyond the stock capabilities. Here is a list of what’s currently done to the car: (more…)
On Saturday, June 21, I had traveled 150 miles one way to the EMCO Gear Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. This marks the 6th time that the Grand-Am’s Rolex Sports Car Series’ Daytona Prototypes and GT racers met head to head. Also featured was the Triple Crown Tuner Challenge which featured amazing Tuner cars from around the Midwest. (more…)
