GMG Wins Time Attack Overall and Production Class
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11-17-2006, 12:21 AM
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GMG Wins Time Attack Overall and Production Class
I am pleased to announce that we were able to win the SuperStreet /Eurotuner /NASA Time Attack Finale held at Buttonwillow this past week .
The Time Attack is sort of "Time Trialing" based on Japanese format of elimination- fastest cars advancing to the final rounds based on lap times. There were 6 qualifying rounds held throughout the year at various tracks in order to qualify for this event. Most recently we were able to win the qualifying round at Infineon Sears Pt and set a new track record.
With more than 80 entrants @ Buttonwillow competing for the overall win and 6 class titles on the line we knew this would not be easy show up and walk away with everything.
Sure enough as expected there were some very fast and very purpose built Time Attack cars by many of Japans top tuners.
The GMG/Rennworx/Dymag/Toyo Tires WCGT Porsche Cup car (#14 in World Challenge GT) driven by James Sofronas posted the fastest time of the day taking the top prize of Fastest car overall as well as winning the unlimited class overall.
The second place car was a 700+hp Skyline GTR purpose builtand driven by one of Japans drift kings.. Complete with wide body and shod with Hoosier DOTR tires.
The battle was intense, James was able to put down a flier posting a 1;49;000 lap time compared to the XS engineering Skyline GTR's time of 1;49;261.
Very close indeed but the Porsche proved victorious!
I am also very pleased to annouce we won the "limited" class which is open to any ( any configuartion) but has to be licensed on for road use and insured however has to run on a tire that was rated @100 UTQ or more .
We ran our GMG GT2 in this class - Running on left over Toyo Ra-1's (old race tires) we won the limited production class overall and had the 4th fastest time of the day ( overall) @ 1;53;4xx ( over 3+ seconds faster than any car in its class )
Our GT2 was run with the following modifications
GIAC/GMG Software 91 octane mode- GMGWCGT Sport Exhaust with 200 cell sport catalyst- Stock Airfilter- Moton Club Sport Damper- GMG Upper Dog Bones- GMG Inner A Arm bearings-GMG Thrust Arm bushings- GMG Toe steer kit.
Champion Magnesium GT wheels with Toyo RA1 305 rear and 245 front.
GMG Competition alignment and corner balance
For Safety our GMG GT Harness/Rollbar was installed with Sparco 5 point harness.
Complete interior was left intact.- including floor mats.
Attached are a few pictures from the event.. Look for a complete story on the event in the upcoming SuperStreet and Eurotuner Magazines.
Special thanks to our partners for this event:
Bill from Rennworx/Dymag ( Carbon Mag wheels )
Toyo Tires
Moton
Eibach
Champion Motorsports (GT2 wheels)
GIAC Andy, Garrett and Jarod
The Time Attack is sort of "Time Trialing" based on Japanese format of elimination- fastest cars advancing to the final rounds based on lap times. There were 6 qualifying rounds held throughout the year at various tracks in order to qualify for this event. Most recently we were able to win the qualifying round at Infineon Sears Pt and set a new track record.
With more than 80 entrants @ Buttonwillow competing for the overall win and 6 class titles on the line we knew this would not be easy show up and walk away with everything.
Sure enough as expected there were some very fast and very purpose built Time Attack cars by many of Japans top tuners.
The GMG/Rennworx/Dymag/Toyo Tires WCGT Porsche Cup car (#14 in World Challenge GT) driven by James Sofronas posted the fastest time of the day taking the top prize of Fastest car overall as well as winning the unlimited class overall.
The second place car was a 700+hp Skyline GTR purpose builtand driven by one of Japans drift kings.. Complete with wide body and shod with Hoosier DOTR tires.
The battle was intense, James was able to put down a flier posting a 1;49;000 lap time compared to the XS engineering Skyline GTR's time of 1;49;261.
Very close indeed but the Porsche proved victorious!
I am also very pleased to annouce we won the "limited" class which is open to any ( any configuartion) but has to be licensed on for road use and insured however has to run on a tire that was rated @100 UTQ or more .
We ran our GMG GT2 in this class - Running on left over Toyo Ra-1's (old race tires) we won the limited production class overall and had the 4th fastest time of the day ( overall) @ 1;53;4xx ( over 3+ seconds faster than any car in its class )
Our GT2 was run with the following modifications
GIAC/GMG Software 91 octane mode- GMGWCGT Sport Exhaust with 200 cell sport catalyst- Stock Airfilter- Moton Club Sport Damper- GMG Upper Dog Bones- GMG Inner A Arm bearings-GMG Thrust Arm bushings- GMG Toe steer kit.
Champion Magnesium GT wheels with Toyo RA1 305 rear and 245 front.
GMG Competition alignment and corner balance
For Safety our GMG GT Harness/Rollbar was installed with Sparco 5 point harness.
Complete interior was left intact.- including floor mats.
Attached are a few pictures from the event.. Look for a complete story on the event in the upcoming SuperStreet and Eurotuner Magazines.
Special thanks to our partners for this event:
Bill from Rennworx/Dymag ( Carbon Mag wheels )
Toyo Tires
Moton
Eibach
Champion Motorsports (GT2 wheels)
GIAC Andy, Garrett and Jarod
Last edited by Fabryce@GMGRacing; 11-17-2006 at 12:26 AM.
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11-17-2006, 12:56 AM
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It was not an easy event to win.. There was some really tough competition.. But its nice to know that the kraut rockets were able to pull it off..
In comparison our WCGT car makes roughly 465 hp compared to the skylines 700+ --
Thanks again.. It was a nice finish to long year of racing.
In comparison our WCGT car makes roughly 465 hp compared to the skylines 700+ --
Thanks again.. It was a nice finish to long year of racing.
#5
11-17-2006, 04:05 AM
Congrats, that's so awesome!!! I take it you guys have been very happy running the Dymags? Can you give some feedback about them? I know you guys are very busy, so I understand if you can't go too far in detail, but so far in a racing/track use aspect, what are your thoughts on them so far, they sure don't seem to be hindering you guys. Have you broken any of them yet?
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11-17-2006, 11:52 AM
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Scott
The Dymag's have been working out great!
No problems with any cracking- leaking or other issues..
We are working on getting them legalized for pro racing now- I think they are a great wheel and have yet to give us any problems..
Again these wheels arent new by any stretch of the imagination Dymag has been building wheels for over 30 years...
So far so good!!
The Dymag's have been working out great!
No problems with any cracking- leaking or other issues..
We are working on getting them legalized for pro racing now- I think they are a great wheel and have yet to give us any problems..
Again these wheels arent new by any stretch of the imagination Dymag has been building wheels for over 30 years...
So far so good!!
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#11
11-19-2006, 11:52 AM
Have you guys bought a 997 cup car yet? I read somewhere that you guys were planning for one for next years SCCA World Championship. As much as i like Lawson, ill be rooting for you guys.
#15
11-19-2006, 08:54 PM
congrats guys. looked impressive out there. I won the street tire class in a toyota supra but your cars were in a different league. And we thought our 2:01.5 on street tires was fast. lol.
See you next year.
matt
See you next year.
matt