never ran them at roabling.. dont have much personal experience with them...


talking with some reliable sources... the ps2 was said to be better... and i always thought so too...

it did very well to the abuse.. it didnt overheat and kill itself.. it had awsome grip... stront rubber... and consistent as hell...



i was very impressed.. and 99% posative the yoko coulndt have givin us this performance... even their slicks overheat and go to ****... compaired to the michelin slick.. stays longer... and has more grip....


apples and oranges.. but michelin Vrs yoko nun the less...

 

hey peeps.

the subaru is a 1996 impreza brighton. we'll be running in economy car class. it has a full conversion from a 2006 STi, including the dccd, therefore it's actually a 2.5L. in One Lap trim were at around 465whp and 430 torque, so were not pushing it too hard - around 21 psi. the car is slightly under 2700 lbs., before i get in it.

doug at topspeed built the car w/ simplicity and reliability in mind. that said, we had a few teething problems in the car's first outing at mid-ohio last weekend. the good news is that they were all minor and have already been fixed. i plan to beat the crap out of the car this weekend to see if we can force any other issues to surface. i have a feeling we'll be in good shape for One Lap.

they switched the tracks at autobahn, so i've actually been on every track on the schedule. most of those visits have been during one lap, so i only have 6 laps at most of them. but better than zero.

luke

 

Once you're done with the impreza brighton, let me know if it needs a good home.

 

Thanks for the input! I had a feeling that, like Azenis, the Yokos would overheat after a couple laps. Fortunately, we aren't running more than 3 hot laps Maybe we will have to re-route the intercooler sprayer to the wheel wells.. hmmm

I've never driven on PS2s, though, so I guess I'm going to have to get a set and try them out eventually. Also, my only Neova experience was on a highway clover-leaf run for some impromptu skidpad testing, during which they felt fantastic, so we'll see how they hold up.



Jon, have you driven the GTP yet?



See you guys at South Bend


Devin
BTW, 163mph... sweet mother

 

i did one lap on both ps2's and neovas. they're both great tires. the advans are a bit of a cheater tire, they're 255 is the same as a ps2 275. they both grip amazingly, even in the rain.

the ps2 not only grips w/ the best, but is extremely comfortable. i put them on my stock evo ix and it rides much much smoother, dare i say bmw smooth? can't say the same for the advans. i guess that's why they cost more.

luke

 

You better hope you don't ever get fat Leah

You'll never fit

 

GSC, Leh... you guys should turn that supra into a race car and enter WCGT... it would clean house

Just seing what it does in the high speed sweepers on street tires...

-Kyle

 

Not yet, Leaving tonight for Ohio, will test at Mid-Ohio on Friday, then Nelson Ledges Monday-Tuesday. (Was supposed to test all this week at Nelson, but it got pushed back.)

So my next week:

Thurs Apr. 26: Drive to Ohio
Friday Apr 27: Mid-Ohio
Saturday/Sunday: Sit in a hotel room (unless somone knows of a decent Ohio Autocross)
Monday/Tuesday: Nelson Ledges
Tuesday Night: Drive back to Columbia, SC
Wednesday, 9am: Exam
Thursday 9am: Exam - then drive to South Bend.

Welcome to the two weeks of One Lap.

 

Good luck guys, I wish I could attend, but it looks as if I will be busy.

 

Kyle,

its my street car, I collect tickets in it... It ussually sits inside and collects dust, i've had it sense 99 and only put 19k miles on it, we take it out occationally Leh busts off a number and than back in the corner of the shop next to the evo it goes.

We are going to run the Supra and Evo in a couple of the RedLine time attack events this year. Supra in Modified, and Evo in Unlimited we are planning on ATL, Summit point, and Laguna.. and i want to take it up to Road A for the Super Street Time Attack (redvolution, i'll make sure we put some kind of country music in that one )... I want to see if she will run a 32 on some A048s up dere......


Jon, Luke, Devin, and Dougy fresh, see you guys in south bend! T-7days

 

Can't wait... this year is going to be a blast. With so many friend attending the competion and BSing are going to get good.


Doug

 

Hows the Evo coming? any teaser pics? updates?

-Kyle

 

nothing yet, im waiting on some voltex stuff to show up so i can get it to paint, and drop in the new motor/turbo setup. im shooting for some test days in June with it. with or with out the new body work... Leh is dying to give the new suspension a work out and the new motor..... My goal is some 10s at roebling with it by years end

and i didnt forget ur lexan

 

With less than a week until the 2007 Tire Rack Cannonball One Lap of America presented by Car & Driver, the buzz is, “Who is going to win?”

Threads on message boards across the internet are popping up and phrases like “coming back with more horsepower,” “If Pop doesn’t break” and “twin turbo viper” dominate the speculation. It will be no different here, but I have compiled a list of the who’s and the what’s of this years “One Lap.”

This is a list of who I expect to be in the event, believe will be running up front, and how they might fare. I thought about doing odds, but this event and the twists and turns it takes (both on and off the track) would probably make me look stupid. I am going to put them in order of what I believe will be likely rough finishing order, and I will probably still look a little stupid at the end of the week. (Be sure to point and laugh at me on May 12th when it’s over)

SSGT1 BB: Ron Adee, Rick Schopp: Dodge Viper
A multi-time winner of the event, Ron has had trouble the last two years despite being in VERY fast stuff. Last year his Viper had issues and Ron wasn’t happy. Ron doesn’t sit around waiting off track any more than he waits for people on track, and his um, “Viper” has been gone over and through. It is coming back faster, stronger, and with a driver very motivated not to lose another one.

SSGT1 BB: Mark DaVia, Drew Wikstrom: Porsche 996 TT
In Peter Pan, Captain Hook’s nemesis was a Crocodile who had swallowed a clock, and because of that the evil captain was able to hear him coming. For One Lap competitors, their nemesis could also go by the name “tick tock” – not for a bowel obstruction but for the steady performances he puts in each day. That consistency you could set a watch to has won Mark and Drew three One Laps in a row. You can bet that this crocodile will be running up front, and even if you have a nice shiny hook to bring in good lap times, a slip will put you into the jaws of the twin-turbo Porsche.

SSGT1 BB: Danny Popp, TBA: Corvette Z06
Known as “Digital Danny” to autocrossers, Popp’s throttle stomping style puts his tail out and his car on top. He has run two One Lap events, and been a force in both. Like his foot, his car has also been digital – on or off. When it’s on he is on top, but the last two years problems have kept Danny out of the top spot. If the car has no problems, Danny will have few problems walking up to the stage to pick up the first-place trophy.

SSGT1 BB: Brian Smith, Nick Arevalo: Hennessey: Something
The first of the Pro drivers on my list. Not that the rest of the top don’t have what it takes to go pro, but Brian actually does it. This year he has been playing cat and mouse with his entry, keeping everyone guessing as to what it will be. Whatever make the car is though, Brian + Hennessey = fast.

SSGT1 BB: Dan Corcoran, Kyle Corcoran: Corvette Z06:
The quiet Canadians, this pair is one of only three teams to finish in the top ten both of the last two years. Not the fastest, but in DaVia style he rolls over people with strong steady performances. In 07 they are coming back with more power and Danny Popp-tuned suspension on the Z06. Dan is usually plagued by slower morning runs, and if he can close that gap and run faster in the morning, he can challenge for a higher finish without the aid of attrition.

SSGT1 SB: Derek Whitis, Tim Anderson: Noble M400
A rookie in 2006 with only 10 months of driving experience Whitis was running up front in his Noble when a rookie mistake put him in the tire wall at VIR. This year he is coming back with more power, more development and more importantly, another year of experience including SCCA Spec Miata. With his driving honed by slower, patience-producing cars, look for him to fare better than he did his first year.

SSGT1 BB: Greg Caloudas, Leh Keen: GSC Motorsports: Toyota Supra
Leh Keen, another pro driver, and this one is fresh off pole position in the Grand Am GT series at Homestead and leading the 24 Hours of Daytona until his car broke. He is teamed up with GSC Motorsports out of Charleston, SC, and they are bringing a super Supra to the mix. With over 550 horsepower at the wheels, and a driver not afraid to go 115% into the first corner, these guys will run up front. If the car lasts – and that’s a big if – they will be next to impossible to beat.

Econo: Luke Russell, Doug Wilkes: Top Speed: Subaru Impreza
The famous “flying Subaru” driver from 2005, Luke proved he could drive with his head and within his limits in 2006 while bringing the car home in fifth. He was already fast enough to run top five before, so what does he do? He has teamed up with TopSpeed out of Atlanta, GA and bringing their Subaru Impreza 2.2L Time Attack car to the event. Not an STI, but the econo model. Of course this is One Lap, and other than the initial type of car and sticker price, anything goes. I can tell you that there isn’t going to be a Space Shuttle engine in it, but you won't know it from the lap times. Like the Supra, finishing the event will be the test for this car, and One Lap is hard on unproven cars.

SSGT1 BB: Steve Stubbs, Kurt Shearer: Corvette Z06:
Class-winning driver Steve Stubbs traded his Mini for a Vette last year and ran it up front until the rains came. Stubbs had only had the car for a week before One Lap, and his lack of adjustment time showed up when the going got slick. What’s in store for this year? More power, better suspension, and more seat time. Don’t be surprised when Stubbs pushes some of the favorites back a few positions.

SSGT1 SB: R. Buzz Clarke, Joel Lipperini: Lotus Esprit
Perhaps one of the most ferocious drivers in the field, Joel Lipperini brings multiple national championships and no-excuses driving to One Lap of America. Last year he went top-10 in a near stock Subaru STI, this year he is coming back without an STI, but with a very strong Lotus Esprit. If he is running at the end of the week, he will be top ten.

SSGT1 BB: Jon Krolewicz, Ray Krolewicz: Mongoose Motorsports: Mongoose GTP
This is my ride. I hesitated to put myself in the top-10, but if the car runs the whole week it should be there. It’s a new car, but Mongoose Motorsports has experience running One Lap and finished 2nd overall with Aaron Quine in 2002. This will be my first One Lap in something other than a Mitsubishi Evolution, so we will see how I adjust.

SSGT1 BB: Manuel Da Silva, Christine Da Silva: Porsche 996 TT
Here is another quiet pair that seeps into the front of the field. They don’t make a lot of noise doing it, but you look up and there they are. If we are going to keep comparing twin-turbo Porsches to crocodiles, this is the one hides at the riverbank waiting for the bigger prey to get too close and grab them.

Econo: Bryan Johnson, Jon Midgley: HART: Honda Civic
Last year these guys finished fourth, turning heads and blowing minds as to what an Econo-classed car can do. Their good finish was aided by attritition and rain, but they were still running just out of the top 10 and there to take advantage of the problems front-runners encountered.
The rumor mill has these guys coming back with more power and better lap times, so they may very well do it again.

Mid Price: Matthew Ball, Scott Siegal, Mike Manning: Subaru WRX STI
This is a rookie team coming to the event, and a two-driver effort. Normally true two-driver teams will perform worse for it, but both of these guys are steady and can run well. They will be near the front, but not top-ten without a lot of rain or problems. If those two things do happen, this Subaru and its drivers will be steady enough to capitalize.

This is where things get tough, there are a lot of good drivers sitting in the 15-20 place range that can move up with attrition, or have the ability to pull out a great performance and surprise people.

Tony Swan is back with TC Kline as a co-driver in an Audi A6, certainly a pair you can’t go without mentioning. Dan, Ben and Nicholas Schaut are back with an STI that can run at the front and rumor has it Boxer4Racing is sending 2003 18th place finisher Steven Rankins in another formidable Subaru. George Bruggenthies and Dan Driver are also coming in an STI. If the wet stuff falls from the sky a few days those AWD rain kings are going to make my top-ten list look like I was out to lunch.

There are Lap puppies Peter Lier and Adam Breakey in a very fast M3, and there are the SRT-4s of Greg Hagopain and Douglas Wind waiting for the over dog STI group to slip in Mid-Priced. Then there are the total wild cards. People we haven’t seen or people we have seen in cars we haven’t.

In SSGT2SB we have a Speed World Challenge driver Dan Aweida and Mike Pederson bringing an RX8. We don’t know much about this entry other than the driver is formidable and the car, depending on how heavily modified, can be. Moving to SSGT1 Big Bore Ernest Eadah and John Fuchs are going to be driving a Ford GT. These guys have campaigned a Viper, and from experience in both, I will tell you that this is an easier car to drive fast. They could sneak up front.

Also in SSGT1 but this time Small Bore, Kevin Jones and Mark Donohue Williams will be bringing a BMW M3. The pair ran in 2006 in a Subaru STI and finished top-10. Was it the late-week rain that helped? Maybe a little but they have shown that as drivers they know how to run up front, and M3s are not exactly bad.

So there you have it, for better or worse the crop that will probably be fighting for the front. I am sure I have people listed in the “15-20” range that are going to fight for top 10, and there is probably someone I have totally looked over that are going to make us say “where did they come from?” That’s why we do it though, if we could sit down and make a list, we would do it and sit around drinking beer in South Bend all week.

 

Glad to see Danny Popp is running it again. Hopefully he'll keep the Z06 together this year.