We ran my son's Atom at Laguna Seca last week. Several 1:39s with traffic and best of 1:38.3 on narrow street tires. Here's a link to video: http://www.vimeo.com/899517

 

that looks like alot of fun.

 

Would love to try one of those out sometime!

Thinking back, I did 4 trackdays in the rain last year; wonder what that'd be like in an Atom.

 

looks like to much fun

 

awesome. i thought the atoms here in the states had the ecotec engine, how did you get the s/c honda version?

 

Nice driving. Looks like an absolute blast...

 

Sluggo, The newest Atoms will have Honda engines in the future. This one came from England, where they are all Hondas. Its street legal in California - actually no changes, not even tires from street to track use.

 

I drove a friend's ariel around the pits @summit point last friday. He managed to get the 300hp K20 civic type R supercharged version. Bramos (sp?) is out of it now. My friend said that a canadian group will be building ariels here in the states out of VIR. They all will have the honda engines.
Oh, and the sound of that air intake right by your ear is just incedible!!!
Nice Laguna laps!!! Wish I could have driven the thing in anger.

 

Here's perhaps a better video; passing Porsche GT3 RS, etc., etc.:
http://www.vimeo.com:80/929858

 

Way to drive that thing. I rarely have the opportunity to comment on the driving. Was the driver a karter? Atom looks like its setup nice

 

Thanks for commenting Kyle! Yeah, raced shifter karts for a while several years ago. The Atom is set up pretty much with all stock recommended settings from the factory in England. Narrow and relatively hard tires are a limiting factor right now - but then again it is never beaten on any of the local tracks by any car that does not have slicks.

 

not the supercharged one but still looks fun!

 

Damn. I need one of those. You could probably give sportbikes a run on the track with one of those bad boys.