VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, ALTON, VA. (May 20, 2018)—They came, they saw, they conquered. Nearly 50 of the country’s fastest track cars descended upon Virginia International Raceway May 18-19 for the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge Presented by Grassroots Motorsports.
The weather played a huge part in the results as rain fell during every single session. These conditions ultimately rewarded …
That's a tough break on the Civic. Congratulations to Elan and Franklin Futrelle.
Would love to see dry weather results. Can we get a redo?
Why is the Hypermiata not listed at all in the results? I thought it made at least one timed session?
In reply to Jaynen :
In their first timed session they went off track and damaged the bodywork. That off meant the lap time from that session didn't count. They got the car back in order for the third timed session, but it was canceled due to lightning. The did manage to get back on track for the final session on Saturday, but for some reason their transponder wasn't clicking off. So they never registered a time unfortunately. However, they are going to send us their onboard data so we can include that in the magazine.
How was the NP01 different from the spec car? Just more power?
In reply to Jah29 :
This NP01 was built to be competitive in NASA's ST1 class. This is straight from them: "The introduction of the ST1 class package in 2017 boosts horsepower from 185 to 235 and adds aerodynamic devices such as a ramped front splitter and rear diffuser, increasing the potency of the car."
3rd overall from a stock ish e46 m3? Nice! I'm bias'd but it's nice to see another one punching above it's weight! Even if the wet weather helped in this case.
Damn! I hope the 949 crew and Ryan go back next year. Those guys know how to wheel a Miata.
In reply to Jaynen :
Many teams had trouble getting the tracks AMB strip to pick up their transponders. Despite being tested and having his transponder about 3" off the ground without obstructions, the loop didn't pick up Ryan's Hypermiata. After Fridays minor off destroyed his entire splitter and damaged the wing, we cobbed up a simple 4" splitter and converted his dual element GT1000 to a single element GT250 foil. In that lower drag/downforce config he did a 1:58.9 in dry conditions on Sunday. Not the cars full potential but at least he finally got some dry laps.
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After :(
Bullet, from Supermiata also didn't get any dry laps on Friday qual. Our best being a 2:18.47 in the wet on Hoosier slicks. We went 4 off that session so the time was scrubbed. Our earlier 2:21 on rain tires on a much wetter track was our only official time. We went 1:57.7 on Sunday in dry conditions with the high downforce/high drag aero package. After that we tried removing the end plates from our splitter and trimming the wing flat to our lower drag/downforce config for more top end speed. That was worth 2-3s on the same set of older heat cycled tires with me driving at 8/10ths. With the fresh A7's and a few more laps to dial it up, we're sure tha car had a 1:55 in it. C'est la vie. Next year!
In reply to Emilio700 :
Thanks for the updates. I know a lot of people were following you guys. Also, just wanted to say that we really appreciated having you all there and you had such a great attitude all weekend. Hope to see you again next year with a dry track!
Any Miata that can get a sub 2:00 lap at VIR is badass. Hoping for dry conditions next year to see how things stack up. I suppose everyone else is as well, except for a certain M3 that I doubt would've been all that close to a podium in the dry. That kid must have some real talent. Good job to him and his crew.
@ Ed Any chance you guys can provide a live stream next year a la World Time Attack from Australia?
In reply to iwannarace :
I'd like to see if we can get JG and his mobile live broadcasting studio there next year.
Yup, we had a lot of requests for livestream from fans of Supermiata and 949 Racing. That would be cool for next year.
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