GTA Sonoma Day 2
I made my way back to the track and got there just in time for the first time attack session of the day. The racing surface had dried out and I finally got to see Chris Rado’s new TC. I’m actually surprised they haven’t banned the ridiculous front wing yet. I guess no one has complained about it yet, so he got to leave it on and set the Unlimited FF class record at 1:45.116.
Oh cool, a Sileighty! Matt “Hollywood” Guiver came all the way from Utah to run the Unlimited RWD S13 to a P3 1:50.780 before popping his engine during the second session.
Wilbur Faules took this ratty M3 to P2 with a 1:46.116.
MBO’s Pete Bovenburg set a new Limited FF class record of 1:51.964 in his Civic Si.
Luke knocked 5 seconds off yesterday’s time and finished the first session with a 1:53.
Back in the paddock, I got to check out the Formula Mazdas up close. They are so rad! Nothing janky on these guys at all.
To keep things organized, they pregrid in the paddock so they enter the hot pits in the correct order.
I found Will Roegge at Rado’s trailer.
This Evo VII is awesome. No, really. It is. It helped Daniel O’Donnell set a Street AWD record with a 1:47.648.
Luke got his time down to 1:51 in the second session.
The big story of the day was of course Tyler McQuarrie and the FXMD NSX. He set the Buttonwillow record last weekend at Super Lap Battle with a 1:40.980, and was aiming at the same goal here. It seemed probable, since this is his home track and everything.
Tony Szrika snatched P2 in Unlimited AWD with a 1:47.367 in his Evo VIII. That’s O’Donnell in the Professional Awesome Evo behind him.
Break time again. I passed the time by watching the Formula Mazdas spout flames as they decelerated into Turn 4.
They were a lot more aggressive than yesterday too. I guess dry pavement will do that. And maybe because this was an actual race.
Luke was almost out of tires but this was the last session, so it was time to go big or go home. After getting down to 1:51 in the second session, he wanted to break into the 1:40′s.
Jeff Westphal set the new Unlimited AWD class record of 1:37.058 in the GST Impreza.
Luke was monitoring his laptimes with his own transponder, so when he took the Corvette across the finish line with a Limited RWD class record of 1:49.689, he decided it was drift time.
Larry: “This would have been the best drift photo of 2010, but you missed it.”
Me: “I can save it.”
Luke: “Whoa, what car is that? Is it a Prius?”
Melissa: “It’s 2011″
Larry: “So good it would go back in time.”
Me: “I’m gonna post it anyway.”
Tyler got his goal. He now holds the Infineon track record with a 1:34.564. Way to go Tyler!
.:Bohan
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Tags: andrew bohan, buttonwillow, chris rado, fxmd nsx, global time attack, gta, infineon raceway, jeff westphal, luke lonberger, sears point, track record, tyler mcquarrie















November 13th, 2011 at 12:01 am
Sweet photo set Bohan!
November 13th, 2011 at 6:28 am
Great to see you at the track Bohan!
November 14th, 2011 at 4:56 am
hahaha good job out there, willbur! Drew just got done lecturing me about how bad your car looks… “the holes in the back aren’t spaced properly, and they’re not in a straight line!” he says. LOL that’s why it’s frankenstein right?
-G
November 14th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
The time for the GST Impreza was 1:37.058 It was the only lap it turned all weekend as it’s center diff was broken
November 14th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
thanks for the correction!
November 15th, 2011 at 8:06 am
Awesome coverage, congrats tyler
November 16th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Nice photos, as always Drew! Luke looked great out there mixing it up with ‘real’ Time Attack cars while he’s sliding around with massive steering angle and no Ackerman. And even though the NSX broke an axle and melted every piece of plastic in the engine bay, they still got it done!
I came out to support both cars and ended up being able to just hang out the whole time, awesome!
November 16th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
see jeff, i TOLD you i was out there shooting