Here we are at a local event
held in Severna Park, MD. There were maaaaany cars
there...old, new, fast, and yes even 1 of a kind.....there
were over 240 cars present and congratulations to Cat for
winning the bikini contest. A good time was held by all who
attended. Proceeds went to the Childhood Cancer Association.
Among the vendors present were IGS Autobody, ELD
Performance and Integrity First Inc. Check out the
coverage via the links to the left.... (text by N deVera and photography by N deVera and A Dobbs)
Hot Import Nights Anyone
Join us on 5/16/2009 at
Englishtown,
NJ!
The coverage is
now up and viewable via the link to the left of this
window. What a show! Be sure you attend your local
HIN show! 
April 30 - May 3, 2009:
Rolex Cup and KONI Sports Car Challenge, NJMP, NJ
New Jersey Motorsports Park was the event that took
this past weekend, despite the weather being clear and sunny
on Saturday. Come Sunday, what a different story, early
drizzle gave way to the clouds opening up to heavy rain.
Nonetheless, the race went on and so did the coverage. There
were many fans present during the practice and qualifying for
Saturday, but when the actual race day came, only the true
race fans braved the rain to watch the rain soaked cars make
their way around the track.
This
same weekend the KONI Sports Car Challenge was held in
conjunction to the Grand Am-Rolex Series Race. 47 entrants
were listed, but only 45 actually showed up, as 2 of the teams
had withdrew from the race. This 90 minute race had an average
speed ranging from 80.571 to 83.131 MPH and of the starting
line, 11 cars finished on the lead lap. Mustangs, BMW M3s,
Mazda MX-5s, a Subaru Legasy, VW GTIs, and yes even a
Chevrolet Cobalt were in the race. The top 5 cars finished as
follows:
1) Drivers: Ende/Pumpelly,
Team/Car: TRG/Porsche 997 2) Gleason/Hand, Turner
Motorsport / BMW M3 Coupe 3) Johnson/Ludwig, Motorsport
Technology Group / Porsche 997 4)
Hillestad/Russell/Waddell, Automatic Racing / BMW M3
Coupe 5) Gue/Seafuse, JBS
Motorsports/Ford Mustang GT
As for the Rolex Series
there were 31 cars that were on the grid and only 6 made it
thru the full race, despite numerous yellow and double yellow
flags. The top 5 are as follows
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1) Drivers:
Jonsson/Zonta, Team/Car: Krohn Racing/Ford Lola
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2)
Angelelli/Frisselle, SunTrust Racing/Ford Dallara
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3) Bernhard/Dumas,
Penske Racing/Porsche Riley -
4) Donohue/Law,
Brumos Racing/Porsche Riley -
5)
Frisselle/Wilkins, AIM Autosport/Ford Riley
Here are the links to
the albums of the weekend's events!
*teasers: http://topspeedtuning.com/coppermine/albums/2009-05%20NJMP%20Grand%20Am%20Teaser/Rolex%20Series/album/
*pit/misc:
http://topspeedtuning.com/coppermine/albums/2009-05%20NJMP%20Grand%20AM_Rolex%20Cup%20Pits%20and%20Misc/album/
*race coverage (both days):
http://www.topspeedtuning.com/coppermine/albums/2009-05%20NJMP%20Grand%20AM_Roles%20Race%20Track%20Coverage/album/
April
24, 2009: MIRock Series Motorcycle Racing, MD Intl
Raceway
In Maryland, the first of many
MOTORCYCLE events took place this past weekend.
Everything from from stock bikes driven on a daily basis to
motorcycles with extended swing arms were present.
There were even some bikes that had aftermarket turbos and
even bikes that ran the drag stip with nitrous
oxide (NOS) bottles attached. If you
look at the coverage carefully you can see many of the higher
end bikes with larger swing arms purging the NOS before
getting set to race down the quarter mile. (Photo/Text
by N deVera)
April
19, 2009: US Drift and Drift Nirvana, Summit Point,
WV
Not much happens in West Virginia,
but if you have the chance to visit Charles Town, WV, you
might as well visit Summit Point Raceway. About 90
minutes away from the DC area, this hiddend track has a skid
pad and also 2 road coarses that are available to drive (or
drift) on.
This monthly event, held by
the same people that run the Drift Nirvana
website, But this time
around, along with the Drift Nirvana drivers, there were
seveal drivers from the US DRIFT series who were
present. (Photo/Text by N
deVera)
March
29, 2009 - Drift Nirvana, Summit Point, WV
Drifting.....it's the
fad.....but not only for experienced drivers. Local
drifters showed up to show what they had to offer....check out
local drivers who duked it out for the Drift Nirvana event
that was held at the Shenandoah Circuit at the Summit Point
Racetrack. Nissans (350z/Skyline/240), Fords (Mustang),
and yes there were some BMWs (3-Series) that were present at
this event. Oh, how about the Skid
Pad? The same kind of cars that were on the drifting
track were also tested out on the Skid Pad. Be sure to
check out the coverage of this local event! (Photo/Text by N
deVera)
February 2008 - Harrisburg, PA:
Tunerwars
What happens in February
usually happens indoors. In this case, the 2009
Tunerwars show was held in Harrisburg, PA despite the cold
winter weather..... People were brave to come out and fight the cold weather
to view what car enthusiasts had to offer early this
season. There were some 200 cars that were on
display as each one was trying to win the top prize in the F4
Challenge....teams from New Image, Team Emotion and local
enthusiasts were present..You name it, it was here: Subarus,
Toyotas, Mazdas, Mustangs and everything inbetween.
The 2009 Tjin Edition Tour was also at this
show. Present at this show was their famous Nissan R34
Skyline Sedan, the Tjin Edition Chevy Cobalt SS, Dave's Dodge
Challenger and a wicked black on black NISMO Nissan
350z.
There was
also a Bikini Contest, demonstrations by the Anti-Team
Motorcycle Stunt Team, an appearance by BMX Master and U.S.
Trials Champion Mike Steidley, and a live concert featuring
Planeside and The Mercurial kept the tunes going during this
busy Saturday. (Photo credits A Dobbs and N
deVera/Text by N deVera)
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