Top Drift Round 3 2015
This year Top Drift Round 3 was held at night so the terrible heat wouldn’t be such a burden on the cars and drivers. With standing temperatures reaching well into the 100’s fahrenheit, we mostly waited out the day in the truck blasting the air conditioning. The “Dirt” Oval Track at Willow Springs has a […]
Top Drift Round 2: Horse Thief Mile
The second round of Top Drift 2015 was held at Willow Springs International Raceway: Horse Thief Mile. Once again it was a full house. We came into round 2 with a lot of confidence. The car was set and we had finished everything at least 2 weeks prior to the event. Between the rounds there […]
Cooling Down for The Hot Summer Daze…..
With the recent rise in temperatures, tracking the Miata in the summer has been quite an interesting experience. The last round of Roadster Cup that I competed in was at Big Willow at WSIR (Willow Springs International Raceway). The ambient temperatures were nearing triple digits which makes on track temperatures even greater. During the morning sessions, […]
Round 1 of Top Drift 2014, Competition Day
After a solid nap following the Practice Day, we dropped back into Willow Springs for competition. We passed the newly revised Tech. Listened to what the Judges wanted out of the drivers for qualifying. It’s always the same though. 1) Don’t Suck 2) Make it look cool & 3) These are you clipping […]
Round 1 of Top Drift 2014, Practice Day
Oh Top Drift. You always sneak up so blatantly. We all know when it starts and yet, we do all the work the week before the event. This time was no different. For this year I decided to swap an LS2 into my S14 and of course only started the swap a month before the […]
2013 Redline Time Attack Round 7 Big Willow/Big Troubles
After round 6 I had to change the engine from the loaner SR that we used at Fontana Speedway, and put in the Semi built SR that we had planned for the rest of the season. We threw the engine in with a bottom mount turbo set up because the top mount set up wasn’t […]