It was supposed to be a battle of the couples, made up of husband and wife teams. The Hairs would be driving my 323is in STX, the Brickners would be driving their Infiniti G35 Sport in STX, and the Boyds running Clint's M3 in ASP. But a few days prior to the event, the G35 was sold leaving Craig without a car. Our wives decided to stay indoors due to the potentially hot weather, and typical standing around all day in it. Clint and Stephanie still shared the M3, but had some competition in my father and Craig in Woody's M Coupe. Things worked out so that I could drive my old favorite ride, Jason Becker's M Coupe, this time with the supercharger! We ran in different classes, though, I was in SM2 and he ran in XP, and boy did he whoop up on the Cobra boys. In fact, had he not coned on his best run, he would've beaten my best run of the day. Jason has steadily improved over the past two years and is an extremely quick driver. He's always asking me for pointers and advice on negotiating courses, when I should be asking him now!
The course was another Lee Piccione special, on the A Lot at FedEx Field, fast and technical. With the addition of the supercharger, making about 100 more wheel hp, the M Coupe launches about the same as before, but winds out through 1st gear with much more pull, and 2nd gear is no less exhilarating than 1st gear! Jason and his father have put in many days and hours of work on that car to get it just right, and it has paid off. It was the fastest car that was actually driven to the event, not trailered... a feat not unusual for it.
Event Results: click here
Friday, September 12, 2008
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