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The #77 car on the other hand...

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Intake manifold cracked in the exact same spot as this car (click)!
 
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All future set events/on my schedule/in sight

April 13th: SCCA Track Night in America @ Thunderhill Raceway West (2 mile//current best time 1:47:XXX)
May 20-21: NASA @ Sonoma Raceway (50/50 chance of running//Current best time 2:19:XXX)
June 17-18: NASA @ Sonoma Raceway
August 12-13: NASA @ Thunderhill Raceway (East/3 mile)
September 9-10: NASA @ Sonoma Raceway
October 28-29: NASA @ Sonoma Raceway

After October the Mare will be taken down and prepped for next season along with the T1 project and her engine build
 
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FJD Performance @ Thunderhill Raceway West 4.13

After a long day of work, driving to Thunderhill, a brutal first session where we went two wheels off, to a 3rd session of overheating enough to leak coolant, to a long drive home with a wonderful new sound i have to find the source of... FJD Performance completed the April 13th Tracknight in America with SCCA at Thunderhill Raceway West.

After our first time at TRW we went home with a known time of 1:47:XXX and an assumption of possibly hitting 1:45. Well, with the 3rd session we had 10 laps. And on lap 3...


FJD Performance...



And Frank Perez of FJD Performance...



Took...




The 1997 Ford Mustang...





Known as the Stealth Mare...





And by a select few as Runs with Scissors...




To



A time...




Of...










ONE....




FORTY....






Thats it. We hit 1:40:XXX !!! And we hit 1:40 from lap 3 all the way to 10!
 
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Next event is Sonoma 5.21 and i am going to try to see if i can break 2:15 going all out with a small number of cars in front of me so i dont have to worry about traffic. Following that is June 10th at autoclub speedway with the guys [MENTION=19482]B.mad[/MENTION] [MENTION=9209]ReplicaR[/MENTION] and [MENTION=21420]codfod[/MENTION] in So CAl then back at Sonoma June 18th
 

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Next event is Sonoma 5.21 and i am going to try to see if i can break 2:15 going all out with a small number of cars in front of me so i dont have to worry about traffic. Following that is June 10th at autoclub speedway with the guys B.mad ReplicaR and codfod in So CAl then back at Sonoma June 18th

I am sure Dog will like to see you again
 
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Haven’t updated in awhile, but in June FJD Performance found ourselves in so cal for a little Auto Club Speedway action with [MENTION=19482]B.mad[/MENTION] [MENTION=9209]ReplicaR[/MENTION] and [MENTION=21420]codfod[/MENTION]

in August we found ourselves at Thunderhill Raceway with NASA and put in a 2:30ish time (maybe 237 I don’t remember)

at at the end of this month we will find ourselves back at Thunderhill Raceway West (2 mile) and we are shooting for a 1:35 lap time

then

the big one guys and gals


FJD Performance


will find ourselves


at the one

the only





*wait for it*





*waaaaaait for iiiit*




Mazda

Raceway

Laguna

Seca
 

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Haven’t updated in awhile, but in June FJD Performance found ourselves in so cal for a little Auto Club Speedway action with B.mad ReplicaR and codfod

in August we found ourselves at Thunderhill Raceway with NASA and put in a 2:30ish time (maybe 237 I don’t remember)

at at the end of this month we will find ourselves back at Thunderhill Raceway West (2 mile) and we are shooting for a 1:35 lap time

then

the big one guys and gals


FJD Performance


will find ourselves


at the one

the only





*wait for it*





*waaaaaait for iiiit*




Mazda

Raceway

Laguna

Seca

Jelly :(
 
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Fastest lap of 2:37:XXX

[video=youtube;svRMLj36e0c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svRMLj36e0c[/video]


and here is a glory/recap vid that my buddy Tim made of the track day

music by Adventure Club of course


[video=youtube;AX2KwSA-P60]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX2KwSA-P60[/video]
 
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some pics and stats from 9.30 with American Autocross Series at Crows Landing where it all started with my track and race career

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little did i know this miata had a ls swap

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i brought along a good friend off CA fords and IG to be co driver and hang out since his SN is currently under construction after being under construction

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also i got a new helmet

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vids to follow shortly
 
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2nd fastest run with co driver

[video=youtube;auizEzMZXwQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auizEzMZXwQ[/video]

fastest run in car

[video=youtube;p3jw-u4DbSE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3jw-u4DbSE[/video]

fastest run on driver cam

[video=youtube;zGoVQPlX5g4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGoVQPlX5g4[/video]
 
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Since i had got lots of new parts installed on the Mare over the last few weeks i wanted to do some testing and tuning. I just so happened to luck out and have another weekend of autocross available to me that was going on at Crows Landing. So off to the cones!

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Frank Stagnero (dont know how to spell his last name) and his grandson Jonathan driving the fastback

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David Carroll and his LS swapped DATSUN

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here is the out of car/on driver view of the fastest run

[video=youtube;D0ZB1Ei_x3k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ZB1Ei_x3k[/video]

here is the shaky in car video of our fastest run

[video=youtube;6nHdKQd_xEY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHdKQd_xEY[/video]

here is a POV from one of the runs

[video=youtube;ZU3SCwV1UsA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU3SCwV1UsA[/video]
 

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