Road Atlanta and
Global Time Attack are a match made in heaven. If you combine a
2.54 mile road course that rolls through the green hills of Georgia with an
open rule set where
maximum speed and
minimum lap times are all that matters, you're bound to have an incredible event.
Thanks to GTA series sponsors like
Continental Tire,
Whiteline Suspension,
Garrett Turbo,
Spec Clutch and
Meister Watches, the battle for Road Atlanta certainly did not disappoint, with new competitors in the mix, newly set
fastest lap records, and even
big crashes!
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Posted by: Dan O'Donnell | May 21, 2013 | Categories: Driver Seat, Guest Blog | Tags: Braselton, Continental Tire, Dan O'Donnell, Doug Wind, Evo, Evo 7, Evo 9, Evo VII, Evolution VII, Front Wheel Drive, Garrett Turbo, Georgia, Global Time Attack, Grant Davis, Hankook, Jason Dienhart, Jordan Gilsinger, Kyle Lewis, Lancer, Limited All Wheel Drive, Limited Front Wheel Drive, Mike Lewin, Mitsubishi, Professional Awesome, Professional Awesome Racing, Road Atlanta, Spec Clutch, Street Rear Wheel Drive, Time Attack, Tony Szirka, Ventus RS-3, Ventus TD, Whiteline, Whiteline Suspension | 2 Comments »
On October 7th,
over 1500 Scion FR-S, Subaru BRZ, and Toyota AE86 enthusiasts from all over the Western United States converged at
Auto Club Speedway in Fontana CA for the very first
86FEST, and the energy was just
incredible! The newly introduced Toyota/Subaru "86" platform (sold as
Scion FR-S and
Subaru BRZ in the USA) has received international acclaim as the second coming of the legendary AE86, which has a huge cult following worldwide.
With help from sponsors like
Falken Tire,
OEM Audio Plus,
Turn 14 Distribution,
Whiteline Suspension,
Motul,
Spec Clutch,
Mann Engineering,
Flossy Shift Knobs, and
M7 Japan, it's pretty crazy how quickly our inaugural 86FEST came together! Just a few weeks ago, I was driving at a Volkswagen event at Big Willow, and got to talking with the
Speed Ventures organizers, Dave and Aaron, about how cool it would be if we could get a bunch of FR-S, BRZ, and AE86 owners together at a track day. They both expressed a lot of interest in the idea - especially since we have been thinking about ways to work together for nearly two years!
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Posted by: Antonio Alvendia | Oct 12, 2012 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 86FEST, AE86, Auto Club Speedway, autocross, BRZ, Cipher Garage, CipherGarage, Corolla, d1 grand prix, Danny Nguyen, EcoShine, Falken, Flossy, Fontana, Formula D, Formula Drift, FR-S, FRS, GTS, Infinit Wheels, Levin, M7, M7 Japan, Mann Engineering, Mike Kim, Milltek Sport, Motul, OEM Audio Plus, Oliver Petalver, RSpec, RT615, RT615K, Ryan Bacsafra, Scion, Scion FRS, Spec Clutch, Speed Ventures, SpeedVentures, Sprinter, SSR, Subaru, Terry Pham, toshiki yoshioka, Trueno, Turn14, Whiteline | 18 Comments »