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Industry Track Day 5

posted on December 23, 2009 19:46

Ryan Hawkins Supra from SCC's Ultimate Street Car Contest

Ever Wonder what happens when someone oils down the track in the beginner run group? Ryan Hawkins Supra blows engine before turn 3 and spews oil all over the track. Mike Kojima instructing with a lead follow group gets covered in oil, many years of experience keeps the car on track and on line. His students, all following each other closely don't fair so well.

Right behind Mike, all hell breaks loose as his students spin in the oil. The whole follow group went out of control. Fortunately no one got hurt and unbelievably no cars made contact. The session got black flagged and it took about 40 minutes to clean up all the oil.

Another one of the many GTRs that ran. GTRs are fast, amazing considering their shear size and bulk.

MotoIQ's Annie Sam and Mike Kojima mostly ran the beginner groups doing lead/follow instructing but they did get out to play in the advanced group a couple of times.

Chuck Johnson brought out MotoIQ's MIA Project 240SR for a shake down run after being out of commission for several years. A faulty power steering system took him out of the action nearly as quickly.

One of Crawford's pure street machines hits the track.

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# G

Thursday, December 24, 2009 9:54 AM

Love the pics/comments for the Supra oil spill...glad no one got hurt.

Quick suggestion on the site, you might want to make the "Next Page" button more visible

# spdracerut

Thursday, December 24, 2009 4:46 PM

It was a fun day. K&N had a very nice twin turbo G35 coupe. Apparently, STI engine blocks don't like over 700 lb-ft tq so much.

# DieselTech

Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:09 PM

Is the Stoptech ZO6 the same one that competed in the USCC awhile back?

Where does it compete? I thought most time attacks outlawed pushrod engines.

# Mike Kojima

Thursday, December 24, 2009 11:55 PM

Redline Time Attack. Only Super Lap Battle has rules against flat 6 and pushrod engines.

# spdracerut

Friday, December 25, 2009 9:58 AM

I think it might be the same chassis, but completely new setup on everything. They have a new blower setup on the engine. They were tweaking the piston sizing of the brake setup at this trackday.

# HB Speed

Saturday, December 26, 2009 10:11 PM

Hey! I ran a 1:30 in my Evo X!!

# Mike Kojima

Sunday, December 27, 2009 7:57 PM

I let you by then tried to keep up with you and you kicked my ass!

# ma71supraturbo

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 10:33 PM

Fortunately, it turns out the Supra didn't blow the engine -- it just blew the O-ring around the filter: http://www.supraforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=571561

Glad everyone made it out in one piece.

# Mike Kojima

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:11 PM

Thats good, Ryan's car is super clean, one of the best Supras you will see.

# HB Speed

Thursday, December 31, 2009 11:08 PM

hahah mike!!!

Ive gotten faster and faster there....
I was on 245 AD08's
should have brought my 285 888's :-o

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