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Live Sockets Battle Series this month involved the Cobb Tuning Skyline GT-R35 and our very own Focus Auto Sales R34. We had the better overall time (1:49) versus the R35 (1:50), but the battle was a sum of two laps, so we lost. Our R34 had braking issues (street pads that fade - and not enough time to get pads from Japan) and went off track coming off the bank into the infield on lap one. Even though Billy Johnson, our driver, put in a faster lap time in the chase position, he could not make up the difference in the combined time. Next up for the R34 is better brake pads, CF front diffuser, revalving the shocks and to put the car on a diet.
We knew the battle between the GST Motorsports Impreza and C-West/BC/Hankook S2000 was going to be epic when both drivers, Gary Sheehan, and Tyler McQuarrie decided to throw out the rulebook and run this battle with no gap from the start. It was an all out drag race at the line and the GST Impreza's hp and grip advantage kept the team in front for the entire battle despite the efforts that Tyler put in. The C-West/BC/Hankook S2000 was super fast in the corners and got within a few feet of the GST Impreza, but the long straights in the course was just too much of a disadvantage for the team. GST came out as the winner.
Results for the Redline Time Attack are below:
CLASS WINNERS
Overall and Unlimited Class Champion
Gary Sheehan, GST Motorsports Subaru Impreza 1:38.395
Unlimited AWD Class
Gary Sheehan, GST Motorsports Subaru Impreza 1:38.395
Unlimited RWD Class
Tyler McQuarrie, C-West/Brian Crower Honda S2000 1:41.621
Unlimited FWD Class
Chris Rado, World Racing Scion tC 1:47.309
Modified Class Champion
Dieter-Heinz Kijora, MFQ Motorsports Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 8 1:47.595
Modified AWD
Dieter-Heinz Kijora, MFQ Motorsports Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 8 1:47.595
Modified RWD
Matt Andrews, RobiSpec Mazda Miata 1:50.814
Modified FWD
Tim Kuo, SportCar Motion Honda Civic 1:51.635
Street Class Champion
JC Meynet / Harmon Motive STI 1:50.889
Street AWD Class
JC Meynet, Harman Motive Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:50.889
Street RWD Class
Igor Lyustin, Driving Ambition Acura NSX 1:51.377
Street FWD Class
Stina Hubinette, BF Goodrich/Mopar Dodge Neon SRT-4 1:56.517
Drift Class
Verena Mei, Stargirl Nissan 350Z 1:49.106
Muscle Car Class
Julian Mann, Team Infidel Corvette 1:50.621
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