Summer is officially here!!!
Article by Edward Lee (600rr_rocket)
The 7th S2K Challenge event was held on June 29, 2009 at the Willow Spring International Raceway “Big Track.” The 2.5mile course consists of 9 corners which combines speed with turns and elevation changes to offer a unique challenge. The top S2000 Challenge drivers were hitting [...]
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S2K Challenge Series: The 7th race at the “Big Track”
Formula One turns into pieces; its over!
It is now official and Formula One is broken! Eight F1 teams, Ferrari, McLaren, Toyota, Renault, BMW, GP Brawn, Red Bull and Toro Rosso decided that there was no way to continue with the FIA, therefore they will proceed without FIA. A full statement was released: “The teams cannot continue to compromise on the fundamental [...]
Helio Castroneves becomes a three-time Indy Champion
Castroneves gets another win in the Indy Championship and this time is pure joy for him as he is now entered in the rank of the three-time Indy Champions. Talk about Honda reliably it’s really worth saying that for the fourth consecutive season, Honda powered the entire 33-car Indianapolis 500 starting field, and for a [...]
S2K Challenge Series: 6th race at Willow Springs International Motorsports Park
Article by Edward Lee (600rr_rocket)
We have now passed the halfway mark in the exciting 2009 S2K Challenge Series. The sixth S2K Challenge event was held on 5/10/09 at Streets of Willow track in the Willow Springs International Motorsports Park. This time around, we ran the clockwise configuration; back in 3/6/09 (S2K Challenge #3), we ran [...]
S2K Challenge Series: Buttonwillow Raceway
Article by Edward Lee (600rr_rocket)
We now nearing the halfway point in the 2009 S2K Challenge Series and just wrapped up our 5th event at Buttonwillow Raceway. As the most popular track amongst S2K track junkies in SoCal, the turnaround was strong as expected.
The weather this time around was night and day compared to our [...]
S2K Challenge Series: Thunderhill in Willows
Article by Michael Tsay (Dipstick)
S2k Challenge #4 was held April 11, 2009 at Thunderhill in Willows, CA. The long distance from SoCal and the Easter weekend did affect turnout. However, we did get many Bay Area S2000 drivers and had a blast driving one of the premier tracks on California!
Thunderhill is SCCA’s home [...]
Honda F1 Racing Team officialy becomes Brawn GP
The previous Honda F1 Racing Team name is no more. The FIA World Council has accepted the request to change the name into Brawn GP as long as this team is considered as a new entry in the FIA F1 World Championship.
In the meantime the performance and test results so far at Barcelona promise a [...]
S2K Challenge Series: Willow Springs International Motorsports Park
Article by Edward Lee (600rr_rocket)
The third S2K Challenge race was held on March 6th, 2009 at the Streets of Willow track in the Willow Springs International Motorsports Park. This is a very challenging and technical road course, and very popular among S2000 drivers. It is 1.8mile course consisting of 12 tight turns, a chicane section, [...]
Honda Racing F1 Team Right On Track?
It looks like that we will definitely see the Honda F1 cars around the circuit finally. Rumours and multiple sources report that Ross Brawn and Nick Fry will run the team, using funds by Honda, potential sponsors and TV coverage. It is not clear if Rubens Barrichello or Bruno Senna will be the co-driver of [...]
Honda Motorsport Strategy to Reclaim Podium
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. announced the motorsports strategy to claim the podium of the world class racing events.
Under the Honda NSX-GT Project within Japan, Honda is focused on reclaiming the double titles of individual and team championships in the Super GT. At Formula Nippon, Honda will supply three teams and five cars with the newly [...]
