I ran my first race this past weekend at VIR. It was a 3.5 hour enduro put on by NASA. It was my first time at the track and I love the place. My co-driver (hot shoe) was Jason Meise and he ran a 2:12.404 in the race.

Here is a picture of the car during the enduro (shift light blazing):



Since I am a NASA rookie, I started at the back of the pack. I advance the car about 10 positions before handing it over to Jason. We ended up finishing 6th overall (out of 55 cars) and 3rd in class (behind 2 Factory Five Roadsters).

I had a blast and can't wait for the next event.

I want to thank Scott at King Motorsports for building me a great motor and providing world class customer support. The Mugen splitter we put on really took care of the high speed understeer issue we were battling and the Mugen intake did a great job of ramming that cold February air down the S2K's throat. We were able to out drag race the V8-powered Factory Five cars pretty handily.

Thanks also to the many Racing and Competition folks that have provided me with great info - DavePK, slick rick and Rylan (and anybody else I am forgetting).

-Pete

PS There are a few threads on Honda-Tech about the race - one of them has a video link that is pretty good.

 

Pete.

The car looks good.

 

Thanks G. It's been a lot of fun building it and learning how to drive it

 

Nice

 

Pete,

Is that the same Mugen Spitter on Kings website?

Kind of funky looking.

 

Yeah - that is the Mugen splitter...it looks pretty mean in person. More importantly, it works - solved the high speed understeer issue.

-Pete

 

I would like to eyeball your car (if you don't mind) sometime.

Are you planing any HPDE's this year, Fatt's or Seat time's?

 

I plan to run the full MARRS series, so I will be at Summit quite a bit. I may do a seat time here or there.....

-Pete

 

Congrats Pete!! The car is looking real nice. And, Thumbs up to a good season for you this year.

 

Thanks Dave - I'll do my best to give the S2000 a good name

Just remembered another "thank you"...I was so focused on the race car setup folks that I forgot to thank the engine guru....thanks UL - your advice has always been right on and much appreciated.

-Pete