JPR AutoSports

Hey everyone! Just wanted to wish you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa – all of it! It’s a great time of year to focus on family and friends and put down that wrench, racing magazine, computer, if only for a minute. Thank you to everyone who has helped make this all possible – Here’s to your having a great holiday and successful new year. Our very best to you and yours.

JPR AutoSports.

We are excited to post the NASA 2011 proposed TT Competition Schedule.  The 2011 campaign will include these events as well as track days through local clubs.  As those schedules are updated, we’ll update this post with additional information

Let us know at which of these events you’ll be joining us.  We are very much looking forward to the upcoming season and seeing you out at the track!

 April 2 – Sat. Lime Rock Park, CT

April 15 – 17 NJMP Lightning Course

May 2 & 3 Watkins Glen, NY

June 24 – Fri. Lime Rock Park, CT

July 15 – 17 Pocono Long Courses

Aug. 5 – 7 NJMP Lightning Course

Sept. 3 – 4 Pocono Long Courses

Sept. 8 – 11 Mid-Ohio NASA Natl. Championship

Sept. 30 Oct. 1 – 2 Watkins Glen, NY

Oct. 28 – 30 NJMP Thunderbol

Quite a bit going on over here. First off, and importantly, I’m going to be conducting a little tire comparison with the Goodyear’s road racing tire (Eagle RS) vs the Hankook Z214 at Thunderbolt NJMP this weekend. I really like the Hankooks, and they have proven very competitive on the Evo. The Goodyear’s look a little like the Hoosier R6, have a very stiff sidewall and are supposed to be as fast as the Hoosiers. It should be interesting. I’ll be taking tire temps during the sessions and match them for tire pressure (cold) and then see how they do for lap times. Presuming the weather is amenable it should be a great opportuntiy to assess the two tires. I’ll post up the results and data here and around (and provide it to the tire company).

I’m running out of events here in the NE, and while I didn’t plan on another competition this season, I’ll be heading to Thunderbolt with the NASA Finale running in the TTS category. A new track for me, so I don’t expect to much in the way of lap times. I’ll head down on Friday, see if I can drop the car off and, if I am vey lucky, run a few laps to bed some pads and scrub the Goodyear’s once, and then do the full day on Sat. If you want to come down please let me know, that would be great as I need some pit help with tire temps and such.

I’ll be running a new pad too, the Raybestos 47s, which are said to have the bite of the Hawk DTC 70s but run a little cooler. We’ll see.

Goodyear Eagle RS

Hankook Z214

SCDA Test and Tune day – Sound limits are in effect and so we’ll swap to a new UR dual exhaust in hopes of meeting the 88 db limit. Straight pipes are out of the question and even the AMS single exit muffler is too loud, checking in at 91 db. This is a full day event and we’ll run with the HPDE 4/ Advanced group. Post us if you can get out ot the track and visit our tent in the pits.

Update turned a :58.5 and a :58.8 during the track day. My best time yet.

Getting ready. I’ll head up on Oct 1st and drive on Saturday in the Time Trial. Let me know if you are coming up and want to connect!