{"id":1261,"date":"2010-02-09T12:50:23","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T20:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2011-11-20T03:09:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T11:09:44","slug":"ed-nazarian-2010-super-touring-season-opener-big-willow-feb-6-7-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/09\/ed-nazarian-2010-super-touring-season-opener-big-willow-feb-6-7-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Nazarian: 2010 Super Touring season opener – Big Willow Feb 6-7 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Ed Nazarian<\/p>\n

Socal NASA\u2019s 2010 season opener was this past weekend, February 6-7, at Big Willow.\u00a0 The last time I raced at Big Willow was May of 2009, so it\u2019s been a little over 8 months.\u00a0 I have been dying to get back out to Big Willow.\u00a0 And the last time I drove my racecar on track was at NASA\u2019s National Championship in September of 2009 at Miller Motorsports Park.\u00a0 So it has been a good 5 months since I have driven it.\u00a0 Main reason why I haven\u2019t driven my racecar since then is because I was hit during the National Championship race.\u00a0 Details are here:<\/p>\n

Results: 2009 NASA National Championship<\/a><\/p>\n

Beyond that I had some setbacks that delayed the prep work we needed to fix the damage.\u00a0 But with a few really late nights during the week leading up to the races and we were able to get the car ready for the season opener.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t fun, but we got it done.<\/p>\n

Before I proceed I want to thank\u00a0RRE\u00a0and Robert Fuller from\u00a0Robispec\u00a0for their respective work.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to bother with the details of all the work RRE and Robi did.\u00a0 Simply put, if it wasn\u2019t for their support and hard work none of this would have been possible.\u00a0 The guys at RRE put in a lot of their personal time to patch up the car.\u00a0 My friend\u00a0Sean Bradley\u00a0came over for a day and also helped out, thanks Sean!\u00a0 Quite a few parts needed to be replaced and RRE as usual pulled their strings and hooked things up.\u00a0 Robi then did his work accordingly.\u00a0 He also applied the necessary alignment\/setting adjustments at the track both days.\u00a0 More than anything because it rained on Saturday, and ended up clearing on Sunday.\u00a0 Furthermore, I want to thank Mike, Honda Robert, and Robi for being there both days (Sat\/Sun), to provide me the support I needed.\u00a0 It is such a major relief to have them there with me in the trenches.<\/p>\n

Before I proceed with the weekend, one thing I\u2019d like to mention is my turbo.\u00a0 In a few recent threads I had noted that before leaving to race at the National Championship, RRE set me up with their GT3076 turbo kit to test out.\u00a0 Upon returning I decided to go back to my OEM Evo 9 turbo.\u00a0 Given my setup I am looking to make around 340whp.\u00a0 That power range coupled with my OEM engine cripples the 3076.\u00a0 It\u2019s really unfortunate that I can\u2019t further test it in race conditions because despite my limited experience, it appears to be a solid turbo kit.<\/p>\n

As for the results, last place both days!\u00a0 I am not sure why, but I say that with pride.\u00a0 On a serious note, the season opener was a shakedown weekend for me.\u00a0 Considering everything that has led up to this point, coupled with the weather conditions, it was a successful weekend.\u00a0 I got out there, did what I wanted to do, and brought the racecar back unscathed.<\/p>\n

Regarding the weather, the forecast was indicating rain on Friday and Saturday, with the potential of rain on Sunday.\u00a0 Given the weather forecast it was a low attendance weekend.\u00a0 It ended up raining pretty hard on Friday, and continued to rain on Saturday.\u00a0 I don\u2019t really have any experience in wet conditions, let alone any experience racing in the rain.\u00a0 It was strange driving on track with my wipers on.\u00a0 It was a good experience.<\/p>\n

As for lap times, that data is pretty much useless to me at this juncture.\u00a0 Either way, here are the results.\u00a0 But before I proceed with that, I am really excited to note that the Mazda GT racecars have stepped things up big time.\u00a0 Only 2 of the Mazda GTs were racing, but they ran some really solid ST2 times on Sunday.\u00a0 If the season progresses like this, there is going to be some serious ST2 competition this year in Socal.<\/p>\n

Saturday Super Touring 2 Qualifying times:
\n1.\u00a0 1:42.664 – 98 – James Wagaman – Mazda GT
\n2.\u00a0 1:49.545 – 00 – Jon VanCaneghem – Mazda GT
\n3.\u00a0 1:51.774 – 415 – Ed Nazarian – Evo 9<\/p>\n

Saturday Super Touring 2 Race results:
\n1.\u00a0 1:34.390 – 00 – Jon VanCaneghem – Mazda GT
\n2.\u00a0 1:35.393 – 32 – Team Cashin In – Vette
\n3.\u00a0 1:35.412 – 98 – James Wagaman – Mazda GT
\n4.\u00a0 1:44.513 – 415 – Ed Nazarian – Evo 9<\/p>\n

Sunday Super Touring 2 Qualifying times:
\n1.\u00a0 1:27.118 – 00 – Jon VanCaneghem – Mazda GT
\n2.\u00a0 1:28.049 – 98 – James Wagaman – Mazda GT
\n3.\u00a0 1:33.551 – 415 – Ed Nazarian – Evo 9<\/p>\n

Sunday Super Touring 2 Race results:
\n1.\u00a0 1:28.319 – 00 – Jon VanCaneghem – Mazda GT
\n2.\u00a0 1:28.591 – 98 – James Wagaman – Mazda GT
\n3.\u00a0 1:31.512 – 32 – Team Cashin In – Vette
\n4.\u00a0 1:33.099 – 415 – Ed Nazarian – Evo 9<\/p>\n

Thanks again to my sponsors for their continued support:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0RRE
\n–\u00a0Robispec
\n–\u00a0Girodisc
\n–\u00a0South Coast Mitsubishi
\n– I\u2019d also like to thank Honda Robert, Mike Welch, Robi,\u00a0Sean Bradley, and Mark Homer for their help on Sat\/Sun.<\/p>\n

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