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Monday, March 30, 2009

Honda Challenge NASA 3-28-09

Greetings,
We meet again for another update from the JW racing camp. This past weekend March 28 and 29 2009, NASA So Cal held the 2nd event of the season at Auto Club; formerly California Speedway, in Fontana and it was a great turn out.
I arrived early on a Windy Friday to test and tune to dial the car setup for the track.The super strong santa ana winds made the car move around lane to lane on the oval section at high speed which was quite uncomfortable,though everyone was in the same boat. I managed to get ahold of the track conditions and tire pressures and was ready for my race on Saturday.
I qualified my #64 civic conservatively and ended up 7th on the grid Saturday.After starting on the inside row behind a slower car that outqualified me by .2 seconds, I was unable to pass on the apron below the white line so this made me a sitting duck for the ones behind me.Immediately I droppped into about 12th or 13th position.I was patient with my attack on the first lap and after waiting and watching a few cars tangle and go off track,it was time to boogie on out! So I got in a rhythm and one by one I picked off the Hondas ahead of me,along with traffic from other classes like 944 spec.
About half through our 35 min sprint race, I noticed my pace was steady and I was catching the leaders.I was careful to manage my tires and this allowed me to not loose pace like some of the other who were too harsh on their tires in the early stages of the race.My car was running smooth and strong and I was in cruise control.With the white flag for the final lap shown,I began one last strong push for the next position and though I made up a several second deficit to the next car, I was not able to catch 4th before the checkered fell.I finished 2nd in H1 and 5th overall in Honda Challenge for my very first sprint race!
Sunday was another chance for me to battle with the best, but a little gremlin decided to jump into my wire harness and my car developed a mis-fire before the qualifyer for Sundays race. Thus I was unable to back up my Saturday performance. It was super fun and all of my fellow Honda Challenge racers were real nice to me and fun to be around,I am glad to be friends with such a fun and awesome group of racers! In the end you can hardly see my trophy I am holding in the picture;but its not about the trophy.We do not get paid to compete or get to enjoy fancy podiums with girls and champagne, we do it for the fun and love of racing.
So we are off to the technical Buttonwillow circuit next month and I hope to do well after I get the car sorted back out and running as it was all year.
Thanks to my friends and supporters and especially my sponsors for having great products and to Password for letting me Blog.
Untill next time
Cheers,
Justin

posted by J.W. Racing at 8:58 AM

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Password:JDM 4 point rear tower bar

Many of you have heard me plug the new 4 point Tower bar for my EJ coupe in my last race report, so I thought I would share a little of my comments about it.
We all know the Password Tower Bars are Bling and look awesome.They add great strength and texture to a car we love. With my personal track experience,I can say that they function as well. I run the 3 point in front and the 4 point in the rear and can notice a huge difference in stiffness in the cars unibody.
Driving my civic at the limit,I get very in tune with it and can hear and feel everything going on with it.This is the reason I can tell you the tower bars work.This past weekend in my event coverage, you see I was running Willow Springs raceway, which is known for rocks and some rough areas.Since my race car is gutted hollow and very ridgid,I can hear and feel alot more vibration and the road talking back to me through the tires thanks in a part to the Password:JDM 4 point tower bar in the rear.This is really important to a race car driver and a driver loves when the car talks back in a good way.
Not only do I have parts that look good on my racecar but also I have parts that give performance.Best of both worlds and thats what I am all about! Check these bars out and mix and match a set that suits you, you will love them!
Cheers
Justin
J.W. Racing

posted by J.W. Racing at 8:50 AM

Monday, March 9, 2009

Willow Springs NASA 3/2009

Greetings to all,
After a long off season it was nice to get back on the track with the NASA family at the first event of the year in So Cal. held on March 7th and 8th at Willow Springs Raceway in the High Desert.This was a great weekend in my young stages of racing,after some delays and very strange luck,it was finally licensing evalutation weekend!
The rain that was predicted veered north and blessed us with dry conditions.A couple of windy and frigid nights near 30 degrees were toughed out as I camped in the main paddock friday and saturday nights.Days were around 60 and pleasant,great racing conditions. It was nice to get out in my car again and get used to my re-valved shocks from the guys at Progress, enjoy the new 4 point EG rear brace from Password:JDM,as well as get a feel for my new rear wing and Function7 Rear LCA. In this final weekend of evaluation I was put in unpredictable scenarios on track by some instructors to see how I would react.I was unsure if I can do this wheel to wheel racing thing,but this weekend bridged the gap and gave me the confidence boost I needed.I also learned more about overall awareness, and also drafting and working with someone to be faster in a race. The most important thing I learned is to keep my eyes up and observe the communication of the corner workers and that should be a rule for beginners to remember foremost. Drafting and running side by side with other fellow honda enthusiasts is exhilirating.
My number 64 Gear-X civic handled extremely well thanks to the parts and help from my sponsors; proper balance and plenty of speed was key as I did not worry about my car and could focus on driving. It has much more speed than I can offer it right now,my skill will get better with experience.At the end of sunday and 2 days of 4 on track sessions and hours and hours of class time, I was tired and sore,but I reached my goal and received my competition certificate!
This was the most fun I have had in a long time and can not wait to race in 2 weeks at California Speedway with the rest of my fellow Honda Challenge friends.I know I will be nervous,but I am doing my own thing and if I can, I will hook up with somone of slightly better speed and try and keep up with the fast guys. Time to get some points in the H1 class.
Thanks for reading friends and Big Ups to my sponsors for the support while I have been growing.
Cheers, Justin J.W. Racing

posted by J.W. Racing at 6:14 PM

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