Paisan Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well in our first points race of the year Team IAC driving our 1994 Subaru Legacy Turbo Sport Sedan won the PTE Class at the NASA Northeast Season Opener! After having some setbacks during winter testing at NASA-MA's VIR races where we suffered from a front wheel bearing failure as well as a cracked downpipe which caused boost creep. Since Feb the team has worked on a new exhuast system and wheel bearing repairs. It all came together and after arriving at 5am in Beaver Falls, PA we were ready to race! Qualifying 23 out 30 cars and first out of 2 cars in the PTE class Adam Mouradian would move ahead steadily throughout the race up to the 19th position overall and nearly a 1/2 a lap ahead of the 2nd place Saturn SC2 in PTE. Sunday would prove to be a more interesting day for the team. We decided to run the Yokohama A048R med-hard compound tires that were fairly worn for practice and this didn't fare well. Adam locked up the wheels at one point toward the end of practice and slid stright off the track T-boning the armco. Luckily we still had a majority of the steel bumper beam left in the car so there was only minor cosmetic damage. The team decided to attempt to qualify for the race using the Yoks and as a result started 26 out of 27 in the grid for Sunday's race. For the race we switched back to the Kumho 710s and Adam moved steadily up from 26th past the Saturn #93 our PTE competitor up to 20th out of 27. Overall this was a really great boost for the Team and for Subaru in general. Realize that this car has 150k miles on the drivetrain which is unchanged from stock right down to the paper air filter! Mods list includes: FHI 4-pot front Brakes, JIC Coilovers, Turbo-back exhaust, and 2.5RS Rims. The team is very excited about the season ahead and look forward to going to the NASA Nationals in Sept at the Mid-Ohio Raceway where we will hopefully take the podium in PTE. Special thanks to our Sponsors including Subaru, Putnam Signs, Leeberbs Tinting, AZP Installs, K&S Brakes and IAC, Inc. This race and all our races are dedicated to Michael Dassing our Crew Chief who was killed in a motorcycle accident a few years ago and never made it to this our inaugural season. Link to the results: nasane.mylaps.com Here is a pic of the car from VIR in Feb: http://www.pbase.com/paisan/image/74984582.jpg -mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisan Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Adam 2-wheelin it! The entire event pics http://www.pbase.com/paisan/tiacbr0507&page=all http://www.pbase.com/paisan/image/79363806.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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