Tag: timeattack
It’s getting hot in here!
by Ronald on May.30, 2014, under DC5 specs, Garage
Feeling hot hot hot…
So, You remember round 1 with our new personal record of 1.58 in the qualification but a final where we lost over a second due to cold tyres? We had 1st position in warmup and qualification sessions but couldn’t do the same in the finals and ended up 3rd. Since the finals are only 1 inlap and 1 hotlap we could not get heat in our tyres at all so quickly. Anyone who knows me can confirm that this 3rd position is seen as ‘loosing’, and I hate loosing 
So part of the solution: Tyre Warmers! Of course you can buy these everywhere but we had them special made for our tyres and even included our logo’s. Oh yeah!
They were just too late for Round 2 (Which we WON by the way…), but ready for Round 3 in Assen, june 8.
Assen here we come!
Time Attack NL 2014 Round 1 – The Results
by Ronald on Apr.11, 2014, under Garage, Media, Race events
Great start of the season!
Team Showoff Imports had a great start, we finished 3rd place in Super Pro class! During the practice laps and the qualification we had a first place, but in the finals we couldn’t make a perfect lap and ended up 3rd, where a subaru got 2nd place and one of our friends (Bo Neilsen) got 1st!
During the winter we had spend a lot of time on weightsaving and the result was a new personal record, our best laptime ever: 1.58.011
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European Time Attack Masters – Full Coverage from UK
by Ronald on Oct.14, 2013, under Media, Race events
Below you could already read the coverage seen from Showoff Imports point of view. Now our friends from UK posted a full coverage of this event on their page, discussing all classes and drivers. It is a really cool article. (c) COPYRIGHT: Words: Dan Goodyer, Photos: Rich Sams & Dan Goodyer.
Direct link: http://www.timeattack.co.uk/index.php/latest-news/item/242-european-time-attack-masters-at-zandvoort-netherlands
2013 European Time Attack Masters at Zandvoort
Just seven days after the conclusion of the 2013 UK Time Attack season, we find ourselves in the Netherlands for the first ever European Time Attack Masters. The idea is simple: Invite Time Attack cars from all around Europe to see who is fastest.
The venue for this first meeting is the twisting and technical Zandvoort circuit, on the West coast of the country right on the North Sea. Six cars from the UK Time Attack Championship are here to do battle against a range of cars and drivers, from local Dutch drivers with inside knowledge, to unknown quantities from as far as Finland and the Ukraine.
The cars are separated by just four classes – Four Wheel-Drive (4WD), Rear Wheel Drive (RWD), Front Wheel-Drive (FWD) and Naturally-Aspirated (NA). For this inaugural event, competitors can use any tyres they wish (including slicks) and pretty much anything goes – anti-lag, nitrous oxide injection, race fuel, the works. There aren’t any turbo restrictors here to slow the cars down After all, this isn’t Racing… this is Time Attack!
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European Time Attack Masters & NL Time Attack Finals – Zandvoort OKT 2013 – Showoff Imports
by Ronald on Oct.08, 2013, under General, Media, Race events
Wow! What a weekend!
Team Showoff Imports nailed it! 3 trophy’s for our www.projectdc5.com Integra Type R!
It was a well packed event named Syntix Speed masters on Zandvoort that hosted 2 other events that we came for: The finals of the Dutch Time Attack series 2013 and the first ever edition of the European Time Attack Masters!
Lets start with the results for racedriver Ronald Gosens and our team:
- 1st Place European Time Attack Masters (NA Class).
- 1st Place of the day – Dutch Time Attack (Super Pro Class).
- 2nd Place of the season – Dutch Time Attack (super Pro Class)
Click ‘continue reading’ for a full coverage of this event including more pictures!
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Reisbrennen Time Attack – Germany – August 12 2013
by Ronald on Aug.16, 2013, under General, Media
For the first time our Showoff Imports team went over to Reisbrennen in Germany, an event with thousands of Japanese car enthusiasts! We were pleasantly surprised to see such an event this big with tuning on all levels. Our main goal was competing in Time Attack there. Reisbrennen took place at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, a place far far away for us, but we made it
Video of one of the sessions, showing some practive laps, and 1 or 2 hotlaps:
Time Attack 2013 – Results for Projectdc5 so far
by Ronald on May.31, 2013, under Media, Race events
Time Attack 2013 Round 3! TT Circuit Assen. Hotlap. Result: 2nd!
by Ronald on May.28, 2013, under General, Media
Video of Time Attack round 3 in our DC5. This was the hot lap in the finals.
The result was a second place in our SuperPro class for this session.
Our best laptime and a new PR was 1.59.84
The season results so far can be found here: http://www.timeattack.nl/site/klassement.html (we stand 2nd in our class so far).
Hot Lap – Time Attack Round 2 – Zandvoort – April 14 2013
by Ronald on Apr.16, 2013, under Media, Race events
Video of Time Attack yesterday in our DC5. This was the first session (training), 1 hot lap.
The result was a 2.00 time which was the first place in our SuperPro class for this session.
A full report of how our day went will follow soon.