Redline Time Attack round 3 (2nd west coast round) at Las Vegas motor speedway outside road course made for a great weekend for the ABF team. I was able to clinch my second 1st place finish of the year in street tire fwd class with a lap time of 1:53.934 in the 09 R56 JCW, and Dez Ballard was able to get 2nd in super modified(formally unlimited) class fwd with a lap time of 1:49.517 in the turbo R53. Next round is a month away at AAA speedway in Fontana CA(aka California speedway) try to come out and support your fellow Mini drivers

Kudos to the ABF team!

Congrats to the ABF team.

So this is what happened to the MINI USA drag racing chassis?

^yup exactly. Now its turning, braking, AND accelerating on ROAD COURSES :D

whats, funny, only thing visually different really from its drag trim is the wheels, to me it doesnt look like it was ever a drag car, looks very fitting as a road course time attack Mini

Nice work. Congrats.

^thanks man

Congratulations, good work guys! I think that #69 car still needs a li'l LUV in the handling department!

Good showing for the Turbo MINIs

Let's see some more SC MINIs out there

Awesome work guys Keep up the work developing MINI related race parts

Congrats. Go MINIs Go!!

Cool, congrats to all you drivers and crew... btw when exactly is the Fontana round?

the turbo R53 will only get better every weekend its on track

yeah man, i know theirs a bunch of competitive SCed Mini's out there, would love to see them run RTA

thanks guys

fontana round is May 29-30, memorial day weekend

Congrats on another great outing. If its not asking too much what configuration is the R-53 running these days and what kind of power is it putting down, ball park of course ? Is it still turbo only ?

Randy
M7 Tuning

yes its running the same turbo configuration it did in drag trim, just a smaller turbo for more response, at vegas round the power was about 400whp

I love that......it's down to 400whp.....

yeah at 400whp, even with the smaller turbo on it currently, still is at moderate boost levels and tune, still alot more power to be had, but we're continuing to dial in chassis tuning for maximum cornering ability before throwing more power at the car

400 thru the front wheels only is a lot to hang on to . I remember seeing Bob Sheers Buttonwillow footage and he was in the mid 300 range. That car did like to dance thru the corners as he would try to pedal it thru without having the tires spin free. Dez better get a good nights sleep before every event LOL

Randy
M7 Tuning

Yea, me and Steve were talking last night, when the Countryman comes out someone needs to gut one and see if the AWD could be mated to a R53..........

^that would be pretty damn cool