TopSpeed Wins Overall Champion at St. Louis Time Attack

**TopSpeed** · 04-23-2008, 06:11 AM

What an exciting weekend, we couldn't be happier with the Overall Win. After months of preperation we have something to show for it.

The weekend started off running the entire Friday and Saturday practice without one single issue. With two days of testing in the bag we were feeling pretty confident, as we didn't have one single issue. We were sitting 1st overall with a healthy margin.

So on Sunday with the Buschur Magnum out of the running due to an unfortunate wreck we decided to take it easy for our first timed session on sunday and just seal the overall win. Running a meek 20psi of boost we set the winning time of 1:04:6

We figured we would then push it on the final timed session to break the track record, and take home all the glory.

But as luck would have it right after the first timed session while I was checking tire pressures on pit lane the cars fuel surge tank some how got a small pin hole leak causing a fire. The fire was quickly put out causing no damage other than a huge mess of powder to clean. With our spirits broke the search began to find a tig welder to fix our surge tank. With no welder to be found at track or within driving distance we settled for a temporary fix.

Or only option without a tig welder close by was to try and JB Weld the hole closed. With 4 hours to our last timed session we hoped we had enought time for it to dry.

With ten minutes to go we put her back together and fired her up. Great it looks like its holding, so I load up our "KILL" map which bumps the boost from 20psi to 28psi giving us a huge jump in power.

Sitting on pit out it would seem again our luck ran out. The car started leaking fuel so we shut her down and called it a weekend. Ending our attempt at breaking the track record.

All in all we had a great weekend and are very happy for the Overall Win but wish we had got our chance to break the track record. Oh well there is always next year.

Doug

TopSpeed Inc.
2130 Brandon Trail
Alpharetta, GA 30004
866-94SPEED

**TopSpeed** · 04-23-2008, 06:12 AM

We had our good friend Sung come with us who shot some photos. Here are some of his pictures. Thanks Sung.

TopSpeed Inc.
2130 Brandon Trail
Alpharetta, GA 30004
866-94SPEED

***VSGTS14*** · 04-23-2008, 07:34 AM

those are some sweet pics and congrats!

CicioSTi · 04-23-2008, 07:44 AM

CONGRATZ guys!!!

Do Work!!

**twiSTies** · 04-23-2008, 07:44 AM

Congrats!!

**TopSpeed** · 04-24-2008, 07:26 AM

Thanks guys!

We look forward to the next Time Attack in Utah!

Tray M
866-94SPEED

**Turninconcepts.com** · 05-01-2008, 06:34 PM

Looking good guys!!!!

***JDM-STI*** · 05-02-2008, 05:54 AM

Awesome job Doug! Glad to see that you and Lucy are getting along again.

04-23-2008, 06:11 AM	#1
TopSpeed Authorized Vendor Car: 96 Time Attack RS Fav Mod: 06 STi swap Location: Alpharetta, GA Posts: 734 Join Date: Apr 2005 Trader Rating: (8)	TopSpeed Wins Overall Champion at St. Louis Time Attack What an exciting weekend, we couldn't be happier with the Overall Win. After months of preperation we have something to show for it. The weekend started off running the entire Friday and Saturday practice without one single issue. With two days of testing in the bag we were feeling pretty confident, as we didn't have one single issue. We were sitting 1st overall with a healthy margin. So on Sunday with the Buschur Magnum out of the running due to an unfortunate wreck we decided to take it easy for our first timed session on sunday and just seal the overall win. Running a meek 20psi of boost we set the winning time of 1:04:6 We figured we would then push it on the final timed session to break the track record, and take home all the glory. But as luck would have it right after the first timed session while I was checking tire pressures on pit lane the cars fuel surge tank some how got a small pin hole leak causing a fire. The fire was quickly put out causing no damage other than a huge mess of powder to clean. With our spirits broke the search began to find a tig welder to fix our surge tank. With no welder to be found at track or within driving distance we settled for a temporary fix. Or only option without a tig welder close by was to try and JB Weld the hole closed. With 4 hours to our last timed session we hoped we had enought time for it to dry. With ten minutes to go we put her back together and fired her up. Great it looks like its holding, so I load up our "KILL" map which bumps the boost from 20psi to 28psi giving us a huge jump in power. Sitting on pit out it would seem again our luck ran out. The car started leaking fuel so we shut her down and called it a weekend. Ending our attempt at breaking the track record. All in all we had a great weekend and are very happy for the Overall Win but wish we had got our chance to break the track record. Oh well there is always next year. Doug TopSpeed Inc. 2130 Brandon Trail Alpharetta, GA 30004 866-94SPEED This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad. Last edited by TopSpeed : 04-23-2008 at 06:50 AM.

04-23-2008, 06:12 AM	#2
TopSpeed Authorized Vendor Car: 96 Time Attack RS Fav Mod: 06 STi swap Location: Alpharetta, GA Posts: 734 Join Date: Apr 2005 Trader Rating: (8)	Re: TopSpeed Wins Overall Champion at St. Louis Time Attack We had our good friend Sung come with us who shot some photos. Here are some of his pictures. Thanks Sung. TopSpeed Inc. 2130 Brandon Trail Alpharetta, GA 30004 866-94SPEED Last edited by TopSpeed : 04-23-2008 at 06:51 AM.

04-23-2008, 07:34 AM	#3
*VSGTS14* Muller Chevrolet Car: 08 Chevy 2500HD Fav Mod: a new 08 STi Location: Milford, NJ Posts: 9,981 Join Date: Oct 2004 Trader Rating: (11)	Re: TopSpeed Wins Overall Champion at St. Louis Time Attack those are some sweet pics and congrats!

04-23-2008, 07:44 AM	#4
CicioSTi Community Consultant Car: 2005 OBP STi Fav Mod: Learning Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 1,332 Join Date: Aug 2005 Trader Rating: (4)	Re: TopSpeed Wins Overall Champion at St. Louis Time Attack CONGRATZ guys!!! Do Work!!

04-23-2008, 07:44 AM	#5
twiSTies Gold Member Car: 05 Subaru WRX STi Fav Mod: T2s and Recaros Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 3,228 Join Date: Oct 2005 Trader Rating: (7)	Re: TopSpeed Wins Overall Champion at St. Louis Time Attack Congrats!!

04-24-2008, 07:26 AM	#6
TopSpeed Authorized Vendor Car: 96 Time Attack RS Fav Mod: 06 STi swap Location: Alpharetta, GA Posts: 734 Join Date: Apr 2005 Trader Rating: (8)	Re: TopSpeed Wins Overall Champion at St. Louis Time Attack Thanks guys! We look forward to the next Time Attack in Utah! Tray M 866-94SPEED

05-01-2008, 06:34 PM	#7
Turninconcepts.com Authorized Vendor Car: 04/08STI 95SVX 86E30 Posts: 5,065 Join Date: Jul 2003 Trader Rating: (53)	Re: TopSpeed Wins Overall Champion at St. Louis Time Attack Looking good guys!!!!

05-02-2008, 05:54 AM	#8
*JDM-STI* Platinum Member Car: 2005 & 2008 STI Fav Mod: UR 35R and Hydra tune by Scott Siegel :) Location: Columbus, GA Posts: 1,908 Join Date: Mar 2005 Trader Rating: (11)	Re: TopSpeed Wins Overall Champion at St. Louis Time Attack Awesome job Doug! Glad to see that you and Lucy are getting along again. This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.