2014-2015-2016 Search for the Ultimate Street Car

After a three year hiatus, Team Slo-Motion Speed is back on the One Lap trail.

     For the last 3 years we of taking on the challenge of the #becausestreetcar world of Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car. What a great 3 years it was. Three consecutive I to not on display at SEMA for the week, but a chance to complete in a nationally televised series and race with and against for of the coolest "Street Cars" in the country.

Thanks Jimi Day and FM3 along with all of the sponsors of the series for a great 3 years. We traveled and raced all over the country. Las Vegas, Portland, Fontana, Road America, Michigan Int., St Louis, etc.

We could not have done it without our loving family support and support of our sponsors like

Steve Gilliland a great friend, nationally recognized speaker, comedian, and author of many motivational books like "Enjoy the Ride" It really can change your life.

Love what you do and do what you love, with the love of those who support you to live out your dreams.

Detroit Speed, not only a great place to work, but a company to drive you to do better.

FM3 Marketing for giving car people a place to play on the weekend.

Tire Rack and BF Goodrich Rival S tires, K&N Filters, SPEC Clutches, for supporting us with great product.

2014 One Lap of America Complete

Our journey was successful and is complete. For the third year in a row we have won the Vintage foreign class of One Lap of America. We so glad to have made it home to our lovely brides.

Thanks to everyone who helped made this year possible.

Here are a few more pictures from our great week at One Lap.... It truly is Summer Camp for adults.....

2014 Day 8 Tire Rack Dry Skid Pad

The week is done and we made it all in one piece, for most part. All events are in the books and and the awards are about to begin. Thanks to all the followers and help along the way. We will post more pictures along with our results on the blog on the transit home from South Bend.

2014 Day 7 GingerMan Raceway

Rain and wind

Rain and wind with more wind.

Welcome to Michigan.

As the first cars pull out in the pouring rain everyone is doing their best just to stay on track. We go oit as the rain stopped but oir float pontoons for tires had no grip and yet another spin, this time in turn 3 and more points to be lost.

As the first session continues the rain slacks off and the track starts to dry as the back of the pack gets dry track their times are a lot faster than the front runners making for a mass switch up in the points run. The front runners were in the pouring rain and where we are running on wet and the last half of the field got to run in the dry.  That's just how it rolls with weather in One Lap, some tomes you win and sometimes you loose. 

Results for GingerMan Raceway

Session 1- 3rd in class and 45 overall. (Spin on lap lap in turn three. Had to be the slickest track in the wet I have ever seen! The pavement had polished riverstone in it.)

Session 2- 3rd in class and 25th overall

Both session started in the wet but ended in the dry. It was definitely a day for AWD, and I'm sure the beards helped somehow. 

2014 Day 6 Mid Ohio & Passage Control at DEI

Houston we have a problem.

We pull into the garages at Mid Ohio on a beautiful Thursday morning and get unloaded and White Trash prepared as we do at each track. We had earlier had a slight issue but nothing too serious with out looped transmission cooler that was bent and had started rubbing on our right rear coil over spring on the suspension.
In an effort to help the problem and try to move the transmission cooler away from the suspension so we could pit some protection on the cooler to prevent further damage, we proceeded to break the cooler in half........

So the scramble begins and the the loan of a 5/8" heater hose and our cutting wheel and grinder we had a repair done and barely ready to get in line. Thanks the the Honda Odyssey team for the hose.

Results for Mid Ohio

Session 1

1st in class 19th overall

Session 2

4th in class and 43 overall. (Oops) spin in turn 1 video to follow...

Its off to GingerMan Raceway to go play in the rain. Boy I hope that's not the case.