Owen's S2000 Track Car

You may have seen this car at some of the NorCal NASA events, S2000 Challenge or Redline Time Attacks. Owen Guo from Ren Motorsports and driver of this AP1 recently swapped in the larger 2.2L engine for 2010 season. We had the opportunity to tune his car using AEM EMS, extracting 230 whp out of the stock F22C. Good luck this season Owen!

Check out his recent feature on the The Octane Report.  

BlackTrax the Matt Field Project

Last season Matt Field earned his Formula Drift license. We recently tuned his SR20DET in preps for FormulaD @ Evergreen Speedway, WA., July 9th & 10th. Keep an eye out for this rookie America cause he's got talent :P

Hella Flush ThreePointFive

We attended another track day over the weekend, this time it was the Team Drift Championship presented by Fatlace. We came down to Buttonwillow Raceway Sunday morning with hopes of no rain throughout the day. Luckily, the weather was good with short little drops of rain, but no big showers, considering the 50% chance of rain according to the weather site.

In this photo are Jei and Andrew Gillis from Gillis Motorsports battling it out behind the M3 which was past the next corner by both of them.


Jei and Natalie were out racing their cars in the Advanced group having a great time.. a little track time for the weekend is always a plus. Jei in the S2000 and Natalie in her STi.


It was great to see Mike out in his 510, he was having a great day out there and Ham(his dog) was his pit crew.. how cute.


I think Jei should've had a "Slow traffic move to the right" on his windshield because he was sure passing a lot of cars out on track with his Kraftwerks Supercharger working flawlessly all day long!


Hella Flush 3.5 was as strong as ever considering how far the track is for most people.. Always good to catch up with old friends!


Three car tandem was an exciting to watch as all of them were "go hard or go home" for the $1000 first place!


Calvin Wan brought out his Personal FD for some fun, he had Phillip from 360vm out filming, could a new video be in the works? Probably...


It was a joy watching the Hella Flush competition bring some heat as they made their laps around the track.


To see all of Tom's photos click here!

BT Time Attack Results 1:31.645 @ WSIR - Modified Class

Great results this weekend at the Redline Time Attack at Willow Springs International Raceway. It was our first shakedown since a new motor change and additional Wicked Tuning protoype suspension for the Z32 300ZX chassis. The initial plan at the beginning of the year was to pull the LS1 out in favor for an LQ9. Unfortunatly, the LQ9 we purchased had a bad cam bearing which took us out of that event. To make it to this event, Aki opted for the LM4 engine which is a smaller displacement engine at 5.4L. The lower displacement engine has other positive characteristics such as larger ports and a lighter rotating assembly. Combining this with a bigger cam we were able to rev this motor to 7k rpms which was helpful at the high speed track.

Items changed since the Ulitmate Street Car Challenge 2007:
-Weight reduction from 3400 down to 3000lbs wet with 190lb driver and 5 gal gas.
-Spherical bushing lower arms
-Carbotech xp 12 brakes
-LM4 engine tuned and raced on 91 pump gas making 350whp
-removed high flow cats (used for USCC 2007)
-APR GTC 300 Wing


The tires used this weekend were the same Khumo V700 Victoracers that were used almost wasted during the Gross Display of Horsepower challenge 2 years ago. There was some tread left so Aki opted to finish these tires at this event. With Graham Downey piloting the car, the shakedown practice laps were averaging 1:33-1:34. Ajustments made on the wing as well as tire pressures dropped Grahams lap times to a very best of 1:30 but unfortunately that was during practice. Best Time Attack Lap was 1:31.645 which resulted in 4th overall in Modified. This lap was done with a blown left rear shock and worn tires. Some of the cars we raced against should be competing in Unlimited. We'll keep sticking by the rules and shave our times. There's more glory in that :0)~



Big thanks to Graham Downey from Redstone Motorsport, and to our Sponsors:
Tire Rack
Golden Apple - Nex Suspension
Wicked Tuning
Carbotech Brakes
Redstone Motors

Keep your eyes peeled for more BlackTrax & Redstone racing. We're ready to make waves.

HIN "Kick Off Event"

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Jei will post all the award stuff very soon. Stay tuned.

Edited by Natalie

UPDATE: Awards WON by the BlackTrax Group

Best Honda - Jei Chang

Best Toyota - Alex Kuang

Best Street - Tim Oakes

Best Group Representation Overall

Best Photography/Model Hijaking - Tom Nguyen VDMTom

BlackTrax Builds A One Of A Kind AE86

Alex Kuang has had his eyes set getting featured in Sport Compact Car Magazine. With the unfortunate news that SCC was going to be cut, we thought that all prep work for the photoshoot was wasted. Luckily, photographer Steve Demmitt was able to take his pictures and feature them on JTuned . We're very happy the way these pictures turned out and we're proud to be a part of this project. This car was actually prepped and painted by Alex with Spies-Hecker paint, honestly one of the best paint jobs we've seen come through our shop. You've probably seen it at many of the NorCal gatherings and shows. Please visit www.jtuned.com and check out some of Steve's sick pics!

Redstone & BlackTrax Team Up At 25 Hour

Redstone and BlackTrax teamed up to race in the 25 Hour of Thunderhill with Liam Downey's B16A powered EG Civic. The team kept consistant 2:05 and 2:12 lap times with the best time set at 2:02.703 by Devin Raynal. Unfortunately due to oil starvation, we lost a rod bearing which took us out of the 5th place position. Shout outs to the drivers: Liam Downey, Graham Downey, Derrick Welch & Devin Raynal. Check out these pictures taken at the 25 Hour at Thunderhill by Jeremy Forbes.

Graham Downey Takes 1st at NASA Nationals Honda Challenge H1 @ Mid-Ohio Sport Car Course - Sept. 14, 2008

Congratulations to Graham Downey who took the pole on Saturday and won 1st on Sundays H1 NASA Nationals race. It was definitely worth the 48 non-stop hour trek to Mid-Ohio. Also congratulations to Jonathan Meris who placed a very close 2nd place finish.

"I had a great time at Nationals. I had my most fun race ever with Meris. He raced me clean and gave room when it was needed. Definetly two thumbs up for the brilliant driving by Meris. Congrats to Meris on his awesome finish, racing thru the pack and finishing 2nd! great drive! First I have to thank my parents (Liam & Loyola) for helping me get to Nationals. If it wasnt for them I definetly would'nt have made it to Mid-Ohio. It was so fun spending 9 days with my family on the road and at the track. Even though after 5000 miles of driving I was a little fussy!Huge thanks to my girlfriend Ashly for taking time off work to go with me to Ohio! She was super helpful and a great spotter on the radio. I couldn't have done it without her being there!
I also have to thank the following sponsors,

- Redstone Motors for suppling the car and spares and for allowing me to take 10 days off work!
- Blacktrax Performance - Jei for his tuning, Aki for his welding, Mark for being my crew chief, and Natalie for making all the arrangements to get the guys from CA to Ohio
- Roger Kraus Racing - Big help from Brandon for setting up my car. He always does killer alignments and the corner weights are always dead on! Thanks for mounting and balancing all my tires too!
- Prima Racing - Andrie Hartanto for providing me with driving tips, car set up and race strategies. Great guy and super knowledgeable!
- Epic Images - Thanks to Waldo for making me stickers at the last minute! Thanks to Austin for picking them up for me!
-Thanks to John W. for the shifter box and Edik & Harut Stepanyan for the grease and 10mm nut.

Hope to see everyone in Utah in 2009!"