Two-Time Champ Graham Downey's In-Car Video

Congrats to Graham Downey and his deserved win. These videos tell a clear story of what happened when the double yellow came out at about 2m 30sec into the video.

Good little battle between Jonathan Meris and Downey. So much so that they were waving at each other on each pass. Unfortunately, Meris had to pull back because of a cracked wheel hub but it would have been a good race between the two.

NASA Nationals H1 2009-Graham Downey-Redstone- Miller MSP from Liam Downey on Vimeo.

Graham Downey Wins Nationals 2 In A Row!

Not without drama Graham Downey officially takes 1st for the 2nd year in a row. Check out what happened 3min into this video that started all this drama:

Feel Like Jumping a Truck

We had the opportunity to put Bruce Field's Class 8 Baja Truck on our dyno yesterday. The thing was a beast and with 30" of suspension travel we really wanted to see jump across Montague Epwy! This 5000lb torque machine definitely gave our Dynapack a workout..

Great BT Representation @ Honda Challenge Thunderhill

What a great event it was for BlackTrax Performance. They had 4 cars representing: Liam and Graham Downey from Team Redstone Motorsports H2, Brandon Kraus from Roger Kraus Racing H1, Andrew Leach TT and Jim Markarian HPDE.







This was Brandon Kraus' 1st shakedown weekend. He won 1st on Saturday against Prima Racing's Andrie Hartanto. On Sunday there was another great race between the two of them. Unfortunately Brandon did not finish due to an oil pressure gauge problem which led him to pit. All in all it was a successful weekend for Brandon as he hit a 2:00.1 lap time, just about 1-2 seconds shy from his personal best with his original 4th gen Prelude. With the help of Andrie lending Brandon higher rate springs, Brandon was able to shave off another second off his lap time. We have high hopes that once this Prelude it gets dialed in, it will be a strong competitor against the K series engines in H1.



With the new addition of a adjustable wing, Andrew found was able to settle the rear of the car down but logged a slower lap time when he installed the front splitter. Removing he splitter, Andrew did his personal best of 2:06 in TT in his ~200hp full bodied 5th gen Prelude.

Jim Markarian had us set him with with Wicked Tuning front pillowball LCA's, new wheel size and offset with Enkei RPF1's and new Toyo R888's. Graham Downey and Jim took turns shaking down the car. "that car handle's great now" says Graham Downey.

Stephan Verdier wins Round 6 of Formula Drift

Photo by Steve Demmit

The final round was going to be a solid battle between Ken Gushi in his RWD Scion TC vs. Stephan Verdier in his Subaru Impreza. Ken leads and straghtens out right before the apex. The car appeared to be damaged. Gushi with what looked like a lost cylinder, forfeits to Verdier and Ryuji Miki takes third in his well tuned FD.

Photo by Steve Demmit

Photos by Jei Chang

Darren McNamara demonstrating tire blistering torque in his V8 powered Saturn Sky.

Dai Yoshihara posing with BC connecting rod in his hand.

Bay Area local Calvin Wan's FD.

Blacktrax S2000 Dyno Day Coverage

Please view the gallery for more pictures.

Special thanks to: Blacktrax for hosting the dyno day. DJ Joocy & DJ Kevin of Bayfunktion Ent. for coming out to provide music and also all the visitors throughout the day!


- Tom Nguyen of Fatlace.com

S2ki.com Dyno Day 7-25-09

BT will be hosting a 2nd Annual Dyno Day and car meet for S2ki.com. Exclusive to S2ki.com members and all S2000 owners. Event starts at 9am and ends when we fall over! Show us your keys and we'll show you something else......maybe a burger or hot dog :0)~

$50 for baselines, 3 pulls with Wideband A/F Monitor
$100 for 1 Hour Max. Tuning




For more details: http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=706738&st=0