2009 Redline Time Attack Season Off to Great Start!

The 2009 Redline Time Attack Season got off to a great start with the first round event (Buttonwillow Raceway, CA) seeing 110 cars enter for Sunday's time attack competition. That was a significant increase over the 2008 car count of 83.

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For those unfamiliar with time attack racing:

Time Attack is a relatively new twist on one of the oldest and purest forms of motorsport: Time Trials.

Made popular in Japan, Time Attack events eventually made their way to the United States in 2004, as a way for media publications to bring together aftermarket parts companies, tuners and racers to prove who could put together the fastest car around a road course in one of three different vehicle categories.

Now with the Redline Time Attack Series in it's 4th full season, we are beginning to see more purpose-built "Time Attack" cars being brought out to the events. In the upper level of the series, Unlimited Class cars will often surpass 600hp and weigh less than 2500lbs, with a wide variety of cars competing: Mitsubishi EVO, Subaru WRX STI, Mazda RX-8, Corvette, Porsche GT2/GT3 and many others.

Where the Unlimited Class cars put on the show for the fans in attendance and on the web, the grassroots racers play a HUGE roll in the growth of the sport. The Stock, Street and Modified Classes attract over 80% of the turnout at any given event. These are the enthusiasts buying the cars, buying the parts, wrenching on their own cars, thus driving the sales of parts even in this down economy. There truly is no other racing series like this, where the Average Joe can share the track with the likes of professional drivers such as Tyler McQuarrie, Billy Johnson, Tarzan Yamada, Rhys Millen, Tommy Milner, Gary Sheehan, Tanner Foust and others.

We're gearing up for Round Two of the season at Willow Springs International Raceway May 30th-31st and then it's on to Chicago (AutoBahn Country Club) for Round 3 the weekend of June 20th-21st.

We hope to see a few of you out at our events. Don't be shy, come on out and say Hi to us. If you're interested in finding out more regarding our series and the sport in general, please don't hesitate to contact me!

Nikolas@RedlineTrackEvents.com

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