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Do You Need Help Getting Psyched For The Solo National Championships?

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2012 National SCCA Solo/ProSolo Schedule Released

By: Jake 

Well folks, it's the time of year when you should sit down with your boss to explain, once again, why you will be away from work for sporadic days throughout your 2012 work schedule. The hard part is getting "that look" from your boss when you tell him or her that you'll be driving a big clunky trailer through the middle of nowhere on a day you are supposed to be at work. You know "that look". It's the one where you know he's thinking, "This guy is nuts." Without further delay, below please find the 2012 SCCA National Solo and ProSolo Schedule:

3/10 Dixie National Tour – Adel, GA
3/17 Texas National Tour – College Station, TX
4/14 Maryland ProSolo – TBA
4/21 Mineral Wells ProSolo -Mineral Wells, TX
4/28 San Diego National Tour - San Diego, CA
5/5 El Toro ProSolo – Irvine, CA
***CANCELED***5/19 New Jersey National Tour- East Rutherford, NJ***CANCELED***
5/25 Lincoln ProSolo – Lincoln, NE
5/27 Lincoln National Tour – Lincoln, NE
6/8 Blytheville ProSolo - Blytheville, AK
6/10 Blytheville National Tour - Blytheville, AK

***NEW EVENT***6/16 Northeast Devens Air Base National Tour - Ayer, MA***NEW EVENT***
6/30 Packwood Tour - Packwood, WA
7/7 Packwood ProSolo - Packwood, WA
7/14 Colorado National Tour – Fountain, CO
7/21 New Mexico ProSolo – Farmington, NM
7/28 Toledo ProSolo - Toledo, OH
8/4 Peru National Tour - Peru, Indiana
9/1 ProSolo Finale – Lincoln, NE
9/4 Tire Rack Solo Nationals – Lincoln, NE
10/27 Tri-States Championship – Blytheville, AR

More details at www.scca.com/solo

120 Seconds of Fury - The Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals

Road & Track talks about what makes the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships such an intense event.

Ferrari F430 Scuderia - Elena's Last minute ASPL ride for Nats

Elena was fortunate enough to get offered a codrive in a Ferrari F430 Scuderia (lightweight race prepared edition F430, for those of you who don't know). Here are some images and videos of the experience. Note the discrete "Hamfist Racing" magnet that needed to be taped to the aluminum body of the Ferrari.

Click on the video links below to view inside the Ferrari during autox...
http://vholdr.com/video/scca-2009-solo-nationals-east-course-elenas-3rd-run
http://vholdr.com/video/scca-2009-solo-nationals-west-course-elenas-2nd-run

Click on the images below to view in high resolution...

(Photos By: mageep)

(Photo By: Gotcone.com)

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By: Elena

Congratulations to Jake on his podium finishes at Redline Time Attack Round 6, SCCA ProSolo Finale, SCCA ProSolo Championship, and SCCA Solo National Championship. Check back shortly for detailed write ups on these events.

National Scramble… See you in Nebraska.

By: Jake

Team Hamfist Racing has its final roster of attendees at the 2009 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships. The list includes both La Rosa’s, Elena and Sandro, running in ASPL and ASP respectively with their Mazda RX7, Grant Winston running ES in his Mazda Miata, and Dave Corsaro codriving with me in STU class in the Subaru Impreza WRX STi.

After my shared experience of shifter issues at the Divisional Championships with Dave, and my expectation for having to shift at the National Championships (given the scale of Lincoln Airport), I pulled the trigger and ordered all new shifter bushings from Turn In Concepts. The parts include the Kartboy Rear Shifter Stay Bushing, TiC 04-05 STi Shift Linkage Bushings, and TiC 6MT Pivot Bushings. These are going in Wednesday, just in time to break them in at Warminster Park, PA Sunday at the Philly Region SCCA autox. There is no room for error at Nationals. Every shift needs to be spot on, otherwise you can kiss your chances of putting together the perfect run in three.

Also in the scramble before Nationals, Sandro has been working hard to get his RX7 healthy. All new Mazdaspeed suspension and shifter bushings were installed last week and tested at NYR SCCA’s autox yesterday. The car felt spectacular, despite having a boost pressure loss scare after the morning heat. We discovered the bypass solenoid hose had blown off the Y-pipe. Redoing the clamp remedied the situation for the afternoon heat; however, I strongly recommended that new worm and T-bolt clamps be swapped prior to Nationals. Much like a miss-shift can kill your chances at winning Nationals; a blown critical boost pressure line severely impacts your acceleration and thus your chances of Hamfisting the competition.

Even Grant Winston, National rookie, is scrambling to get every last tenth out of his Miata. He is running over a set of SSR wheels to the machine shop to get them within offset tolerances for stock. Thus creating the lightest ES Miata wheels one could own. Good luck Grant. I’m sure E-Stock is rolling deep this year, as usual.

Good luck everyone else heading out to Nebraska! Drive safe. I hope your mad scrambles for National readiness are as fun and stressful as us Hamfists'.

Super Street Modified '93 Mazda RX7

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Year: 1993
Make: Mazda
Model: RX-7
Color: Brilliant Black
Horsepower: 424 whp

Weight: 2590 lbs
Owner: Jake
Sponsors:

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*SJF Performance - www.SjfPerformance.com

*Alfa Development

*Jaxe and Company
*Mazda Motorsports Development
*Hoosier Racing Tires
*Speed1 Allentown
*OS Giken
*Hawk Performance
*Hypercoil


National Ranking:
*1st Place - NATIONAL CHAMPION - 2015 SCCA Solo National Championship - Super Street Modified
*2nd Place - 2014 SCCA Solo National Championship - Super Street Modified
*2nd Place - 2012 SCCA ProSolo Championship - Super Street Modified
*3rd Place - 2012 SCCA Solo National Championship - Super Street Modified

Handling Modifications:
* Penske 8300 Double Adjustable Coilovers
* Tri-Point Engineering Front Sway Bar
* Tri-Point Engineering Front Adjustable Endlinks
* Widefoot Front Sway Bar Mount
* Reinforced Upper Control Arm Mounting Points
* Super Now Front Offset Lower Control Arm Pillowball Bushings

* Super Now Front Upper Control Arm Pillowball Bushings
* Rotary Extreme Rear Toe Links
* Offset Rear Trailing Arms


Wheels and Tires Front

* 18"x11" CCW Classic Race
* 315/30/18 Hoosier A6

Wheels and Tires Rear
* 18"x12" Rota P45R
* 335/30/18 Hoosier A6


Braking Modifications:
* Hawk HP+ Pads
* Goodridge Stainless Steel Brakelines

Engine Modifications:
* High Compression S4 NA Rotors
* RX8 Lightweight Eccentric Shaft
* Speed1 Allentown Streetport and Polishing
* 2mm RP Apex Seals and Springs
* HKS Twin Power Ingition Amplifier
* Apexi Power FC ECU
* GM 3-Bar Map Sensor
* Greddy Profec Boost Controller
* 1600cc X 2 and 850cc x 2 Injectors
* KG Parts Fuel Rail
* KG Part Fuel Pressure Regulator
* Nippondenso 280lbs/hr Fuel Pump
* Speed1 Allentown Custom Full 4" Turbo-Back Exhaust
* K and N Intake w/ Custom Tubing, Shrouding and Insulation
* Custom V-Mount M2 Intercooler
* Custom V-Mount Radiator
* Tweak It Racing Air Pump Delete Pulley
* Oil Catch Can
* Hyperion Fuel Surge Tank Cover
* Custom 10 Gallon Fuel Tank
* Garrett GT35R
* Dual Tial External Wastegates (10.5 lbs springs)
* Custom Tubular Exhaust Manifold w/ Ceramic Coating
* Turbo XS RFL Blow-off Valve
* Custom Removable 4" High-Flow Catalytic Converter
* Custom Removable 4" Downturn
* Custom Removable 4" Magnaflow Muffler

Drivetrain Modifications:
* Stainless Steel Braided Clutch Line
* Royal Purple Transmission Fluid 75W-90

* OS Giken Differential Fluid
* Exedy Stage 2 Racing Clutch
* Lightweight Flywheel
* Hockey Puck Motor Mounts
* Banzai Racing Oil Pan Brace
* Custom Cryo-Treated 4.44 Ring and Pinion
* Rotary Performance Solid Race Differential Mount Bushings
* OS Giken Super Lock 1.5 Way LSD

* Tweakit Racing Differential Cradle/Brace
* Custom Speed1 Allentown Reinforced Powerplant Frame

Exterior Modifications:
* 35% Window Tints
* Lightweight Vented Hood (coming soon)
* Pettit Racing Rear Fender Flares
* Carbon Fiber Front Fenders
* Custom AJ Hartman Aero Wing and Splitter
* Custom Reverse Vented / Lightened Hood

Interior Modifications:

* Autometer Boost and Water Temperature Gauges
* Apexi Power FC Commander
* Greddy Profec Boost Controller

Other Modifications / Maintenance:
* Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Tender Battery
* ATE Super Blue Racing Brake Fluid
* Amsoil High-Zinc 10W30
* Emissions Delete

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