Strikerflo - 2008 Redline Street FWD Champion!

[strikerflo]

I thought I'd share our press release from my 2008 Championship-Winning Season. Overall, I'm pretty excited about it. I still feel as though I've got a long way to go, but I figure this is a decent start. I've been driving for a few years now, but this is only my second year of driving multiple events. Usually, I keep a pretty low-key attitude about a lot of this stuff, but I had to share

I've got a huge ton of pics from this year's season (see below). It's been quite a year, and it still feels like yesterday that I was just getting ready for the season (and feeling incredibly nervous).

Now that it's all done, the scrambling for sponsorships and building the car begins, and that's probably just as nerve-wracking as the actual season. Actually, I'd go out on a limb and say that's the toughest part.

Everyone on here has been incredibly helpful and so darn supportive ever since I started, and I can't express how much I appreciate that.

I'm just super happy to be representing for all the DC5s out there!

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As the 2008 Redline Time Attack Series season came to a close this past weekend, champions were crowned. GT Motoring was among those claiming one such prestigious title as Michael Ostby and his Acura RSX were crowned the 2008 Front Wheel Drive Street Class Champion.

Ostby and GT Motoring’s RSX went undefeated in all three of its events while making history at each race. In St. Louis, Ostby broke his old Street Class FWD lap record clocked in 2007 during GT Motoring’s Time Attack debut. Even more notable was the fact that his lap time in Street Class was the fastest FWD lap for the entire weekend besting both Modified and Unlimited FWD lap times while on street tires. In Nashville, the GT Motoring RSX was the first FWD car to be crowned the Overall Street Class Champion beating all RWD and AWD entrants. At Summit Point, Ostby shattered the previous Street Class FWD lap record by over five seconds.

“Without Greg and Jae at GT Motoring, this wouldn’t have happened. I’m still learning tons of new things every time I get in the car and they’ve been with me every step of the way, always helping to be even faster. I don’t know what could be better than having your best friends out there with you on the track and under the car at the shop, supporting you at all times. They’ve made this an incredibly worthwhile experience,” Ostby explained. “Seeing them along with our sponsors and suppliers place their confidence in me, a largely unproven driver, means a lot. I’m very happy to be able to reward them with such positive results.”

Contributing largely to GT Motoring’s dominance was Bridgestone, whose ultimate street performance Potenza RE-01R compound allowed GT Motoring’s RSX to grip to the top of the timing sheets at every event. Mounted to a set of rock-solid, yet lightweight Enkei RPF-1 racing wheels, this proved to be a consistent foundation. Throw into the mix a plethora of parts from Osaka tuner shop, J’s Racing incorporating suspension components, drivetrain, rotors, and an effective aerodynamic package along with brakes from Cobalt Friction and the GT Motoring RSX had a winning formula on its hands.

“Last year we spent most of our seat time at HPDE (high performance driving education) events getting a consistent feel and understanding of what would make our cars better. Once both Michael and I felt confident in stringing together fast laps on command, we decided to throw our hats into the time attack arena,” GT Motoring’s President and driver Gregory Haye said.

“We’re still a growing company,” Vice-President Jaewoo Kim stated. “So all of our revenue is reinvested in the company. Therefore the funding of our racing initiatives is completely out-of-pocket.”

“Because of that, our engineering, testing and tuning were all carried out during the weekend of time attack events,” Haye added. “Our sponsors and suppliers were crucial from the standpoint that they stretched our funding and technical capabilities a lot further.”

“Another crucial aspect is the very tight synergy between every single one of us on the team. Between Greg, Mike, myself and our tech Nick, we all really fed off of each other and we never stopped having fun, even in some of the toughest conditions,” Kim explained. “Our drivers, Greg and Michael are both very disciplined and have an open mind, which is important to a drivers’ development. Both have lots of potential and I’ve enjoyed helping them.”

Gregory Haye’s debut season was not without some impressive results either. Despite only competing in two events for 2008, he and his Honda S2000 were able to secure 3rd Place in the Street Class Rear Wheel Drive season championship. In addition to his accomplishments behind the wheel, GT Motoring’s President Greg was also an instrumental factor along with Vice-President Jaewoo Kim in developing both the RSX and S2000 platform. Like their RSX, GT Motoring’s S2000 is no horsepower heavyweight, but was heavily fortified by the same proven Enkei/Bridgestone wheel and tire combination.

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As winter approaches, GT Motoring will have its hands full as they aim to prepare both its RSX and S2000 with the intention of bringing even better results for the company, its sponsors and its suppliers in the 2009 season.

GT Motoring is a suburban Chicago-based high-end automotive performance shop, partnered with some of the most recognizable names in the import tuning industry. In only its second year of business, the company has quickly established itself as one of the fastest growing suppliers/distributors of top-quality performance parts for Honda, Acura, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Nissan, BMW, Porsche and many other automotive manufacturers.

“Next year is going to be a defining year for us,” Haye stated. “We’ll be incorporating additional sponsors and we look to really step things up, including a jump to the Modified Class for hopefully both cars. The increased commitment for two race cars isn’t going to be an easy task, so we’re eager to draw on our current and future sponsors to really help deliver some big results for everyone involved.”

“We’ve already progressed so much from just being a few guys under a car on some jack-stands. As far as the learning curve is concerned, we’ve only hit the tip of the iceberg,” Ostby commented. “The Redline Time Attack series provides us with a phenomenal way to spend a weekend. We’re really anxious to clock even faster laps and see what the new season holds in store for us. I can’t wait to share the track with all our friends again next year.”

On behalf of drivers Greg, Michael and race management and tuning spearheaded by tuner extraordinaire, Jaewoo Kim, GT Motoring wholeheartedly thanks all of their sponsors and suppliers for their support, as well as their fellow competitors and the Redline Time Attack management and staff.

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EDIT: Mod List

Suspension:
Racing Gear - JTC N1 coilovers 14k/18k springs
Alex front 25mm sway
Hotchkis competition rear 27mm adjustable sway
Aurora endlinks
J's Racing SPL steering arms
J's Racing roll center adjusters
J's Racing front and rear tower bars, C pillar, rear lower tie bar
Ioport racing b-pillar harness bar
ALEX Motor mounts
ALEX rear steel race bushings
SuperPro front spherical bushings

DC5 R control arm and Brembo brake swap
J's Racing F/R rotors
Cobalt XR3 pads

Engine/Tranny:
IPS K2 cams w/ OEM Honda valvetrain
Toda race header (heatwrapped)
Custom-fabbed short-ram/headlight duct carbon fiber intake
Relocated Braille lightweight battery
RBC intake mani
Cometic head gasket
K Pro ECU
Custom-built 3" race exhaust with welded-in Random Tech 3" Race catalytic converter, Vibrant race canister, and turn-down whale penis tip
J's Racing 1.5way LSD
Exedy clutch/flywheel combo
JDM CRV 5.06 final drive
Prototype Racing baffled oil pan
Buddy Club short shifter
Nardi suede deep cone steering wheel
Koyo aluminum race radiator
Samco radiator hoses
Mostly stripped interior
Buddy Club Race Spec Buckets
Sparco seat sliders
Splash steering wheel hub adapter
JDM ITR radio delete plate

Aero:
J's Racing Type S aero kit w/ carbon fiber lip, side winglets, canards and side-step
J's Racing carbon fiber GT wing
J's Racing carbon fiber rear diffuser
Craftsquare dry carbon mirrors

Enkei RPF1s, GOLD 17x9 front 17x8 rear w/ 10mm spacers up front
Bridgestone Potenza RE-01R 255/40/17 front, 235/45/17 rear tires

[strikerflo]

A few videos from this season:

RSX Near Crash/Recovery - Time Attack St. Louis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRVsbsahS0Y

RSX warmup - shakedown session at Gingerman
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/G...-at_164015.htm

RSX, our buddy Wai's Honda Challenge Spoon ITR, LoveFab 900hp NSX
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/G...M-8_173064.htm

Practice at Nashville Time Attack
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/G...ine_174487.htm

Nashville Time Attack - 1st Session
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/G...ine_174492.htm

Nashville Time Attack - 2nd Session
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/G...ine_174523.htm

Nashville Awards Ceremony
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/R...ack_174520.htm

EDIT: New Vids-

RSX weight loss program:
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/G...ick_380751.htm

Angry sounding RSX
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/G...M-8_173063.htm



2008 Year in Review Pics

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[king kumo]

congrats. and your car is sick

[KBtypeS]

SIIICK pics, congrats, and Im liking the Asians CAMELTOE lol

[OH FO SHO]

congrats

[NighthawkType-S]

That puts Camel toe to shame....This my friends is what we call "MooseKnuckle"

[strikerflo]

pics edited for camel reduction, lol.

I gotta keep it clean on here.

EDIT: sonofa...someone beat me to the punch. Ow!

[NighthawkType-S]

Sick pics...however

[S.19]

Way to rep for the DC5 fam!

[eric_dc5]

congrats

[mjoss2008]

Wow those are some great pictures, nice cars.

[RdScX5]

Congrats man nice pictures

[blue-S]

Yea!!! Dc5

[SlimDC5]

Congrats and sick car

[bakasam]

Originally Posted by KBtypeS

SIIICK pics, congrats, and Im liking the Asians CAMELTOE lol

i see wat you did there

[SoloTeg]

Congratulations

cant wait to see what the future holds for this lucky DC5

[coredump]

Originally Posted by NighthawkType-S

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...l/cameltoe.jpg

That puts Camel toe to shame....This my friends is what we call "MooseKnuckle"

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back in 06, that girl (kandie) was driving a r34 v-spec with a tomei motor.

[eskribble]

Amazing

You make me want to track my car.

[ixdnL]

[andyyrsx]

congrats!!!

[i-vtec-dc5]

nice job keep it up