TSX wins Round 4 -Koni Challenge -Laguna Seca!
05-22-2007, 01:26 AM
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TSX wins Round 4 -Koni Challenge -Laguna Seca!
After a Winning the Fresh From Florida 200 at Daytona, a 4th place finish at Homestead (Miami), and an 11th place finish from a broken flex pipe which clogged the exhaust, Kensai Racing's #76 Acura TSX of Karl Thomsom and Billy Johnson won the ST class at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca's 50th Anniversary Koni Challenge Race!
The team's #74 Acura RSX qualified 6th while the sister #75 TSX qualified 7th and the winning #76 TSX qualified in the 10th position.
Karl Thomson did a great job starting the #76 TSX which pitted around the 40 minute mark where Billy Johnson took over controls to finish out the race. Meanwhile the #74 Kensai RSX was battling for the lead with the #01 Cobalt. After a long battle with a variety of cars, Billy was able to pull out a 5 second lead fending off Guy Cosmo in the Fountain Motorsports BMW 330i.
This was an especially important win for Billy not only to regain the championship lead in the Koni Challenge ST class, but to win for the first time at his home and favorite track for Laguna Seca's 50th Anniversary really meant a lot.
More info can be found at:
http://grand-am.com/News/Article.asp?ID=8185
I would like to thank Team Kensai Racing (www.kensairacing.com) for building and prepping amazing cars. Of course Compass360 (www.compass360.com) and Acura.
The team's #74 Acura RSX qualified 6th while the sister #75 TSX qualified 7th and the winning #76 TSX qualified in the 10th position.
Karl Thomson did a great job starting the #76 TSX which pitted around the 40 minute mark where Billy Johnson took over controls to finish out the race. Meanwhile the #74 Kensai RSX was battling for the lead with the #01 Cobalt. After a long battle with a variety of cars, Billy was able to pull out a 5 second lead fending off Guy Cosmo in the Fountain Motorsports BMW 330i.
This was an especially important win for Billy not only to regain the championship lead in the Koni Challenge ST class, but to win for the first time at his home and favorite track for Laguna Seca's 50th Anniversary really meant a lot.
More info can be found at:
http://grand-am.com/News/Article.asp?ID=8185
I would like to thank Team Kensai Racing (www.kensairacing.com) for building and prepping amazing cars. Of course Compass360 (www.compass360.com) and Acura.
Go team!
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05-22-2007, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by godfather2
terrific job! now, when can we watch you kicking ass on tv?
Write SPEED and tell them you want coverage of the Koni Challenge series! -people writing in does influence their decisions.
Originally Posted by cheepung
Why? What wrong with same wheels? More AD money? If so, four diff wheels, even more ad money. 
06-04-2007, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by TSX 3Pedal
What kind of carbon fiber hood is that?
and
Where can I get a center mount front tow hook?
and
Where can I get a center mount front tow hook?
Here's my in-car footage of the Kensai Racing Acura TSX at Laguna Seca's 50th Anniversary U.S. Sports Car Invitational (of the weekend).
Enjoy:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...88650042932823
06-06-2007, 06:50 PM
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06-06-2007, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by stuntman
Unfortunately unlike last year, SPEED is not covering many of the Koni Challenge races this year. It was unfortuante because this race was probably one of the most exciting and entertaining races that Koni/Grand Am has ever put on -from lap1 to the finish of the race.
Write SPEED and tell them you want coverage of the Koni Challenge series! -people writing in does influence their decisions.
Nothing's wrong. We use the CE28s front and rear on the #75 car often, and sometimes we use all Enki on the #76. Offset and grip wise we usually go to this setup.
Write SPEED and tell them you want coverage of the Koni Challenge series! -people writing in does influence their decisions.
Nothing's wrong. We use the CE28s front and rear on the #75 car often, and sometimes we use all Enki on the #76. Offset and grip wise we usually go to this setup.
06-06-2007, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by stuntman
Seriously -- it seems the hytech exhaust note has a much different pitch than I've heard with K24/K20's running open header.
And they say the TSX is slow.....
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