Toyota Yaris Forums - Ultimate Yaris Enthusiast Site
 

 


 
Go Back   Toyota Yaris Forums - Ultimate Yaris Enthusiast Site > Technical Forums > Tracking, Racing, Auto-X Forum
  The Tire Rack

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-25-2013, 04:19 PM   #19
FHT_Racing
 
Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris 3-Door
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 123
Recieved my OMP wheel today :) Thanks, Jason!

Also installed my Hawk HPS pads, resurfaced rotors, and Goodridge SS lines. Bedded them in well and boy do they STOP! haha

Thanks,

Andrew
FHT_Racing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-12-2013, 10:33 AM   #20
FHT_Racing
 
Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris 3-Door
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 123
Well the first track day with the Yaris went spectacular! Spent the first day and the first session of the second day on the factory tires, and swapped to some Direzzas and factory camber bolts the last sessions. What a great car!

I've had a bit of experience in Formula Mazda and other various non-SCCA track days in my personal cars(S2000, WRX, RX7, etc.), but this has got to be the most fun and forgiving car i've driven hard in a LONG time. Everyone was snickering at the guy who trailered in a Yaris, but by the end of the day people were coming up to me asking me how the car was sooo fast haha.

After the first two sessions, the instructor waved me for the rest of the weekend. Certainly not bragging, but most of the instructors said if it wasn't for the car being so low on power that I'd be in another run group. The FF layout feels very comfortable for me coming from a Formula background and braking BEFORE the turn and powering through. I'll be posting some video of me chasing down and passing a GT Mustang and a BMW Z4 as well :)



Thanks,

Andrew

Last edited by FHT_Racing; 03-12-2013 at 10:46 AM.
FHT_Racing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-12-2013, 12:22 PM   #21
justjesus
 
justjesus's Avatar
 
Drives: 2008 Liftback
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Orange County
Posts: 962
That's awesome ! I'd be :-O if I saw a Yaris being trailered in. That sounds funny (unless it's Jason's race Yaris!)

Heck yeah, post them videos!
justjesus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-12-2013, 12:48 PM   #22
Jason@SportsCar
 
Drives: 2015 H Production Yaris
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Debary, FL
Posts: 1,953
Quote:
Originally Posted by FHT_Racing View Post
Well the first track day with the Yaris went spectacular! Spent the first day and the first session of the second day on the factory tires, and swapped to some Direzzas and factory camber bolts the last sessions. What a great car!

I've had a bit of experience in Formula Mazda and other various non-SCCA track days in my personal cars(S2000, WRX, RX7, etc.), but this has got to be the most fun and forgiving car i've driven hard in a LONG time. Everyone was snickering at the guy who trailered in a Yaris, but by the end of the day people were coming up to me asking me how the car was sooo fast haha.

After the first two sessions, the instructor waved me for the rest of the weekend. Certainly not bragging, but most of the instructors said if it wasn't for the car being so low on power that I'd be in another run group. The FF layout feels very comfortable for me coming from a Formula background and braking BEFORE the turn and powering through. I'll be posting some video of me chasing down and passing a GT Mustang and a BMW Z4 as well :)



Thanks,

Andrew
Nice work. Now quit screwing around at track days and get that racecar built.
__________________
2005-2008 SCCA Solo BS National Champion
2017-2018 SCCA H Prod National Champion
Jason@SportsCar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-12-2013, 12:57 PM   #23
mazilla
advocatus diaboli
 
mazilla's Avatar
 
Drives: 07 Yaris hatch
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: San Jacinto California
Posts: 1,126
Quote:
Originally Posted by FHT_Racing View Post
Well the first track day with the Yaris went spectacular! Spent the first day and the first session of the second day on the factory tires, and swapped to some Direzzas and factory camber bolts the last sessions. What a great car!

I've had a bit of experience in Formula Mazda and other various non-SCCA track days in my personal cars(S2000, WRX, RX7, etc.), but this has got to be the most fun and forgiving car i've driven hard in a LONG time. Everyone was snickering at the guy who trailered in a Yaris, but by the end of the day people were coming up to me asking me how the car was sooo fast haha.

After the first two sessions, the instructor waved me for the rest of the weekend. Certainly not bragging, but most of the instructors said if it wasn't for the car being so low on power that I'd be in another run group. The FF layout feels very comfortable for me coming from a Formula background and braking BEFORE the turn and powering through. I'll be posting some video of me chasing down and passing a GT Mustang and a BMW Z4 as well :)



Thanks,

Andrew



__________________
-Type 07 FFL-



My odometer 03/11
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...a/2843ed85.jpg
mazilla is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-12-2013, 02:04 PM   #24
FHT_Racing
 
Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris 3-Door
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 123
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason@SportsCar View Post
Nice work. Now quit screwing around at track days and get that racecar built.
That's the plan :) Next is cage and safety equipment. Great article on Pro Racing in the latest SportsCar btw.
FHT_Racing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-12-2013, 02:05 PM   #25
FHT_Racing
 
Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris 3-Door
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 123
Also need to find a new daily driver hahaha
FHT_Racing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2013, 07:24 AM   #26
FHT_Racing
 
Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris 3-Door
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 123
Nothing new to report as of yet, but by June she will be caged!!!
FHT_Racing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2013, 10:48 PM   #27
racerb
 
Drives: 2010 Yaris HB Blazin' Blue
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Leland, NC
Posts: 444
Need to hurry up and get your car built, there are 20 B-Spec cars registered for the TCB class for the COTA round of World-Challenge. Even Shea Holbrook who normally races a Honda Civic is racing a B-Spec Fit for this event. At least the class is growing somewhere.......

racerb
__________________
racerb
'86 Celica GT
'87 Celica GT-S
'98 Rav4L
'01 Tundra SR5
racerb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-10-2013, 08:10 PM   #28
Jason@SportsCar
 
Drives: 2015 H Production Yaris
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Debary, FL
Posts: 1,953
Quote:
Originally Posted by racerb View Post
Need to hurry up and get your car built, there are 20 B-Spec cars registered for the TCB class for the COTA round of World-Challenge. Even Shea Holbrook who normally races a Honda Civic is racing a B-Spec Fit for this event. At least the class is growing somewhere.......

racerb
The lure of COTA has created record fields for pretty much anything that has turned a wheel there. Lime Rock will be a better indicator on if the class is gaining traction.

Its a shame that the move to team owner took Shea out of the TC seat. But you got to pay the bills.
__________________
2005-2008 SCCA Solo BS National Champion
2017-2018 SCCA H Prod National Champion
Jason@SportsCar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-13-2013, 02:28 PM   #29
FHT_Racing
 
Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris 3-Door
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 123
I will be there as part of a friends pit crew. He has a Mazda2. Excited!!!!!
FHT_Racing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-14-2013, 09:18 PM   #30
racerb
 
Drives: 2010 Yaris HB Blazin' Blue
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Leland, NC
Posts: 444
Sounds like fun, tell your buddy, Good Luck!

Can't wait to one day get this and/or any Yaris built for track duty!!

racerb
__________________
racerb
'86 Celica GT
'87 Celica GT-S
'98 Rav4L
'01 Tundra SR5
racerb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-17-2013, 03:16 PM   #31
racerb
 
Drives: 2010 Yaris HB Blazin' Blue
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Leland, NC
Posts: 444
Results from todays TCB (B-Spec) class qualifying at COTA, strong field but still need a Yaris out there representing!!

http://www.world-challenge.com/event...849&event=9165

racerb
__________________
racerb
'86 Celica GT
'87 Celica GT-S
'98 Rav4L
'01 Tundra SR5
racerb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-17-2013, 04:12 PM   #32
racerb
 
Drives: 2010 Yaris HB Blazin' Blue
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Leland, NC
Posts: 444
My good friend Johan Schwartz at COTA, he recently reset the World-Record for the longest constant drift at over 51 miles!

http://www.world-challenge.com/event...php?photo=7392

https://www.facebook.com/johan.schwartz.904?fref=ts

racerb
__________________
racerb
'86 Celica GT
'87 Celica GT-S
'98 Rav4L
'01 Tundra SR5
racerb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-20-2013, 12:52 PM   #33
FHT_Racing
 
Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris 3-Door
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 123
It was a great weekend. My friend's name is Steve Taake. He ended up with a 12th place win on Sunday and found 2-3 seconds over the weekend. Fantastic racing and only ended up rotating tires and adjusting tire pressures as far as set-up! Easy and fun!

I will definitely be shooting for Houston in October :)
FHT_Racing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-20-2013, 07:28 PM   #34
racerb
 
Drives: 2010 Yaris HB Blazin' Blue
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Leland, NC
Posts: 444
I was watching for him on the live feed from PWC, however my computer kept kicking me off line, so it was pretty hit and miss. Tell him he did a great job given the level of prep he was running against, Shea Holbrook said she was amazed at how different the cars were comparatively.

racerb
__________________
racerb
'86 Celica GT
'87 Celica GT-S
'98 Rav4L
'01 Tundra SR5
racerb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-21-2013, 03:00 PM   #35
Jason@SportsCar
 
Drives: 2015 H Production Yaris
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Debary, FL
Posts: 1,953
Just got off the phone with a member of the CRB... We will not be getting a suspension kit for the Yaris in B-Spec. Since the Yaris was not at the previous test days (the ones used for Grand Am/WC/SCCA), the other manufacturers that make up the B-Spec board are not incline to allow any parts for the car - even though the GCR specifically allows any individual to submit a kit.

Our BS car has run its last race in that trim level - granted it only ran twice, but we actually had someone that wanted to run the June double in it. Thinking about a mild STL build.
__________________
2005-2008 SCCA Solo BS National Champion
2017-2018 SCCA H Prod National Champion

Last edited by Jason@SportsCar; 05-21-2013 at 03:16 PM.
Jason@SportsCar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-21-2013, 03:55 PM   #36
FHT_Racing
 
Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris 3-Door
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 123
That sucks. I met alot of very nice people/volunteers/PWC staff that are rooting for me to make the Grand Prix in October. I've even put together some great sponsors, so we shall see...
FHT_Racing is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
2011 NYR SCCA AutoX Schedule NYR Solo Tracking, Racing, Auto-X Forum 0 04-06-2011 01:57 AM
2011 NYR SCCA AutoX Schedule NYR Solo NY / NJ/ CT / PA 0 04-06-2011 01:56 AM
7/12/09 SCCA Hawaii Region results anonymous user Tracking, Racing, Auto-X Forum 7 07-27-2009 02:13 PM
12/20/08 Buddy Club USA 5th Anniversary Clearance SALE DuckinOut California 3 12-18-2008 12:25 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:48 PM.




YarisWorld
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.