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TopSpeed Motorsports - GT-R Build for 2011 OneLap of America
As many of you may know, one of our favorite events every year here at TopSpeed is Brock Yates' OneLap of America race. This race is one of the more unique events in motorsports that we have ever been involved in. The rules are simple, yet brutal. The race demands the utmost respect, requiring the most out of every car and its drivers. It extracts potential, while shining light on all your weaknesses! It does not slow down for you, nor does it give second chances.
As a company we feel it's the ultimate test of quality, longevity, craftsmanship, design, and innovation. We must build a car that not only has the potential to be one of the fastest street driven cars in the country, but also will withstand a four to five thousand mile road trip, with a scheduled twice a day beating thrown in there. The power must be enough to beat the clock and set the fast time, but not so much that you sacrifice reliability. Suspension tuning must be done with the utmost attention to tire life without giving up performance. A well-rounded, reliable car is a must! A car that will go around a road course, through an auto-x, or down a drag strip faster than most race cars, yet then throw your suit case back in the trunk, turn on the AC and some beats, and start an eight hour drive to the next event. There are no trailer queens at this event. There are no supporting semi trailers, pit crews, extra parts, or even spare tire setups. There is only you, your co-driver and the car you drove in with. You run what you brung and if you fail, break, crash or use up your tires…you lose! There is nothing quite like it! In 2010 we took home the OneLap of America Championship in our Porsche GT2 with Doug Wilks co-driving for Leh Keen. It wasn't without struggle, but we emerged with a 15 event road course sweep! While the victory was sweet Doug and I quickly started thinking about defending our title in 2011. For 2011 we have once again teamed up with Leh Keen to start our TopSpeed OneLap project car. The weapon of choice….a 2010 Nissan R35 GT-R!!! It's no secret that the GT-R is a very well rounded machine. The car does everything well, which is precisely what OneLap demands. I wanted to fill you guys in on this project since we have been working on it for the last few months. The race starts next weekend, and I will be posting links to our live webcam feed and race updates page! I hope you guys follow along. Here are some progress pictures of the car, along with the test videos that I am sure you guys will enjoy. If you want more information on the race and or the build then follow these links. ~Cicio TopSpeed Motorsports BLOG LINK GT-R BUILD THREAD             |
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Awesome Cicio! Best of luck!
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| 04-21-2011, 05:02 PM | #7 |
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WOW... Nice...
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| 04-28-2011, 07:10 PM | #8 |
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Well Doug and Leh are off to South Bend Indiana for sticker day tomorrow.
I wanted to share a little update because I haven't had time to get on here for a few days... I will be launching a pretty fun interactive live feed page tomorrow during the sticker session that I think you guys will enjoy. We are all pretty excited about it. All the little details I will save for tomorrow... Below are some pictures of the graphics scheme as it sits. Of course there are lots more stickers to go on the car, for all of you familiar with OneLap you know all about that. I look forward to bringing you guys not only live updates, but also lots of good video and media along the trip. One of the best things about OneLap is following it for the entire week...if anyone is in the area for any of the events please come out and say hello to the team. Again thanks so much for all the support and kind words...this build has been tons of fun, and will continue to be developed OneLap here we come.... Go Team TopSpeed!! ~Cicio       Last edited by CICIO; 04-28-2011 at 07:21 PM.. |
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| 04-29-2011, 12:03 AM | #9 |
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 DELICIOUS looking car. SO BEAUTIFUL. Can we see more of that GT2 as well
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| 04-29-2011, 10:46 AM | #10 |
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LOL I love the hood. That's epic.
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| 04-30-2011, 05:22 AM | #12 |
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awesome car... the domo decals are pretty funny too. lol.
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| 04-30-2011, 08:27 AM | #13 |
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This year you can be part of the action real time!!! TopSpeed Motorsports is taking you in car with Leh Keen & Doug Wilks for their 8 day journey from track to track around the US! OneLap of America is such an awesome, unique event, and this year we wanted to bring the action to you. Last year we won the event in our Porsche GT2, but this year we wanted to make it more interactive and interesting for you guys. Follow the link below and you will not only be able to view in car live webcam for the entire event, but also keep track of exactly where the car is on google maps and chat LIVE with the team as they drive. We will be doing interviews and live video blogs on a daily basis to let you know how the car is acting, what challenges we are running into and how we are stacking up to the competition. Click, Log In, Chat, Interact, and enjoy the ride… ~Cicio Team TopSpeed  |
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| 04-30-2011, 03:27 PM | #14 |
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Little update guys...
Today was the first two events...Wet Skid Pad & AutoX. The wet skid was very slippery due to the new pavement, we were able to take 20th place. That may sound bad, but all of the fast cars did very poorly this year. I'm pretty sure a Chevy HHR was in the top 5 LOL The AutoX was a little bit more our style. We set FTD (fast time of the day) and won the event. I will let the guys get in here later with an update on the car but I wanted to fill you guys in. ~Cicio |
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| 05-02-2011, 08:26 AM | #15 |
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I'll def. be coming to some of your events. I talked to Josh about bringing in my 128i for the suspension install, super nice guy. I plan on putting a twin turbo kit on my 370z also. Good Luck!!
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| 05-02-2011, 11:55 AM | #16 |
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Well I'm sorry for the delay in status updates, I have been doing track support for a couple other customers this weekend and didn't have any internet access. Now I am actually at CMP with the team right now getting to watch the car run.
Since the wet skid we have taken first place in every event so far. At Summit Point the TIC Subaru was very close to us during the first session. If I remember correctly I think only 2 tenths of a second slower. However other than that one event, the Forged performance GT-R driven by Catesby Jones has been pulling up second most of the sessions. He hasn't gotten any closer than 5 seconds behind us as of yet, but they are working on the car to try to dial it in. After CMP we drive to the BMW test track for one session then the team packs up for the LONG drive to Daytona International Speedway. I will be doing a better job of keeping you updated from hear on out. I also have some HD in car video that I will get up later tonight. Here are some pictures from the last two events. ~Cicio          |
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TopSpeed Motorsports GTR takes P1 in morning session at Daytona running a conservative pumpgas map of 18psi we turned a 1:55.9 lap time.
Forged/Catesby GTR suffered another mechanical issue on the last lap of the first session. But I don't think it will hurt them as bad as last time. Stay tuned... were still streaming live and will be for the entire day today. Just to put it in perspective, Grand-AM race pace is 1:52-53s... Second session will be live around 12:30...stay tuned guys...and thanks for the support DAYTONA LIVE FEED ALL DAY!!! ~Cicio |
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| 05-03-2011, 09:19 PM | #19 |
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How does the GTR compare to the GT2 you guys ran last year? I know Leh has a R34 and a long history with Porsche but which does he prefer?
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What fender/bumper extension are you using at the front? Very nice for the meaty tires.
Also, post pics of the GT2!
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Well today is another day...The team is at Circuit Grand Bayou Road Course in New Orleans, LA today getting ready for more racing. Yesterday was the longest day of the event....Daytona International until mid day, then to Gainesville Dragway into the evening and then a 500+ mile drive to New Orleans!!
The last I heard it was 4am and they still weren't to the hotel yet. Yesterday was very successful...we won both events at Daytona and then set a new OneLap record at the drag strip. Right now we are sitting in first place overall with the Porsche PDK in second, and the GT-R of Catesby Jones in 3rd. Below is a quote from Leh posted lastnight and a few pictures from Daytona. Don't forget we will be live later this morning @ topspeedtuned/onelap ~Cicio *Quoted from Leh: Hey guys this is Leh... We JUST hit the road and have a 8 hour drive ahead of us.... its going to be a loooooooooooong night.... we have some 5 hour energy's waiting for us in the glovebox for later... We won both road race events at Daytona then went to the drags and won that too!!!.. there is also a bracket race thing but we opted to just break out on our 2nd run... so we could hit the road... some people are still there racing!.. they will have a later night then us.... At Daytona we tested a drag strip map during some parade laps.... which was a pretty good bit higher boost then what we have been running on the road courses so far.. We ran that map for the drag strip and it started to break up... Onelap is tough because you only get one shot at the events... the leaded fuel we have been running is getting to the plugs.... So we may change them soon...... i lifted out of it and ran a 10.6 at 124.... the car was def on its way to a low 10 pass..!... We ran the road course map we have been running the entire event for the bracket race and did a 10.8 at 132 with a 1.8 60'.... Pretty strong road course map!! ha!.. car is very impressive.... After onelap we will take it to the strip with some fresh plugs and run a good # for you guys.. im pretty interested... i will try to get some pics up from daytona.. we also have incar video from daytona in HD.. Oh yea.. and a 10.6 is a new Onelap Record..! Grid @ Daytona  Guy & Dog LOL   Leh & Brock Yates Jr.  Front Straigh @ Daytona  |
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| 05-04-2011, 07:42 PM | #22 |
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Quoted from Doug:
We have made GRAND-AMs web page.. Grand-Am DOT COM Car is running perfectly and were headed to Barber for out next event. Leh is currently driving now... for those that don't know we are holding another competition. Details can be found on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/TopSpeedMotorsports We will be giving away another limited edition OLOA KillFire sticker, and announcing the winner on our live web cam. Thanks again for everyones involvement its been awesome, the amount of viewers and web hits massive. Doug In case you guys wanted to watch the direct video of the driver interview, here it is |
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