Category Archives: Track Events

The Shake Down – RACE edition – NASA American Iron Javelin update

Posted on November 22, 2011 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Well I survived the first outing with the Javelin! Pretty amazing. I started the build over a year ago and had delusions of finishing in time to start racing in Feb. of this year!? Obviously that didn’t happen. But on … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin-road race, American Iron, Track Events, video

It’s GO TIME!!! – NASA American Iron Javelin update…

Posted on November 14, 2011 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Ok, I’m signed up for a track day at Infineon this Saturday (Nov. 19th) with Track Masters! My friend Matt will be there too running his Porsche 914. Should be a fun day. Just hope it doesn’t rain. The thing … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin-road race, American Iron, Track Events

ChumpCar – Fontana double 7hr Oct. 15/16 2011

Posted on October 17, 2011 by asifnyc 4 Comments

The Dirt Track Pirates headed down to SoCal for our second ChumpCar race of 2011. This was a two race weekend with a 7hr enduro on both Saturday and Sunday. This was the first time I’d ever been to Fontana … Continue reading →

ChumpCar, Racing, Track Events

ChumpCar – Buttonwillow 14 hr June 18th 2011 Report

Posted on June 20, 2011 by asifnyc 1 Comment

Wow! Ok, the ChumpCar race was really cool! I thought I would enjoy it but it was even better than I expected. And that’s considering that we had some real issues with the motor that kept the car off track … Continue reading →

Racing, Track Events, video

Goin’ Chump Car racing!

Posted on May 30, 2011 by asifnyc Leave a comment

I can’t believe it’s June and I still haven’t gotten the Javelin on Track 🙁 but I am going racing in a few weeks. I got invited to join some guys I know who are running an RX-7 at the … Continue reading →

Misc, Racing, Track Events

New Years resolution…

Posted on November 4, 2010 by asifnyc Leave a comment

This post is about my LAST YEAR’s resolution (yeah, I know I’m a little late in posting this). I don’t think I’ve ever made a New Year’s resolution until this past year. First a little background. Back in the early … Continue reading →

Misc, Track Events

corded… Track Attack? Laguna Seca

Posted on November 3, 2010 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Survived another track outing with my trusty ’73 Javelin. This was my last track event of the year (probably ever) in this car as I plan to retire it back to street only duty. I hope to have the American … Continue reading →

1973 Javelin-street, Track Events, video, Wheels and Tires

Rear-end breather – final Laguna prep…

Posted on October 30, 2010 by asifnyc Leave a comment

If you follow this blog at all you might remember that I’ve been leaking rear end gear fluid all year. I noticed it back in March when I did a shake down of the Javelin on Thunderhill’s skid pad. Initially … Continue reading →

1973 Javelin-street, Misc, Track Events

Plan B – Laguna Seca prep…

Posted on October 5, 2010 by asifnyc Leave a comment

My next (and last) track day for the year will be Nov. 1st with NCRC.  Now that I’ve done 6 track days on my Kumho’s I’ve decided I really don’t want to drive the 2 1/2 hrs each way on … Continue reading →

1973 Javelin-street, Track Events, Wheels and Tires

Track Attack Thunderhill – with NASA

Posted on August 27, 2010 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Spent this past weekend at Thunderhill with NASA. I ran in their HPDE 3 group. This is the second time with the Javelin at Thunderhill but the first time running the turn 5 bypass. NASA always runs the bypass and … Continue reading →

1973 Javelin-street, Racing, Track Events, video