Aug 28, 2011- Mosport International Raceway: The Change CRAFTER Services Mazda RX-8 was crowned Canadian GT1 Time Attack Champion by turning two record laps at the 2011 ASN Canada FIA Time-Attack (solo I) National Championships this weekend at MIR. Driven by MIR expert Scott Murfin the car broke the GT1 lap record of 1:36.868 on Saturday with a new record of 1:36.568 to be followed on a cool Sunday with a truly amazing 1:35.168. "I doubt that I could repeat that lap, it was a real one off effort where I was on the limit everywhere" commented Murfin.
Car owner Gary Wood said, "this is the 2nd Canadian National Championship for the car which earlier won the 2005 Autoslalom (solo II) title in B Stock trim. Since then we have done annual performance upgrades including adding many Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development racing parts, having the 2 rotor engine rebuilt by Mazdees of Pickering ON and adding a Petitt Stage 2 Supercharger. Suspension setup was done by Can-Alignment of Millgrove ON and due to class positioning it ran on 255/40/17 Hankook R-S3 tires which provided astonishing levels of grip of 1.83 G in turn 2 at MIR. Brakes by Racing Brakes using Hawk DTC 70 brake pads completed the package. Thanks to all of these suppliers and to the Canadian Automobile Sports Clubs - Ontario Region and SPDA-online for organizing the event."
The Canadian National Time-Attack Series is held annually at different venues across Canada. www.asncanada.com
Mosport International Raceway is Canada's premier road racing facility having been the site of many international races since 1961, including the Canadian Grand Prix. It is located north of Bowmanville ON. www.mosport.com
Change CRAFTER Services is a management consulting company headquartered in Ancaster, ON.
Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development is located in Irvine California. www.mazdamotorsports.com
Mazdees are providers of aftermarket performance parts and service for the Mazda RX-7, RX-8, Nissan Sentra and all other imports and sport compact cars. www.mazdees.ca
Can-Alignment is a vehicle alignment shop in southern Ontario. Specialist in alignments for street and track. Fabrication applications from roll bars to building race cars. www.canalignment.com
Petitt Racing of West Palm Beach, FL provides RX-7, RX-8, Rotary Performance, Rebuilds, Motors, Engines and More! www.pettitracing.com
Hankook Tires are providers of tires to meet all your needs. www.hankooktire.ca
Hawk Performance, home of the race proven and street legal brand of brake pads produced by Wellman Products group of Solon Ohio. www.hawkperformance.com
Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs, Ontario Region, the official sanctioning body of motorsports in Ontario. www.casc.on.ca
The SPDA Motorsport club is a nonprofit organization that is composed of a group of Subaru enthusiasts www.spda-online.ca
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I have to give Gary the biggest of a Thank You. To be trusted to drive someone elses car to the limits is truly exceptional. Gary knew I wanted to achieve the record privously held by Riaan V. and he still let me take the car with his blessing to go for it.
My car was out of service for this past weekend, but I would like to thank my sponsors not appearing for my highlights.
Ponderosa Nature Resort
Partimer Signs
and of course, Inside Track
Scott Murfin
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