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Automotive Feature: Ruby Racing Talon TSi

Drag Racing is a hell of a sport. Blood, sweat, and tears go into the cars that these race teams and drivers build. The Summer track days can be hot; fire suits and helmets aren’t the most comfortable in 90 degree weather. Windows up, no AC. The adrenaline rush from those several seconds down the track is worth it all.

Today’s feature is the Ruby Racing Eagle Talon TSi. Dave Ruby, RIX Racing, and his team have built one hell of a track machine. The car performed flawlessly at this year’s Buschur Racing DSM, EVO, GT-R Shootout. Running well after midnight with excellent weather and track conditions, Dave brought home the first place trophy. Number one out of the top 32 qualifiers in his class.

S2000 Autocross

While there were several DSMs and Evos tearing up the autocross track on day one of the Buschur Racing Sport Compact Nationals/IDRC event last year, the S2000s were doing very, very well along with the lone M3. Here’s one that was running that day.

IDRC-8692

 

IDRC-8701

Green AWD Terror

Check out this one tearing up the drag strip at the Buschur Racing DSM/EVO Shootout. Green. AWD. Fast. I’ve been in this car. Like most AWD cars with an absurd amount of horsepower, it does what I call the AWD dance. All four wheels are kind of pulling the car in each direction and it wants to jump around on the road during launch. Much fun.

DSM-8072

DSM-8088

DSM-7939

DSM-7317

DSM-6902

 

E36 M3 at IDRC

The IDRC event at Norwalk Raceway Park wasn’t just a drag racing event. Competitors ran autocross and drag races. Performance in both events resulted in final standings. Here’s an E36 M3 during the autocross portion. This car had a big secret under the hood.

BMW M3
BMW M3
BMW M3
BMW M3

Race Event Coverage

I’m not huge on New Years Resolutions. So, while promising myself to share more personal work and make use of my blog appears to be timed well with the new year, it’s really just a matter of having a few weeks of downtime over the holidays to get some stuff cleaned up and organized. With that said… I’ll try to toss up a few photos here and there, each week, of the random events I hit. I’ll start with the old stuff. Today, here are a few photos from the IDRC 2012 at Norwalk Raceway Park.

Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
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