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SCCA Spec Miata at Milwaukee Mile infield, qualifying
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16 year old Josh Bilicki qualifying at Milwaukee Mile infield. Josh qualified 3rd in Spec Miata and 7th overall with a 1.24.9 lap time.
A local Autocross event by SCCA. Best time was a 36.2 and it was in the top 5 for the day. I have Track day video at Barbers Motorsports in Birmingham, Alabama and i will post it up someday.
I decided to get creative with the GoPro at the MVP Track Time track day on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Road America. The camera is mounted to the custom splitter I designed just before the event. The video is rather long, but there are lots of great views that I decided to have in the video. It starts with the warm up lap and the first lap. Then goes to individual cornering and braking shots. Then finishes with a full lap. The whole thing accompanied by the sounds of the Jackson Racing Supercharger. I do have a full video from the whole session, I can put it up if people want to see it. It’s around 20+ minutes long. The control arms are V8 Roadsters Tubular Control Arms. It is a Spec Miata Suspension Kit (Bilstein dampers, Eibach springs (700 lbs/in), Eibach sway bars). The brakes are WIlwood Dynalite forger calipers with DBA 11″ discs in the front. Jackson Racing Supercharger providing sounds. Car specs: 1991 Mazda Miata Jackson Racing supercharger Cold Air intake Dual feed fuel rail Racing Beat headers and exhaust Jackson Racing Boost Controller Wilwood Big Brake Kit Carbotech XP8 pads Spec Miata Suspension Kit Toyo R888 205/50R15 Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 wheels Racing Beat chassis braces Custom designed Splitter/under tray Hard Dog Roll Bar Ultra Shield Seats Willans 6 point harnesses Momo quick disconnect steering wheel twitter.com
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MVP Track Time Road America 2011 – Session 1 – 1991 Miata
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Here is the first session on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the MVP Track Time track day at Road America. We were in the intermediate group. Taking it easy for this first session to check everything out, read below. It was a shake down for the car. This is the first event after doing a complete suspension overhaul; installing V8 Roadsters tubular control arms and a Spec Miata suspension kit. These are the last part of the suspension upgrade, and complement the Wilwood big brake kit that was installed last year and the Toyo R888 tires on Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 wheels. Car specs: 1991 Mazda Miata Jackson Racing supercharger Cold Air intake Dual feed fuel rail Racing Beat headers and exhaust Jackson Racing Boost Controller Wilwood Big Brake Kit Carbotech XP8 pads Spec Miata Suspension Kit Toyo R888 205/50R15 Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 wheels Racing Beat chassis braces Custom designed Splitter/under tray Hard Dog Roll Bar Ultra Shield Seats Willans 6 point harnesses Momo quick disconnect steering wheel
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MVP Track Time Road America 2011 – Session 1 – 1991 Miata
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Here is the first session on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the MVP Track Time track day at Road America. We were in the intermediate group. Taking it easy for this first session to check everything out, read below. It was a shake down for the car. This is the first event after doing a complete suspension overhaul; installing V8 Roadsters tubular control arms and a Spec Miata suspension kit. These are the last part of the suspension upgrade, and complement the Wilwood big brake kit that was installed last year and the Toyo R888 tires on Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 wheels. Car specs: 1991 Mazda Miata Jackson Racing supercharger Cold Air intake Dual feed fuel rail Racing Beat headers and exhaust Jackson Racing Boost Controller Wilwood Big Brake Kit Carbotech XP8 pads Spec Miata Suspension Kit Toyo R888 205/50R15 Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 wheels Racing Beat chassis braces Custom designed Splitter/under tray Hard Dog Roll Bar Ultra Shield Seats Willans 6 point harnesses Momo quick disconnect steering wheel
A quick-ish lap, a couple passes… fun times. Could still do it faster though. The car is prepared by Ed Railton and sponsored by Premier Auto Service. Cam is a Contour HD, shot in 720p.
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SCCA Spec Miata at Road America – 8-14-11
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16 year old Josh Bilicki’s second time in a race car, and first time driving at Road America. Qualified 26th, but by the time the race ended he worked his way up to 17th out of a total of 31 cars. Thanks to Wild Graphics in Waukesha Wisconsin
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SCCA Spec Miata, starting from the back ends in crash
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Check out some of my fastest laps here: www.youtube.com Hardship during my 3rd SCCA race weekend! A stretched connecting rod in the engine during practice meant the car needed to be taken back to Premier Auto Service by owner Ed Railton, who then worked through the night in order to rebuild the engine and make it ready to race. That meant I missed qualifying and had to start in the back for Regional #5. There were about 60 cars in the race. I’m not sure how many I passed. My coach, Ric McCormick, was on the radio spotting for me. Then the 08 car missed a shift. My car has street exhaust so it’s quieter than most of the other cars. When the 08 missed his shift I thought it was mine. I looked down, saw that things were fine, and when I looked up I was on a collision course with the 08. I jinked to the outside, because the right side was filled with cars (the 08 and the 10). The 08 didn’t see me, and when he looked up from correcting his gearbox, he saw the 10 to his inside. He must have reacted by steering to the outside slightly, which was enough to punt both him and I to the outside. The first hit was very light, and it only put some tire donuts on the door. But as we spun and I came to a rest, his car hit mine in the right rear, which bent a couple suspension components. The car didn’t track straight after that and could not corner very well, so I had to retire. Fortunately the fix was fairly simple (compared to rebuilding an engine) and I was ready for qualifying in the …
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SCCA Spec Miata, starting from the back ends in crash
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Check out some of my fastest laps here: www.youtube.com Hardship during my 3rd SCCA race weekend! A stretched connecting rod in the engine during practice meant the car needed to be taken back to Premier Auto Service by owner Ed Railton, who then worked through the night in order to rebuild the engine and make it ready to race. That meant I missed qualifying and had to start in the back for Regional #5. There were about 60 cars in the race. I’m not sure how many I passed. My coach, Ric McCormick, was on the radio spotting for me. Then the 08 car missed a shift. My car has street exhaust so it’s quieter than most of the other cars. When the 08 missed his shift I thought it was mine. I looked down, saw that things were fine, and when I looked up I was on a collision course with the 08. I jinked to the outside, because the right side was filled with cars (the 08 and the 10). The 08 didn’t see me, and when he looked up from correcting his gearbox, he saw the 10 to his inside. He must have reacted by steering to the outside slightly, which was enough to punt both him and I to the outside. The first hit was very light, and it only put some tire donuts on the door. But as we spun and I came to a rest, his car hit mine in the right rear, which bent a couple suspension components. The car didn’t track straight after that and could not corner very well, so I had to retire. Fortunately the fix was fairly simple (compared to rebuilding an engine) and I was ready for qualifying in the …
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SCCA Spec Miata in ITA class at Road America – 8/14/11
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16 year old Josh Bilicki’s 2nd time in a race car, and first time driving a car at Road America. Started 16th overall, and 5th in class, worked his way up to 2nd in class, then the alternator broke so the car started sputtering and he couldn’t finish the race. Thanks to Wild Graphics out of Waukesha WI!
