J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
10/16/23 9:38 a.m.
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The Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge Presented by Grassroots Motorsports came down to this: 1000 horsepower versus less than 1000 pounds of weight. Steve Luca brought the former, with a 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. Ghais Khaleghi came with the latter with a Stohr prototype.

Luca set a blazing lap time of 2:02.759 around NCM Motorsports Park. That broke …

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Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
10/16/23 9:40 a.m.

Congratulations to the winners and everyone who came out and competed.

Who already is starting to plan for next year?

camopaint0707
camopaint0707 Reader
10/16/23 9:44 a.m.

Justin Peachey reset his own record multiple times as well as pulling off the 3 peat.

Tom1200
Tom1200 PowerDork
10/16/23 11:15 a.m.

Congrats to him

annnnnnd this is why I am always going on about single seat race cars. Also of note is the winning car probably cost half  of what the second place car did.

I've driven that generation of Stohr and they are amazing.

TomHale
TomHale
10/16/23 4:26 p.m.

Anyone from Maine?

 

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
10/16/23 5:42 p.m.

In reply to TomHale :

No entrants from Maine. Massachusetts was the closest for UTCC.

Kreb (Forum Supporter)
Kreb (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/16/23 5:59 p.m.

I always like to see the "little guy" win. Just goes to show that Colin Chapmans favorite sayings still hold water. 

Tom1200
Tom1200 PowerDork
10/16/23 7:09 p.m.
Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:

I always like to see the "little guy" win. Just goes to show that Colin Chapmans favorite sayings still hold water. 

I mean in no way shape or form to take away from the driver but if you haven't driven one of these or been around them the performance is mega.

The lap times at Laguna Seca are equal to the old Indy Lites cars.

CrustyRedXpress
CrustyRedXpress GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/17/23 4:49 a.m.
Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:

I always like to see the "little guy" win. Just goes to show that Colin Chapmans favorite sayings still hold water. 

It's tough to argue with physics and simplification.

Driven5
Driven5 UberDork
10/17/23 10:39 a.m.

It's interesting that the top 6 were separated by ~2 seconds EACH, while the next 6 were separated by ~2 seconds TOTAL.

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