"I can do this all day. Literally."
Photography Credit: Ken Neher
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, ALTON, Va. (October 4, 2021)—A field of over 35 of the country’s fastest machines on four wheels took to the track at Virginia International Raceway October 1 for the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge to answer one simple question: Who has the Ultimate Track Car?
After a full day of drivers pushing their cars to the limit–and in some cases, beyond–Clayton Eley took the win in his 2018 Ligier JS P3, achieving a top lap time of 1.47.727. Besides a full feature in Grassroots Motorsports magazine, Clayton receives a $1000 Tire Rack gift certificate.
Saturday’s Knockout Finals presented by KW Automotive, a post-event, winner-takes-all race featuring the event’s top cars, once again saw Clayton Eley take the win and receiving a $500 gift certificate from KW Automotive.
Honorable mentions go out to the following competitors:
Clayton Eley, LIgier JS P3, 1.47.727
Jackie Ding, Toyota Supra, 1:55.23
Trevor Degioanni, Honda Civic Type R, 2:02.955
Arul Angamuth, Audi RS3, 2:24.161
Kyle Carrick, Nissan GT-R, 1:49.178
Devin Jones, BMW M4 GTMore, 1:58.753; Runner up was Roberto Crescencio, BMW M3, 2:00.039
Kendall Samuel, Subaru Impreza, 2:02.956
Patrick Kite, Camaro ZL1
The Ultimate Track Car Challenge is an annual competition held by Grassroots Motorsports for the sole purpose of finding America’s fastest track cars. Anyone can join with any type of car. The event has been hosted at VIR for the last 15 years.
Grassroots Motorsports magazine is celebrating 35-plus years of publication. To enjoy full coverage of the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge and many more events, subscribe to Grassroots Motorsports magazine today. Complete UTCC coverage, plus race results, will highlight the February issue.
The 2021 Grassroots Motorsports Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge is presented by Tire Rack in association with Wilwood Engineering, HP Tuners, XClutch, SPA Technique, KW Automotive and FCP Euro with trophies from BimmerWorld, Mantic Clutch, Falken Tire, Hoosier Tire and Mach V Motorsports.
The Mid Atlantic Region of the National Auto Sport Association, run by Chris Cobetto, sanctions the event. NASA has been the market leader for amateur road racing in the region for many years.
For more information and results, visit the official event website: ultimatetrackcar.com.
"I can do this all day. Literally."
It's good to see the category awards. Otherwise it's a little silly running street cars on street tires against all-out racers on track slicks.
I imagine that it's a pretty entertaining event.
Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:It's good to see the category awards. Otherwise it's a little silly running street cars on street tires against all-out racers on track slicks.
I imagine that it's a pretty entertaining event.
I find it incredible that a GT-R is less than 1.5 seconds behind that Ligier
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:It's good to see the category awards. Otherwise it's a little silly running street cars on street tires against all-out racers on track slicks.
I imagine that it's a pretty entertaining event.
I find it incredible that a GT-R is less than 1.5 seconds behind that Ligier
Let's check back at 3 AM and see how it's doing.
Meh. Calling that a "car" is like calling the space shuttle an "airplane".
I'm disappointed. I was expecting something like this:
Yeah after looking at the results, it looks like Kyle Carrick, Nissan GT-R, 1:49.178 Was the fastest CAR there. Nice job.
What is your personal definition of a CAR? The Ligier has AC :)
Junghole said:Yeah after looking at the results, it looks like Kyle Carrick, Nissan GT-R, 1:49.178 Was the fastest CAR there. Nice job.
I was gonna ask what makes a Supra a car but not a GT-R? 
Junghole said:Meh. Calling that a "car" is like calling the space shuttle an "airplane".
First I find out the Ridgeline isn't a truck and now this.
I just don't know what to believe in anymore.
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