Lapping It - Super Lap Battle Finals, Buttonwillow, CA
Joseph Cruz's 2002 WRX Goes From Track To Showroom Without Skipping A Beat
Text By Carter Jung, Photography by Henry Z. Dekuyper, Wesley Allison
Some things in life are unavoidably made to be broken: Hearts, promises, girls' inhibitions and, more importantly to the scenario at hand, records. Not the DJ, Freaky-Freaky-Fresh type of vinyl records, but benchmark setting, achievement kind of records.
But in the case of our Super Lap Battle time attack series, the record at our finals in Buttonwillow, Calif. has been sitting pretty for a good three years; eons, for a competitive series. Mind you, many have tried to their best avail-and some have even gotten close-but no one's shattered the 1:48.906 set by Sun Auto's Cyber Evo back in November of 2004.
Not Until This Year's Finals.
| POS | TEAM | DRIVER | CAR | BEST TIME | TIRES |
| LIMITED FR |
| 1 | A&J RACING/T1R | ROB WALKER | '03 HONDA S2000 | 1:54.888 | NITTO NT01 |
| 2 | E-RACING MOTORSPORTS | MARK KIBORT | '86 PORSCHE 928 S4 | 1:59.959 | |
| 3 | FAIR ENOUGH COMPETITION | MATT ANDREWS | '94 MAZDA MIATA | 2:00.055 | NITTO NT01 |
| LIMITED FF |
| 1 | TAGE EVANSON | TAGE EVANSON | '95 HONDA CIVIC | 1:58.366 | NITTO NT01 |
| 2 | HASPORT | BOB ENDICOTT | '88 HONDA CRX | 1:59.434 | FALKEN 615 |
| 3 | WRD | PAUL BONACCORSI | '06 VW GTI | 2:04.561 | |
| STREET |
| 1 | JIC | RUSS WARR | '06 MITSUBISHI EVO IX | 1:58.340 | HANKOOK VENTUS Z212 |
| 2 | HARMON-MOTIVE | JC MEYNET | '06 SUBARU STI | 1:59.933 | ADVAN NEOVA |
| 3 | EVASIVE MOTORSPORTS | TIM KUO | '03 HONDA S2000 | 2:01.332 | ADVAN NEOVA |
| SIPHON |
| 43 | A&J RACING/T1R | TIM KUO | '07 HONDA FIT | 2:06.296 | NITTO NT01 |
| 44 | HASPORT | RICHY HAYES | '07 HONDA FIT | 2:06.409 | |
| 47 | TEIN USA | ANDY HOPE | '07 TOYOTA YARIS | 2:08.091 | FALKEN RT-615 |
By Carter Jung
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