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afgmoto1978 · 03-13-2009, 03:31 PM

Yokohama Street Class Shootout!

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Los Angeles, CA – March 12th, 2009

The Redline Time Attack Series and Yokohama Tire are excited to announce the “Street Class Shootout”, a new program aimed at rewarding the fastest “street legal” Time Attack competitors in the United States. Three winners will be crowned at the Season Finale, to be held at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Each winner (one for each drive-train configuration: FWD, AWD, RWD) will receive a 2-Day School of Racing with the Jim Russell Racing School (valued at $4000), located at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California.

Over the course of the 2009 Redline Time Attack season, competitors in the Street Class Division will battle for a Season Championship in their respective geographical region (Western/Eastern). The six Regional Champions will be brought together at the season finale event, November 14th-15th, to battle head-to-head with one another. When the dust settles, National Champions will be crowned in each Street Class Division (FWD, AWD, RWD) with the drivers being given the experience of a lifetime piloting a Formula-3 race car around the beautiful and technical Infineon Raceway.

The Yokohama Street Class Shootout was conceived as a way to give something back to the “little guy”, the grassroots racer, often overshadowed by the bigger teams and Professional drivers. Footage will be captured during the Shootout and a special highlight video will be produced by Fizix Media Labs and distributed across the Web by official media partners of the Redline Time Attack series. With the 2009 Redline Time Attack season set to kick off the weekend of March 28th-29th at Buttonwillow Raceway, the chase for the Street Class National Championship, and a seat at the Jim Russell School, will be underway!

To answer some questions...

ALL Street Class competitors are eligible....

You DO NOT have to use Yokohama tires throughout the season OR during the Shootout.....

Each car competing in the Shootout WILL have to run Yokohama stickers on their car....

East Coast Region Champions will receive have their entry fee WAIVED for the event at Auto Club Speedway (to help defray the cost of transporting the car cross country)

The Championship Points System will determine the 6 cars (3 from WEST, 3 from EAST) that will be invited to participate in the National Championship and Yokohama Street Class Shootout at Auto Club Speedway. Win your Region, get invited to the big dance.

The West Region cars will obviously not wrap up their Championship until the TA competition is over at Auto Club Speedway... the Street Tire Shootout will happen DIRECTLY after the 2nd Unlimited Class TA session is over.. and DIRECTLY before the Super Session Event. So yeah, the West Region participants may not be determined until darn near just before the end of the final event of the year. :-)

The 6 cars will be sent out on the track at the same time... FWD vs FWD, AWD vs. AWD, RWD vs. RWD... to run a normal TA session (5 laps: 1 warmup, 3 hot, 1 cool down). Fastest time in each drive wheel category, wins.

The East Region cars will be allowed to practice in the practice sessions throughout the day, but will NOT compete in the TA sessions....

03-13-2009, 03:31 PM	#31
afgmoto1978 Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 381 Rep Power: 18	Yokohama Street Class Shootout! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Los Angeles, CA – March 12th, 2009 The Redline Time Attack Series and Yokohama Tire are excited to announce the “Street Class Shootout”, a new program aimed at rewarding the fastest “street legal” Time Attack competitors in the United States. Three winners will be crowned at the Season Finale, to be held at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Each winner (one for each drive-train configuration: FWD, AWD, RWD) will receive a 2-Day School of Racing with the Jim Russell Racing School (valued at $4000), located at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Over the course of the 2009 Redline Time Attack season, competitors in the Street Class Division will battle for a Season Championship in their respective geographical region (Western/Eastern). The six Regional Champions will be brought together at the season finale event, November 14th-15th, to battle head-to-head with one another. When the dust settles, National Champions will be crowned in each Street Class Division (FWD, AWD, RWD) with the drivers being given the experience of a lifetime piloting a Formula-3 race car around the beautiful and technical Infineon Raceway. The Yokohama Street Class Shootout was conceived as a way to give something back to the “little guy”, the grassroots racer, often overshadowed by the bigger teams and Professional drivers. Footage will be captured during the Shootout and a special highlight video will be produced by Fizix Media Labs and distributed across the Web by official media partners of the Redline Time Attack series. With the 2009 Redline Time Attack season set to kick off the weekend of March 28th-29th at Buttonwillow Raceway, the chase for the Street Class National Championship, and a seat at the Jim Russell School, will be underway! To answer some questions... ALL Street Class competitors are eligible.... You DO NOT have to use Yokohama tires throughout the season OR during the Shootout..... Each car competing in the Shootout WILL have to run Yokohama stickers on their car.... East Coast Region Champions will receive have their entry fee WAIVED for the event at Auto Club Speedway (to help defray the cost of transporting the car cross country) The Championship Points System will determine the 6 cars (3 from WEST, 3 from EAST) that will be invited to participate in the National Championship and Yokohama Street Class Shootout at Auto Club Speedway. Win your Region, get invited to the big dance. The West Region cars will obviously not wrap up their Championship until the TA competition is over at Auto Club Speedway... the Street Tire Shootout will happen DIRECTLY after the 2nd Unlimited Class TA session is over.. and DIRECTLY before the Super Session Event. So yeah, the West Region participants may not be determined until darn near just before the end of the final event of the year. :-) The 6 cars will be sent out on the track at the same time... FWD vs FWD, AWD vs. AWD, RWD vs. RWD... to run a normal TA session (5 laps: 1 warmup, 3 hot, 1 cool down). Fastest time in each drive wheel category, wins. The East Region cars will be allowed to practice in the practice sessions throughout the day, but will NOT compete in the TA sessions....