The THMotorsports Racing Team has had a long journey with many up's and downs. Sometimes the downs outway the up's, but one thing's for sure. The THMotorsports Redline Time Attack car is definately on the up. The THMotorsports Racing Team ran at Sebring two moths ago and experienced a ton of problems, and slowly worked them out. The team followed up Sebring with a few local Chicago area track days and continued to fine tune the car. The fruits of the THMotorsports Racing Team's labor seems to be paying off with their recent success at the Autobahn Country Club Race track this weekend, October 2, for a high speed autoX. Basically standing start HOT lap, and a fly by finish at the finish line.

This past weekend the THM crew ventured out to Blackhawk Farms Raceway with the Salt Creek Sports Car Club and the Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs for a high speed auto cross. Generally, when the average racer hears “auto cross” they associate it with racing around cones in a parking lot. Truth be told, high speed auto crosses are more similar to full fledged track day. You are timed for one full lap, beginning from a dead stop; pretty cool if you ask me. The competition was rather fierce, as was the weather.

Upon arrival at Blackhawk Farms Raceway in South Beloit, Il, the team encountered a generous amount of rain. This put quite a damper on all the morning sessions, luckily enough, they were only practice. A few warm up laps showed the true colors of the Toyo R888 tires in wet conditions. While traction was ample in the straights, it suffered severely in the turns. By the time the afternoon rolled around, the track had completely dried creating more favorable conditions for all competitors.