WORLD Racing boys are back at it in 2011. This is the first event of 2011 (Lap Battle - Miller Motorsports Park)
In this episode Team Need for Speed driver Chris Rado sets new course record on the West Track of Miller Motorsports Park during the final session of the Lap Battle event on May 15, 2011. With a lap time of 1:34:452.
Recently Rado and Team Need for Speed pulled double duty out at Willow Springs for the Global Time Attack season opener and NASA Time Trials with a goal of re-setting his FWD track record. It wouldn't come easy, as the team struggled with suspension settings and eventually suffered a turbo failure. Find out if the boys have what it takes to pull off a new record in Episode #2 of the 2011 season webisodes.
This continuation of the Global Time Attack season opener follows Chris Rado as he pushes Fwing tC in an attempt to re-set his current course record at Willow Springs International Raceway. After the GTA session, Chris and Team Need For Speed prepare the AWD tC for battle in the NASA Time Trials, gathering some much needed data on the car.
Take an exciting behind-the-scene sneak peak at Chris Rado's new Scion tC FWING 2.0 as the crew from WORLD Racing preps it for battle!
Ron Mathis [Time Attack crew chief] and [lead fabricator] Scott Standwood have a brainstorming session and later perform a chassis torsion test on the new tC.
"I have designed my new tC to be lighter, stronger, be more rigid and have more horsepower. If we can properly address these key factors right out of the gate, then there is only one element left to shoot for... WORLD Domination! --Go Fast or Go HOME!" -Chris Rado
Fwing 2.0 will debut August 6th-7th, 2011 at the Global Time Attack event @ New Jersey Motorsports Park!
Take an exciting behind-the-scene sneak peak at Chris Rado's new Scion tC FWING 2.0 as the crew from WORLD Racing preps it for battle!
Scott Stanwood and Gary Kubo finish some structural work on the chassis, Cousin Rob gets a package from Mishimoto, and Eric Plebani and Chris Rado hash out the turbo and waste gate placement on the FWING 2.0.
"I have designed my new tC to be lighter, stronger, be more rigid and have more horsepower. If we can properly address these key factors right out of the gate, then there is only one element left to shoot for... WORLD Domination! --Go Fast or Go HOME!" -Chris Rado
Fwing 2.0 will debut August 6th-7th, 2011 at the Global Time Attack event @ New Jersey Motorsports Park!
Take an exciting behind-the-scene sneak peak at Chris Rado's new Scion tC FWING 2.0 as the crew from WORLD Racing preps it for battle!
Time Attack Crew Chief Ron Mathis pays the boys a visit to help engineer some new parts while Eric Plebani dives in on the cooling system and turbo. Rob Cardona and Mike Alejos are busy weighing the new Seibon doors, which have shaved 60 lbs. off the car and Scott Stanwood gives a walkaround of some of the features on the FWING 2.0.
"I have designed my new tC to be lighter, stronger, be more rigid and have more horsepower. If we can properly address these key factors right out of the gate, then there is only one element left to shoot for... WORLD Domination! --Go Fast or Go HOME!" -Chris Rado
Fwing 2.0 will debut August 6th-7th, 2011 at the Global Time Attack event @ New Jersey Motorsports Park!
In this exciting behind-the-scene sneak peak at Chris Rado's new Scion tC FWING 2.0, the WORLD Racing crew works around the clock preparing the new car for battle!
FWING 2.0 arrives home after a 48 stint getting painted at Auto Explosion, Scott Stanwood and Gary Kubo plug away at getting everything back in the car while Mike Alejos catches "GOLD FEVER" and covers the engine bay in Mishimoto Heat Defense Reflective Tape. Meanwhile, Cousin Rob explains Christian's new paddle-shifting setup and Ron Mathis pays a visit for some last minute suspension calculations.
"I have designed my new tC to be lighter, stronger, be more rigid and have more horsepower. If we can properly address these key factors right out of the gate, then there is only one element left to shoot for... WORLD Domination! --Go Fast or Go HOME!" -Chris Rado
Fwing 2.0 will debut August 6th-7th, 2011 at the Global Time Attack event @ New Jersey Motorsports Park!
After months of intense preparatory work on FWING 2.0, the World Racing team packs everything up and heads across country for the 2nd Global Time Attack event at NJ Motorsports Park.
Scott Stanwood and Eric Plebani problem solve some issues with the master cylinder after the first qualifying session, while Mike Alejos searches all over New Jersey for a much needed waste gate. In lieu of the needed part, Eric and Scott "Frankenstein" together a waste gate from some extra Turbonetics supplies on the truck . According the Christian Rado "the guys made some makeshift modifications to get the car on the road. For all intensive purposes, it worked, but the car made 51 lbs. of boost EVERYWHERE!"
The following morning, the boys get the car dialed and in the first GTA TIME ATTACK session, Rado destroys the previous FWD track record by 8 SECONDS, his best lap time a 1:05:481.
Fwing 2.0 will debut September 17th and 18th 2011 at the Global Time Attack event @ Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL.
After months of late-nights and over 10,000 man hours of work, the boys at WORLD RACING are finally ready to fire up their new FWING 2.0! Follow James Lin, Scott Stanwood, Gary Kubo, Rob Cardona, Mike Alejos and Kareem El Sherif as they problem solve and prep the car for it's first DYNO session ever, which results in some pretty impressive numbers from this Scion tC right out of the gate!
Fwing 2.0 will debut September 17th and 18th 2011 at the Global Time Attack event @ Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL.
In this webisode, Team WORLD Racing drives across the country with their newly finished FWING 2.0 to compete in the third installment of GLOBAL TIME ATTACK in Joliet, IL. Chris Rado finally gets valuable seat-time in the car and the crew gets some much needed data from the shakedown. Luckily El Cobra is on vacation, because arch nemesis Wade "Weezy" Conway makes a surprise visit to the event to settle the score once and for all....with his fists!
See FWING 2.0 in action at the next GLOBAL TIME ATTACK event 11/11/11 - 11/12/11 in Sonoma, CA /// their will be a live webcast of the event, so be sure to tune in at www.globaltimeattack.com.
In this webisode, Team WORLD Racing drives across the country with their newly finished FWING 2.0 to compete in the third installment of GLOBAL TIME ATTACK in Joliet, IL. Chris Rado finally gets valuable seat-time in the car and the crew gets some much needed data from the shakedown. Luckily El Cobra is on vacation, because arch nemesis Wade "Weezy" Conway makes a surprise visit to the event to settle the score once and for all....with his fists!
See FWING 2.0 in action at the next GLOBAL TIME ATTACK event 11/11/11 - 11/12/11 in Sonoma, CA /// their will be a live webcast of the event, so be sure to tune in at www.globaltimeattack.com.
In this continuation of WORLD Racing's final week of the 2011 season, the team battles it out at the SUPER LAP BATTLE [Buttonwillow, CA]. Scott Stanwood, Gary Kubo and Eric Plebani work out some of the gremlins on the car and notice vast improvements in the tC2 through the Bus Sttop and Talledega. Chris Rado lays down some great numbers in the car and the boys prep for their final Global Time Attack race of the year in Sonoma.
In this final webisode from the 2011 season, Chris Rado and WORLD Racing head to Infineon Raceway [Sonoma], CA] and prepare their tC2 for battle for the last Global Time Attack event of the year.
