1st Annual BR Import Shootout review

[David Buschur]

Hi everyone! I will be updating the post with more and more information as the week goes on. Winner names for each class etc.

The event for us started on Thursday with people rolling into town for tunes and parts installs for the race.

Saturday was our open house and in the past for the Subi VS Mitsu race we have never had a problem with having enough room at our shop. This year we did run out of room and quite a few people parked along the street and behind our place. Next year I will arrange to have the street closed down like we do for the DSM/EVO Shootout.

The actual attendance wasn't as high as I expected it to be and I feel the reason is the track schedule that is mailed to probably a hundred thousand people had the race listed as a DSM/EVO Shootout. I will post the actual attenedance numbers once I get them from the track. Race car count was decent and it seemed like there were quite a few specatators as the pits had a lot of cars in it.

The highlights of the event for me were watching so many of the cars we've finished over the last few months come out and prove what they had. I am having a freaking really great time with some of these guys that I am becoming very good friends with. I haven't had this much fun in a very long time. You guys know who you are, THANK YOU.

Here is my list of memorable times/races for the weekend. Slowest to fastest.

12.29 at 111 mph (112 mph best) for our EVO X. Kevin Lawson at the wheel. This is the quickest/fastest stock turbo'd EVOX currently, done on 93 octane.

11.14 at 123 mph, Chris's EVO9. Bad ass car, excellent driver. BR Stages 1-4
Green turbo, Exedy clutch and a Dynoflashed ECU on C16.

10.5 at 137 mph, Curt 1g DSM. Unbelievable as usual with Curt. This car is equipped with a 16g turbo.

10.4 at 145 mph, Eric's EVO8. Full BR build, HTA35r. This car went 10.8 at 134 mph on 93 octane. No power shifting, too hard normal radial tires, it's going 9's.

10.2 at 145 mph, Tim's EVO8. Full BR build, HTA35r. This car went 10.6 at 135 mph on 93 octane. Car has a set of cheapo all season radials on it. Tim put Trent in the car and Trent ran a 10.05 at 146 mph. Another car obviously going in the 9's on a decent tire.

10.2 at 146 mph, Jeff's EVO9. Full BR build, HTA37r. This car went 10.7 at 137 mph on 93 octane. Car has stock Advans on it. Again, good tire is putting this in the 9's.

**Let me stop for a second and say GREAT job to the guys above. You all can drive extremely well and building cars that are complimented with great drivers sure help to make what we are doing look good. THANK YOU.

9.42 at 155.51 mph, David Buschur's (mine) EVO8. Full BR build, HTA35r. This car ran 10.02 at 141 a few weeks ago on 93 octane. Trent Stanley was the wheel man for the day. The slowest pass of the day was a 9.60 when the heater hose came off the heater core and blew hot antifreeze in on Trent's legs/feet. Thank God he wasn't burned. I think he made about 7-8 passes between the 9.4 and 9.60. MPH hit 155 atleast twice all others (other than the 9.60) were 151 mph or better. This car was driven to the track, raced on Hoosier DOT tires. All of the cars talked about so far had BR 3" turbo back exhausts on them and in full street trim, not gutted race cars.

8.98 at 160 mph, Kevin's FWD DSM. This car was built completely by Kevin as far as I know. Auto trans. Fast and consistent everytime it shows up. Beat us in the semi-finals in our black car, close race that was awesome to watch. I don't mind losing in a race like that.

8.89 at 165 mph, Buschur Racing's EVO. My brother Daniel was at the wheel. The car has been out at the chassis shop all winter getting work done to it. We just got it back at 4:30 mph Friday. Daniel busted his butt and got the car buttoned up and ready to race and for the dyno competition on Saturday. We actually won the dyno competition making 863 whp, Big Al from Dynoflash was a very close 2nd making 853 whp. We did nothing to the engine/head in the car over the winter, we didn't have the car. The engine is the same engine we had last year. The learning curve is going to be fairly steep on the car. The first pass the car was hopping and all over the place. When Daniel hit the finish line he hit the brakes and the car turned sideways, tire smoke rolling and luckily he got it straightened out, 9.2 at 165 mph. The next run we noticed after the burnout the rear tires locked up. This is why the car turned sideways in the shut down the pass before. I opened the door to the car and told Daniel to get the chute open before the finish line. Deploying the chute early helped but it was a bandaid for the day. We will be installing a proportioning valve for the rear brakes this week. We did some adjustments to the rear suspension and the bouncing stopped on the launch but the car just wouldn't leave the line hard. Finally in the Semi Final round of Q16 against Kevin's FWD 1G I made another change that helped. The car had a 1.41 sixty foot time and ran a 8.89 at 165 mph. By this point our Tilton from last year was showing it's age and the car wouldn't shift to 2nd. On the 8.89 run Daniel had to let the engine RPM drop all the way down and then engage 2nd just so it was clean. First race of this year we are as quick as we were last year and we have a lot of work to do yet. I see some good things for this year.

There were downside and fatalities too, but the list is very-very short. I want to mention them because racing is a series of highest highs and lowest lows, that is what it is made up if you ask me. A lot of work, a lot of time and tons of money. I think there are generally more disapointments than there are new records and achievements. To keep going and repairing things takes a level of dedication most people don't have. The key board warriors are quick to point fingers and run their mouths driving their stock cars and not accomplishing anything but spreading hate.

Al from Dynoflash was at the race, he always makes it. Something failed in the shortblock I built. The car had only one race day on it and a hand full of dyno runs. It appears as though the actual crankshaft broke but it is hard to say, I'll know later in the week.

My good friend Matt was there too, he ran a new best of 10.2 at 145 mph but also me with a engine failure. It sounds like a rod bearing and was caught early, so damage will be minimal. The car had a horrible misfire on the dyno we tried to work out and then at the track every pass. The car was in a wreck last fall which ruined some wiring. We had problems with the fan, fuel pump, ignition and other things. The misfiring I am sure is what took out the rod bearing as that is extremely abusive. The car had an extremely erratic RPM signal, which I figured was electrical because of the wiring issues. Steve, our mechanic at our shop, found it was a loose bolt on the cam causing the cam signal to bounce around. Once fixed the car ripped off the 10.2 pass and considering the car made 760 whp at 38 psi the day before was going deep into the 9's. Trent jumped in the car to see if he could get it to launch but that's when the rod noise started.

All in all, two failures from the list of cars that set records, ran great and drove to and from the track is something to be proud of as far as I am concerned. Speaking of that, Tim drove his car about 4 hours one way to the track and back home. Eric was well over 2 hours away, Jeff about 3 hours. All of them drove there in comfort and drove home too.

Event count:

671 spectators
81 racers
17 show cars

Class winners:

Dyno shootout AWD
Buschur Racing, EVO8, 863 whp/541 ft lbs
Al Freidman, close 2nd, 851 whp/558 ft lbs

Dyno shootout FWD/RWD
Chris Thompson, '95 Elantra, 204 whp/206 ft lbs

Bracket 1

Winner, Matt Graves, 1991 Talon
Runner up, Kevein McGranor, 1991 Talon
Semi, Rick Ciolli, 1992 Talon
Semi, Chad Young, 1993 Talon

Bracket 2

Winner, Kurt Hindel, 1991 Escort
Runner up, Kip Warner, 1993 Eclipse
Semi, Jose Estevez, 1996 Civic
Semi, Troy McNair, 1984 GTi

Quick 16

Winner, Kevin Swiatkowski, 1991 Laser
Runner up, Andrew Kisner, 1995 Talon
Semi, Dan Buschur, 2003 EVO 8

MS

Winner, Brad Urban, 1998 Neon

RFD

Winner, Joe Laramee, 1977 Pinto
Runner up, Chris Thompson, 1995 Elantra
Semi, Alberto Garcia, 2007 Civic

RFS

Winner, Paul Armstrong, 1993 Civic
Runner up, Mike Nolan, 1984 Colt
Semi, Rob Pathner, 1983 Charger

AWS

Winner, David Knight, 1995 Talon
Runner up, Dan Lewis
Semi, Curt Brown, 1994 Talon

AWD

Winner, David Bruzewski, 2004 EVO
Runner up, Trent Stanley, 2004 EVO
Semi, Todd Harris, 1990 Talon
Semi, Jeff Oswalt, 2006 EVO

Thanks everyone for coming out. We appreciate you all attending our races, coming to our shop, having builds done and many times just for putting up with us

[Lonnie gandee]

I thought it was a far better turn out than the Subi-Mitsu thing....


Couldnt have asked for a better day to drag race. Perfect tail wind, to keep track temps low, a good day for PR's.

I know a few people had them..

Good job David and crew...

Hope to see this happen again next year!!! Same format...

[Indy_Evo]

Great job by everyone that was there, I wish I could have made the trip. David the design on your X manifold is done, at least I got something productive done. I hope to make it to the shootout. I think your 9.40 is good, but it won't last for long. The big brown truck has a package that will drop that number and give you 9's on pump, you should get it the first of the week. Indy

[Dyno Flash]

To me the event got me really hungry for August

its kind of like having an appitizer of cocnut shrimp at Outback and then wanting the steak

I had a great time and I just my my hotel reservations for August

Thanks to David and everyone at Buschur Racing for doing such a great job with the event - Jrod, Nick, Trent, Ted and Dan !

I had a lot of fun even though my rod bolt broke in half - shit happens !

Al

[OLDSCHOOLMOTORS]

Nice event, good times.

Would have liked to see more non Mitsu 4 cylinder cars racing on Sunday.

Tough break Al, see all you guys in August.

Props to the Jason? the guy with the white 1g that pulled 460hp on the dyno, built it himself and drove it there.

[blackout]

It was a great event and I see no reason why it won't be even bigger next year. Thanks again for taking your personal time time to put these events on for everyone Dave.

[jeepman1998]

Thanks for the props but my name is Brad aka jeepman on the boards. That was my 1g with 460 hp. There is still alot more power I am trying to get out of it. A dsm link and meth would help alot.

[Joedog7]

Excellent event again. Wouldn't expect anything less from David and crew.

Hopefully I can break this Norwalk curse at Pinks in two weeks.

Later,
Joe

[ERABBIT23]

I have always and will always be a DSM fan but I own the Black SRT-4 with Silver Stripes that was there. I am really happy Buschur opened this up to all 4 cylinder cars. I think this event will get alot bigger if they have it every year! I know I will be there next year 4 sure if they have it again. Also I will be at the DSM Shootout this year which is a good event to sit back and watch some fast shit!

[boostedk20]

I also wanted to say thanks for having this event. I felt a little lonely as there were not too many Hondas racing but my fiance and I are looking to get an evo for her so this was a great time for us. I thought for the 1st annual this event turned out great and hopefully you have one every year to come and I will attend. The track was great and I ran my personal best so far of 10.52 @ 133mph in my civic and took first in RFS so overall a great weekend for me. Hope to see you guys again.

[David Buschur]

Damn Joe that intercooler is FUBAR'd. That was built by Jeff at Twistec, I forgot which one it was. Get it to us ASAP so we can get it fixed for you.

Thanks for coming out guys in the "other 4 cylinders". Spread the word to everyone you know, the event will be a go for next year too. Should be the same weekend.

[dsmchris]

Damn Joe that intercooler is FUBAR'd. That was built by Jeff at Twistec, I forgot which one it was. Get it to us ASAP so we can get it fixed for you.

Thanks for coming out guys in the "other 4 cylinders". Spread the word to everyone you know, the event will be a go for next year too. Should be the same weekend.

sweet, maybe this time around you can dyno a 300 ft/lb torque hyundai.

[TurboT]

great race dave, i posted my personal best with my car 11.56 @ 122 and took 3rd in the AWD class. i know the car will go faster as the boost is still droppin off @ the top end, and the fact that i can't drive. need lots of practice.

[vwjeff]

Anybody have video of the event? I seen ALOT on camcorders rolling but I aint seen anything pop up yet

[CBRE]

I would like to a vid of Trent smoking my ass running 9.42@155 to my 10.45@136.57 if anyone has it.

[David Buschur]

I've added the winners names, classes and car types to the first post.

[AWDcrash93]

wooo i made the list , lol
not bad for first time racing straight line in 7 years with a car im not used to.