Photo by Tom Suddard
Fastest lap around Virginia International Raceway for our annual Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge Presented by Grassroots Motorsports? That honor goes to Brian Faessler and his turbocharged, 650-horsepower Ford Mustang, clocking a blistering best time of 1:49.057. The competiton took place on May 13.
Second and third place go to Charles Harding in an E46-chassis BMW M3 and James Clay in BimmerWorld's street-legal BMW M4 GTMore, respectively. Our own J.G. Pasterjak, behind the wheel of our C5 Corvette Z06 project car, finished ninth overall.
Photo by Tom Suddard
This isn’t the end of the competition, though, as we still have the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge Knockout Finals on May 14.
Be sure to continue to follow the action with real-time updates from 2022 UTCC live thread.
Thank you sponsors:
The Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge is presented by Grassroots Motorsports in association with Wilwood Engineering, CRC Industries, DeatschWerks, HP Tuners, SPA Technique and Volkswagen, with trophies from BimmerWorld, XS Power Batteries, The Sensor Connection, Track Advantage, Stifflers and Hoosier Tire.
Safety Award presented by SPA Technique:
Amy Kelley, Volkswagen Jetta, 2:20.246
Fastest BMW presented by BimmerWorld ($250 BimmerWorld Gift Certificate):
Charles Harding, BMW E46 M3, 1:55.633
Fastest all-wheel-drive open tire presented by CRC Industries ($350 prize pack)
Fastest all-wheel-drive 200tw tire presented by Volkswagen (VW merchandise)
Arul Angamuthu, Audi RS3, 2:12.003
Fastest on 200tw Tires presented by Tire Rack ($1000 Tire Rack Gift Certificate)
Fastest rear-wheel-drive on 200tw tires presented by Deatsch Werks ($1500 Deatsch Werks product credit)
Jack Cobetto, Toyota Supra, 2:05.549
Fastest front-wheel-drive open tire presented by The Sensor Connection ($250 Sensor Connection gift certificate)
Fastest front-wheel-drive 200tw tire presented by XS Power Batteries (XS Power Battery)
Trever Degioanni, Honda Civic Type R, 2:05.559
Fastest on DOT Tires presented by Tire Rack ($1000 Tire Rack Gift Certificate):
Ben Grambau, Corvette Z06, 1:57.194
Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car ($1000 Tire Rack Gift Certificate)
Fastest on Hoosiers (Four Free Hoosier Tires)
Fastest Production Car Presented by HP Tuners (MPVI2 and merch and apparel worth $500)
Fastest Mustang presented by Stiffler's (Prize)
Fastest rear-wheel-drive, open tire presented by Track Advantage (Free track event worth $500)
Brian Faessler, Ford Mustang, 1:49.057