HB Speed’s AccessPORT-tuned EVOX once again took to the track at the third West Coast Redline Time Attack! event at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch. It was a grueling test of the car’s suspension, aerodynamics, power and driver skill. On Saturday HB Speed sent driver and tuner, Jon Drenas, out onto the 3.1-mile 18-turn late-apex track for the first time. After realizing that the car was so loose that it looked like a Formula D, car Jon came back in for some aerodynamic adjustments. The second session was not much better, after adding a lot of rear wing into the car, it plowed badly. The third session, however, was completely different! “After getting the wing set where it needed to be, the car felt great and we dropped 6-seconds off our lap times,” said Jon.

After a successful test and tune day on Saturday, the HB Speed team was ready to attack Spring Mountain again on Sunday. Jon went out for the first practice session and ran a 2:41.6 fast lap time. Jon felt that there was a bit more in the car so he loaded the 27psi “race” map to the car via the COBB Tuning AccessPORT and went out for the first timed session. Unfortunately, the session was black flagged on the third lap and was ended early. Jon was still able to post his fastest lap yet with a 2:38.712, good enough for 3rd place at the time. The time held strong until the second timed session when the team was bumped to 4th by a much faster and lighter car.

Overall this was a great event for Jon and the HB Speed team in sorting out the car’s strengths and weaknesses. The power provided by the Forced Performance EVO X Red, E85, Deatschwerks 1000cc injectors and The HB Speed-tuned Cobb AccessPORT, was incredible. The car’s 451 wheel horsepower was used over and over and never needed any adjustments the whole day. The car also drove to and from the event, seeing that it is after all, a Street car! HB Speed