Tom Tang 8/24/22 Tom Tang 8/24/22

P2 and P5 in ST4 for our E46 M3 on the Yokohama A055

This year seems to be just flying by. We last raced at the end of March, and since then the team has been busy with a wide variety of cool projects at the shop. Personally, my calendar has been filled with work, travel, and everything in between. One event in particular that transpired during this time was the official launch of the Yokohama A055 tire.

Tom Tang 10/14/20 Tom Tang 10/14/20

One-Two Finish at the 2020 NASA Pro Racing Season Finale

With the 25 Hours of Thunderhill postponed to 2021 (thanks, COVID) the final race weekend of the year took place at Buttonwillow in the form of a double header, Super Touring sprint racing and a 3 hour and 15 minute night endurance race as part of the Western Racing Endurance Racing Championships. We were able to use the month of September to properly prep both the Lotus Exige and the E36 BMW M3.

Tom Tang 6/22/20 Tom Tang 6/22/20

Second podium at the second race of the year

The first race of the 2020 season feels like a lifetime ago...and not because it was way back in February, but because the world as we know it has changed dramatically over the past 15 weeks. COVID-19 caused just about everything to shut down...businesses, offices, parks, restaurants, schools, and what can best be described as a “normal way of life.”

Jon Vo 2/13/20 Jon Vo 2/13/20

Trackspec's Exige S240 Project Part 8, Roll Cage

With a year of rebuilding and developing the Exige behind us, we were excited to begin our “winter project,” the roll cage. When the car came back from the last track event of the year (a very wet Laguna day), we gave it a good wash inside and out before getting into it. We also had to do some homework and make sure that what we build is safe and legal for the the local sanctioning bodies we plan to race with. We followed NASA’s Club Codes and Regulations handbook as a guide.

Tom Tang 8/7/19 Tom Tang 8/7/19

Round 5 of the 2019 NASA Super Touring Championship

When 4 out of 5 cars from your team are damaged after a race weekend, you know that some stuff went down. We were really excited about this weekend at Thunderhill because the weather looked dry, albeit hot (105F), and we had just confirmed a week earlier while testing at Buttonwillow that any overheating issues had been resolved (we upgraded a lot of things after Round 4 at Sonoma in June). This would also be my first time driving the E36 at Thunderhill (since Graham had covered for me there during Round 2 in April while I was in Japan).

Tom Tang 6/19/19 Tom Tang 6/19/19

Round 4 of the 2019 NASA Super Touring Championship

Round 4 was once again at Sonoma Raceway and we were really excited because there was absolutely zero chance of rain this time around. The plan was to head up on Thursday evening because we wanted to do some more testing on Friday; before the NASA weekend began.

Tom Tang 5/22/19 Tom Tang 5/22/19

NASA ST4 Round 3 At Sonoma Raceway

Our team spent the last few weeks (after a less than ideal weekend at Thunderhill last month) busy preparing for Round 3 of the 2019 Super Touring Championship season at Sonoma Raceway by making some significant improvements to “Heidi.”

Victoria Vo 4/22/19 Victoria Vo 4/22/19

NASA ST4 Round 2 at Thunderhill Raceway

“Heidi” left for Round 2 of NorCal Super Touring Championship a day earlier than usual because Tom was in Japan - which meant that Graham assumed driving duties for this particular race weekend. We were excited because Jon had rebuilt the engine with brand new rod bearings, a new oil pump, and added an accusump system to help mitigate the low oil pressure issues we ran into at Sonoma in March. Shout-out to Jim from MMI Vehicle Systems and West Coast Ravenol for the fresh parts and fluids! On Thursday evening, Liam and Graham stopped by the shop to pick up the car and then they were off to Thunderhill.

Tom Tang 3/20/19 Tom Tang 3/20/19

2019 NASA Super Touring Round 1: Sonoma

After our successful test day at Sonoma on Friday March 1st, Graham and I brought “Heidi” down to SS Customs in Redwood City, CA that very same evening for the installation of this year’s livery. I was thrilled to once again partner with Adam and Scott from Skepple on the design, and my longtime friend, Shareef, from SSC on the print/install. The plan was that they would finish the car in time for the season opener, and boy...did they deliver!

Jon Vo 11/5/18 Jon Vo 11/5/18

Getting My NASA Racing License

Exactly one month before the NASA 4-Hour Endurance race at Sonoma Raceway, Tom messages me. “Get your racing license. I need a co-driver for the enduro.” This was a bit rushed, but I figured if I was planning to in 2019, it wouldn’t hurt to just get it out of the way now.

Tom Tang 11/1/18 Tom Tang 11/1/18

Ending the Season at Sonoma

This event marked our second attempt at the Sonoma 4-hour enduro, part of the NASA Western Endurance Racing Championship series (also known as WERC). Last year, we attempted to run this race with 2 cars (my ST4 Honda S2000 and Liam’s ST4 Honda Civic). Unfortunately, both cars had to retire early because of parts failures. I broke two differentials (my main and my spare) and Liam lost a gearbox.

Tom Tang 10/10/18 Tom Tang 10/10/18

2018 NASA Championships at COTA, Texas

Our road to COTA actually began several months ago with a lot of careful planning and preparation. A lot of things had to be done before we ever left NorCal..

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