ZEN
PERFORMANCE wins Round 1 - Time Attack
Pro-Class
At the opening round of the UK 2007 Time Attack series,
Team ZEN took 1st place with a 1:14:064
lap of the Donington National Circuit, a NEW
TIME ATTACK RECORD at DONINGTON !!
Team ZEN performed strongly throughout the
weekend, breaking in to the 1minute 15secs
during practice on Saturday and first to break in to the 1minute
14secs during the qualifying sessions on Sunday. The
car was flying through the speed trap at 236kph
Phil
Glew, test driver on Saturday was blown away with the setup
of the car commenting...
"the combination
of power and balance is fantastic. This is not a fast road car,
it performs and handles like a race
car !"
Matt
Allison, winning driver on Sunday remarked...
"driving
was the easy part - what Paul gave me was a thoroughly well-prepared
car that was capable of a winning time !"
The win is a culmination of hundreds of hours of hard work to
build and prepare the shell, the engine and gearbox, not to mention
extensive research & development, time and fine-tuning of
the on-track set-up.
Paul
Blamire is understandably thrilled by the win but feels there
is still more to come from the engine and the chassis...
"to win on
Sunday with just 4 gears is testament to the calibre of driver
but also the level we have reached with this car. The weekend
was marred slightly by problems - with clutch, gearbox and engine
- we know there is so much more to come. This year looks set to
be highly competitive, with all Pro teams putting in creditable
performances"
Team
ZEN would like to thank all their sponsors, contributors and supporters.
A special thankyou to AET for your continued support; the win
would not have been possible without you !
for
full details of the day please click here...
AET
Sponsorship
The ZEN Impreza utilises an AET modified Garrett
GT40R turbocharger on a custom manifold along with Twin 38mm Turbosmart
Wastegates with custom pipework - both supplied by AET.
AET also supplied AIM Sports MXL Pista digital
dash, gauge and data acquisition unit.
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WESTON
PERFORMANCE
wins Round 1
- European Drift
Championship
Mark Johnston of Weston Performance took 1st place in round
1 of the European Drift Championship 2007 in the Nissan Silvia.
In a field containing all the best drivers Mark came out on
top, beating John Power in the final at Donington Park.
THE FINALS
The
Sunday finals saw the Top 16 drivers going head to head.
Top
16
Mark Johnston was gradually finding his form and confidently
took down Alan McCord to reach the last 8.
Top
8
Mark was up against Tim Marshall and managed to squeeze his
way into the semi-finals.
Semi-final
The semi-final went to sudden death , showing how intense the
competition was. Johnston had upped his game even further and
managed to hold off the veteran Brett Castle to book his place
in the final.
The
Final
The final turned out to be a clear cut decision with John Power
making a big mistake on run 1 giving an 8-2 advantage to Johnston.
Power was unable to recover from this and Johnston rammed home
his advantage to be crowned the deserved winner of Round 1 of
the European Drift Championship !
An exciting few days of competition gave everybody the impression
that the 2007 European Drift Championship is something to keep
an eye on, each and every round.
Next round SILVERSTONE 3rd
June 2007.
full
details of the day can be found here...
Weston Performance would like to thank all their
sponsors and contributors for their continued support, without
whos help this victory would not have been achievable.
Heres looking forward to the forthcoming events of what we are
hoping to be a successful season.
AET
Sponsorship
The Weston Silvia utilises an AET GT28 VT151 turbocharger with
custom T3 Turbine housing along with an e-boost 2 controller
and a new Turbosmart Race Port 50mm BOV.
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