Unloading Irene.

The Prima Racing & TunerPlayground Motorsports Team went up to Thunderhill Raceway this past weekend for the first shakedown session of the year with our newly revised S2000 race car. The car had undergone some serious changes over the winter, with the most prominent being the new paint: a Porsche GT3RS Signal Green courtesy of 19th Autobody Center (thanks Jihoon!) in Daly City.

Saturday February 18th. We left the Bay Area around 4pm in the afternoon and arrived at the Motel 6 Willows just shortly after sunset. The team decided to enjoy an early dinner followed by some very exciting UFC match ups on Pay Per View. A couple of the guys stayed up afterwards to have some beers, but for the most part we all turned in early, anxious for a very busy day ahead.

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We are in Southern California for another round of Honda Challenge.  This time we’re at Willow Springs.  This is a really fast track  where some people describe it as what separates the Men from the Boys.  Not very technical, but requires a lot of confidence and bravery.

This weekend, Andrie Hartanto has the full driving duty.  The first practice is used by Andrie to get familiar with the track.  The last time Andrie drove this track was in 2003. This is definitely one of the tracks that Andrie drives at the least (2011 being the 3rd time ever).
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The 2011 race season kicked off with our first event at Thunderhill Raceway. For this year, we decided to mix it up a bit and utilize two cars with alternating drivers. In addition to the Acura TSX, we will also campaign a Spec Miata this season. For this event, Telly will pilot the Acura TSX and Andrie will run in the highly competitive Spec Miata race.
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