This is Brad’s RX-7 at Mackin Industries’ Industry Track Day.  If he’s not at the Tokico booth, he’s usually with the Double D Garage’s lineup at car shows.  He’ll be at the Tokico booth at Spocom next month!

Here are a few comments from Brad:

A few pics from the Mackin Industry track day from Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow CA.
The car ran great all day long, nice cool coolant temps and air temps great response from the turbo very fun day.
The only hitch in the day was the last session where the tires lost grip and the brake fluid started to boil so I had to do alot of left foot pumping of the pedal so I had a
firm pedal going into the corners. no brakes and worn out tires made for a handful on the track but still a blast!
But those are easy fixes, new tires and flush the brake system and all is well. The car is in one piece and I’m already looking forward to the next track event at Cal Speedway in Augest for Mazfest.

Spied this car at Buttonwillow and snapped a few pictures.

225/45R17 Hoosiers.  Looks like they swapped on Acura TL manual/Type-S brakes, which are really just OEM Brembos.  I wondered how they dealt with the proportioning valve?

Roll cage is property of Honda R&D America?

Lightweight polymer windows.

Ass shot.

Here are a few random pictures from Sunday.

Jackson is g-g-gay!

Just came back home from Buttonwillow with Speed Ventures. Here are some pictures of my car.

I can’t wait to go back!

During the Redline Time Attack season finale, I was asking James Elterman how he wrapped his Takata harnesses.  See post here.

He was also kind enough to send me this t-shirt.  Thanks James!

Here are some photos of his car at the season finale.

I picked up a pair of Sparco Profi 2 and absolutely love them.  The Profi 2 uses a suede lining which goes great on a suede steering wheel.  One thing I noticed about my OMP steering wheel was that the girth was a bit too slim to have a nice grip on the steering wheel.  However, once you throw on some driving gloves, the girth and grip on the steering wheel is perfect.  I guess OMP designed their steering wheels to be used with racing gloves (duh, as it should be) and not just bare hands.

I picked these up at Werks 2.  If you’re in the market for any safety gear (from helmets to gloves), please try the gear on first before you buy them.  Looking at them online will not give you an idea how well (or poor) they fit.  I tried on all the driving gloves at Werks 2 (the entire Sparco line up to Alpinestars) before settling on the Profi 2.  If you’re looking for a Southern California shop to try on gear, I highly recommend Werks 2.  They’re highly knowledgeable about safety gear and will make sure it fits you correctly.  They also stock almost everything they sell.

Miata may be a girl’s car on the street.  When you’re on the track, you’re the man!  Do you spy the GoPro Camera in the rear diffuser?

JDM Ego sighting!