Jonathon Stancel has passed tech this morning with his V8 Is300 and is ready for some practice time on the track. Tomorrow the gates will fully open and the fun begins. Don’t forget to stop by the Batlground booth to say hello and pick-up your free “Save Drifting in Atlanta” sticker to show your support for the cause. Here is the link to the petition.
Who is ready for Formula D?
Thursday, May 10th, 2012Global Time Attack with Formula Drift May 11th & 12th
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012Here is an interesting event happening at Road Atlanta on the same days as Formula Drift this year. It’s the Global Time Attack series created for the enthusiast racer with a factory turbocharged vehicle (turbo in stock location) and they have AWD, RWD, and FWD classes. For the novice driver they also have a street car class that runs street tires. The object of the event is to get the best single lap time. Snergy Turbos even offer their Synergy Turbo True Street Class Contingency Award for this class, get more info here. Catch all the GTA(Global Time Attack) action along with Formula D on May 11th & 12th at Road Atlanta.
Busy Weekend Ahead
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012This weekend will be full of excitement at Turner Field. This Saturday the 24th will be the S2 Drift in the upper lot. Over 50 drifters are registered to run in single and tandem groups. Sunday will bring the SCCA Atlanta Region back to the lower lot for their Points 2 Autocross competition. They will have the usual assortment of classes ranging from stock vehicles all the way up to full blown track cars. Spectators get in to S2 Drift for $10 and as always admission to the SCCA event will be free.
S-13 in for some upgrades
Thursday, February 16th, 2012As you may have read in one of our previous posts, this owner just picked up his 13. Now he is ready for some improvements. We sat down with Anthony and came up with a plan. A larger 5130 Precision Turbo, Tomei Procams, Brian Crower valve springs and retainers were ordered, now it’s time for the install. After the install is complete the 240 will be traveling a whole 10 feet to our dyno for a fresh tune. A previously instated Apexi Power FC will be handling the engine management duties. We can’t wait to see the final results.
2012 StreetWise Drift Pro AM Schedule
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012We are proud to announce the Batlground IS300 will be competing in the entire series this year.
2012 Pro AM Schedule
April 7th Testing & Tech Gresham Motorsports Park
May 11th-12th- Pro AM Rd 1 Road Atlanta
June 1st-2nd Pro AM Rd 2 Palm Beach International Raceway
July 7th Pro AM Rd 3 Charlotte Register
Aug 4th Pro AM Rd 4 Charlotte Register
Sept 15th Pro AM Final Virginia International Raceway
Oct 6th End of Season Throwdown Gresham Motorsports Park
Good Trade
Monday, January 23rd, 2012Anthony just brought us this S-13 to inspect for him. He recently traded his old AE86 with an SR-20 for this 240 with the same setup. Don’t worry Hachi fans, Anthony has another one he is currently building.
Racing in 2012
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012Race season is just around the corner. What are you running this year? 
Diamond in the rough?
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Varsity 1/5/12
Friday, January 6th, 2012It was a cold night for a car meet, but a pretty good turn out. Were you there?
Drift IS300 cutting weight
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
We managed to find more weight that could be removed from our IS300 drift project. The hood weighed in at 35lbs before modifications, after cutting out the inner shell 10lbs was shaved from the nose of the car. It does not sound like much, but after doing this on multiple parts of the car, the overall weight can be reduced greatly. After removing the skeleton of the hood we ran into issues about how to hold the hood up. Our solution was to modify the hinges so that the hood now lays nicely on the windshield providing full access to the engine bay.
