April 20th, 2008 marked the Glen Helen II rallycross just north of the City of San Bernardino, CA. It was a beautiful day for racing and the turnout of competitors was noticeably higher as a result. Mike Malsed and the FRX group ran a characteristically smooth event with stretches of high speed (We have a third gear?!? Who knew.), a deceptive shamrock and a slip-and-slide element from the frequent water truck runs.

While not the best Team event to date, WayTooFast Racing had tons of fun, met some folks new to rallycross and are looking forward to GH III in a few weeks. Some highlights include Kevin’s 112.96 (4th fastest second lap overall), another close call on an engine fire due to the same ol’ powersteering Glen Helen curse, and spending more time sideways than straight. (LFB FTW!)

Full results can be found here.

-WTF Racing

Team WayTooFast Racing is proud (or maybe just surprised?) to announce our Desert Storm standings:

1st Place in Production and 3rd Place in Performance Stock!

Although only able to attend the first day of racing, the event gave the Team its first high-speed, competitive experience. Kevin got the Neon consistently over 75 mph and topped out at just over 83 mph according to the onboard GPS datalogger. Overall event standings can be found here.

Some of the days highlights include: fishtailing wildly at 80+ on silt, ripping our rear skid plate nearly in two…dragging it for two stages…and finally having sweep hand it to us at lunch, the obligatory beef jerky, and a very shady bar in Blythe that had three customers all night..Kevin, Jake and our single crew member. To this day we believe the place was being robbed, but we walked in during the initial break-in, so they covered up by serving cheap beer at ever-changing prices to us from behind the darkened counter. Odd, but a story to tell the grandchildren nonetheless.

Looking forward to more rally! Pictures and video to follow.

-WTF Racing