Great Cars + Great People = Great Day!!

Fontana Nissan Racing travelled to the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch to attend the NAGTROC – Top Gear day at the track.  Top Gear sent Fly the photographer to the track from England to shoot pics for an upcoming article about the Nissan GTR.

Doug at Switchcars, located at the Spring Mountain track, did a great job organizing the day. The attendees all enjoyed a delicious lunch and a party afterwards that was successful enough that no pictures have surfaced from that yet!

For GTR lovers, this was the ultimate. About 20 GTR’s were driven or trailered to the track from as far away as Chicago. The weather was perfect – sunny, warm, but not too warm.  Plenty of track time was available to wear out the cars and the drivers!

Fontana Nissan Racing brought out our Redline Time Attack Modified AWD Class GTR with some new mods (more on those in the next post) and the 350Z race car. We also delivered Darin Ferraro’s GTR with a completely repaired transmission to a very happy owner!

Scott from Fontana Nissan Parts was on hand to answer any and all questions concerning the aftermarket parts on the GTR.  Several  industry people from Cobb Tuning, and HB Speed, and Aeromotions were on hand to help customers as well.

 

It was great to be able to put a face with so many names and meet such a nice group of people. Thanks to everyone involved !

For a complete photo gallery go to www.fontananissanracing.com and click on the Gallery page. Follow the GTR world at www.nagtroc.org.

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It’s Endless!

Fontana Nissan Racing Tests Endless Brake Pads

At the recent Red Line Time Attack event on September 26th-27th Fontana Nissan Racing tested Endless brake pads. The Unlimited Class 350Z was fitted with a new set of N35S compound pads. Prior to this test we have used PFC 01 compound pads. The brakes are Alcon Rolex GT spec calipers on Alcon rotors. The brake package on this car has always performed extremely well. We were looking for the Endless pads to perform equally or better in all aspects. We evaluated initial “bite” on application modulation through the brake zone and release at the end of the braking cycle. Pad wear and rotor wear were also judged. The Endless pads performed flawlessly in all respects. The amount of track time was somewhat limited so wear is difficult to judge but it appears the wear factors are better than on previous pads.

On the GTR we have been running the stock pads. With stock pads the brakes go hard and become ineffective after just a few hard driven laps. Up until they go hard the braking is quite good on the GTR. We installed ME20 compound pads on the car. These pads are designed as a good trackable street pad. After installing the pads, Mike Cronin experienced no hard pedal issues and had good consistent braking throughout the run. We also noted that the pads remained quiet and had good bite when cold.

Overall, we were impressed and happy with the Endless pads on both cars and will continue to evaluate the performance and wear at the upcoming Red Line Time Attack event at Auto Club Speedway on November 14th-15th.

Endless brake pads are available from Scott Vanderheide at www.fontananissanparts.com.

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StreetFire.net Red LIne Time Attack Video!

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Check out the exciting video about the Red Line Time Attack event at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch, produced by StreetFire.net. Fine job by the StreetFire crew. We’re just glad they didn’t blow over our awning with the helicopter!

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