Nick M

Hey guys, look forward to seeing HT'ers at Etown again this year...

What: 2nd Annual Honda Day and Honda-Tech Raceday
Where: Englishtown's Raceway Park
Who: You!
When: Saturday March 27th, 2004

We were very encouraged by everyones comments about the first event, so we are hoping to blow that first event out of the water in terms of attendance and enjoyment for the racers and spectators.

Where: Englishtown, NJ - Raceway Park
Address to use for directions: 230 Pension Road Englishtown, NJ 07726-8462
Time: Gates open at 9am, it stops when there is no more racing left to do

***1/4 mile bracket and heads up drag racing
***Autocross open to all Hondas and Acuras
***BFGoodrich Super Challenge for best combined Drag & Autocross car- DOT radials only!
***Classes for all drivers and states of tune

***Special Manufacturer Tuner Midway
***Lots of Trophies, Cash, and Prizes to be handed out

This is the biggest Raceway Park one make event ever. This is event of the year for Honda/Acura owners. Find out how your Honda/Acura stacks up against the best of the rest!


**********UPDATED INFO ON DRAG**********
2 Bracket Classes:
*B1 - 15.00 & Slower
*B2 - 14.99 & Quicker

2 Heads Up Classes:
*All Motor Class - All cars in All Motor must meet noise and safety regulations. Transplants, slicks, lexan, and fiberglass allowed.
*Power Adder Class - All cars in Power Adder must meet noise and safety regulations. Slicks, lexan, and fiberglass allowed.

Trophies and prizes awarded to Winner and Runner-up in each of the drag racing classes.

*All cars must be street muffled. (All cars must meet noise regulations for Saturday Street muffled racing. For more information go to http://www.racewaypark.com)


**********UPDATED INFO ON AUTOCROSS**********
BFGoodrich Super Challenge
The Super Challenge will consist of 3 time trials at the quarter mile dragstrip and 3 time runs at the autocross course. The combination of the two events will determine the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finishers. Your score will be determined by how well you perform in each of the events. For example if you finish in first place in the drag racing portion and in third place in the autocross portion you will have a total of 4 points (2 points will be the best possible score). The competitor with the least amount of points at the end of the day will win the event. The Challenge is open to all Honda and Acura "street type" vehicles.

Autocross:
Open to all Honda and Acura automobiles. Trophies awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places.

Class 1:
Class 2: Acura NSX
Class 3: Acura Integra Type R, Honda S2000*
Class 4: Acura RSX-S, TL-S, CL-S, CL-S 6spd*, Integra GSR, Honda 03 Accord-6cyl, Prelude VTEC, Prelude SH*
Class 5: Acura Integra (non-VTEC), CL V6, TL, RSX*, Honda Civic SOHC-VTEC, Civic DOHC-VTEC*, Accord V6, 92-96 Prelude (non-VTEC)
Class 6: Acura 2.2/2.3 CL, Honda Civic Non-VTEC*, Accord 4-cyl, Prelude 83-90, HF series
*5 points automatically assessed


Modifications and Points Assesments:
Modification points are added to each car in class. If your car equals 11 points you will be bumped up one class. There is no limit - a car with high level of modifications might move up several classes.

NOTE: Jack, spare tire, trunk carpeting, and tools are free

11 thru 23 points – Up ONE Class
24 thru 36 points – Up TWO Classes
37 thru 49 points - Up THREE Classes
50 thru 75 points – Up FOUR Classes
over 76 points – Class 1

Wheels/Tires:
---All SUPER CHALLENGE Contestants must be on DOT radials!---
1. DOT – approved tires with treadwear 80 and below (5)
2. Non-DOT approved tires (8)
3. Wheels and tires extend beyond original bodywork (2)
4. Plus size wheels (Plus one, two, or three) (2)

Weight Reduction:
1. Replacement non-adjustable seat (2)
2. Gutted interior Front (3)
3. Gutted interior Rear (anything behind front seats removed) (2)
4. Lightweight hood (1)
5. Lightweight Fenders (2)
6. Lexan/Plexi glass windows (4)
7. Remove power steering (2)

Engine/Drivetrain:
1. Engine swap (11)
2. Increased displacement (not to be added to Engine Swap) (5)
3. Non-OEM forced induction (11)
4. Air intake system (2)
5. Cat back exhaust (2)
6. Header (3)
7. SFC/VTEC controller/Performance chip for NA engine (4)
8. Performance Chip/Boost controller for Turbo engine (6)
9. Programmable electronics/fuel injection system (Includes boost/fuel-timing map) (8)
10. Replacement pulleys (1)
11. Lightweight Flywheel (1)
12. Other internal engine modifications (4)
13. Ring and pinion change (2)
14. Add/modify limited slip (3)

Suspension/Brakes:
1. Performance non-adjustable shocks (2)
2. Adjustable shocks (4)
3. Performance/Lowering Springs (2)
4. Full coil-over suspension (included adjustable spring perch/spring/shock) (8)
5. Changed/Added anti-sway bars (2)
6. Camber plates/bolts/adjustable upper and/or lower arms (2)
7. Big Brake Kit (includes calipers/rotors/pads) (3)


Admission Costs:
$25.00 – Drag Racing Tech Card
$25.00 – Autocross
**$40.00 – Drag Race & Autocross

**Participating in both activities may prevent you from running in the drag racing eliminations**

Lip

yee haa

1GreyTeg

My wheels and tires will be there.

I unfortunately have to work that day.

davidnyc

For the challenge, are their class winners or just an overall winner?

JoeLee

Umm, you have to credit NASA if you are going to use our rules.

chameleon

cant wait

Rodney

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overall winner

jasyatz

Joe,

Not exactly your rules...But since Matt and I had extended conversations about how "loosely" they were based on surrounding clubs rules packages, Here's everyone's pat on the back again...

Special thanks to NASA, PCA, M-Club, BMWCCA, SCCA and NESCCA for imput on the Honda Day rules package....

This also appears on the welcome letter and tech sheets...

If the weather holds off, this year should be outstanding..

Jeff Yatsko
Honda Day AutoX Event Administrator

JoeLee

Thanks Jeff! Loosely? You cut and pasted our (trademarked) points - just like MClub did! LOL ...

jasyatz

Joe,

"loosely" indeed..

This format turned out to be the easiest to understand for this type of event...and makes it really easy to restructure the classes on the fly if the turnout in a partiular class is poor.

Hope to see you there..

Jeff

KekeK-18

damn, I need to find myself a set of R compound for the Super Challenge....

743power

I would really like to go to this, but there's enough thieves at englishtown on a regular day, I can only imagine how many there would be on a honda day. Have fun guys.

Lip

we haven't really had any issues the other honda days we've done ...so we are hoping for the same this day as well

CivicSiRacer

At the autocross side there are plenty of us who watch each other's stuff and LOCK UP our stuff. At the regular events like the Import Drags and such yes there are more problems.

631 Teggy

I'll be there... Dunno if Ima race (it would be my first auto-x). Unfortunetely my mods would put me in class 1... Being that I've not yet raced on that kind of track, I think I'm going to just go to watch...

BobbyStylz

I'm def. going

Rodney

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don't watch, just do it! you'll be kicking yourself in the *** if you don't compete and go just to "watch"....

Todd00

Ouch, that points system is killer.

My legally-prepped SCCA STX Type R would be running in Class 1 under that ruleset, and I'd still be on street tires.

4 points for a VAFC and only 2 for a header or intake? Heck, I could gut my car and only have 5 points

And the S2000 in the same class as the ITR to start out with? Yikes.

97dxnut

Does it cost anything to get in but not race?

davidnyc

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I believe normal gate prices are still in place....maybe if you get there early and help setup the autocross course, you may be able to get in for free... check http://www.autox4u.com

honda93

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Todd00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ouch, that points system is killer.

My legally-prepped SCCA STX Type R would be running in Class 1 under that ruleset, and I'd still be on street tires.

4 points for a VAFC and only 2 for a header or intake? Heck, I could gut my car and only have 5 points

And the S2000 in the same class as the ITR to start out with? Yikes.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Todd,

I hope you weren't planning on coming! Not to deter you or anything, but our lot at Raceway Park isn't worth the drive from Ohio. Believe me... My wife's grandparents are in Hinckley and knowing Raceway Park as intimately as I do, you'd only be cursing the whole 500 mile ride home.


Also everybody, the weather is iffy in central NJ this time of year, so keep watching...

http://www.nws.noaa.gov (if you enjoy forecasting your own weather like I do)

http://www.intellicast.com (if you're lazy)


I gotta say this... In my opinion, the scoring system for the Super Challenge is weird. It should be a combination of one's best drag and autocross time added up, or added up and then divided... NOT what they have now. At the Honda event in August, I finished 4th in the autocross but last in the drags and still managed to finish near the back overall! This is regardless of the fact that I beat almost all the people in the autocross by a wider margin (average of 4-14 seconds) than they beat me in the drag (average of 3-5 seconds). Whatever.


As for paying just to watch. The Napps would charge their parents to get into that place how's that?

As for working the event, if you've never helped us before I'd contact Ernie A. ea455@optonline.net and ask him if he's got enough people. Jeff Y. and I will be helping him and Perry run things, but we intend on competing as well... So I personally don't want to be bogged down with questions and problems, especialy at the first event of the season for many of us.

Anthony "Mario" Crea

Todd00

No no, wasn't planning on coming. I just don't think the points system truly reflects the potential (or lack thereof) of some of the weight given to certain mods.

I've been keeping my eye on this and thinking how the SCCA could adapt a points system to SoloII, and while this is a good start, it does need some tweaking.

civic duty

Im going to spectate, but i cant wait to get to Jersey in a few weeks

631 Teggy

When is the real auto-x track ganna be ready at e-town?

Aquafina

iTrader: (3)

I would love to go but I have school. Glad my $3 helped to support it.