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The 2009 Redline Time Attack season is about ready to kick off! The weekend of March 28th-29th will see top Time Attack teams from across the United States do battle at Buttonwillow Raceway just outside of Bakersfield, California. There have been a number of changes made during the offseason, most notably the allowance of Full Race Slicks in Unlimited Class, the initiative of Redline Time Attack Franchise Teams and the creation of a "Rookie Class" within Street Class (to make the events more accessible to enthusiasts just getting started).
Redline will host a total of 8 events in the 2009 Season Championship, visiting several new facilities (Autobahn Country Club, Carolina Motorsports Park & Englishtown Raceway). We will see the return of past champions from 2007 and 2008 in FactorX in their Acura NSX out of Las Vegas and AMS Performance in their new Evolution X out of Chicago, both competing in the Unlimited Class. Attempting to knock the past champions off the podium in Unlimited Class are Sierra-Sierra in their Evo 9, Fontana Nissan with a 350z, GST Motorsports in their proven Impreza L, TopSpeed in their Subaru Impreza and Chris Rado in his World Racing Scion tC.
The competition in Modified Class is going to intensify this year as we see a number of past Street Class Champions step up a Class. JC Meynet, reigning Street Class Grand Champion, in his Harman Motive sponsored STI will move to Modified AWD. Billy Brooks, formerly the driver for COBB and a very talented SCCA Auto-X driver, will pilot the MODE Racing Hyundai Genesis. Joining JC and Billy as Franchised Teams in Modified Class will be reigning Modified AWD National Champion James Elterman (Takata Time Attack Subaru), Corey Neuer (NNI Racing Subaru), Mike Bonanni (DDMTimeAttack.com 350z) and Ryan Gates (Gates311.com).
Buttonwillow Raceway at the end of March is certainly where any true enthusiast will want to be! If you can't make it to the event, check out the new RedlineTimeAttack.com website, launching the week of March 23rd, featuring live updates from the event!
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