fastest honda of 2007 award

deetz · Post by **deetz** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:31 am

just thinkin here,,, who is the most recent fastest honda in the midwest. and by midwest i mean gateway itl raceway.. im thinkin the site should have an award for the fastest honda every year,, i guess i should have put this in the site suggestions area

Silver Knight · Post by **Silver Knight** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:03 pm

thats an oxymoron, chris. everyone knows that fast and honda dont go together!

greggles · Post by **greggles** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:29 pm

True just like torque and Honda don't go together very well either.

deetz · Post by **deetz** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:30 pm

yea i know, im just curious who ran the fastest time out of all the hondas in the area, kinda gives me a goal to attempt to beat,, doubt i will but its worth a try

JonDubya · Post by **JonDubya** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:22 pm

Moved.

I like the idea, but how would we track it?

deetz · Post by **deetz** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:42 pm

i think bret has good info, i bet if he saw this thread hed be able to answer that

N2HIFI · Post by **N2HIFI** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:19 pm

why bother just give me the award now so we dont have to wonder who the fastest is/will be all year.

chris

deetz · Post by **deetz** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:23 pm

hahaha how soon till your turds done? mines gettin there, i need my ecu rechipped, then im off to tune

Kage87 · Post by **Kage87** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:26 pm

If I remember correctly from the gateway thread, Rick (5thgen) owns this title already:dunno:

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APRIL 17th, 2007 STLSR.COM SPORT TUNER SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W Rick Howie, O'Fallon IL 1992 112 Civic 0.183 12.179 117.34
RU Curtis Wyatt, Granite City, IL 2002 152 WRX 0.088 13.120 107.09

For more than four seasons, Rick Howie’s plain white ‘92 Honda Civic has been the hallmark of Honda performance in the St. Louis area. With the exception of Marc King’s supercharged CRX, no other Honda has come close to the numbers clocked by the O’Fallon, Illinois, turbo car built entirely by its owner. Despite the fact that Howie has competed in the SCSS series since its inception in 2004, he had yet to win…or even qualify for…a St. Louis Street Racing.com Sport Tuner Showdown Series final round. That long dry spell is now over.

Incredibly, the carnage rampant in the SCSS field spilled over into the STSS pits; several of the area’s best-known Tuners stumbled with problems which kept them from being competitive. Adnan Omerovic’s 130 mph ‘95 Talon was unable to get a full pass from its brand-new 4G63T power plant, (replacing the one which Adnan obliterated in the final event of 2006), and SRT-4 superstar Brian Orsborn got nothing but grief from his eleven-second Neon. Howie, on the other hand, was the picture of consistency with a slew of 12.1-second runs culminating in a best-ever ET of 12.12 at 117.16 mph. Past STSS event winner Curtis Wyatt and Matthew Loomis waged a battle of Subaru Impreza WRXs to determine who would race Howie for the trophy with Wyatt’s Illinois entry claiming the honor with a 12.86/107.94 best during qualifying. Following Loomis’ 12.98/105.10 were Tristan Hanson’s red ‘93 RX7, (a best-ever 13.06/113.46), Nick Stepp’s Missouri Neon SRT-4, (13.25/107.50), Orsborn’s ugly best of 13.38/116.68 (!), Carlos Fuentes’ Neon, (13.44/106.22), and Lee Hanson, (Tristan’s dad), in his black ‘93 RX7 at 13.48/110.09.

Howie’s Civic, which is a recognized daily driver throughout the area, went into the final round with a sizeable advantage. “It’s really just a stock 1.8 liter motor”, said Howie before the title bout, “except I added aftermarket cylinder head studs since I’m running a fair amount of boost. I really do drive it every day; it’s pretty tame.” Wyatt, who won a Tuner Shootout title for the first time on May 9th, 2006, was struggling with newfound horsepower and a new driving technique. “We added quite a bit of boost over the winter and I’m really having problems with tirespin tonight, even with the All-Wheel-Drive. On top of that, I’m using a new clutchless transmission and I’m still getting used to that, too”.

In the final battle, Wyatt did gain a tenth of a second holeshot and stretched the lead to fifteen hundredths at the sixty feet mark. Howie reeled in the WRX by four hundred feet, however, and clicked off a 12.17/117.34 win over Wyatt’s trailing 13.12/107.09.

deetz · Post by **deetz** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:29 pm

i think so, but i couldnt find it anywhere, i know hes running low 12's, like a 12.1 or something,