Kyle Mohan grabs first Redline Time Attack podium in Las Vegas
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April 27, 2010 (Signal Hill, Calif.) – The Las Vegas round of the 2010 Redline Time Attack season wound up being as much about making a car last the whole weekend as it was about outright speed. The event, held on the tight, twisty outside road course at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, saw several cars wilt under pressure throughout the weekend leaving them unable to turn a lap during Sunday’s timed sessions.
Having no such problems was the No.99 Mazdatrix / Nexen Mazda RX-7 Turbo II of Kyle Mohan. While the team did encounter some problems early in the weekend in testing, the Mazdatrix crew was able to quickly fix the car and have it ready for the timed sessions on Sunday afternoon. Having never previously visited the road course at Las Vegas, and competing in only his third Redline Time Attack event, Mohan wanted as little down time as possible as he found more speed with each practice session.
In Sunday’s timed sessions, Mohan was able to lay down a laptime of 1:50.16, good enough for second place in the Drift class – earning his second podium in Redline Time Attack and the first one for Mazdatrix and Nexen Tires. While several other cars were unable to take part in the timed sessions due to failure, Mohan’s RX-7 – and the Mazdatrix-built 13B engine in it – ran flawlessly throughout the day.
“I’m really happy to get a good result for everyone at Mazdatrix and Nexen Tires,” said Mohan following the event. “This was also our first weekend on the new Nexen N9000 tires and they worked really well on our car. The engine and setup in this car has been the same since it last competed in Formula Drift in the 2008 season, and it is still essentially a drift car so we are happy with the performance that we are getting out of it. Now we plan on dialing it in for a win very soon.”
The next event for Mohan will be the second round of the Formula Drift Pro Championship, which will be held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on May 7-8, while the next Redline Time Attack event will be the weekend of May 28-29 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.
About Kyle Mohan Racing
Based in Signal Hill, Calif., Kyle Mohan competes in the Formula Drift Pro Championship in the No.99 Nexen Tire / Mazdatrix Mazda RX-8, and in the Redline Time Attack in the No.99 Mazdatrix / Nexen Tire Mazda RX-7. KMR is supported by Nexen Tire, Mazdatrix, Genius Tools, Spider Energy Drink, Exedy, Mazdaspeed, Turbonetics, XXR, Mishimoto, Drop Mounts, Gatorz Precision Eyewear, EF1 Motorsports, AIT Racing, WPC, Kaaz, Racing Beat, F&L Racing Fuel, TCSportline, Idemitsu, Baker Precision, Mothers Polish and Haltech. For more information, visit www.kylemohanracing.com.
