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Old 11-14-2011 | 04:36 PM
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LIC Motorsports - GTA 2011 Finals


LIC Motorsports was back on the Time Attack scene at this past weekend’s Infineon Raceway/Global Time Attack (GTA) event Finals for 2011. The event was held over the course of 2 days (Friday and Saturday) and it saw an array of interesting weather throughout. Before LIC even made it to the event, they had the cards stacked against them…here is a brief rundown of the chaos and outcome.

In wanting to not rush things and do due diligence the LIC Motorsports race car was fitted with a few new items to get it prepped for an all out war at the upcoming finals. The decision was made to run a new motor case, pistons, bearings, upgraded GTX turbo, equal length headers, custom up-pipe, and higher capacity oil pan (still using last year’s crank/rod assembly). Upon early completion of these items the car was to be recalibrated by Tim Bailey of COBB Tuning Surgeline. The car got its final tune approx 2 weeks before the scheduled GTA event at Infineon Raceway. With about 1.5 weeks remaining until the event, LIC decided to test the motor and ensure all was well as the motor was making fantastic power prior to heading to the event in a few days. The outcome of those results started a whirlwind for the crew. It was discovered that as a result of running this new found power levels, it was too much for the stock case and that the motor would need to come out and be redone. So Adam and Noah made a quick decision, 1- to continue and fight the odds and attempt to make the event, or 2- to call it quits. The decision wasn’t a cut and dry easy one, as SEMA was on the horizon and would tie up 3 days that were very much needed during this time. The crew made the decision...CLICK HERE to read more


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Old 11-14-2011 | 05:22 PM
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Awesome work, LIC!!!
Old 11-14-2011 | 05:34 PM
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Mucho props to Adam, Noah and the LIC team! Great work guys!!

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Old 11-14-2011 | 05:55 PM
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congratulations guys! it was a blast watching your car! cant wait to see whats in store for the future!
Old 11-14-2011 | 06:27 PM
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I have to apologize up front for those that I didnt get to chat with...I was so focused on getting the win and doing everything we could to make it happen that I literally ignored all aspects of everything else (including my wife and kid who came to watch).

Thank you everyone who came out and supported us local shops, it was a blast seeing everyone and getting them to see us all run in person.

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Old 11-14-2011 | 06:34 PM
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sweet photo just found by one of my buddies online




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Old 11-14-2011 | 07:43 PM
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You can see the low pressure area under the car with the tire smoke. Cool picture.
Old 11-14-2011 | 07:46 PM
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think this image was taken on friday in the wet or during first session on saturday as it was wet then as well.

cool pic for sure though

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Old 11-14-2011 | 09:52 PM
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dang, that photo is so sweet. I need to practice more! So sweet to be there the whole weekend, watching you guys turn up the heat!
Old 11-14-2011 | 10:01 PM
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Damn can I get a high res copy of that emailed to me or possible post a link? that pic Is sick! mad props to the guy behind the lens
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this picture is sick!! I 2 would also like one
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Originally Posted by adizon
dang, that photo is so sweet. I need to practice more! So sweet to be there the whole weekend, watching you guys turn up the heat!
can't thank you enough Gustifer...thanks so much for kicking it and always being a great friend to us. The pics are a nice perk too

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Awesome, thanks
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Great write up, great work guys!!



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