FR-S at a CA Autocross - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

oneday · 03-19-2012, 11:48 AM

Someone from Toyota USA got a pre-production FR-S to a southern California autocross over the weekend. Three SCCA hotshoes got to run the car through the course...While they were not allowed to announce or publish the results for the FR-S, they had good things to say about the car:

"[All of the drivers] gave it very high praise. The car looked like a lot of fun to drive, with excellent turn in, rear end moving around and good balance." And,
"that the car was very competitive with other CS/DS stock cars on street tires. Granted, those [other] cars did not have [the same drivers], but [the other] cars had much better tires. [One of the drivers] said that it turned in better than any other stock car that he had driven."

mines13 · 03-19-2012, 12:02 PM

Very, very cool.

tripjammer · 03-19-2012, 12:25 PM

We need the video! I bet you this was awesome! I will scour youtube...

bneale · 03-19-2012, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tripjammer

We need the video! I bet you this was awesome! I will scour youtube...

Please do and post the video here when you find it! I'll also look myself but I'm at work (so in my free time sort of thing).

I'm dying to get into some form of racing like Autocross. I've been painfully waiting over a year to replace my Audi with the FRS just so I can do this.

I'm glad to hear that everyone really enjoyed themselves.

bneale

oneday · 03-19-2012, 12:36 PM

Images surfacing...still lookign for the video...we know it exists since there is at least one Go Pro on the car...

Image: Makofoto

86design · 03-19-2012, 12:45 PM

^^ hey thats the El toro air base i live like 5 mins from there...lol I think I saw this when i was crossing that bridge in the background....crazy

Sport-Tech · 03-19-2012, 12:57 PM

Quite a bit of lean evident in that second photo...oh well, a softer setup should make the car more pleasant as a dd.

MarkRacerX · 03-19-2012, 01:00 PM

I can't wait to Cone dance it this season !!!

oneday · 03-19-2012, 01:09 PM

Another image....

All pics courtesy of Makofoto...found his videos too, posting in a minute.

bneale · 03-19-2012, 01:12 PM

Awesome find you guys. Keep the info and pics/video coming.

I love seeing this.

bneale

oneday · 03-19-2012, 01:13 PM

Doesn't look like the u2b code works for Vimeo...

poormans_LFA · 03-19-2012, 01:20 PM

where did you find the photos?? thanks for posting.

oneday · 03-19-2012, 01:27 PM

I knew on Friday last week that the car was going to be at the event...and a friend of the shooter posted these on a racing-centricforum. There will be in/on car videos, but that is probably Toyota property and will get put through some post work before being made public.

Additional comments from the photog:
Scion wanted us to get the word out ... so I was hoping that the Exhibition Drivers would put out the word. I heard things like "Neutral" "Linear Power" "2nd gear a bit short" ... but we were on a very long course with a number of fast sections that had a lot of folks banging their rev limiters. "C-Stock" "Shocks ... will make this car."

bestwheelbase · 03-19-2012, 02:15 PM

First hoon on US soil. Yes!

03-19-2012, 11:48 AM	#1
oneday Opinionated Join Date: Dec 2009 Drives: Something Red Location: Holland Posts: 311 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	FR-S at a CA Autocross Someone from Toyota USA got a pre-production FR-S to a southern California autocross over the weekend. Three SCCA hotshoes got to run the car through the course...While they were not allowed to announce or publish the results for the FR-S, they had good things to say about the car: "[All of the drivers] gave it very high praise. The car looked like a lot of fun to drive, with excellent turn in, rear end moving around and good balance." And, "that the car was very competitive with other CS/DS stock cars on street tires. Granted, those [other] cars did not have [the same drivers], but [the other] cars had much better tires. [One of the drivers] said that it turned in better than any other stock car that he had driven." __________________ Most of the cars I drive have nets for windows.

03-19-2012, 12:36 PM	#5
oneday Opinionated Join Date: Dec 2009 Drives: Something Red Location: Holland Posts: 311 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Images surfacing...still lookign for the video...we know it exists since there is at least one Go Pro on the car... Image: Makofoto Image: Makofoto __________________ Most of the cars I drive have nets for windows. Last edited by oneday; 03-19-2012 at 01:09 PM.

03-19-2012, 12:45 PM	#6
86design Attack By Demons Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 2022 BRZ (pre ordered) Location: Riverside Posts: 2,070 Thanks: 750 Thanked 440 Times in 254 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	^^ hey thats the El toro air base i live like 5 mins from there...lol I think I saw this when i was crossing that bridge in the background....crazy __________________ #attackbydemons #imcomingbackbish

03-19-2012, 01:00 PM	#8
MarkRacerX Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: 12' Evo X , prior 1st 86 FR-S Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 545 Thanks: 697 Thanked 176 Times in 72 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I can't wait to Cone dance it this season !!! __________________ Autocross & Drift = my Anti Drug!! I have Car A.D.D prior few: 12' Evo GSR, 13' FR-S, 11' STi, 08' 135i, 07' 335Xi, 08' STi, 04' 350Z, 04' STi, 02' WRX. 96' GSR, 04' SE-R/SpecV

03-19-2012, 01:09 PM	#9
oneday Opinionated Join Date: Dec 2009 Drives: Something Red Location: Holland Posts: 311 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Another image.... All pics courtesy of Makofoto...found his videos too, posting in a minute. __________________ Most of the cars I drive have nets for windows.

03-19-2012, 12:02 PM	#2
mines13 Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: '13 FR-S '12 CBR1000RR Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,038 Thanks: 305 Thanked 527 Times in 241 Posts Mentioned: 22 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Very, very cool.

03-19-2012, 12:57 PM	#7
Sport-Tech Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Drives: TBD Location: Toronto Posts: 2,583 Thanks: 665 Thanked 685 Times in 386 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Quite a bit of lean evident in that second photo...oh well, a softer setup should make the car more pleasant as a dd.

03-19-2012, 01:12 PM	#10
bneale Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 555 Thanks: 1 Thanked 58 Times in 37 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Awesome find you guys. Keep the info and pics/video coming. I love seeing this. bneale

03-19-2012, 01:13 PM	#11
oneday Opinionated Join Date: Dec 2009 Drives: Something Red Location: Holland Posts: 311 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Doesn't look like the u2b code works for Vimeo... __________________ Most of the cars I drive have nets for windows.

03-19-2012, 01:20 PM	#12
poormans_LFA FT86Club.com O.G. Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: Gunmetal Gundam Wing Zero Custom Location: socal Posts: 1,455 Thanks: 244 Thanked 221 Times in 78 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	where did you find the photos?? thanks for posting.

03-19-2012, 01:27 PM	#13
oneday Opinionated Join Date: Dec 2009 Drives: Something Red Location: Holland Posts: 311 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I knew on Friday last week that the car was going to be at the event...and a friend of the shooter posted these on a racing-centricforum. There will be in/on car videos, but that is probably Toyota property and will get put through some post work before being made public. Additional comments from the photog: Scion wanted us to get the word out ... so I was hoping that the Exhibition Drivers would put out the word. I heard things like "Neutral" "Linear Power" "2nd gear a bit short" ... but we were on a very long course with a number of fast sections that had a lot of folks banging their rev limiters. "C-Stock" "Shocks ... will make this car." __________________ Most of the cars I drive have nets for windows.

03-19-2012, 02:15 PM	#14
bestwheelbase Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: 1985 P-Type Location: Nashville, TN, USA Posts: 3,710 Thanks: 3,273 Thanked 2,058 Times in 1,098 Posts Mentioned: 50 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	First hoon on US soil. Yes!

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