Boersma Racing’s Whirlwind Season Finale!

Chris Boersma and the K-Tuned Honda Civic team headed to Toronto Motorsports Park for Round 5 of the CSCS season its final event. Chris and team headed into this event confident they would be able to break the record they had previously set closing the gap between Super Street and the Unlimited records.

The weather for this event was perfect for breaking records with no rain in sight, a nice change from all the other events this year. The team worked hard to prepare the car for this event, making some small aero changes and working to address an oil pressure related issue they had been dealing with all season.

The car performed flawlessly in qualifying with Chris setting the 2nd fastest time in class after hitting some traffic in his qualifying run. After looking at the data from the car it was clear that they were on pace to break their record finally getting into the 1:13 lap time range. With the data gathered, the team worked to prep the car for the final timed runs where Chris would put it all on the line.

The final timed runs started and Chris set his safe first lap and started on his second flyer. He was attacking every corner as hard as he could, the predictive lap time on the dash was showing a 1:12 lap time when Chris caught the car in front of him. This isn’t supposed to happen as the cars gape when they are sent out, the car in front had broken and decided to parade around the track rather than get off. Chris attempted to pass but was blocked. Chris was given an extra lap to try and repeat, however, the car began to overheat and the temperature protections kicked in and robbed him of another great lap.

Without his flyer laps, Chris had to settle for 2nd place, finishing behind the car that had ultimately blocked him on track. It was an unfortunate end to their CSCS season, “After working so hard to lose in this manner was one of the most disappointing things I’ve ever experienced in Time Attack” Chris said.

Leaving the event the team re-focused on getting the car ready for the SpeedRing event the following weekend, trying to think of the positives. The car was working better than ever and that means they had a real shot at doing well at that event. Chris’s dad put it best “Onward and upwards!”

Boersma is running Konig Ultraform in 18×10.5 et 25 front and 17×8 et 35 rear. The Konig Ultraform is Flow Formed.

Boersma Racing Back To Their Winning Ways!

Chris Boersma and the K-Tuned Honda Civic team headed to Shannonville Motorsports Park for Round 4 of the CSCS season. This is the second year CSCS has come to this famous track, with Chris and team taking the overall Super Street record at the inaugural event last year. The team had been hard at work with changes to try and see if they could break their record again this year.

The weather for this event was perfect for breaking records with no rain in sight, a nice change from all the other events this year. The team had spent the downtime between events, building a new engine and getting it in the car between events. The team has been fighting issues with oil drain back which has forced Chris to only turn 1 or 2 laps before running low on oil. Changes were made in the new engine that would hopefully solve the problem once and for all. The team would use this event as a test as they were immediately leaving for GridLife South Festival after this event.

The car performed flawlessly with the new engine and Chris managed to break his previous Super Street record running a 1:51.357 right off the bat. “The car is just so easy to drive this year, it’s so consistent and predictable which makes my job a lot easier” Chris commented after the record-breaking run. Chris went on to say “The braking in this car this season is unbelievable, I’ve consistently moved my braking points back at every event we’ve run and still feel like there’s more to go. Every time I step on the pedal the car does exactly what I want and I feel like that’s been a huge part of the gains we’ve seen this year in times.” The team managed to see over 2Gs under braking at this event and Chris really felt like that was a big part of what contributed to the new record time.

The team was very happy with the results from this event, other then a bath the car doesn’t need anything before leaving for GridLife South, where Chris and team hope to break the TrackMod FWD record and put a better foot forward than when they were there for the GTA event in May.

Boersma is running Konig Ultraform in 18×10.5 et 25 front and 17×8 et 35 rear. The Konig Ultraform is Flow Formed.