Blog — pbir

The IPGParts.com Race Team traveled to Palm Beach, Florida on June 1st-2nd, 2012 to compete in Round 3 of the Global Time Attack series. It was a last minute decision to take the trip to the event after seeing the fantastic turnout and media coverage of the Round 2 Event at Road Atlanta. Not having a traditional time attack car in the stable of IPG Race Vehicles didn't matter as the Integra RS Street car fell suitably into the Limited FWD Class. Louis Murphy piloted the car during the event. Friday's sessions frustrated the team as an intermittent electrical issue...

Everyone Loves a Winner. This past weekend (December 3rd-4th, 2011) the IPG Racing crew traveled down to West Palm Beach, Florida for the 2011 Season Finale of the National Sports Car Racing Association (NSCRA). The organizers of the NSCRA recently changed the class format which means that for this event both IPG Race Cars in attendance would be running in the Quick 32 Bracket Class. This event also marked the re-debut of the IPGParts.com True Street Civic after a several year hiatus. First round qualifying got off bright and early as James Innes piloted the All Motor Civic to a...

The IPGParts.com race team travelled to Palm Beach Intl Raceway this past weekend for the finale of the Tropical Endurance Series (November 12-13th, 2011). Coming into the final race 4th place in points a good finish was crucial for the team to move into the top 3 points earners for the 2011 season. The team competed with the 1993 Acura Integra GS setup for the Improved Touring A (ITA) Class during the season and at the finale. Earlier in the year a test session was done at the Palm Beach Intl Raceway (PBIR) road course to familiarize drivers Louis Murphy...

No one seems to like change. But without change you can’t continue to move forward. The NSCRA recently changed their entire set of racing classes and it as definitely a shock to everyone. With only 2 weeks before the final event of the 2011 racing season the NSCRA shook up their entire show. Everyone has to be able to agree that a change did need to occur with the way the racing classes were setup. Although the turnout was okay this year it wasn’t a sustainable system to grow into the future. The much broader class system is a sure...

The IPG Racing crew headed down to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida this past weekend for the HookedonDriving.com HPDE at the Palm Beach Intl Raceway. This was used as a test session for the ITA Integra as the team tried out a new set of Hankook Race Tires and familiarized themselves with the PBIR track as they will be back later on in the year for a Double Enduro for the Tropical Endurance Series. Both Louis Murphy and Russell McMullen piloted the car and overall had a successful day of testing. Learned a little bit, tested some setups and overall just...