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Hyde's Racing
History
The
intent of this MR2 project has always been to build a total
performance vehicle that was street legal. Many racers build a
car dedicated to one purpose (be it drag race, autocross, road
race, hill climb, etc). We wanted to build a street legal car
that could do it all, and do it all well. With the help of the
entire MR2 community (www.MR2OC.com) & the vendors that
support our community, we have achieved that goal
We
felt like we achieved that goal in 2004 ... when we took
second place at a large regional drag race (Summer Slam) and an
SCCA Hillcimb within 7 days of each other. The only change on
the car for those events was rims & tires. Luckily we were
able to stay in some cheap hotels for the event. See our final
round performance at Summer Slam in this clip from ESPN2 here: ESPN2
Video
We
bettered ourselves in 2005 ... with back-to-back wins in a
large regional drag race (Survival of the Imports) and another
SCCA hill climb. Again, these events happened within 7 days of
each other and the only change was tires.
2006,
beyond a doubt, proved that our goal was achieved - total
performance in a street car:
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Drag Race: 10-second 1/4-mile @ 130 mph
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Autocross: Won the NEPA SCCA SM2 Championship
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Hill climb: Won the PHA SCCA SM2 Championship and set 4 new
class records!
Please,
take some time and browse Hyde's rich racing history.
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