Marking the second year in a row, we saw Evasive Motorsports break the Limited AWD class record at the Super Lap Battle Finals in their 2009 Mitsubishi Evo IX.  Driven by Tim Kuo they broke their 2007 record by almost 4 seconds with a final time of 1:50.003.  Speed Element pulled in at second place with a 1:53.229 and MFQ at third place with a 1:53.981, both teams performances would have put them in the record books had it not been for...

The Super Lap Battle Street AWD class had one of the closest contests of the year. With over half the field going 1:59 or faster the Street AWD class has become the benchmark for street performance tires. Pulling out the win by a narrow margin of 1/10th of a second was Nils Leufven in his 2004 Mitsubishi Evo 8 with a blistering fast time of 1:56.672 compared to Ryan Gates Evo X time of 1:56.726. Coming up third was AMS Evo X, driven by...

The Street FR class saw a classic battle between Turbo vs. NA with the Yokohama/Boost Logic Toyota Supra driven by Matt Andrews going up against Evasive Motorsport’s Honda S2000 with Robert Walker at the wheel. In the end it was Turbo power taking the victory with Matt Andrews getting a 1:57.711 against Robert Walker’s 1:58.364. Coming in close behind the Evasive S2000 was Manly Kao in his 2005 Lotus Elise with a...

In 2008 Street FF was a new class for Super Lap Battle in which we saw a lot of different manufacturers in a typically Honda dominated class. A Honda did in fact pull off the 1st place win however but it wasn’t your typical Civic hatchback or CRX. Evasive Motorsports 2008 Honda Civic SI 4 Door showed the true potential of this new chassis. Pulling into 2nd place was Douglas Wind in his 2004 Dodge SRT-4 and Cobb Tuning getting 3rd in a...

As Super Lap Battle heads into its 5th year we are almost guaranteed to see numerous records shattered. With over 50% of the field at the 2008 Super Lap Battle Finals running blazingly fast sub-two minute lap times at Buttonwillow Raceway Park the level of competition has definitely been raised. The Cusco/Tomei Subaru WRX STI driven by Tarzan Yamada came within .849 seconds of the HKS CT230R record holding time of 1:43.523. In Unlimited FR...

The 2009 Super Lap Battle Rule Book is now available, to download just right click and save as. 2009 Super Lap Battle Rule...

Go pick up the March issue of Modified for the latest round of coverage on the 2008 Super Lap Battle Finals.