Yokohama-sponsored driver Billy Johnson and his FX Motorsports Development Acura NSX once again claimed victory in the Redline Time Attack Series at Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, Calif.
Johnson drove the NSX to RWD Unlimited Class and overall event wins, as well as setting the series record – 1:18:555 – on ADVAN A005 racing slicks. Johnson also won the special Super Session event finale, a wheel-to-wheel, five-lap points race featuring the top running cars.
This was the second Redline Time Attack race Johnson has won this season, having aced the season opener in March at Buttonwillow Raceway in Central California.
The Redline events, which feature purpose-built 600-horsepower race cars and highly tuned street-legal vehicles, awards points and names winners based on which driver achieves the fastest lap time during competition.
Also winning on Yokohama tires for the second time this season was Jeremy Toye, who piloted the Reese Tuning Mitsubishi Evo to a Street Class-AWD victory on the new ADVAN Neova AD08s with a time of 1:28.817.
“Thanks to driving skills of Billy and Jeremy, this is shaping up to be a very successful year for Yokohama in Redline Time Attack,” reports Mark Chung, Yokohama’s director of corporate strategy and planning. “Both drivers are leading their classes in points and the ADVAN A005 and Neova AD08 are performing extremely well.”
As a part of its sponsorship, Yokohama will manage a tire contingency program at each race for teams running on ADVAN tires. Additionally, at the end of the season, the company will reward the winner in each of the Street classes with a fully sponsored trip to attend the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School’s two-day racing course.
For more information, visit www.yokohamatire.com, www.redlinetimeattack.com and www.jimrussellusa.com.
