Kensai Racing

Kensai Racing 3rd Mosport Lapping Event on Canada day long weekend Monday July 2nd.
Performance School by Aaron Povoledo.

Read below for full details.

The structure is simple, an Intermediate Group and an Advance Group. We are limited to 30 per groups. Each group in on track alternatively for 25 minutes. There is a 5 minutes separation between groups for vehicles recovery. Passing Signals are mandatory for all groups. Pass Zones for Intermediate are front straight, back straight and between corner 3 and 4. Passing is allow anywhere in the Advance Group. When passing signals are given and respected, passing in a corner can be done safely.

$300 pre registered 24 hours before the event
$350 at the gate

Performance Driving school additional $175 (mandatory for 1st time drivers to Mosport or Kensai Lapping programs)

For the past 5 years the Kensai Racing, partnered with Aaron Povoledo have hosted lapping events at Mosport International Raceway.

Drawing on the vast experience of Povoledo’s professional racing and race coaching background, as well as Kensai’s engineering and set up knowledge, they have teamed up to bring the Mosport lapping day experience to a new level.

Starting this May they will offer a complete driver coaching and car tuning consultancy service which will include:

Brief Classroom covering - corner theory, vehicle dynamics – weight transfer.
Track tour, with detailed racing line explanation.
Low speed lead follow exercise to learn line and review balance basics.
Corner spotting for each session (Povoledo will watch from each corner to make notes on each driver)
Detailed debriefing after each session with goal setting to do list for the next session.
Vehicle testing / set up work. Povoledo will be available to test customer cars, and together with Kensai Racing expertise, advise on set up changes to enhance your cars performance.

Day to start 1 hour early, 7:30am.
Students must register 24 hours before the day of the event.

For more info and registration, please send email to alan@kensairacing.com

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Thanks
Alan
Kensai Racing
905-470-9000

Kensai Racing

Less than one week, we will on Mosport GP track again.
For more info, please send me an email alan@kensairacing.com or call 905-470-9000

Alan
Kensai Racing

ROCKSTAR RX8

Nobody's going??? I'd rather be on the track than relaxing up in a cottage... but that's me...

Neo

I would go... but I work on Monday...

Besides, the weather calls for rain...

Rotator

Tempting.
My tires have been replaced, so I really don't have many excuses.

ROCKSTAR RX8

It's raining???? Oh well... I'm setting up the car for Monday already... might as well just go, rain or shine!! lol

mrobert55

Too bad I'm already going to the Champ Car event for Mazda USA for this WK....
I think I will be exaust after that WK....and they is also a time Attack day on sunday right after the champ car race in st-eustache!....My car will need a brake..lol

Rotator

Neo,

Monday is many days away.
They can't even get Today's weather forecast correct, and you plan your days around a 7 day forecast?


I know - you are just afraid at being shown up by an underpowered RX-8 with rockstar decals.

It's ok. really - we understand.

Work? Really? I have to "work" too.

Neo

Rotator,

I agree... these forecasters are getting paid too much and not giving an accurate reading on the weather. Which is why I end up looking at the weather radar myself and make a judgment call.
In their defense it did rain last night. Got to the car this morning all dirty from the water spots that dried up.

An RX-8 keeping up with an FD?! Come on now... who are you kidding?? LOL!!

Yeah, unfortunately the company I work for caters to U.S. customers as well as Canadians. So unfortunately I have a regular work day on Monday...

Rotator

Neo,

Feel for you about Canada Day.
Buddy works for IBM - services US customers - so he gets all the US holidays.

Your FD vs. Rockstar's RX-8? He is running Toyo RA1's.
Mosport you may have an advantage due to the high speed, but smaller tracks, I think I'd have to give the edge to Rockstar. That and his car looks cooler!

Who am I kidding - the FD properly set-up should destroy the 8

It is interesting watching all the best motoring vids how close various cars are.

I'd be surprised if you could get your FD around Mosport close to what the Koni Challenge guys are doing with about 2/3 the HP - 1:32 - 1:35 range.

I think the key really goes to the suspension setup and how big your ***** are with a non-race car, or a car without a cage, or a car that you hope to drive home in.

Anyone can be a hero in a rental car - different story when you have to pay to fix your screwup.

Now if I can only find a spare $500 to have fun on Monday.

Neo

Yeah, I'm kinda screwed when it comes to work. I basically get lieu days I can take off anytime I want. But I can never get the holidays everyone else gets.

I remember seeing a small vid of an 8 on the track at the same time a Spirit R was on. Spirit R blew by the 8 like it was standing still. It kept pulling away until it encountered traffic. But once he dealt with traffic, the Spirit R just pulled away.

The 8 is a good car. With the right suspension setup it can lap really quick. In short tracks it'll be difficult to pull away.

I would never push the car to lap Mosport at 1:32 let alone 1:40.
It's my only ride! It got me to the track and it has to get me back home in one piece. So no, I would never push it that hard on the track. I like my car too much!

If I had money to blow I would definitely look into getting a track-only car. But alas...

ROCKSTAR RX8

hahaha how am I getting involved in all the convos here??? LOL

My company was gonna be open on Monday, but I think someone looked into labour board and found out that we HAVE TO close on Monday.. lucky for me...

I just got the RB test-pipe and Race Flush... really wanny try it out on Mosport and see how much diff it'll make...

ANyways I thought we were talking about track days here how did we get into talking about holidays....

Rotator

Just faxed in my registration - Monday weather for what its worth - Sunny and 20!

ROCKSTAR RX8

niceeee another rotary on the track!! lol

ROCKSTAR RX8

Had a blast yesterday!!! Here's some of the pix~

ROCKSTAR RX8

Once again Kensai Racing put out a great event!! Lots lots cars showed up... Here's some more









It's sad that one of the Advanced group driver totaled her car over-correcting at corner 3. Lucky thing is that she only broker her arm...

Neo

You know the driver of the FD?? Never seen that car before...

Man, I wish I could have had the day off... I would have gone up to the track and take some pics.

Sucks to hear about the Porsche driver. She must have hit the wall hard to break her arm!

The hard-to-come-by 911 GT3 RS made an appearance... Nice!

ROCKSTAR RX8

YUP!!! The GT3 RS came from Montreal, some hard-core Porsche Club racer...

The FD is owned by O'Brian Motorsport, I think they are just doing some testing on the car before running the Ontario Touring Car Championship races.

qtwre

iTrader: (1)

Geez, that definitely does not look like a novice friendly event. That rx7 spun out and a porsche crashed? People are driving too hard.

ROCKSTAR RX8

hahaha.. well the FD and the S2000 behind it are both in Ontario Touring Car Championship races and I guess they were testing out their lap time that's why the FD spun out at corner 10...

And at any lapping day crush does happen if the driver isn't too careful.. and trust me if you are driving stupid you'll actually get pulled off the track and not allowed to come back at KENSAI's events... It is very well organized!

Rotator

I'll second the organized part.
Corner Workers, Spotters, and Fire Extinguishers placed around the track everywhere.

Average lap speeds are around 120-130kph, so it ain't a slow track.

Marshals would not tolerate any misconduct.

$300 gives you a chance to run 5-6 sessions around a really nice track. Each session is about 20 minutes long and you cover around 45-65km depending on the session and how fast you are.

So $300 gets you at least 200-250km of ***** out - fast as you dare - driving in as safe a controlled environment as you could hope for, for the price at least.

We were reminded on several occasions that crashing at Mosport is NOT something that you want to do. 90% of the cars there were street cars, not purpsoly built track cars that don't fare well for both machinery and occupants when punted into a wall at 140kph.

I had a blast as well. There were a total of 4 8's that made it out. Should have been more.

It was my first time there, so I did the $175 course and would quickly say - money well spent! Aaron did a great job with the resources available.
I too had trepidation about the speed of the track and the limits of a stock car. Having the instruction from the beginning helped immensely - not only to show the correct lines and point out potential dangers, but also to ensure that you don't start off with any bad habits.

If you had any inclination to go to an event but were unsure about it, I'd say start with the Mosport DDT sessions, then give this a try. Take the course, and go on Kensai's day. They really do a great job. Kudos to Alan and his team for the day.

Weather was perfect, and the there were plenty of 9K beeps to be had by all.

Rockstar even added a flame thrower to the mix!

Some interesting numbers?
Top Back Straight Speed - RX-8 around 180-190kph, GT3 245-255kph.

Mosport is actually very gentle on tires and brakes. There are really only a couple places where you have to shift, and only two spots with any significant amount of braking - into 5a, and 8. You could almost leave the car in 4th and not hurt lap times much at all.

Would I do it again?
Hell yeah!

Cool Cars to be seen as well
GT3 RS
Renault Leguna Touring Car
List goes on...

two rotors

The FD was built by Mazdees this winter,but you may not like it because it is NON-TURBO.It has a peripheral port engine with Renesis rotors and e-shaft.I am curious to know how well it ran.

Rotator

Some more pics

ROCKSTAR RX8

nice!!!

Neo

Thanks for the updates guys!

I thought it might be Mazdee's car. I've heard they've been working on an FD race car.
Great to see it on the track!

I need to scrape together more cash!!