Pirelli World Challenge Round 1 & 2 Streets of St. Petersburg - March '12

HKYStormFront · 03-30-2012, 08:39 AM

got a call early last week from Brian Kleeman wanting me to come down to Florida this past weekend and cover his team at the Streets of St. Petersburg race for his GTS class 370z. although i've done many a track day and several bigger events like this as a spectator it's different, and better, to be shooting for a team. unparallelled access to the team and the pits means i have a few shots that the media shooters won't. Brian's car, built by DWW Motorsports, did really well this weekend overall though he was down on power. the car was put together last second as they were waiting for parts to come in. it has an out of the box uprev tune (custom coming soon), had a carbonetix diff with 4.08 gear, and straight pipe exhaust. other than that it's stock. they figured somewhere around 290whp. in his class were 6.2L camaro's and 5.0L mustangs. so he was down a good bit of whp compared to the rest of the class. bryan ended up 13th in class but trust me when i say that was very impressive. he was only a couple seconds off the leader on a 1:40ish long track. the track itself was awesome going down some downtown streets in St. Pete and out by the water's edge, reminding me a lot of Streets of Monaco Gran Prix that has become so infamous from Formula 1 racing. anyway, on to the pics!

album:

Pirelli World Challenge Streets Of St. Petersburg - March '12 - JPMcG Photography

fav's:

1. epic sunrises were a mainstay over the course of the weekend

2. JJ Abhrams style

3. Brian crossing the start/finish line

4. Johnny O'Connell with his CTS-V coupe GT car

5. we had a couple girls with us on saturday, they drew a lot of public attention lol

6. real racing is rough on a car

7. on the starting grid for round 2 sunday morning

8. paul, from nissan corporate, was happy with the results

i had a damn blast hanging out with Brian and the rest of the team and look forward to covering more events with his team as they progress through the season, hopefully with a little more horsepower. brian's a great driver and a great Z guy. every nissan fan should be cheering him on! be sure to check out the race coverage next weekend on NBC Sports channel (the new one) at 4pm on sunday!

alcheng · 04-01-2012, 04:02 AM

Very Very Nice pics!!

SPOHN · 04-01-2012, 05:24 PM

Great clean pics. I like the rotors they are running

God-Speed · 04-01-2012, 08:57 PM

HKY, Great pictures, thanks for sharing. My wife and I will be in Long Beach in two weeks with the Ferrari Patron Team. When we get back I will be sure to post pictures.

CrownR426 · 04-01-2012, 10:57 PM

What place did he get? 3rd?

370ZilverZ · 04-01-2012, 11:04 PM

Very nice pics. Thank you for sharing

m4a1mustang · 04-01-2012, 11:13 PM

Great shots as always, Patrick!

98intrigue · 04-01-2012, 11:21 PM

Awesom shots, man! Mine have no comparison...

HKYStormFront · 04-03-2012, 05:35 PM

Thanks everyone!!

TerribleONE · 04-03-2012, 05:38 PM

nice flicks man!

USMCASA · 04-03-2012, 07:45 PM

looking good as usual

dAvenue · 04-03-2012, 10:15 PM

Great stuff, man. I'm jelly!

03-30-2012, 08:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 52	Pirelli World Challenge Round 1 & 2 Streets of St. Petersburg - March '12 got a call early last week from Brian Kleeman wanting me to come down to Florida this past weekend and cover his team at the Streets of St. Petersburg race for his GTS class 370z. although i've done many a track day and several bigger events like this as a spectator it's different, and better, to be shooting for a team. unparallelled access to the team and the pits means i have a few shots that the media shooters won't. Brian's car, built by DWW Motorsports, did really well this weekend overall though he was down on power. the car was put together last second as they were waiting for parts to come in. it has an out of the box uprev tune (custom coming soon), had a carbonetix diff with 4.08 gear, and straight pipe exhaust. other than that it's stock. they figured somewhere around 290whp. in his class were 6.2L camaro's and 5.0L mustangs. so he was down a good bit of whp compared to the rest of the class. bryan ended up 13th in class but trust me when i say that was very impressive. he was only a couple seconds off the leader on a 1:40ish long track. the track itself was awesome going down some downtown streets in St. Pete and out by the water's edge, reminding me a lot of Streets of Monaco Gran Prix that has become so infamous from Formula 1 racing. anyway, on to the pics! album: Pirelli World Challenge Streets Of St. Petersburg - March '12 - JPMcG Photography fav's: 1. epic sunrises were a mainstay over the course of the weekend 2. JJ Abhrams style 3. Brian crossing the start/finish line 4. Johnny O'Connell with his CTS-V coupe GT car 5. we had a couple girls with us on saturday, they drew a lot of public attention lol 6. real racing is rough on a car 7. on the starting grid for round 2 sunday morning 8. paul, from nissan corporate, was happy with the results i had a damn blast hanging out with Brian and the rest of the team and look forward to covering more events with his team as they progress through the season, hopefully with a little more horsepower. brian's a great driver and a great Z guy. every nissan fan should be cheering him on! be sure to check out the race coverage next weekend on NBC Sports channel (the new one) at 4pm on sunday! __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

04-01-2012, 05:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 45 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 221	Great clean pics. I like the rotors they are running __________________

04-01-2012, 10:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
CrownR426 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Korea Posts: 4,676 Drives: Manual Rep Power: 848	What place did he get? 3rd? __________________ Love + Hardwork + Passion RIP SVTRacer

04-01-2012, 11:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
370ZilverZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: DFW, TX Age: 67 Posts: 2,321 Drives: '11 BMW Z4 Rep Power: 18	Very nice pics. Thank you for sharing __________________ 370ZilverZ Journal BMW Z4

04-01-2012, 11:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	Great shots as always, Patrick! __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

04-01-2012, 04:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
alcheng A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Toronto Posts: 28,894 Drives: 2011 ZR PW w/Clutch Rep Power: 418353	Very Very Nice pics!!

04-01-2012, 08:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
God-Speed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Austin, Tx. Posts: 4,363 Drives: Prototype Rep Power: 2684377	HKY, Great pictures, thanks for sharing. My wife and I will be in Long Beach in two weeks with the Ferrari Patron Team. When we get back I will be sure to post pictures.

04-01-2012, 11:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
98intrigue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Clearwater, FL Age: 39 Posts: 4,855 Drives: 2014 Viper Rep Power: 430	Awesom shots, man! Mine have no comparison... __________________ Ryan - 2014 Stryker Green Viper Gone - a few Vipers and a couple turbo VQs

04-03-2012, 05:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 52	Thanks everyone!! __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

04-03-2012, 05:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
TerribleONE A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 10,203 Drives: WOT Rep Power: 5850	nice flicks man! __________________ 638WHP 541WTQ @ 13.5PSI Build thread

04-03-2012, 07:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
USMCASA A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC Posts: 1,152 Drives: 09 370z CY M6 Rep Power: 17	looking good as usual

04-03-2012, 10:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
dAvenue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: present Posts: 1,971 Drives: angry Rep Power: 49	Great stuff, man. I'm jelly! __________________ Takeda \| Stillen \| Z1 \| Invidia \| Mishimoto \| CSF \| Megan Racing \| Koni \| Eibach \| SPC \| Forgestar \| Seibon

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