Here are a couple of links to some laps of the EPIQ SPEQ Boxster out at Thunderhill in Northern California this past weekend. I had Rich Walton of Jerry Woods Enterprises drive the car to get his impressions of the suspension setup. Rich is an excellent driver and it's always fun to steal his lines. This day was no different as I picked up over a second a lap after riding with him.
The first video is a 1 lap version of a 2:10.5 lap over the top with 5A. The second vid is several laps running during the session. You will notice that Rich found more speed in exiting turn 15 by downshifting into 2nd. He would enter 14 leaving the car in 3rd in order to carry momentum and then downshift after the car settles and squirt it into 15 with and upshift into 3rd then 4th.
Although generally Spec cars are better for running against other Spec cars in terms of competition, the EPIQ SPEQ Boxster is proving to be very competitive in other classes and formats. The PCA-Golden Gate Region uses a point system to classify cars based on mods. Our Spec racer gets pointed into a class where the majority of the competition is 993's, 996's and modified 911's. Our 2.5L car is down 100HP from some of our competitiors.
By the end of Saturday's practice sessions we were within 0.8 seconds of the class Time Trial record held by a 993 on Hoosiers. Our cars can be competitive and I wish I could have stayed for the Time Trial on Sunday but I needed to get home for the Graduation Ceremony of my wife's MBA program. No roll cage in the world would have saved me if I missed the graduation!
2:10.5 lap
Extended lap version
Thanks,
Bill P.
Bill Pickering 
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