25 Apr HFF Challenge Rounds 1 & 2

HFF Challenge is back for 2016!

By Aaron Gaghagen

Pictures courtesy of CaliPhotography

The 2016 HFF Challenge season kicked off with Round 1 at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway on March 20th. The cool temperatures in the morning made for great conditions for drivers to set quick laps in the early sessions. However, with the track located about 75 miles east of Palm Springs, the temperatures climbed into the 90s resulting slower times in the later sessions.

Hosted by Speed Ventures, HFF Challenge was started in the summer of 2010 by a group of Honda enthusiasts who wanted to add a fun new aspect to the HPDE events that they were already attending. Picture courtesy of CaliPhotography

Detrmined by the modifications done to your car, you'll be placed in one of four classes. Your fastest time from sessions 2 & 3 will count towards your HFF Challenge time. It's that simple. Typically sessions 4 & 5 are there to have fun and are often are used to get some good video chasing down your friends. Picture courtesy of CaliPhotography

 HFF Challenge is hosted by Speed Ventures and their is goal is to provide well-run and fun events for automobiles on professional road racing circuits and safety is the priority. They can help drivers with no experience to hit the track and find out what their car can do.

Round 2 Recap

The second HFF Challenge event of the year was held April 9th at Buttonwillow Raceway. A poor weather forecast in the week leading up to the event left many people hesitant to register due to the weather. Unfortunately the forecast called for certain rain and most drivers chose to avoid the poor conditions. For those that did attend, they were pleasantly surprised to find only damp morning conditions that quickly dried and allowed for multiple drivers to set their Buttonwillow personal best times.

Hosted by Speed Ventures, HFF Challenge was started in the summer of 2010 by a group of Honda enthusiasts who wanted to add a fun new aspect to the HPDE events that they were already attending. Picture courtesy of CaliPhotography

Round 2 saw the return of Darin Nishimura of West End Alignment. After taking some time off, Darin is back and will be completing in the unlimited Class this year. On his first day back he managed to put down the fastest time of the day with 1:58 lap time winning a new set of Muteki SR45R lug nuts. Picture courtesy of CaliPhotography

Event 2 Results – Buttonwillow Raceway

Street Class

1. Daniel Cidone
2. Adalberto Rosario

Modified Class

1. Sean Conboy
2. Yukio Kishimoto
3. Daniel Kirby

Super Modified

1. Nick Chaffin
2. James Ingram

Unlimited

1. Darin Nishimura

 

Round 3 will be on May 14th at Streets of Willow at Willow Springs Raceway. For more information on how cars are classified and HFF Challenge in general visit www.hffchallenge.com. Then the next day some HFF Challenge cars will be on display fresh from battle at the 12th Annual Eibach Honda meet at Storm Stadium in Lake Elsinore.

HFF Challenge was designed with drivers that want to use their cars for what they were built to do. Picture courtesy of CaliPhotography