AST Suspension – USA

Ride along with Jeff Wirtz as he demonstrates how to win all weekend long. It was a cold one, highs around 37 degrees, no grip on the track, but that doesn’t matter for Wirtz. He makes it look easy again with his AST 4100s.

If you’re not familiar with Camaro Mustang Challenge, there are two classes; CMC and CMC2. Wirtz leads CMC which means most of the video is him passing CMC2 cars! The first race starts with a standing start, the second race is an inverted start where Wirtz passes the entire CMC field both days again winning the race. AST CMC driver Gary Hood made his debut on ASTs as well and while his motor was down a cylinder, he hung in there with the “big boys”. Great job guys!

Earlier this year we talked with Edmunds.com about an interesting concept. Can you make an Evo X still streetable yet fast enough to beat a Nissan GTR on the track? Since one of our test cars is an Evo X that drives to AST every day AND we race it in NASA Time Trial, we thought we had the right combination.

Edmunds.com has had the suspension on their Evo X GSR for almost a year now. The final installment was this test at Streets of Willow. Check out the video!

While I was at AST in The Netherlands this week I shot a short video of the new air jack with elephant’s foot.  While a normal air jack lifts the car enough to change tires during fast pit stops, the elephant’s foot allows the race car to be raised even higher for major work. No more floor jacks, simply extend the air jacks, lock them into the elephant’s foot, extend the air jack again and place the safety stand in place!