10/15/2025
Took the ISF this past weekend to SCCA Appalachian HillClimb Series Presented by Summit Racing in Manchester, KY and it was an entire ordeal getting there β thatβs another story. When I first saw this hill announced I was honestly a bit disappointed because it was short - only 0.8 miles, but it isn't to be underestimated. It's very twisty and very narrow β it felt around a few ft wider than the width of the car in most places.
This was my first time driving the F in any sort of competitive capacity and because I had very little sleep, gave myself some pretty wide margins. Going from a 2000 lb, 140hp, 5spd standard car to a 4000 lb, 400hp, 8spd auto car is a decent learning curve. I meant to take it to a local autocross the weekend before but had to do some emergency maintenance that took the time from me. I made it only in time for Sunday and for half of that morning I was taking a much needed nap. Lol
Considering this was the carβs maiden voyage, running on 300tw tires, only getting in 5 runs, and being extremely fatigued, I ended up with a time I was satisfied with.
This might actually be my favorite hill and I canβt wait to see what the MR2 will do here.
The livery here was based on the ww2 era Ki-43 Hayabusa fighter. See last picture. Wanting to give it a fun livery for the event, I searched "red Japanese ww2 fighter" and there it was.
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