Red Baron S197 Mustang GT 3V goes Sub 2 at CW13

 "Capt von Richthofen" (aka Brent) has piloted the Red Baron (aka 2005 Mustang GT 4.6L 3V) to a sub 2 minute lap time at Buttonwillow's CW13 track last Saturday!!! Of course it happened on the last lap of the last session of the day. 

Remember, Brent "Richthofen" went 2:00.1 minutes at Buttonwillow's CW13 orientation back in December. That was his personal best (previous was 2:04? I think) up to that point. During the 1 month interval, Brent added an electric water pump and electric power steering set up, as well as installed the Ford Racing intake manifold (which required removing the Steeda strut tower bar due to clearance issues). The temps back in December were foggy and cold. This time the sun was out and temps were in the 60's. This meant that grip may have been higher, but engine heat soak also was a thing, so maybe they cancelled each other out. Brent ran 2:00.xx's all day and was getting frustrated that he wasn't breaking into the 1.59's. Throughout the day, he spun out 3 different times. Yikes! He was pushing! In the last session, Brent took son Bentley out for a quick "warm up" lap to give him a taste. Bentley was the "lucky charm" because on the last full hard lap of the last session, Brent ran a 1:59.3 sec lap!! #sub2club baby!!!

I stole this picture of Sub2Club stickers from the @sub2club Instagram account! I found this account in the last week, I don't even remember how, obviously searching Instagram for pics of track Mustangs and whatnot. haha After Brent ran the 1:59 lap, I was tagging him and the Sub2Club insta account so they could recognize his lap and his car. Sounds like they reached out and asked him for his basic mods so they could post his info on their page. Very cool!

Here's a couple pics from the pits and "rewards ceremony" for the Mustang Drivers Club "MDC2" street class portion of the event where Brent got 5th fastest Mustang in class. 

And here's good luck charm Bentley gettin' in the photo...

Photos from Grabber Blue/V6-Dave of Brent rollin' around the Buttonwillow pits...

Car looks amazing from all angles! Pretty cool that this was a $9000 used Mustang 3 years ago with some typical Street Mustang mods like Bullitt style wheels and intake and exhaust. 

My next post, I want to dig into what it takes to get a Mustang to go sub 2 minutes at CW13. We compare the Red Baron with a newer, more powerful, IRS equipped S550 that went only 0.2 seconds faster for a lot more money...