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Krolewicz teams up with Boxer4Racing for the 2007 One Lap of America
After a game of musical cars, Jon has settled in to co-drive the
Mongoose Motorsports
Boxer4Racing/Continental Tires Subaru Impreza WRX STI in this year’s One Lap of America with Steven Rankins.
“This has been a trying week for me,” Krolewicz said. “I spent about five days working on theMongoose Motorsports GTP but it wasn’t to be,” he said about the car that had transmission issues keeping it from running.
“Rankins asked me to come along, which is really awesome, we are longtime friends and I like being able to team up with him for events.”
Krolewicz and Rankins will be bringing along Boxer4Racing owner Dale Teague as a transit driver and chief mechanic in their bid for a top-ten and Mid-Priced sedan class win.
One Lap of America is an event where competitors drive cars from one racetrack to another for eight days, running time trials at each stop. The 2007 “One Lap” will start and end in South Bend, Indiana covering over 4000 miles of street driving through 12 states while stopping off at nine sites for 16 competitive events.
This year’s route goes as far west as Utah, and as far east as Ohio with a longest single drive of 980 miles.
You can follow along at the official One Lap of America site and both Krolewicz and Rankins’ write-ups here :
One Lap of America
Boxer4Racing 2007 One Lap write-up
Jon Krolewicz 2007 One Lap of America
Krolewicz to drive Koni Challenge Series at Daytona
Jon Krolewicz will be joining up with SDS Performance Racing for the Grand American Roadrace Series Koni Challenge 3-hour race at Daytona on January 26.
Krolewicz will co-drive with Derrick Reade in the ST class of the Koni Challenge series in a Dodge Neon SRT-4.
“I am really excited about getting together with SDS and pairing up with Derrick,” Krolewicz said. “Grand Am and its series are getting stronger each year, and being able to participate in the inaugural event of the Koni Challenge Series is going to be a kick.”
SDS Performance Racing is owned by Steve Sliwa and Derrick Reade and is based out of Daytona. SDS campaigns the SRT-4 in the Koni Challenge Series, and SCCA T2 class competition.
Krolewicz is entering 2007 with good momentum. In 2006 Krolewicz was crowned NASA National Champion in TTU, Winged Warrior Grand Champion, a third place in One Lap of America and an overall win at the Evo Tuner Shootout.
“Driving for AMS the last couple years was a blast, I loved driving their Evo super car, and I hope I can take the momentum of 06 into next year.” Krolewicz said.
Jon will test with SDS at Daytona on Jan. 4 – 6 of next year.
Jon heads west
Jon is loading up the wagon with an evil evolution and heading west this week to fight for top honors in the Super Street Magazine Time Attack.
Krolewicz will drive the 650hp Time Attack car at the third Super Street Magazine Time Attack at Buttonwillow Raceway in Buttonwillow, CA Nov. 8.
“I am excited about running this event,” Krolewicz said. “I think that we can carry the momentum of a good year into this event and do well.”
This year has been the first for a full effort into turning both right and left for AMS, with top finishes and track records across the country.
Earlier this year Krolewicz piloted the AMS Lancer Evo to the overall and unlimited class win at the evolutionm.net Evo Tuner Shootout, brought home a NASA National Championship in TTU.
Other entries at the Super Street Time Attack next week should include the Cobb Tuning STi, Zero Sports STi, and Super Street Time Attack record holding driver Tarzan Yamada.
Jon and AMS win national championship
Last weekend Jon piloted the AMS Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII to the 2006 NASA TTU National Championship at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
Jon led TTU every competition session and set the fastest time of the weekend for the entire Time Trial group with a lap time of 1:34.366 at an average speed of 91.558 mph.
"It really was a great week," Jon said. "The AMS car ran pretty much flawless, and while other teams had to work on their cars just to get them on track we were able to make ours faster."
Jon outran a multitude of cars, including a Caterham 7, a pair of highly-modified Lancer Evolutions and a Subaru WRX STI to take the top step of the podium.
Leading up to the Championships Jon captured two NASA wins, a fastest time of the weekend honor and set a track record at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL.
For the year this brings AMS and Jon's win total to three major events. Earlier this year Jon captured the Winged Warrior Performance Challenge in Indiana and the Evo Tuner Shootout in South Carolina. Next up for Jon and AMS is the Super Street Time Attack at Buttonwillow Raceway in Buttonwillow, CA November 8.
Jon drives AMS Evo to win in the “Winged Warrior II” Charity Event in Indianapolis
Heat waves behind the AMS Evo fit right in at an airport and the jet engines
Jon carried the momentum of One Lap of America into the “Winged Warrior” charity event in Anderson, Indiana this weekend by winning overall.
The event was made up of a drag race, slalom, skidpad and autocross. Each event would be used to award points, and the highest scoring car was determined the winner. At press time, Jon had the fastest time of the day in the autocross, fourth in the skidpad, and third at the drag race. Slalom results had not been tallied yet.
“This event was a blast,” Jon said. “getting to run the quarter mile was awesome, since I don’t get to do that often, and the 11.27 that we ran was my fastest official pass ever.”
The 500-wheel horsepower Evo was also a handful for Jon in the slalom.
“That was pretty scary, doing something north of highway speeds and steering with the throttle.”
The Winged Warrior Performance Challenge was initiated by Dr Kevin Butterfield in 2002 as a small toy donation charity for the patients at a local children's hospital. Over the years this small charity has grown into an automotive performance shootout, car show, and spectator event for the greater benefit of these same children.
Jon finishes third in 2006 One Lap of America
Jon drove the AMS Evolution VIII to third place overall and was the highest placed car in class in the 2006 Tire Rack Cannonball One Lap of America Presented by Car & Driver.
The car, a 600-horsepower 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution was crewed by Martin Musial, Ray Krolewicz and driven in competition by Jon Krolewicz.
The team traveled 4200 miles in the 8-day event, drove through 17 states and competed in 17 events. Their finish was the highest ever for a Mitsubishi, and tied the highest place finish ever for a Mid-Priced Sedan class car.
Jon is very happy with the results given the level of competition which included a twin-turbo 1000 horsepower tube-frame Viper, and the Hennessey Viper. Hennessey produces the world’s fastest and highest horsepower Vipers.
“I look at the week, and the cars we were up against and I am amazed at the company we played in with a four-door sedan,” Jon said.
The 2006 One Lap of America event visited sites in eight states ran on nine different road courses and an asphalt oval. The scheduled drag race was canceled because of rain. Event conditions varied from temperatures in the 80’s in Louisiana to temperatures in the low 40’s and raining at Road America in Wisconsin.
A typical day for Jon and the AMS team started at 7am with a check of the car after the previous nights drive, a time trial at 8am, a time trial at 1pm, and then packing up to drive overnight to the next site at 1:30.
During the week the Jon ran steady, gathering good top-ten finishes in each event, and putting themselves in a position to move up when the top guys pushed each other to the breaking point.
Make sure to check out www.lake-effect-racing.com to see the videos and coverage of the event, and the August issue of Car & Driver for the write-up.
Jon K One Lap 2006: You can see Jon's day-by-day write-up of the 2006 One Lap of America here.
Next up for Jon and AMS is the Winged Warrior event in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 3.
Jon and AMS Team up again for One Lap of America
Jon K One Lap 2006: Follow along here as Jon updates each day from the road.
Jon will be driving for Automotosports as they unleash their Lancer Evolution VIII on the TireRack Cannonball One Lap of America presented by Car & Driver May 6- 13 of this year.
Last year Jon and AMS finished seventh overall and second in the mid-priced sedan class despite a slew of problems that plagued them during the week. This year they come back with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII set up specifically for road racing.
This year’s car, a APR wide-body 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII, will crank out over 600 horsepower from an AMS 2.3 liter “stroker” motor, putting it to the ground through an Exedy triple carbon clutch, and 295/35/18 Kumho tires.
“I am really excited about doing this event with AMS again,” Jon said. “Martin is excited, the guys at the shop are excited, and a lot of work has gone into making sure we are able to improve on last year’s breakout road racing event for AMS.”
AMS currently runs the world’s fastest drag racing Evolution VIII in the NDRA. The drag car puts out over 800 wheel horsepower, and runs the quarter mile in 9.41 seconds and has a trap speed of 156mph.
The road racing car is sure to turn some heads as well, with the same type of preparation and effort going into the build of the car.
“He'll be the import to beat this year,” said Luke Russell, who led the mid-priced sedan class last year before a crash at the Shenandoah Circuit took him out of the competition.
One Lap of America is an annual event in which competitors drive street vehicles from track to track where they compete in time trial competitions. This year's One Lap will take eight days, and competitors will drive 4000 miles through 16 states with stops in eight. Competitors will get points for finishing positions in 19 competitions on nine different road courses, a skid pad, a drag strip and an oval located in the heart of NASCAR country.
Jon’s dad Ray Krolewicz and AMS owner Martin will share the driving duties on the road. Close to 100 other teams will compete for honors in eight classes in the Event that runs May 6 through May 13.
Jon finishes 3rd at SCCA National event
Kershaw, SC -- Jon took to Carolina Motorsports Park for the Central Carolinas Region SCCA National event Feb. 19, 20 and brought his Showroom Stock C Plymouth Neon ACR home in third place.
Depending on what the final schedule for the AMS Lancer Evolution looks like, Jon may use the Neon to run in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Heartland Park Topeka in October.
Jon Krolewicz in Modified Magazine
The February issue of Modified Magazine is on the newstands and Jon is mentioned in the article on the AMS Lancer Evolution.
The cover car for the February issue is the AMS Lancer Evo VIII that Jon drove to a 7th place finish in the 2005 One Lap of America, and in the article that spotlights the versitality of the AMS supercar, Jon is mentioned as the driver that ran below the track record at Talladega Grand Prix Raceway and nursed the car to a good finish at One Lap despite the blown head gasket.
Things about to kick off for Jon and AMS
Things are coming together for Jon in 2006. Construction of the AMS roadracing Evo is in full swing and product sponsors are falling into place.
This year the highlights of the schedule Jon will be running with AMS include The TireRack One Lap of America presented by Car&Driver, Redline Time Attacks, SCCA Solo Nationals and The NASA Time Trial National Championships.
The first competition event for Jon and AMS will be at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course April 1 and 2 for the Redline Time Attack event.
I am very excited about this season,” Jon said. “To go for 2 national championships and the other big one-off events in the 700hp AMS Evo is going to be a heck of a year.”
AMS currently has the fastest and quickest drag racing Lancer Evolution VIII in the world, which runs 9.41 seconds and 156 mph in the quarter mile.
In order to bring the events to AMS and compact car fans that are not able to make it out to watch, AMS will be producing videos from each event, and plan to bring the car out to major car shows such as Nopi Nationals and SEMA.
One Lap of America!!
Jon Krolewicz, Martin Musial, and Ray Krolewicz are off on their trip around the east coast competing in One Lap of America.
Follow along here for updates: 2005 AMS/Jon Krolewicz One Lap of America Effort
3700 Miles, 600 HP, 12 Tracks, 9 States Krolewicz Tackles One Lap of America
Jon Krolewicz will drive the Automotosports 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII in the 2005 Tire Rack Cannonball One Lap of America Presented by Car & Driver.
Automotosports, one of the countries premier tuners, is based out of Chicago and has the quickest stock weight Mitsubishi "Evo VIII." Prior to now AMS has been drag race only, and their Evo runs a 10.53 second quarter mile at 137 mph.
“It’s going to be a blast to drive for AMS, and I am excited about driving for them in One Lap of America,” Krolewicz said. “We got off to a great start by breaking the SCCA Street Modified track record at Little Talladega in testing, and I really think we are just going to get faster.”
Exedy Clutches, Bridgestone Tires, StopTech Brakes and friends of Automotosports have stepped up to help this effort have the most potential for class and overall honors.
"I appreciate everything (the sponsors have done) and I promise a car that will be built and tuned to the best of my ability," said Martin Musial, engineer and owner of the AMS Evo. "The rest is up to Jon."
The all wheel drive Evolution VIII is Mitsubishi's road going version of their World Rally Championship car. In showroom trim the Evo VIII has a 271 horsepower 2 liter engine. The highly modified AMS Evo puts out over 600 horsepower from its 2.3 liter engine, and will handle it through Buddy Club coilovers and Bridgestone Potenza RE050 285/30/18 tires.
One Lap of America is an annual event where competitors drive street vehicles from track to track where they compete in time trial competitions. This year’s One Lap will take eight days, and competitors will drive 3700 miles through 16 states. Competitors will get points for finishing positions in 20 competitions on nine different road courses, a skidpad, a drag strip and an oval.
Jon’s dad Ray Krolewicz and AMS owner Martin will share the driving duties on the road. Close to 100 other crews will compete for honors in eight classes in the Event that runs April 30th through May 7th.
Jon Krolewicz is pictured above driving the AMS Evo VIII at Talladega Grand Prix Racewaywhere he broke the SCCA Street Modified track record in his first day on the track and the cars first roadcourse test.
Jon Will Drive the Boxer4Racing D Street Prepared Subaru Impreza RS in SCCA Solo Competition
Jon Will co drive the Boxer4Racing D-Street Prepared Subaru Impreza RS with Steven Rankins in 2005. Jon and Steven will campaign the car in regional, divisional, national and pro events on their way to the SCCA TireRack Solo Nationals. Jon has co driven with Rankins twice this year, finishing 2nd to him in Savannah, GA and edging him out for the win in Jacksonville.
Jon competed in the Central Carolinas Region SCCA Autocross in Fort Mill, SC April 2nd and 3rd. Jon co drove with Steven Rankins in the Subaru Impreza RS they will compete in for national honors this year and finished 3rd in Pro class and 7th overall. Steven Rankins won Pro class and took Fastest Time of Day.
Central Carolinas Region Autocross School and points Event
Jon ran March 5th and 6th in the Central Carolinas Region SCCA Autocross, and Instructed at their Novice School. Jon can be seen on the left demonstrating the art of throttle steer to a student. (Photo by "DrBiggly")
In competition Jon drove in E-Street Prepared in a Subaru Impreza WRX STi and finished 2nd in Pro Class.
SeatTime Has Great First Day of 2005
Jon Krolewicz's SeatTime Performance Drivng Days kicked off its first event of 2005 on Friday Feb. 25th and 55 Drivers took to Roebling Road Raceway for some at-speed fun.
The day started off rainy but just after noon the skies brightened and the drivers had there fill of good, fast conditions. A drivers' education group and two solo groups each got over 80 min of "SeatTime" during the day.