Two hours north of Los Angeles lies the small, sleepy town of Buttonwillow; population 1,266. It's a far cry from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and the only time you'd ever really stop to visit is to either fill up on food and gas or drop off some spent food and pass some gas. Except in November.
For one day out of the year, Super Street damn-near doubles the population of the tiny town with our annual Time Attack finals at Buttonwillow Raceway. Boasting one of the fastest tracks in California, our Time Attack Finals draws tuners from all over the world eager to strut their skills in smallville Buttonwillow. And the event has yet to disappoint.
But, before you prep your car and make the trek to Buttonwillow, a word of advice-don't. Not anyone can compete at the finals. Spectators are allowed; however, only the top chosen few from each of the Time Attack qualifiers are allowed to race at the exclusive event. Either that, or your car has to be built from a track-proven shop and pray that you're invited-like A Spec Products.
Located in the city of South El Monte, just east of Los Angeles, A Spec Products has been in business since '01. Slanging the finest JDM contraband online and off, A Spec built a reputation stocking goods and rocking them on track worthy vehicles. With several successfully-built AE86 Corollas and WRXs under their belt, word reached us about their latest project: a Time Attack caliber Evo that would showcase off-the-shelf items that anyone could buy. Interest piqued, A Spec scored our last invitation to the '05 finals like Charlie finding the remaining golden ticket in a Wonka Bar-sans the chocolatey goodness.