Brett LaSala Clocks Personal Best 3.96 at 192 MPH Pass in Testing for World Cup Finals Next Week
Just over a month ago, we revealed the new ‘Snot Rocket 3.0’ Ford Mustang of Brett LaSala. Fresh from a three-month build at Moore Race Chassis, after about a dozen test runs, LaSala took it to a 6.38 at 221 mph blast at the FL2K event north at Bradenton Motorsport Park in Florida.
Now, he’s taking the car to the next level, as he prepares for the World Cup Finals at Maryland International Raceway next month.
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One of LaSala’s final test sessions with the ‘Snot Rocket 2.0’ version of the Mustang, he was able to coax a 3.998 at 187.99 mph pass at South Georgia Motorsports Park, on a 1.049 60 foot time.
Boost numbers weren’t revealed, but the Precision 83/85-millimeter Next Gen R turbos were spooling a sporty tune of compressed air into the Fast Forward Race Engines-built stock block Coyote.
Fast forward six months, and LaSala is preparing for a return to World Cup Finals (WCF) at Maryland International Raceway in the Renegade vs. Modified class.
Last year at WCF, LaSala emerged victorious in the Warriors vs. Tres Cuarto class, where he qualified fifth and ran in the 6.40s to win. This year, because of the difference in chassis and weight, LaSala will make the jump to the Renegade vs. Modified class.
“I think 5-second runs are going to be a necessity,” said Brett. “The Mustang will be in drag-and-drive trim too, as TX2K crossover rules dictate the cars need to be driven to the staging lanes and back to the pits after a run.”
Since WCF allows for a bigger tire, LaSala will make the switch to a 315 Mickey Thompson drag radial, on a two-inch wider wheel, for his trip to Maryland. The gearing was changed to secret specs take advantage of the bigger tire, and because the 315-mm tire is two inches taller than a 275-mm tire, adjustments were also made to the rear suspension to get all the angles similar to what they’d be on the smaller 275 tire.
The Fast Forward Race Engines-built stock block Coyote engine and transmission combination is otherwise similar to when he ran the 3.99 pass, but Snot Rocket 3.0 now sports a slightly larger pair of Precision 86-millimeter Next Gen R turbochargers.
To get some data on the new set-up, LaSala went to a test session at Orlando Speed World Dragway last week. With a warm Florida October day and track temperatures above 130 degrees, the car’s tune up was a little too aggressive and spun the tires on the first attempt.
Job Spetter remotely worked his magic on some changes, and on the first complete pass, the Mustang returned a 4.17 at 192 mph eighth-mile run, with a 1.148 60 foot time.
With nightfall hitting the facility, Spetter took the opportunity to put some power back in, and the reward was a 4.07 elapsed time with a 1.07 60 foot time. The next run was a 4.000 with a 1.03 60 foot time, giving LaSala two new personal bests, mph and 60 foot.
All that was left was e.t., and just two thousandths of-a-second separated him and Snot Rocket 3.0 from the final personal best increment.
On the fifth and final pass of the evening, LaSala would get another new best 60 foot in just 1.019 seconds! The 330 foot mark was eclipsed in 2.654 seconds, and the eighth-mile was completed at 3.968 seconds at 192.25 mph.
To compare these numbers against LaSala’s best run on the final day of Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive this year, a 6.26 at 227 mph, the eighth-mile time on that run was 4.129 at 184.07 mph. With under 30 runs on the new Mustang, the chances of a second car invading the 5-second zone on a drag-and-drive in 2025 stands a solid chance.
Watch the testing video below:
Written by Derek Putnam. Photos courtesy of Sick the Magazine, KWS Images, Motion Raceworks and Brett LaSala.
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