Steve Jones has been kind enough to give the customers of Fabcar the chance to get up close and personal with his LF23R. The vehicle is on display for a limited time in our showroom in Cannington. Feel free to drop past check the Evo out and have a browse of the other great cars we have on display.

The LF23R is said to be “The Ultimate Evo” which is a testimate to the R&D Steve has put into the car for the last 3 years.

Below are some of the vehicles achievements and Steve’s results;

1st place Autotrader State Sprint Championship 2010, Round 3
1st place No Limits Event Sprint May 2010 (New Event Record 52.0964)
1st place Autotrader State Sprint Championship 2010, Round 2
1st place Busselton Foreshore Sprint 2010
1st place No Limits Event Sprint March 2010 (New Event Record 52.8110)
1st place Autotrader State Sprint Championship 2010, Round 1
1st place Speed Aware Twilight Rally Sprint 2010
1st place MC Motorsport Targa Time Attack Round 2 2010
1st place Fabcar One-Day Classic 2009
1st place K-Tec Twilight Rally Sprint 2009
1st Outright Driver Australian Dutton Rally Series 2008

Quit Targa West hit the roads of Perth, Kalumanda, and Toodyay on the weekend some exciting rally action. The Fabcar team consisted of two time winner Steve Jones and Ben Searcy (R35 GTR), 2009 Modern Challenge winners Mark and Andy Conacher (R35 GTR), 3 time competitors Ross Hamilton and Tony Robson (Evo 8 MR), and late addition to the team David Heaton and Lisa White (TMR Evo 10).

Disaster hit the team on Special Stage 1 at Whiteman Park when Steve Jones experienced engine troubles with his GTR forcing him to bow out of the event, which allowed front runners Jim Richards and Peter Major to breathe a little easier as Jones was out of contention.

Friday saw Leg 1 hit the roads of Kalamunda with some great stages – John Forrest, Kalumanda and Zig Zags to name a few. The Conacher’s took charge in their GTR claim the lead for the leg over Robert Darrington in another GTR. The Evo 8 MR of Hamilton and Robson took hold of 4^th position after some issues were sorted out with their Evo.

Leg 2 and 3 where based out of Toodyay with the Killarnie City of Perth Super Stage finishing off the event on the roads of the Swan River.

The Hamilton/Robson Evo had put in consistant times over the two legs to come across the line in 4^th place in Modern Competition behind Peter Major (R35 GTR), Jim Richards/Barry Oliver (Porsche GT2), and Peter Rullo/Simon Iseppi (R35 GTR). The Conacher’s took back to back victories in the Modern Challenge category, holding off the GTR of Darrington. Long time Fabcar friends – Tolley Challis and Greg Flood took top honours in Classic Competition.

The Fabcar team had a very successful rally and would like to thank all our partner sponsors McDonalds, and LF Performance, Live Fitness, Greenline, GT Graphics, and Xspeed and sponsors Caffi Logistics, Bassendean Hotel, Café Nocello, and the Environmental Printing Company. We would also like to thanks David Heaton from Metropolis Fremantle for jumping behind the wheel in his first Targa West event, the boys from Fabcar were happy to help Dave out and look forward to working with him closely in the future.

The Fabcar Racing Crew 2010

Congratulations - Modern Challenge winners 'Back to Back' - Mark and Andy Conacher

Ross Hamilton and Tony Robson - Awesome drive in 2004 Evo 8 MR

Dave Heaton and Lisa White - Metropolis Fremantle Evo X with Fabcar's Andre and Matt

Motorsport eNews Review - T Challis and R Hamilton

Thanks to Corbin Hurst for his pics over the weekend and also for his work on Fabcar Racing poster.

Yesterday saw the three Fabcar LF sponsored cars complete some final testing at RAC centre. On hand was Bob Arnette from Nine Sport and Media Liaison from Targa West.

We wish all the boys the best of luck and thank them for their support of Fabcar.

Steve Jones & Ben Searcy – Nissan GT-R

Ross Hamilton & Tony Robson – Mitsubishi Evo 8 MR

Mark Conacher & Andy Conacher – Nissan GT-R

Spectator information is available here.

Thankyou to all the sponsors for their support, including Fabcar, LF Engineering, Live Fitness, McDonalds, The Bassendean Hotel, X-Speed.

The Tech 9 Tyres crew once again put an amazing display on which ‘Wowed” spectators and cleaned up multiple awards including King of Autosalon for Luke’s HI PSI 2JZ power 180SX. Fabcar teamed up with the Tech 9 crew to supply a number of vehicles including David’s JAP CRAP R34 GTR, which won the Tough as Nails award, as well as a US-styled V36 Sedan.

Check out this video wrap by Mighty Car Mods

Fabcar also took the Best Mitsubishi award with Steve Jones LF23R on display. The Fabcar team would like the thank Scott and Rob from Tech 9 Tyres for supplying all the rims and tyres for all our vehicles on display and the opportunity to join the great display.

Fabcar proudly sponsor Chassis Build No.1 of the LF Performance built MItsubishi Evolution – designed in conjunction with Steve Jones.

The LF23R Evolution is a purpose built Tarmac Rally/Hillclimb/Time Attack/Motorkhana car, designed and built in-house from a standard Mitsubishi Evo 9 road car for use in racing events around Australia.

After years of development and racing, the experienced team at LF Performance Products in conjunction with Steve Jones have built the ultimate Evo.

This product is available as a package or a complete vehicle ‘ready-to-race’ primarily for Tarmac Rally in Australia. The package requires purchase or delivery of a Mitsubishi Evo 9 (with an un-damaged body history as a minimum requirement) prior to further assessment by the team at LFP.

Click here to download the LF23R Evolution brochure.

Steve Jones, Ross Hamilton and Mark Conacher will be teaming up with Fabcar, LF Engineering and other sponsors  for Targa West 2010 (August 26-29 2010)

Steve is yet to confirm which vehicle he will be using in an attempt to pull off a third consecutive Modern Competition win, backing up hugely successful 2008 and 2009 campaigns. Targa West will form as a prequel to Steve possibly heading to Japan to compete in some local racing behind the wheel of a Nissan GT-R racing prototype vehicle currently being built by a successful Japanese tuning/development company. Stay tuned for more information. (Steve is also about to launch his own website stevejonesracing.com that will feature lots of information on Steves racing endeavours.) Either way Fabcar will be supporting Steve in his attempt to show off his skills in Japan.

Ross Hamilton with co-driver Tony Robson will take part behind the wheel of the very competitive Mitsubishi Evolution 8 MR. The boys have competed in the last two years of  Targa West, and were making some impact in 2009 before a small error cost the boys  by the end of the event.

2009 Modern Challenge Competition winner, Mr Mark Conacher of McDonalds will be heading the third car (Nissan GT-R). Mark has been an influential help in setting up planning for 2010, in particular assisting with sponsorship for Steve’s Japanese campaign.

Fabcar will support the team with the help of their technical partners LF Engineering. LF Engineering have long supported Fabcar and are the chosen partners when it comes to Motor Racing.

In addition to LF Engineering, Fabcar are also partnering with McDonalds, Northside Nissan, GT Graphics, Live Fitness, Greenline MotorSports, and Caffi Logistics. (Other sponsors are also soon to be announced)

Thank you to all these partners, as we look forward to a successful 2010 campaign.

2008 Modern Competition Winner

‘drive something different!

Steve Jones in his Evolution MR posted a strong finish at the Ktec Prologue event held at Kwinana Motorplex. This tops off a great November for Jones who won the Fabcar 1-day rally outright, and posted second in the Classic Adelaide in his first start. Jones is now set to take on Mt Buller again in the LF Engineered Nissan GT-R in coming fortnight. Visit our blog for latest news on his progress.

Franz Esterbauer finished in 2nd place in a Grey Evo 8 MR purchased a couple of years back from Fabcar. Franz also recently competed in his first Targa West campaign.

The White Evolution 8 MR of Ross Hamilton fired up for the event and he finished 3rd in great style in the 50+ car event. Hamilton has competed in two Targa Wests with this Evo 8 MR  purchased from Fabcar.  After a long break from Motor Racing, Ross has been posting some good results in various Motor Sports events.

Hamilton Evo 8 MR and Jones Evo 9 MR – Congratulations to both the guys for some great driving.

LF Perfomance Products prepared Evo – K Ledger & S Jones.

Keep track of Steve’s progress in the upcoming Classic Adelaide as he competes in the Nissan GT-R in modern competition.

Mitsubishi Evo 8 MR Review from Fabcar TV on Vimeo.