mindspin311 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) Welcome to the biography of the John Allen Special USFail1 Chumpcar team! We are a TWO-TIME Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series "Spirit of ChumpCar" award recipient. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK - John Allen Special Based in Atlanta, GA the team has been campaigning BMW E30s since its inception in December 2011. What started out as daydreaming and "what-ifs" during local car meets has evolved in to a full-blown 2 car effort. The team is currently comprised of 6 full-team team members, all of which have various backgrounds. Halston Pitman - Team Owner/Photographer Richard Sainato - Team Manager/Photographer Andrew Sides - Head Mechanic Thomas Bae - Mechanic Chris Nelson - Mechanic Justin Lipson - Lead Engineer Let's go back to the humble beginnings of Team JAS.... December 2011, Team JAS takes delivery of a humble and neglected BMW 325e Before the build, some fun was had... 2012 - Car #66 2013 - #80 is born We even made the cover of a magazine!! 2014 - A new year, a new livery, same old #80 2015 brings the start of Team JAS expanding to a 2-car effort, through a generous donation, the team receives a 2nd BMW E30 #80, reimagined.. #80 shares the track for the first time with her little sibling, #46 Unfortunately, at Sebring, the original #80 meets an untimely end 2016 - Another year, another build, the new #80, to carry on the legacy And from the ashes, like a phoenix, #80 rises Edited January 21, 2016 by mindspin311 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riche30 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Death of a Race Car: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Seconds before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racer28173 Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Wow - what a shame. Really beautiful car you guys had - looked like it was making good time too. I guess they need to tell people the somewhat obvious "In a spin, two feet in (gas and clutch, of course)" in the drivers' meeting. Both cars probably would have been fine if he had been on the brakes and sliding down track - you had a good trajectory for avoiding him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinanm3atl Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Phoenix arises from the ashes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riche30 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Took the new car out for a spin this past weekend.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skitz Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Both cars are looking good! I recall you guys were running 4 e36 H1 projectors in the old 80 car. How'd you like that setup and are you doing anything different in the new 80? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riche30 Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 The H1 projectors were OK, but starting in 2015 Beyond Driven Auto (www.beyonddrivenauto.com) came on board to help us out. We now run mini-H1 bi-xenon projectors in the low beam position and LEDs in the high beam. They're great. We actually don't run the LEDs because the bi-xenons are so good. Dinanm3atl will come back and show you some pics for comparison I'm sure. We're just lucky enough that BDA uses us for their product testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skitz Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Very cool, It'd be awesome to see some of Halston's photos of them. Our setup leaves much to be desired and we plan on upgrading for the 2016 season. It looks like you mounted the BDA bulb in the stock enclosure. Did you have to modify the stock low beam at all or do you get a clean cut off? Is there enough adjustment for you to get apex lighting as well as straight ahead visibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinanm3atl Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Essentially it's a Bi-Xenon based projector retrofit. Included is an LED high beam. It utilizes a European Smiley Housing(Depo Variant). Tear out the guts, install adapter, projector and LED High beam. This allows all adjustments to work as intended. New 80 has this complete setup. 46 was before the complete setup was designed so the projector is mounted to the housing and then a generic sized reflector housing is put into the location. Same results, doesn't look as pretty and lacks super fine tuning of adjustments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinanm3atl Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Best part is Beyond Driven Auto has a host of legal upgrades and all of them are backed by a lifetime warranty. This INCLUDES track/racing. No one else does this. Assume the items aren't physically broken(obviously not going to cover actual damage) they will replace the parts. For output. Low Beam: Quad Wired High Beam( All 4 at once): 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skitz Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Very impressive, I'll have to give them a call. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riche30 Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Old 80's final resting place. Good bye old friend. Edited September 13, 2016 by riche30 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riche30 Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 Added #14 to the stable in the offseason. 1984 BMW 733i (soon to be raced as a 735i). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riche30 Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 4th in the fleet? I think Doc now refers to us as a "juggernaut"... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAMR2 Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 RHD 280Z with what looks like a BMW motor? That's pretty unique. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riche30 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 On 4/3/2017 at 2:05 PM, LAMR2 said: RHD 280Z with what looks like a BMW motor? That's pretty unique. Rodney's a mad man. So glad he joined us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAMR2 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 59 minutes ago, riche30 said: Rodney's a mad man. So glad he joined us. So what's the story on the RHD part of it? Japanese import that got neglected and turned into a racecar? Conversion done just because it's cool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindspin311 Posted April 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 4 hours ago, LAMR2 said: So what's the story on the RHD part of it? Japanese import that got neglected and turned into a racecar? Conversion done just because it's cool? The shell was received configured in no-hand drive, so he decided to covert to RHD for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilwheel Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) Great looking car ! Edited April 7, 2017 by Evilwheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindspin311 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 3rd in class and 10th overall at Sebring NYE-ish! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dinanm3atl Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 6 hours ago, riche30 said: Is that new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riche30 Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 51 minutes ago, dinanm3atl said: Is that new? Nope, pulled the old car out of mothballs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinanm3atl Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 2 hours ago, riche30 said: Nope, pulled the old car out of mothballs. Ah cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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