mostmint Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) We have been racing since 2011. With the same car. A teal Saturn SC. It has over 15,000 miles of Champ Car Endurance Series racing over 14 race weekends as of July 2021. Have had lots of team member changes. Spawned one team with a second on the way. Of the last six race weekends we have two P3 finishes and five class wins. 2021 Nelson Ledges 8+7: 26th, 20th 2019 Nelson Ledges 24 hour: 5th place + B class win 2019 Indy twin 10 hour: 26th, 29th + B class win 2018 Nelson Ledges 24 hour: 3rd place + B class win 2017 Watkins Glen twin 7 hour: 18th, 52nd, VIR 24 hour: engine change, 57th 2016 Charlotte 14 hr: 3rd place + A class win, Mid Ohio 8 hr: 5th place + A class win 2015 MIS 14hr: 6th place, 2014 MIS 14hr: 7th place, 2013 Nelson Ledges: 2013 14 hr: 12th place, Pitt Race twin 7 hr: 15th, 18th 2012 25 hr: 15th place; 2011 25 hr: 51st place The car was purchased with the cage, Corbeau racing seat, CAI, KYB struts, and some spares for $1200 Factory rated at 124 hp, it has DOHC, 5 speed, independent rear suspension, four wheel disc brakes, factory 4 into 2 tube header Modifications include: Megasquirt ECU, custom 2 into 1 downpipe with 1 3/4" tubes, 2.5" exhaust, Saturn Ion knuckles, ball joints, rotors and calipers, power steering delete, coilover springs (on factory struts), passenger floor mount battery, vented hood, rear Superbird style wing, lexan rear windows After we blew up at VIR due to pistons failing in out of round bores, we bored the engine out .5 mm and that moved us up from 1.9 to 1.92 liters and into class B. Drivers throughout the years include: Matt, Tom, Dave, John L, Andy, Joey, Tony, Scott, Dean, Jon, Colin Crew and support: Tony, Rachel, Kurt, Rhonda, Fred, Walt, Gwen, Chris, Dave S, John H - sorry if I missed anyone This whole thing started when my friend Dave sent me a video link to a citrus 24 hour race - it was the last 10 minutes of the race and in a Mazda Protege. This was the trigger that got the whole thing started. Saturn: A different kind of company, a different kind of car I guess we race an unpopular platform, though many people had a Saturn as their driver car in the past. Up to now it really hasn't phased me that much. There has been a lot of learning, preparation and engineering to get the car where it is now. We went through a crank, many wheel bearings and hubs, a few sets of pistons, a couple heads, few body panels, and a windshield among other things to get here. Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MostmintRacing/ Edited August 16, 2021 by mostmint update after NL 2019 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostmint Posted November 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Saturn: Serious Attempt To Upend Racing Norms. Victory formations 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostmint Posted November 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 And the hardware. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostmint Posted November 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 2019 trophies. Since 2016 we have done 7 race weekends, won class in 5 and within those also had two podium finishes. All with the mighty Saturn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugworks Paul Posted November 18, 2019 Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 Where does the name 'mostmint' come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostmint Posted January 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 11/18/2019 at 8:27 AM, Slugworks Paul said: Where does the name 'mostmint' come from? Mostmint originated about a decade before the team started. It started with a 76 Trans Am I had - which I jokingly said was in "mint" condition. It was solid but the poor thing did not have a straight panel on it. Me and my buddies would kid around about how mint our cars were - which only led to me claiming I had the most mint car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug S Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 Great to see someone else racing a Saturn. I have a 93 SC2 that I'm thinking about preparing to take a crack Champ Car racing. We raced it in LeMons about 8 years ago. Got to a best finish of 10th overall at CMP (South Carolina) in LeMons. Working on getting the team back together now. Looking at Champ Car, I think we're going to have a lot of work to do. Team name is Orbits Near Uranus. I hope we're able to make it out there this year. This looks like a great series. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostmint Posted June 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 I am not at all certain there will be more trophies, but the mighty Saturn has accumulated its fair share of them - and it got to be on an event t-shirt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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