Brockstar Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Greetings from Road America, everyone! It's a calm 34*F this morning here in Elkhart Lake. Everyone is getting set up on pit road, firing up their cars, and foraging for breakfast. This should be a good one. CHUMPIONSHIP1st: #197 F1 1abs2nd: #162 Team Shake and Bake3rd: #36 Ambitious But Rubbish4th: #88 JAB Motorsports5th: #4 4 Car Garage Motorsports Non-Chumpionship1st: #321 In the Red Racing2nd: #421 EmitLaer3rd: #102 Wee Bee Racing Lap Times: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-XhNgXfcWhgVWRKY0RIb3FwbzA/edit?usp=sharingResults:https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-XhNgXfcWhgMXpBTHpsdW5PdkE/edit?usp=sharing Thank you all for an amazingly fun season, from myself, the central region staff, and the Chumpcar organization as a whole! We enjoy doing this, and we couldn't without all of you. We greatly appreciate your friendship and support ...and all of the regional beers that we just can't get back home! See y'all again soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racedad Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 GO ABR. My son Matt(LateBreak on here) has gone to the Dark Side and will be wheeling an E36 with ABR Glen and the gang. How we gonna keep the kid down on the farm once he's seen Kansas City?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbqman Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Good luck to all the teams. Wish I could be there, will plan for 2014! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chip Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 How we gonna keep the kid down on the farm once he's seen Kansas City?. Just do what any experienced chump would do when they need to keep something in place- Zip tie the hell out of it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtired Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 TBR ....FTW!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilwheel Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Working on the car today, gonna check in when I can. Safe race to all ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mphouli83 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Does anyone know why Team Party cat is running EC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMohn Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Errora is on race monitor but not running. Too much damage from BIR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racedad Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Errora is on race monitor but not running. Too much damage from BIR? That and my daughter is getting hitched next week so discretionary spending is on hold.I emailed Joey awhile back and asked to hang on to my $250 for afuture race. Errora is inside; warm and dry and smashed(it IS the weekend,right? ). Gonna build a more TCV friendly ride and bring Errora back as an EC backup car next year. Too much TCV with the Caddy swap and the planned manual swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Advisory Committee NigelStu Posted October 19, 2013 Technical Advisory Committee Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Where are the play by play posts??? I need to live vicariously through you guys since we didn't make it. There HAS to be some action out on track with so many cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racedad Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Son Matt on the phone,ABR has the lead by 1:35. YAAAYY(darned Bimmers). Somebody have a link to live timing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasp Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Live timing URL http://www.chumpcar.com/livetiming-central.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Son Matt on th phone,ABR has the lead by 1:35. YAAAYY. Somebody have a link to live timing? Funny that I get called out when it's mentioned how well stock newish bimmers do Saying that hope they do well, a car is only part of the equation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasp Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Taken from Live Timing, at the 3 hour mark: 1 Ambitious But Rubbish 93 BMW E362 F1 1ab's 98 BMW 323i3 Team Shake and Bake 96 BMW 328i4 Holy Rollers 94 Acura Integra5 TFE Racing 95 BMW 325i6 Team Cardorks 95 BMW E307 Emitlaer 94 Honda Civic8 JAB Motosport 91 VW Golf9 Single Malt Racing 86 Alfa GTV610 Wee Bee Racing 87 BMW 325iS The next 9 cars are BMW's and then a 93 Acura Integra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mphouli83 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 What happened to TBR and BAR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasp Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 TBR has not moved since lap 47, either a serious car problem or they stopped for a Surly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasp Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Taken from Live Timing, at the 4 hour mark: 1 Team Shake and Bake 96 BMW 328i Chumpion2 Ambitious But Rubbish 93 BMW E36 Chumpion3 F1 1ab's 98 BMW 323i Chumpion4 JAB Motosport 91 VW Golf Chumpion5 Holy Rollers 94 Acura Integra Chumpion6 TFE Racing 95 BMW 325i7 Emitlaer 94 Honda Civic8 In The Red 94 BMW 325iS9 Single Malt Racing 86 Alfa GTV610 Warthog Racing 85 BMW 325i Chumpion The next 5 cars are BMW's followed by VW Golf, Honda CRX, BMW, Neon, Acura Integra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkTimber Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Hi race fans! No reports from me so far because: 1) I was driving and 2) our car broke shortly after the second driver took to the track. Mayhem Racing had a transmission failure after leading the early part of the race. No word yet on what happened to Tubby Butterman, but they are at the FAR end of the pits. Several teams out including #199 Cheap Shot Racing BMW. The car had a brake failure going into turn 5 and went straight off. Driver was able to avoid a couple of barriers but rammed a huge tire and rearranged the entire front end. Out for the weekend. #24 Bear Patrol was stopped near pit exit on the outside (driver's left) of the track. Don't know yet what happened to them either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkTimber Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Our car, the #96 Fart-hinder Racing Saab 900, ran well during my stint. We have rear brakes for the first time since the car was built in 2010 (always figured we did, but didn't know any better until recently). Mark Fitzpatrick took the second driving stint and had a left lower ball joint fail while pushing through the Carousel. In addition to the ball joint, the upper A-arm looks a little twisted, the axle pulled out of the inner driver and the lower shock absorber mount was stripped when the nut came off. It is back on track again after about an hour and a half behind the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkTimber Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 The #421 Honda Civic is entered under the name of emitlaer. That's Realtime backwards. Yes, those pro guys with a butt load of Honda experience. Peter Cunningham is rumored to be among the drivers this weekend. Their shop is located in nearby Milwaukee. The car is in 6th overall at the moment, but not part of the Chumpionship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Go Warthog Racing! Good old boys from our neck of the woods, well Austin is close enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkTimber Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 #185 Crank Yankers blowed up an engine in their Subaru early in the running, but they had another. Installed it and it blew enough smoke out the tailpipe to hide the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkTimber Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Just took a walk down the pits and back. Here is what I have found out. #33 Tubby Butterman has been chasing an ignition/electrical gremlin in their "new" E30 BMW, the one that took a 2nd and 1st at Brainerd in July. They believe the problem to be the harmonic balancer. They have obtained one from the BAR BMW which crashed and is out for the weekend. Still not sure if that will solve the problem. #51 British American Racing. See above. #24 Bear Patrol Lexus. Back after a long hiatus, the team had installed a manual transmission to replace the original automatic. They also had the engine refreshed with new gaskets, seals, bearings. Unfortunately it appears the head gasket on that fresh engine has blown and they are done for this weekend. #49 Slugworks Honda had a braking issue, and the car spun backwards into a wall at turn five. It rearranged the sheet metal significantly. However, the team has pulled out the damaged panels and plans to get back on track. Pro driver Anthony Downs (Star Mazda, ALMS) is one of the team's drivers this weekend. Both of the North Loop Motorsports BMWs have had issues. One suffered a fuel pump failure and I forget what happened to the other one. #78 Greenade BMW smacked the wall in turn one after making a left to right tire swap. It looks like the chassis is pretty tweaked. #197 F1 1ab's now leads followed by #36 Ambitious But Rubbish.in 2nd. Holy Rollers Acura now in 3rd as #162 Shake and Bake has dropped to 4th. #421 EmitLaer Honda has moved up to 5th overall and leads the non-chumpionship cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkTimber Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 I have now had my requisite Road America / Sheboygan bratwurst at the Lions Club stand. Weather this weekend is not too bad, temps around 50, mostly sun, though we have had a few rain sprinkles. The timer says we have passed the six hour mark, which means it's time for an update. 1. #197 F1 1ab's BMW - 114 laps2. #36 ABR BMW - 1143. #66 Holy Rollers Acura - 1144. #162 Shake & Bake BMW - 1135. #421 EmitLaer Honda Civic* - 1136. #25 North Loop BMW - 1117. #116 Warthog ??? - 1108. #54 Where Are You? BMW - 1109. #902 Cardorks BMW* - 11010. #180 Single Malt Alfa Romeo* - 109 * = non Chumpionship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasp Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Heh Wink, Thanks for the updates. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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