2009 Grassroots Motorsports Challenge build diary take 3

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[lostbeachbum]

Well The Grassroots 2009 Challenge is over and our car is now sitting in the garage as we start mulling over ideas for next year. This year we did better then expected as our car placed 2nd in the autocross (fastest production car) which was .005 seconds slower that a custom built locost. Our concourse score was not what were were hoping for with a 14th place finish but we think we have an idea in where we can improve. Our Drag setup is also another area in where we can see an improvement for next year as our time was a 13.8 which gave us an 11th place finish in the drags. with those scores calculated we ended up in 3rd place overall out of 55 cars. Not bad if you ask me. To all the E30 fans that I met out at the challenge it was nice meeting you all.

One last thing I would also like to thank all the people who took the time off of work and drove up to help Carlos and I get the car prepped for the multiple events. This year went so much smoother changing from event to even and it is only because of their hard work.

Now time for some pictures.


We could not find a trailer to tow our car up there so we flat towed it. This is a pic taken by the GRM staff as the cruised by us on the turnpike


This is where we were changing our wheels/tires, and suspension and taking it out of flat tow mode and getting it ready for the auto-x


This is our car in auto-x mode. behind the wheel was expert driver Allan Mc Crispin.


here are a few pictures of Allan taking it out on the course














this is what beat us out in the auto-x but .005 seconds


here is a video that was taken by another r3v member


here is our car after we rolled passed the judges at the concourse portion of the competition


and our drag setup





and some in car video during the drag event

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We've started our new widebody for the 2010 challenge.

you can follow our complete build here:http://www.dirte30.blogspot.com

[threlevenguy]

this car is amazing.

[Chabs]

that looks badass

[4ce30]

This thing is money! such an efficient build.. good job

[jefffribourg]

fucking amazing!

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Thanks guys, if it's not a functional mod, we don't do it. It's all business.

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new autox vid.


I have another posted on the blog.

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I posted a new updates to the blog yesterday.

Its all about new custom Rear spring spacers and subframe mounts made out of UHMW.





full info at www.dirte30.blogspot

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Posted a few updates on the blog.

[DREWHALL]

Cool man I love this car.

[!kid]

hows it all going?

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Its going good, I'm getting ready to update the blog with some more widebody progress, but in the meantime,check out this video i created:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE3NdMT3xQ4

[siazul]

great job, you guys built a monster