Condor Speed Shop $2010 Challenge Results

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So we're back from our 4th year at the challenge.

We had an amazing time hanging out with all of our old friends, and we were happy to have made some good new ones. Every time we go to the challenge we have the best time hanging with REAL people that love cars and are passionate about wrenching! We are happy to report that we duplicated our results from last year, 3rd overall, and 2nd in the Autox, plus we finished 3rd in the concourse this year, which was no easy feat!

Challenge Winners

Overall Winners: (All 3 going to the Ultimate Touring Car Challenge)
1) Wreck Racing / Ga. Tech Mazda Miata
2) Westside / Hooligan Mitsubishi Mirage GT
3) Condor Speed Shop BMW 325is


Drag Times:
1) PACC Racing, MG MGB: 10.67 sec.
2) Westside / Hooligan, Mitsubishi Mirage: 10.82 sec.
3) Team MiniMe, Dodge Aries: 11.64 sec.

Autocross times:
1) Wreck Racing / Ga. Tech Mazda Miata: 32.303 sec.
2) Condor Speed Shop BMW 325is: 33.118 sec.
3) Hong Norr Honda Civic: 33.564 sec.


Concours Scores:
1) Wreck Racing Mazda Miata: 22.8 pts.
2) PACC Racing MG MGB: 22.7 pts.
3) Condor Speed Shop BMW 325is: 21.95 pts.


Jimmy and i got together to create a build video to document the 4 years it took us to get the car from a normal every day BMW to a full on turbo track monster, which runs 12.3's in the drags. Another sweet prize for this year was winning admission to the UTCC at Virginia International Raceway in July of 2011!

I haven't posted updates to my blog in a while, because we were trying to keep things secret from a certain team that will remain nameless ;)... I will say that their car looked a lot like ours did (hey!). In any case, we have a lot of respect for those guys, and were flattered that they used our 09 car as inspiration for their build. Hopefully they will return more competitive next year.

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Videos

Autox video

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Pics

[lostbeachbum]

posting one of my favorite pictures which was taken after the challenge on our way back home.

[Jonny Cash]

I love that pic! I want to thank Carlos and Jimmy "on record" for an awesome experience ill probably never forget. I think this year was the start of many very cool projects to come. Im officially hooked. It was very rewarding to see everyone going nuts over the car- knowing all the hard work, and late nights we put into it.

For anyone inspired to make their own widebody, i say good luck! This project re-invented the term elbow grease. That being said- bring on the next one!

cheers guys!

[Dsobes]

How did you get such wide 4 lug wheels?!

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How did you get such wide 4 lug wheels?!

We made custom 4x100 adapters that fit Wide-5 circle track wheels

[87e30]

Those wheels are dope. Looks like a lot of fun and a badass car too.

[ForcedFirebird]

Carlos, Jimmy, Jay, Brian, Christie, it was awesome hanging with you guys this past weekend and would do it again in a heartbeat! It was awesome being part of something so exciting, meeting all the staff and contenders in the Challenge.

Even though I could have been helping a little more, hopefully it was an asset to have the extra hands both in the shop and at the event.

Also we should thank some of the others that couldn't make it to the Challenge who had a part/hand in the newest version of this car behind the scenes, now we just have to concentrate on getting it up to par for the UTTC! I can't wait to see how our car competes against cars that were built by pros with an unlimited budget.

Carlos, Jimmy, thanks guys for accepting me as part of the crew! Good job guys!

[Ian Bowers]

The finish to that autocross video was freaking awesome.

[iwantspeed]

nice job guys

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I love that pic! I want to thank Carlos and Jimmy "on record" for an awesome experience ill probably never forget. I think this year was the start of many very cool projects to come. Im officially hooked. It was very rewarding to see everyone going nuts over the car- knowing all the hard work, and late nights we put into it.

Carlos, Jimmy, thanks guys for accepting me as part of the crew! Good job guys!

Anytime, thanks to both of you for your help! You have passed the Initiation! ;)

[DREWHALL]

Haha. "Destroys half the course, crosses the finish line backwards..." Sounds like a really good time. Car looks great too. Congrats again!

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This is our first of many videos that I will be uploading. This was our second run of the day. I ran a 12.9 on the first run, The car ran better than expected, and it really hooked up well in first and second gears, compared to last year(thanks John for the drag setup pointers), I hot lapped it and went straight to the line for run #2. Little did I know that we were going to loose the hood on this run ;) We ended up running our best time at the event, a 12.3 sec drag run at 117 mph. The car has an HX35 running 21lbs of boost with a Stock m20 motor. Tuning was done with the stock motronic and a 535 AFM. We blew the Head-gasket on the next run(3rd and final)! Have you ever seen a bunch of people celebrating the ripping off of a hood? Get ready to... (In reality we were happy about our time,...no really we were ;)

[freeride53]

that looks like a lot of fun. Cool wheels.