Chump Car - John Allen Special USFail1 Race Team Build

[Nygdup]

I can't wait for October.

[dinanm3atl]

Let some peeps drive the car post B25 swap at Auto-X.



2012-09-16_Autox_7653_2400_Q10 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr



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[Pantless Spency]

i enjoy this thready so much!!!



btw i spy an e21 in the background of this photo, those look to be some pretty rare wheels!
whats going on with that?

John Allen Special BMW E30 325E ChumpCar Chump Car LED Exterior Light by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr

[dinanm3atl]

I dunno. It's Rich's car.

[dinanm3atl]

Racing in one week. Time to do some final prep and do some upgrades for the AMS roval. We are running the car in the Eastern Region Chumpionship. Was mostly all hands on deck at this point!

We started with something to hopefully prevent our previous demise. We installed a true temp gauge with an audible and visible warning. Used the upper radiator hose adapter as I used on my M3 track car. Keep it simple. Works great. Seems like we will be able to hear it going off as well.


John Allen Special BMW E30 325i ChumpCar Chump Car Work Day 01 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


John Allen Special BMW E30 325i ChumpCar Chump Car Work Day 02 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


We had a little buffeting at VIR. Hoping to combat some of that here.


John Allen Special BMW E30 325i ChumpCar Chump Car Work Day 03 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


Next up in front aero. Stuff you make is only cost of material. 9.97 for the front aero and you'll see later some additional rear aero.


John Allen Special BMW E30 325i ChumpCar Chump Car Work Day 04 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


John Allen Special BMW E30 325i ChumpCar Chump Car Work Day 05 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


What is this on the back end?


John Allen Special BMW E30 325i ChumpCar Chump Car Work Day 06 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


John Allen Special BMW E30 325i ChumpCar Chump Car Work Day 07 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


Not sure what this photo is. Rich took it. Guess my cool new t-shirt?


John Allen Special BMW E30 325i ChumpCar Chump Car Work Day 08 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


Finished and ready to rock!


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All set to go a week early! This is great! haha



John Allen Special BMW E30 325i ChumpCar Chump Car Work Day 13 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


Running till 11pm. Hoping we get to use these and get some photos!


John Allen Special BMW E30 325i ChumpCar Chump Car Work Day 14 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr

[Nygdup]

Man..we getting no love here on r3v.

[vagus]

Oh no, I love it. Don't worry. Just not much to contribute. The ChumpCar thing is new to me and so far I am loving it. Looks a bit intimidating for average dudes, but I am enjoying the hell out of this thread, liked you on FB, and can't wait for the race report.

[wanksta]

Awesome thread! I've raced ChumpCar for 3years in a 240sx. We melted our engine just like that at Road Atlanta race in Feb. Now I'm building an 85 eta for the Dec Road Atlanta race. I'm new to BMWs and expected the car to be slow but it was really quite good at Barber last weekend. Good luck at AMS and hope to race with you at Road Atlanta in December!

[hfabricius]

Wish I could could have gotten involved in this, would give me something to do with my massive amounts of free time.

[dinanm3atl]

Awesome thread! I've raced ChumpCar for 3years in a 240sx. We melted our engine just like that at Road Atlanta race in Feb. Now I'm building an 85 eta for the Dec Road Atlanta race. I'm new to BMWs and expected the car to be slow but it was really quite good at Barber last weekend. Good luck at AMS and hope to race with you at Road Atlanta in December!

Will be at RA in December!

Wish I could could have gotten involved in this, would give me something to do with my massive amounts of free time.

We would love the help!

[dinanm3atl]

Well it was race weekend again. We prepped the car. Went with a B25 motor. Lots of time and effort went into this race. We want to finished! Race was a 14 Hour at Atlanta Motor Speedway Roval. Start early in the morning and finish at 11pm! We rolled up early and were one of the first 5 teams to arrive. We are on a pretty strict and low budget but 100 bucks for a NASCAR garage? We are in!



John Allen Special NASCAR Garage Atlanta Motor Speedway 01 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr



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Blake does a final check on the underside. He'll be started so I guess he wanted to see if it was 'safe'! haha



John Allen Special NASCAR Garage Atlanta Motor Speedway 02 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


Loading up the cool suit... which didn't work. Diagnosed as a dead relay ~10 minutes before we needed to grid. No cool suit for this race!



John Allen Special NASCAR Garage Atlanta Motor Speedway 07 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


How cool is this? Our car. On a NASCAR pit lane! Notice it is nice and clean. Looks too nice...



John Allen Special NASCAR Garage Atlanta Motor Speedway 08 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr



John Allen Special NASCAR Garage Atlanta Motor Speedway 09 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


Blake ready to rock! He is a DIVA... so we taped a Snickers to the dash in case he got hungry.



John Allen Special NASCAR Garage Atlanta Motor Speedway 10 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr



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First pit stop and driver change!



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Later in race Blake holds the front left tire. We swapped tired ~11 hours in! Just was too risky to keep running on bald Falken Azenis.



John Allen Special NASCAR Garage Atlanta Motor Speedway 16 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr



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Night time driver change. A photo of me actually!



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On track photos! Racing hard day and night!



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And we finished! We took the green flat in P1 and led two laps! We ran all 14 hours minus ~75 minutes while we replaced a radiator, lower radiator hose and motor mount. We turned consistent laps from top to bottom. All the drivers had fun. All got ~2 hours of driving. We let our Birthday Boy and Co-Captain get a third one hour stint and bring the car home and take the checkered. What an awesome feeling to bring it home under our own power! Starting to pack up... and the spoiler used to be clear!

Back on track in 2 months at Road Atlanta. Another 14 hour race!



John Allen Special NASCAR Garage Atlanta Motor Speedway 22 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr



John Allen Special NASCAR Garage Atlanta Motor Speedway 21 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr


BATTLE SCARS! Amazing how much sand blasting you get in a single race...



John Allen Special NASCAR Garage Atlanta Motor Speedway 37 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr

[silence]

Congrats!

[cm0180]

This is awesome, congrats on finishing!

[Nygdup]

ChumpCar released their 2013 schedule yesterday. Dates of interest for you that follow the John Allen Special.


These three are confirmed races we will be attempting to run in 2013:
February 9th - Road Atlanta 14hr Enduro
May 26th - Daytona International 14hr Enduro
November 2nd & 3rd - Atlanta Motorsports Park Double 7 Enduros

A few other dates we are considering, pending 2013 sponsorships and team finances:
June 22nd - Charlotte Motor Speedway 14hr Enduro
August 9th-11th - VIR Grand Course 24hr Enduro
Sept 28th - Sebring International 14hr Enduro

I cannot express in words how excited we are about 2013. We hope to see you guys out there supporting us at some of these venues!

[dinanm3atl]

Shake Down at Road Atlanta for 14 Hour race!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXc9oaVkQk&list=UU2ym1n879A4-8rGEy-HIStA&index=1&feature=plcp