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> 2011$ Grassroots Motorsports Challenge - We Won!, Won Autocross and Won Overall (drags rained out!)
Shortcutsleeping
post Oct 12 2011, 02:59 AM
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Placeholder for the whole story, but we can start with a little background.

Last year synopsis: Finished 7th in autocross, 2 seconds back (owch!), did decent in concours and blew up at the drags.

This year: We test more, apply a new theme (not flat black) and go back...and win autocross overall, 7th in concours and with rain on the drags not everyone got a run, so the drag scores were thrown out and we ended up first overall. I helped with the build and am the autocross driver.

First up, if you are just THAT bored, here is last year: http://www.witchdoctormotorsports.com/ch166.htm

Pre-event test for the car just a few weeks ago: http://www.witchdoctormotorsports.com/ch187.htm

Pre-event onboard vid: http://vimeo.com/29884138

Pre-event photos and a vid from Vorshlag: http://vorshlag.smugmug.com/Racing-Events/...7230663_BptXKm8

EVENT FOLDER AT VORSHLAG (you'd better have some time on your hands....) : http://vorshlag.smugmug.com/Racing-Events/...7634785_d3PBmv4

WDMS writeup on the event is coming...

F-body content: Our car has a 4th gen V6T5 and a clutch res from an Fbody (I think). Also, there were a few f-bodies at the event including the Concours winner, a gorgeous red firebird with flames to checkerboard paint job and an LT1 auto spraying a 150 shot.


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post Oct 12 2011, 09:02 PM
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Hey Paul. I didn't know you were on this forum. Small world. Anyway kudos on your win! It was great meeting you. For those who remember me I posted a while back about entering the Challenge. We ended up third in our '94 Trans Am behind the Vorshlag crew and Andy Nelson in his SBC powered VW. I'd like to thank rmackintosh for the optisparks and NJ Speeder for getting me hooked up with njfboa. It was a great event. Look for a feature on our car in an upcoming issue of GRM.

Matt

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post Oct 13 2011, 05:00 PM
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Costas,

Congrats on the results, its great that all your hard work has paid off. Just out of curiosity, what type of ET's do you think the car was capable of?

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Hey Paul. I didn't know you were on this forum. Small world. Anyway kudos on your win! It was great meeting you. For those who remember me I posted a while back about entering the Challenge. We ended up third in our '94 Trans Am behind the Vorshlag crew and Andy Nelson in his SBC powered VW. I'd like to thank rmackintosh for the optisparks and NJ Speeder for getting me hooked up with njfboa. It was a great event. Look for a feature on our car in an upcoming issue of GRM.

Matt



Matt,

I've always thought a f-body could do well in the challenge, the lt1 cars are quickly becoming the red headed step child of SBC's and the prices reflect that. Do you have any details of your build?
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post Oct 13 2011, 07:07 PM
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QUOTE (roostmeyer @ Oct 13 2011, 01:00 PM) *
Costas,

Congrats on the results, its great that all your hard work has paid off. Just out of curiosity, what type of ET's do you think the car was capable of?

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Hey Paul. I didn't know you were on this forum. Small world. Anyway kudos on your win! It was great meeting you. For those who remember me I posted a while back about entering the Challenge. We ended up third in our '94 Trans Am behind the Vorshlag crew and Andy Nelson in his SBC powered VW. I'd like to thank rmackintosh for the optisparks and NJ Speeder for getting me hooked up with njfboa. It was a great event. Look for a feature on our car in an upcoming issue of GRM.

Matt



Matt,

I've always thought a f-body could do well in the challenge, the lt1 cars are quickly becoming the red headed step child of SBC's and the prices reflect that. Do you have any details of your build?


I have every intention to put together a build thread here or on the GRM forum. I just need to pay some extra attention to my wife right now. I think if I spent some hours on the computer writing about "that car" right now I'd end up in divorce court.
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Shortcutsleeping   2011$ Grassroots Motorsports Challenge - We Won!   Oct 12 2011, 02:59 AM
hrdlydangerous   Hey Paul. I didn't know you were on this forum...   Oct 12 2011, 09:02 PM
roostmeyer   Costas, Congrats on the results, its great that a...   Oct 13 2011, 05:00 PM
hrdlydangerous   QUOTE (roostmeyer @ Oct 13 2011, 01:00 PM...   Oct 13 2011, 07:07 PM
Shortcutsleeping   I don't have my website update done yet, but V...   Oct 24 2011, 06:08 AM
Shortcutsleeping   QUOTE (roostmeyer @ Oct 13 2011, 12:00 PM...   Oct 24 2011, 06:11 AM
Shortcutsleeping   The writeup. It's long. Caution! http://w...   Oct 27 2011, 02:13 AM
Blainefab   Paul - The car is a stunner! Congrats on the w...   Oct 13 2011, 09:16 AM
hrdlydangerous   I finally started a build thread on the GRM forum....   Nov 4 2011, 03:57 AM
Shortcutsleeping   Wahoo! COVER CAR!!!! Cost...   Jan 24 2012, 05:00 PM
Unbalanced Engineering   Congrats Costas! That's awesome! Ja...   Jan 24 2012, 07:31 PM
93FirehawkTA   Fantastic.   Jan 24 2012, 08:44 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Thanks folks!! Nick (texas cmc2 3rd gen) ...   Jan 24 2012, 11:39 PM
CrashTestDummy   GREAT Tagline!! QUOTE (Shortcutsleeping...   Jan 25 2012, 04:26 PM
dailydriver   We have cover stars on this site, TOO COOL! ...   Jan 24 2012, 11:44 PM
hrdlydangerous   Kudos to a great bunch of guys (and gal). I was ho...   Jan 31 2012, 10:28 PM
Shortcutsleeping   I posted this on a private local forum: QUOTE Rem...   Feb 1 2012, 01:08 AM
hrdlydangerous   That picture is getting framed. Absolutely. My wif...   Feb 1 2012, 07:36 PM
trackbird   QUOTE (hrdlydangerous @ Feb 1 2012, 02:36...   Feb 1 2012, 08:15 PM
hrdlydangerous   QUOTE (trackbird @ Feb 1 2012, 03:15 PM) ...   Feb 2 2012, 02:50 AM
cozog   Outstanding Costas!   Feb 2 2012, 02:32 PM

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