2011$ Grassroots Motorsports Challenge - We Won! - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

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.

Costas
cars and such...

Shortcutsleeping View Member Profile	Oct 12 2011, 02:59 AM Post #1
Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,038 Joined: 29-December 03 From: Texas, USA Member No.: 62	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. Costas cars and such...

dailydriver View Member Profile	Jan 24 2012, 11:44 PM Post #2
Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,528 Joined: 13-January 07 From: Solebury, Pa. Member No.: 1,589	We have cover stars on this site, TOO COOL! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/gr_driving3.gif) Congrats on the well deserved win! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I will say that it IS hard to believe (despite all of the requisite documentation) that some of those cars actually cost that little to build, given how GREAT they look, perform, and turned out! Your livery looks better than something the mid-late 80s factory Bimmer M Werks DTM team would have done (let alone the engineering involved, and attention to mechanical detail)!!! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif)