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11-03-2009

This is Chump, not Champ Car. Champ Car is dead.

Please take a look at www.chumpcar.com to get an overall idea of what I have been through. Some of you may be familiar with the 24 hours of LeMons which is similar.

This past weekend I participated in the inaugural Chump Car race at Portland. The idea is to take a 500 crap can car and turn it into a race car. I decided to help crew on the team as my first leap in to see if it was something I wanted to do, so I had no choice on the car. The team was running a ultra rare 1984 Dodge Colt Turbo. The car was purchased for 100 bucks, safety gear was added and the car was prepped with a few minor tweaks to the motor along with a tune up. Needless to say this car was not a beast.

The race was a 24 hour format, there was a 2 hour break for Halloween trick or treating, as this was a charity fund raiser for the Portland Community Transitional School. Kids were brought in, and the kids of the racers were running around in costumes. Every team pitched in and donated over 11,000 dollars to the school. Plus the additional fees and other money going to the charity. Plus PCC had mechanics on hand from the vocational program who learned a lot in their work to help out teams, and also penalize teams.

Around 4 AM the race was halted due to extreme fog. From the hot pit to the actual race track surface (20 feet) you could not make out any major markings on the cars, just a blurred object. At 8 AM racing resumed for another 7 hours. Total time on track for our car was 20 hours and 27 minutes. We covered almost 1,000 miles in that time period with no major mechanical failure. Just a few minor setbacks on a car that had no real test time on the track.

For next year, I will be forming my own chump team and driving a crap can Corvette. I believe I have already found my candidate, a C4 out of California for 500 bucks

36 hours at the track is tiring, but the event and the surrounding of other race teams and your team is flat out awesome.

1990 415 · 11-03-2009

Did you take the restrictor plate off the black dragon? I will keep it on the downlow if it breaks any rules.

gbrtng · 11-03-2009

Who is the brains behind this thing? Someone did a lot of work and spent some cash to get all those 2010 events scheduled.

11-03-2009

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Originally Posted by gbrtng

Who is the brains behind this thing? Someone did a lot of work and spent some cash to get all those 2010 events scheduled.

The LeMons events have been a huge success. This is a spin off to hit the areas where LeMons does not go to. The rules overlap about 95%, so you can race in both series if you wish.

Aurora40 · 12-24-2009

Cool! Don't know how I missed this, except maybe that it's so far down the main page. Sounds like a good time. How did you guys do?

11-03-2009	#1
Jeffvette Guest Posts: n/a	Chump Car This is Chump, not Champ Car. Champ Car is dead. Please take a look at www.chumpcar.com to get an overall idea of what I have been through. Some of you may be familiar with the 24 hours of LeMons which is similar. This past weekend I participated in the inaugural Chump Car race at Portland. The idea is to take a 500 crap can car and turn it into a race car. I decided to help crew on the team as my first leap in to see if it was something I wanted to do, so I had no choice on the car. The team was running a ultra rare 1984 Dodge Colt Turbo. The car was purchased for 100 bucks, safety gear was added and the car was prepped with a few minor tweaks to the motor along with a tune up. Needless to say this car was not a beast. The race was a 24 hour format, there was a 2 hour break for Halloween trick or treating, as this was a charity fund raiser for the Portland Community Transitional School. Kids were brought in, and the kids of the racers were running around in costumes. Every team pitched in and donated over 11,000 dollars to the school. Plus the additional fees and other money going to the charity. Plus PCC had mechanics on hand from the vocational program who learned a lot in their work to help out teams, and also penalize teams. Around 4 AM the race was halted due to extreme fog. From the hot pit to the actual race track surface (20 feet) you could not make out any major markings on the cars, just a blurred object. At 8 AM racing resumed for another 7 hours. Total time on track for our car was 20 hours and 27 minutes. We covered almost 1,000 miles in that time period with no major mechanical failure. Just a few minor setbacks on a car that had no real test time on the track. For next year, I will be forming my own chump team and driving a crap can Corvette. I believe I have already found my candidate, a C4 out of California for 500 bucks 36 hours at the track is tiring, but the event and the surrounding of other race teams and your team is flat out awesome.

11-03-2009	#2
1990 415 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 309	Re: Chump Car Did you take the restrictor plate off the black dragon? I will keep it on the downlow if it breaks any rules.

11-03-2009	#3
gbrtng Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Antonio area Posts: 1,179	Re: Chump Car Who is the brains behind this thing? Someone did a lot of work and spent some cash to get all those 2010 events scheduled. __________________ “Buy the best example of what you want, and pay whatever it takes. That way, you cry only once.” ~ Bruce Meyer

12-24-2009	#5
Aurora40 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 2,713	Re: Chump Car Cool! Don't know how I missed this, except maybe that it's so far down the main page. Sounds like a good time. How did you guys do? __________________ Bob Saveland Former owner of #2517 [IMG]http://a.random-image.net/aurora40/vette.jpg[/img]