02-27-2014, 11:24 AM
It was the closing act of 2013. After our debacle of losing water every 45 minutes, the car was put to rest for a little while.
I started looking through the car and found a clamp had loosened up and was small-dripping some water. I doubted that was it, but I was alas without a car for November Summit. Why not make sure the car was done blowed up.
In registration line for November Summit getting the car "teched". She is a little rough around the edges..
![[Image: 1394474_10101379073447629_1661478992_n.jpg]](https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/1394474_10101379073447629_1661478992_n.jpg)
2 laps in, car's temperature gauge starts rising. Well, she needs a new motor...... So I follow my own advice "throttle throttle throttle". She handles the next 20 minutes with the temperature gauge spiked. This motor apparently doesn't want to die.
I then tell friends that anyone can beat the crap out of it. Of course replacement cost if you put it into a wall. Dave Allen takes me up on the offer, surprisingly the only one.
![[Image: IMG_5783.JPG]](http://www.catesracing.com/flp/nasa/2013events/2013_11_sp/hpde1_3/IMG_5783.JPG)
So we decide we need a new motor. I call around, do some searching, and find a low-mileage motor down in charlottesville. Quick trip with the truck. Pull out the old one and now we have 2 unknown/bad motors and good running one
Rotaries everywhere!
![[Image: 1466210_10101423267886619_72294617_n.jpg]](https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1466210_10101423267886619_72294617_n.jpg)
Swapped in the new motor, cleaned up some more stuff. And got ready for this "Chumpionship on Patriot". I will try to get video, working on that now. Not many pictures.
The race was on Patriot course at VIR. A very small course, would be lots of passing!!
I was up first in the car, on a wet, damp course that was icey. It was damn near snowing!
20 minutes in, and I noticed the oil pressure gauge is dropping. I pull quickly in. Loose connection on the electrical. Go back out after losing a bunch of spots, but still running very strong. RWD/no abs was proving to be tough, but I was having a blast.
I Was having a blast and was running real strong. Our car is heavily underpowered compared to some of these vehicles. So when I exit a corner, I stay full on throttle right behind their bumpers. Of course they pull away but I am trying to get as much draft as possible to maybe set up a pass under braking. Coming out of a corner onto a straight stretch, I line up behind a Mercury V8 Cougar with the Bimmerworld E36 in front of them. We exit onto the straightaway in a line. The Bimmerworld E36 decided to hit his brakes mid-straightaway (its an S section but straightaway for all chump cars), causing the Mercury to tap him and use his brakes, and me to go into the back of the Mercury. The cougar is reinforced and a heavy car, no damage, but it caused our hood to flex in half and fly up i n the way. ANOTHER pit stop. OF course nothing was wrong with the Bimmerworld E36, it kept going...
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It would rain and dry up the entire race. Rain/dry/rain/dry, making for a very "crash" prone race.
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This sort of bad luck occured all through the race. About 45 minutes before the end of the race and we were top 15. I think 12/13th or something. Paul spun again (car was very spinny with old tires and rain/cold). Chump requested us to pull in and put another driver in. Unfortunately the next driver jumped in to realize a floaty front end. With Chump Car not very happy with us, we decided to pull it in not to risk anything.
![[Image: 1441209_10101461241981229_89914798_n.jpg]](https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1441209_10101461241981229_89914798_n.jpg)
We ended up very well all considering, but again learned a LOT from this race. A treacherous tow home in the snow was the final nail in the coffin for the 2013 season of Chump Car.
![[Image: 1483105_10101453984644989_1757349138_n.jpg]](https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/1483105_10101453984644989_1757349138_n.jpg)
I started looking through the car and found a clamp had loosened up and was small-dripping some water. I doubted that was it, but I was alas without a car for November Summit. Why not make sure the car was done blowed up.
In registration line for November Summit getting the car "teched". She is a little rough around the edges..
2 laps in, car's temperature gauge starts rising. Well, she needs a new motor...... So I follow my own advice "throttle throttle throttle". She handles the next 20 minutes with the temperature gauge spiked. This motor apparently doesn't want to die.
I then tell friends that anyone can beat the crap out of it. Of course replacement cost if you put it into a wall. Dave Allen takes me up on the offer, surprisingly the only one.
So we decide we need a new motor. I call around, do some searching, and find a low-mileage motor down in charlottesville. Quick trip with the truck. Pull out the old one and now we have 2 unknown/bad motors and good running one
Rotaries everywhere!
Swapped in the new motor, cleaned up some more stuff. And got ready for this "Chumpionship on Patriot". I will try to get video, working on that now. Not many pictures.
The race was on Patriot course at VIR. A very small course, would be lots of passing!!
I was up first in the car, on a wet, damp course that was icey. It was damn near snowing!
20 minutes in, and I noticed the oil pressure gauge is dropping. I pull quickly in. Loose connection on the electrical. Go back out after losing a bunch of spots, but still running very strong. RWD/no abs was proving to be tough, but I was having a blast.
I Was having a blast and was running real strong. Our car is heavily underpowered compared to some of these vehicles. So when I exit a corner, I stay full on throttle right behind their bumpers. Of course they pull away but I am trying to get as much draft as possible to maybe set up a pass under braking. Coming out of a corner onto a straight stretch, I line up behind a Mercury V8 Cougar with the Bimmerworld E36 in front of them. We exit onto the straightaway in a line. The Bimmerworld E36 decided to hit his brakes mid-straightaway (its an S section but straightaway for all chump cars), causing the Mercury to tap him and use his brakes, and me to go into the back of the Mercury. The cougar is reinforced and a heavy car, no damage, but it caused our hood to flex in half and fly up i n the way. ANOTHER pit stop. OF course nothing was wrong with the Bimmerworld E36, it kept going...
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It would rain and dry up the entire race. Rain/dry/rain/dry, making for a very "crash" prone race.
[IMG[https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...4798_n.jpg[/IMG]
This sort of bad luck occured all through the race. About 45 minutes before the end of the race and we were top 15. I think 12/13th or something. Paul spun again (car was very spinny with old tires and rain/cold). Chump requested us to pull in and put another driver in. Unfortunately the next driver jumped in to realize a floaty front end. With Chump Car not very happy with us, we decided to pull it in not to risk anything.
We ended up very well all considering, but again learned a LOT from this race. A treacherous tow home in the snow was the final nail in the coffin for the 2013 season of Chump Car.
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