ChumpCar Racing

[goodhart]

How did that BMW 540 do?

[Matt D.]

Originally Posted by goodhart

How did that BMW 540 do?

Apparently it was down on power and stuck in 4th gear or someshit. I don't know, it really seemed to depend on who was driving it. It didn't pass me all weekend, but it did pass Shawn in the rain on Sunday. It was not a contender though.

[goodhart]

Originally Posted by Matt D.

Apparently it was down on power and stuck in 4th gear or someshit. I don't know, it really seemed to depend on who was driving it. It didn't pass me all weekend, but it did pass Shawn in the rain on Sunday. It was not a contender though.

haha, karma sucks

[simulatedwood]

Originally Posted by goodhart

haha, karma sucks

Actually it was better then that, the bmw passed me on a yellow in the grass, then next lap went off the track right in front of me, cant say I felt bad for him.

Shawn

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Originally Posted by Matt D.

Apparently it was down on power and stuck in 4th gear or someshit. I don't know, it really seemed to depend on who was driving it.

Yea, most of the time it looked quick but on Sat when I was on the track I passed it. If they fix the trans, it will probably dominate the track. It looks like crap with all the body panels removed, not sure you can call it a "car" versus some tubes and sheetmetal around a V8.

We have some handling and braking issues to work through on our car, but it was solid otherwise. I figured out more of the track on Sunday than on Saturday once I had a chance to just take it slow not worry about running good times and there were less cars on the track, not that it was crowded at all on Saturday. I am not sure yet if we can go a full 2 hour driver session without running out of gas though in the dry, our gas mileage was much better on Sunday in rain since we weren't going all out and trying to push the car.

[Matt D.]

Originally Posted by Shane@DBPerformance

I am not sure yet if we can go a full 2 hour driver session without running out of gas though in the dry, our gas mileage was much better on Sunday in rain since we weren't going all out and trying to push the car.

We couldn't even make it an hour and 30 minutes on fuel on Saturday, had to back out the screw on our home made adjustable FPR a little bit and then we were able to go the full two hours safely.

We changed our brake pads overnight and I'm wishing we would have done it before Saturday. The car was already braking awesome, but it completely came to life with new pads. EBC Reds all around.

Will you be going to any other races this year?