ARP Racing Results
Corey Kruseman Year Wrap Up
Friends & Family,
As our 2011 racing season comes to an end this week, we at Kruseman
Motorsports have a lot to be thankful for....
* 2 USAC/CRA wins
* 2 USAC-WS Midget wins
* 3 VRA 360 Sprintcar wins
* 4 VRA Midget wins
* 2011 VRA Midget Championship
* 2011 USAC-WS Midget Championship
* 2011 USAC National JR Ford Focus Championship Car Owner for Cole
Custer
* 2011 VRA JR Ford Focus Championship Car Owner for Katelyn Leer
As our 2011 racing season comes to an end this week, we at Kruseman
Motorsports have a lot to be thankful for....
* 2 USAC/CRA wins
* 2 USAC-WS Midget wins
* 3 VRA 360 Sprintcar wins
* 4 VRA Midget wins
* 2011 VRA Midget Championship
* 2011 USAC-WS Midget Championship
* 2011 USAC National JR Ford Focus Championship Car Owner for Cole
Custer
* 2011 VRA JR Ford Focus Championship Car Owner for Katelyn Leer
Race Report Week Ending 11/20/11
Nascar
Camping World Truck Series
Ford 200- Homestead Miami- Johnny Sauter
Champion- Austin Dillon
Nationwide Series
Ford 300- Homestead Miami- Brad Keselowski
Champion- Ricky Stenhouse, Jr
Sprint Cup
Ford 400- Homestead Miami- Tony Stewart
Champion- Tony Stewart
Camping World Truck Series
Ford 200- Homestead Miami- Johnny Sauter
Champion- Austin Dillon
Nationwide Series
Ford 300- Homestead Miami- Brad Keselowski
Champion- Ricky Stenhouse, Jr
Sprint Cup
Ford 400- Homestead Miami- Tony Stewart
Champion- Tony Stewart
Race Results Week Ending 11/13/11
NASCAR
Nationwide Series- Wypall 200- Sam Hornish
Sprint Cup- Kobalt Tools 500- Kasey Kahne
NHRA
Nationwide Series- Wypall 200- Sam Hornish
Sprint Cup- Kobalt Tools 500- Kasey Kahne
NHRA
Casey Currie Update
We were pleased to have Casey come by our booth at the SEMA show last week.
Casey Currie was all-in at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, in his No. 2 Monster Energy General Tire Nissan, contending for the Lucas Oil Off-Road Championship. With some intense racing, and a couple of set backs, Casey drove hard and pushed through to finish the weekend strong, with one race remaining in the season—his final chance to put it all on the table.
Qualifying 10th after some steering issues on Friday, Casey was down, but not out. Saturday’s race would again challenge the team with some set backs and thus yield a less than stellar finish, only to turn up the team’s focus and motivation to push even harder for the win on Sunday.
"We had a great truck today," noted Casey of Saturday’s race. "I started 10th and quickly made my way through the field. We got all the way up to 4th and lost brakes when a rock broke a brake line—very disappointing, but out of our hands."
Game-face on for Sunday, Casey knew he had to break through traffic and move through the pack to prevent the front-runners from gaining too much ground. Casey succeeded, moving from 13th to 3rd before the competition yellow tightened the pack back up. Once in the number 3 position, Casey managed to hold off fellow Monster Energy driver Cameron Steele until Steele made a pass at turn one after battling door-to-door with Casey on the front stretch. Casey would stay on him but cross the finish in 4th.
"Starting from 13th we had our work cut out for us," Casey reflects. "We made our way through the field as fast as possible getting up to 3rd. We had some great battles and we have the truck working very well. There is some homework to do, but come time for Firebird, we will be ready."
Off-track and back in the pits, fans stopped in to get a picture with Casey and the No. 2 Monster Energy General Tire Nissan, many admiring the full-sized “Huseman #36” signage on the hood in memory of fellow Monster Energy driver Rick Huseman. Miss Magnaflow Exhaust’s presence also brightened up the pit area as she signed autographs and took pictures with fans.
Casey’s hard driving and skill overcame the weekend’s obstacles and advanced him to 5th in championship points in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Series. He will make his last stop of the season at Firebird Raceway for the final round of the Lucas Oil Championship and the Lucas Oil Off-Road Challenge Cup. Catch him December 10-11 for the action at Firebird Speedway in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information on Casey Currie, visit CaseyCurrie.com, become a fan at Facebook/OfficialCaseyCurrie or follow Casey on Twitter at Twitter.com/caseycurrie
Casey Currie was all-in at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, in his No. 2 Monster Energy General Tire Nissan, contending for the Lucas Oil Off-Road Championship. With some intense racing, and a couple of set backs, Casey drove hard and pushed through to finish the weekend strong, with one race remaining in the season—his final chance to put it all on the table.
Qualifying 10th after some steering issues on Friday, Casey was down, but not out. Saturday’s race would again challenge the team with some set backs and thus yield a less than stellar finish, only to turn up the team’s focus and motivation to push even harder for the win on Sunday.
"We had a great truck today," noted Casey of Saturday’s race. "I started 10th and quickly made my way through the field. We got all the way up to 4th and lost brakes when a rock broke a brake line—very disappointing, but out of our hands."
Game-face on for Sunday, Casey knew he had to break through traffic and move through the pack to prevent the front-runners from gaining too much ground. Casey succeeded, moving from 13th to 3rd before the competition yellow tightened the pack back up. Once in the number 3 position, Casey managed to hold off fellow Monster Energy driver Cameron Steele until Steele made a pass at turn one after battling door-to-door with Casey on the front stretch. Casey would stay on him but cross the finish in 4th.
"Starting from 13th we had our work cut out for us," Casey reflects. "We made our way through the field as fast as possible getting up to 3rd. We had some great battles and we have the truck working very well. There is some homework to do, but come time for Firebird, we will be ready."
Off-track and back in the pits, fans stopped in to get a picture with Casey and the No. 2 Monster Energy General Tire Nissan, many admiring the full-sized “Huseman #36” signage on the hood in memory of fellow Monster Energy driver Rick Huseman. Miss Magnaflow Exhaust’s presence also brightened up the pit area as she signed autographs and took pictures with fans.
Casey’s hard driving and skill overcame the weekend’s obstacles and advanced him to 5th in championship points in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Series. He will make his last stop of the season at Firebird Raceway for the final round of the Lucas Oil Championship and the Lucas Oil Off-Road Challenge Cup. Catch him December 10-11 for the action at Firebird Speedway in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information on Casey Currie, visit CaseyCurrie.com, become a fan at Facebook/OfficialCaseyCurrie or follow Casey on Twitter at Twitter.com/caseycurrie
Hot Rodders of Tomorrow
ARP is pleased to be a part of the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow program. We are proud of Team ARP and their 4th place finish.
Las Vegas NV. - Team MOROSO - Loara High School from Anaheim CA. won the 3rd Annual "Showdown at SEMA" with a record breaking time of 21:08 minutes. As a matter of fact, the top six of the ten teams competing average this year would have beat last year's winning time of 31 minutes. All ten teams would have beat the 2009 winning time of 44:22!
"Showdown at SEMA" is the title of the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge National Championship held at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. This year 10 High School Auto Tech teams competed Nov. 1-4, 2011 in the engine teardown and rebuild contest in front of thousands of spectators.During the divisional playoffs all teams compete once. The best time wins the division and the team has the opportunity to compete at SEMA. But during the "Showdown at SEMA" all the teams compete once each day, Tuesday through Thursday, for a total of three times. At the end of the third day the times are averaged. The National Champion for 2011 - Team MOROSO (Loara High School from Anaheim CA.)was determined with the best average time of 21:08. They were recognized Thursday night during the SEMA Industry Awards Banquet.Trophies and scholarships were given out on Friday morning at the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow award presentation.
Las Vegas NV. - Team MOROSO - Loara High School from Anaheim CA. won the 3rd Annual "Showdown at SEMA" with a record breaking time of 21:08 minutes. As a matter of fact, the top six of the ten teams competing average this year would have beat last year's winning time of 31 minutes. All ten teams would have beat the 2009 winning time of 44:22!
"Showdown at SEMA" is the title of the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge National Championship held at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. This year 10 High School Auto Tech teams competed Nov. 1-4, 2011 in the engine teardown and rebuild contest in front of thousands of spectators.During the divisional playoffs all teams compete once. The best time wins the division and the team has the opportunity to compete at SEMA. But during the "Showdown at SEMA" all the teams compete once each day, Tuesday through Thursday, for a total of three times. At the end of the third day the times are averaged. The National Champion for 2011 - Team MOROSO (Loara High School from Anaheim CA.)was determined with the best average time of 21:08. They were recognized Thursday night during the SEMA Industry Awards Banquet.Trophies and scholarships were given out on Friday morning at the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow award presentation.
SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund Engine
We're almost "home" with our project to benefit the SEMA
Memorial Scholarship Fund. The engine was on display in
the Grand Lobby of the SEMA Show.
The bidding started the day of the show and will conclude
this coming Friday, November 11. According to SEMA
Scholarship Committee member Anson Tse, who is an
executive with eBay, the last three days of the auction
are when the bidding really heats up.
We have received quite a bit of support from the media.
I've enclosed links to about two dozen stories that have
recently run. There are more. And we anticipate getting
additional coverage in both the digital and print media
upon culmination of the project.
Thanks again to all SEMA member manufacturers for
making this happen.
Bill
Bill Holland, Project Coordinator
SEMA Scholarship Committee
http://www.nhra.com/blog/nhra-notebook/2011/11/4/ed-pinksema-scholarship-engine-completed,-auction-underway/
http://www.enginebuildermag.com/Article/91523/ed_pinkbuilt_engine_auction_to_benefit_sema_scholarship_fund.aspx
http://www.streetlegaltv.com/news/engine-builder-ed-pink-builds-a-351-for-sema%E2%80%99s-scholarship-committee/
http://www.auctioncause.com/index.php/2011/10/ed-pink-sema-engine/
http://www.streetrodderweb.com/hotnews/1110sr_ed_pink_sema_scholarship_engine_completed/index.html
http://www.sema.org/sema-enews/2011/42/roster-of-participating-manufacturers-set-for-sema-scholarship-engine-project
http://www.performanceracing.com/news/20-companies-join-ed-pink-auction-engine-sema-scholarship-fund
http://competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/18946-engine-auction-to-benefit-sema-scholarship-fund
http://stores.ebay.com/Celebrity-Charity-Auctions/SEMA.html
http://www.tirebusiness.com/subscriber/associationnews2.phtml?cat=15&id=1313766240&subtitle=
http://blogs.mustang50magazine.com/6757852/miscellaneous/roster-of-participating-manufacturers-set-for-sema-scholarship-engine-project/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfd1VP93N5A
http://www.hotrodandrestoration.com/tag/ed-pink-racing-engines/
http://blogs.4wdandsportutility.com/6743348/editorials/engine-auction-to-benefit-sema-scholarship-fund/index.html
http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2011/1320-xiii_8-66.html
http://renegrivois.posterous.com/ed-pinksema-auction-engine-completed
http://mustangoverload.com/entry/2011/09/02/sema-scholarship-fund-auction-1/
http://4x4galore.com/2011/08/engine-auction-to-benefit-sema-scholarship-fund-36vhrh7cb7/
http://blogs.mustangandfords.com/2/363/ford-parts/index.html
http://blogs.customclassictrucks.com/6750607/classic-truck-news/sema-scholarship-fund/index.html
http://www.hotrodpartsguide.com/?cat=12
Memorial Scholarship Fund. The engine was on display in
the Grand Lobby of the SEMA Show.
The bidding started the day of the show and will conclude
this coming Friday, November 11. According to SEMA
Scholarship Committee member Anson Tse, who is an
executive with eBay, the last three days of the auction
are when the bidding really heats up.
We have received quite a bit of support from the media.
I've enclosed links to about two dozen stories that have
recently run. There are more. And we anticipate getting
additional coverage in both the digital and print media
upon culmination of the project.
Thanks again to all SEMA member manufacturers for
making this happen.
Bill
Bill Holland, Project Coordinator
SEMA Scholarship Committee
http://www.nhra.com/blog/nhra-notebook/2011/11/4/ed-pinksema-scholarship-engine-completed,-auction-underway/
http://www.enginebuildermag.com/Article/91523/ed_pinkbuilt_engine_auction_to_benefit_sema_scholarship_fund.aspx
http://www.streetlegaltv.com/news/engine-builder-ed-pink-builds-a-351-for-sema%E2%80%99s-scholarship-committee/
http://www.auctioncause.com/index.php/2011/10/ed-pink-sema-engine/
http://www.streetrodderweb.com/hotnews/1110sr_ed_pink_sema_scholarship_engine_completed/index.html
http://www.sema.org/sema-enews/2011/42/roster-of-participating-manufacturers-set-for-sema-scholarship-engine-project
http://www.performanceracing.com/news/20-companies-join-ed-pink-auction-engine-sema-scholarship-fund
http://competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/18946-engine-auction-to-benefit-sema-scholarship-fund
http://stores.ebay.com/Celebrity-Charity-Auctions/SEMA.html
http://www.tirebusiness.com/subscriber/associationnews2.phtml?cat=15&id=1313766240&subtitle=
http://blogs.mustang50magazine.com/6757852/miscellaneous/roster-of-participating-manufacturers-set-for-sema-scholarship-engine-project/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfd1VP93N5A
http://www.hotrodandrestoration.com/tag/ed-pink-racing-engines/
http://blogs.4wdandsportutility.com/6743348/editorials/engine-auction-to-benefit-sema-scholarship-fund/index.html
http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2011/1320-xiii_8-66.html
http://renegrivois.posterous.com/ed-pinksema-auction-engine-completed
http://mustangoverload.com/entry/2011/09/02/sema-scholarship-fund-auction-1/
http://4x4galore.com/2011/08/engine-auction-to-benefit-sema-scholarship-fund-36vhrh7cb7/
http://blogs.mustangandfords.com/2/363/ford-parts/index.html
http://blogs.customclassictrucks.com/6750607/classic-truck-news/sema-scholarship-fund/index.html
http://www.hotrodpartsguide.com/?cat=12
Matt Lennen- 1320 Racing
Last week was absolutely crazy. We blew the motor and trans apart on Sunday 10/30, with the huge MIR World Cup Finals race coming up on the following Saturday/Sunday (11/5-11/6). Big thanks goes out to:
-ARP for getting us the extra L19 hardware months ago
-Boost Logic for overnighting a fresh downpipe
-Brian Crower for overnighting a new set of Rods
-Elmhurst Toyota for getting us the OEM parts we were missing
-Ferrea for overnighting some replacement valves
-FTI for building a new converter last minute
-Gates for supplying us additional parts back at the beginning of the season
-Justice Racing Engines for getting the new bottom end machined/assembled and repairing the head
-PFSupercars for helping me get some last minute late night issues resolved
-Real Street Performance for overnighting a set of ACL main/rod bearings and some hoodies to keep us warm at the track
-Wiseco for overnighting us a set of Rings, and somehow getting us 4 fresh custom cut pistons to make a complete set.
-And anyone else that I texted/called/annoyed all last week (my apologies)
It was a long week filled with sleepless nights, scrambling to find parts and cleaning up one big disastrous mess. We picked up the bottom end and head from Justice Racing on Thursday afternoon, from that point on it was go time. Started putting the odds and ends back on the motor, ran into big problems with the oil pump, got the head on, got the accessories bolted up, did the timing belt, water pump, wiring harness, etc. Finally had the motor in the car around 2-3pm Friday. Started hooking up intercooler piping, radiator, wiring - got the transmission bolted up around 6pm. Going back over all the loose odds and ends around 11pm we found a helicoil on the radiator drainplug was trashed. Met up with Andre from PFSupercars down at their shop and came up with a temporary solution. By 3:30am the car was completely back together and ready for some oil, a filter and startup. Ran into an issue with an oil leak at 4am Saturday, didnt have it resolved until around 6am. Finally had the car ready to go at 9:30am Saturday. We loaded up, and went straight down to the track.
All week we had played it off as though there was no chance we could possibly get the car together and make the event. This worked out exactly as we planned getting everyone at the track talking when they saw us bring the car in. Arrived at MIR around Noon on Saturday, in time for the 2nd round of qualifying. We unloaded the car, went up to the lanes around 4pm and pulled off a 9.26@151 right off the trailer, qualifying #1. That was all we needed to do Saturday, decided to take it easy on the few hour old motor and park the car for the rest of the day.
Sunday the track was plagued with breakage and oil downs. It was announced that our class would have a 32 car field and thus 5 rounds of eliminations. We did our first round pass around 12pm, up against a high 10 second S2000. Decided to take it easy on the car and not hurt anything until we had to, peddled the car at 40% to a 10.3@118 beating the S2000's 11.5 second pass - advancing us onto round 2.
The event was falling way behind schedule by round 2, which didnt begin until 4pm. The track tech inspectors announced they would be measuring everyones turbo's at the scales right after the round 2 pass. We ended up with a bye run for round 2, so to try to avoid the compressor housing inlet swelling from heat, again decided to just take it easy down the track and ran a 12 second pass. Turbo measured up legal after the pass and we were on to round 3.
We were called up to the lanes for round 3 around 8:30pm, more than 4 hours behind schedule. We sat in the lanes for at least another hour and a half waiting for wrecks and spills to be cleaned up. The sun was long gone and temperatures were dropping, it was now about 38 degrees outside and dew was forming on the track surface. For round 3 we were up against the 2nd fastest car in the class, running 9.3's consistently the last few passes. We've had an ongoing rivalry with this racer, so we knew he was going to throw everything he had at us on this pass. Once the amber lights flashed it was a contest of who could find traction first - we both spun hard out of the hole, and we both were quick to recover. I managed to inch ahead and win with a 10.0@150 to his 10.2@151, advancing us to the semi finals.
After returning to the pits, an announcement was made that due to the track conditions the event would be ended early with the purse being split evenly between everyone still in the race. This is a first for this event, and definitely a disappointment, but we'll still count it as a win.
-ARP for getting us the extra L19 hardware months ago
-Boost Logic for overnighting a fresh downpipe
-Brian Crower for overnighting a new set of Rods
-Elmhurst Toyota for getting us the OEM parts we were missing
-Ferrea for overnighting some replacement valves
-FTI for building a new converter last minute
-Gates for supplying us additional parts back at the beginning of the season
-Justice Racing Engines for getting the new bottom end machined/assembled and repairing the head
-PFSupercars for helping me get some last minute late night issues resolved
-Real Street Performance for overnighting a set of ACL main/rod bearings and some hoodies to keep us warm at the track
-Wiseco for overnighting us a set of Rings, and somehow getting us 4 fresh custom cut pistons to make a complete set.
-And anyone else that I texted/called/annoyed all last week (my apologies)
It was a long week filled with sleepless nights, scrambling to find parts and cleaning up one big disastrous mess. We picked up the bottom end and head from Justice Racing on Thursday afternoon, from that point on it was go time. Started putting the odds and ends back on the motor, ran into big problems with the oil pump, got the head on, got the accessories bolted up, did the timing belt, water pump, wiring harness, etc. Finally had the motor in the car around 2-3pm Friday. Started hooking up intercooler piping, radiator, wiring - got the transmission bolted up around 6pm. Going back over all the loose odds and ends around 11pm we found a helicoil on the radiator drainplug was trashed. Met up with Andre from PFSupercars down at their shop and came up with a temporary solution. By 3:30am the car was completely back together and ready for some oil, a filter and startup. Ran into an issue with an oil leak at 4am Saturday, didnt have it resolved until around 6am. Finally had the car ready to go at 9:30am Saturday. We loaded up, and went straight down to the track.
All week we had played it off as though there was no chance we could possibly get the car together and make the event. This worked out exactly as we planned getting everyone at the track talking when they saw us bring the car in. Arrived at MIR around Noon on Saturday, in time for the 2nd round of qualifying. We unloaded the car, went up to the lanes around 4pm and pulled off a 9.26@151 right off the trailer, qualifying #1. That was all we needed to do Saturday, decided to take it easy on the few hour old motor and park the car for the rest of the day.
Sunday the track was plagued with breakage and oil downs. It was announced that our class would have a 32 car field and thus 5 rounds of eliminations. We did our first round pass around 12pm, up against a high 10 second S2000. Decided to take it easy on the car and not hurt anything until we had to, peddled the car at 40% to a 10.3@118 beating the S2000's 11.5 second pass - advancing us onto round 2.
The event was falling way behind schedule by round 2, which didnt begin until 4pm. The track tech inspectors announced they would be measuring everyones turbo's at the scales right after the round 2 pass. We ended up with a bye run for round 2, so to try to avoid the compressor housing inlet swelling from heat, again decided to just take it easy down the track and ran a 12 second pass. Turbo measured up legal after the pass and we were on to round 3.
We were called up to the lanes for round 3 around 8:30pm, more than 4 hours behind schedule. We sat in the lanes for at least another hour and a half waiting for wrecks and spills to be cleaned up. The sun was long gone and temperatures were dropping, it was now about 38 degrees outside and dew was forming on the track surface. For round 3 we were up against the 2nd fastest car in the class, running 9.3's consistently the last few passes. We've had an ongoing rivalry with this racer, so we knew he was going to throw everything he had at us on this pass. Once the amber lights flashed it was a contest of who could find traction first - we both spun hard out of the hole, and we both were quick to recover. I managed to inch ahead and win with a 10.0@150 to his 10.2@151, advancing us to the semi finals.
After returning to the pits, an announcement was made that due to the track conditions the event would be ended early with the purse being split evenly between everyone still in the race. This is a first for this event, and definitely a disappointment, but we'll still count it as a win.
Race Report Week Ending 11/6/11
Nascar
Sprint Cup- AAA Texas 500- Tony Stewart
Nationwide Series- OReilly Auto Parts Challenge- Trevor Bayne
Camping World Truck Series- WinStar World Casino 350- Kevin Harvick
World of Outlaws
World of Outlaws World Finals- Donny Schatz
Series Champion- Jason Meyers
Sprint Cup- AAA Texas 500- Tony Stewart
Nationwide Series- OReilly Auto Parts Challenge- Trevor Bayne
Camping World Truck Series- WinStar World Casino 350- Kevin Harvick
World of Outlaws
World of Outlaws World Finals- Donny Schatz
Series Champion- Jason Meyers
Corey Kruseman Checks In
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Matt Lennen- 1320 Racing
Editor note: Racing isn't always good news. I have serious respect for folks who not only send us their reports when they are winning, but also when things aren't so good.
Since the last email there have been some interesting developments. We made the 1000 mile trip down to Palm Beach, FL again for the NSCRA round 4 race on October 23rd. Started out strong qualifying #1 right off the trailer with a 9.06@153mph. The day was downhill from there however, as the track prep was just not up to par. The next pass we ran was the first round of eliminations, maintained our position as the fastest in the class with a 9.18@145mph, had to lift at the 1000ft due to the poor track conditions. There were quite a few cars into the wall, one Extreme class car actually rolled at the 1000ft, and we had a scare ourselves on the last pass.
The second round of eliminations the car left the line hard, but right past the 60ft the tires hit ice, the track was slick and tires lost traction; immediately throwing off smoke as they spun up to 150mph in the blink of an eye. The back end swung out and I had to let out to recover, by the time I realized nothing had broken, it was too late and we were out.
We were sure to put on a good show while we were running, the car has become very recognizable. We got some good media coverage from Nyce1's and GRS, waiting for videos to be posted from them. The stands were packed at this event, and I believe it was one of the best spectator turnouts we have seen so far this year. Our video can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqQjRdJ-xMI
We didnt waste any time after the race, packed up and quickly headed back home for the Import Face-Off race at Virginia Motorsports Park on the following weekend, 10/30/11. The racer turnout was decent overall, however we were the only car in our class - Forced Induction Pro. Going for points in IFO, we ran out 2 qualifying passes and an "elimination" pass for the win.
The track was slick, so we took it easy and tried to use the qualifying passes to dial in the new 28" ET Drag tires that we were planning to run at MIR World Cup Finals on Nov 5-6th. On the third and final pass, I took the car down the track at 25% throttle until the 1/8th mile where I eased it up to 100%. Bad news was waiting at the 1000ft mark, the motor let go.
We have posted a few pictures up on our facebook page, at www.facebook.com/1320motorsports. These pictures have gone somewhat viral due to the extent of the damage. We literally snapped the block in half at the #4 cylinder. The cause for this appears to be a drivetrain malfunction.
With the MIR World Cup Finals race coming next weekend we have been busy here. We are trying to get a motor back in the car, we are only being held up by one part at the moment. If we can get that part, we will be good to go. We picked a bad weekend to pop the motor, quite a few of you are out at SEMA this week, luckily we have been able to get ahold of almost everyone we needed to.
Jim Justice has been working hard to get the motor/head ready to go. Brian Crower has been kind enough to send us out a fresh set of rods, Wiseco has supplied a fresh set of rings, Mark @ Real Street Performance has come onboard and supplied us with a set of bearings, Ferrea has sent us some new replacement valves, and Boost Logic is helping us repair the damage to the transmission. We've also got some OEM parts coming from Curt @ Elmhurst Toyota.
An in-car video of the pass where the motor let go is already up at www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cmlvL38OSM
Pics of the motor damage and from the Pits at the NSCRA race can be seen at: photobucket.com/1320ms-October2011/
Since the last email there have been some interesting developments. We made the 1000 mile trip down to Palm Beach, FL again for the NSCRA round 4 race on October 23rd. Started out strong qualifying #1 right off the trailer with a 9.06@153mph. The day was downhill from there however, as the track prep was just not up to par. The next pass we ran was the first round of eliminations, maintained our position as the fastest in the class with a 9.18@145mph, had to lift at the 1000ft due to the poor track conditions. There were quite a few cars into the wall, one Extreme class car actually rolled at the 1000ft, and we had a scare ourselves on the last pass.
The second round of eliminations the car left the line hard, but right past the 60ft the tires hit ice, the track was slick and tires lost traction; immediately throwing off smoke as they spun up to 150mph in the blink of an eye. The back end swung out and I had to let out to recover, by the time I realized nothing had broken, it was too late and we were out.
We were sure to put on a good show while we were running, the car has become very recognizable. We got some good media coverage from Nyce1's and GRS, waiting for videos to be posted from them. The stands were packed at this event, and I believe it was one of the best spectator turnouts we have seen so far this year. Our video can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqQjRdJ-xMI
We didnt waste any time after the race, packed up and quickly headed back home for the Import Face-Off race at Virginia Motorsports Park on the following weekend, 10/30/11. The racer turnout was decent overall, however we were the only car in our class - Forced Induction Pro. Going for points in IFO, we ran out 2 qualifying passes and an "elimination" pass for the win.
The track was slick, so we took it easy and tried to use the qualifying passes to dial in the new 28" ET Drag tires that we were planning to run at MIR World Cup Finals on Nov 5-6th. On the third and final pass, I took the car down the track at 25% throttle until the 1/8th mile where I eased it up to 100%. Bad news was waiting at the 1000ft mark, the motor let go.
We have posted a few pictures up on our facebook page, at www.facebook.com/1320motorsports. These pictures have gone somewhat viral due to the extent of the damage. We literally snapped the block in half at the #4 cylinder. The cause for this appears to be a drivetrain malfunction.
With the MIR World Cup Finals race coming next weekend we have been busy here. We are trying to get a motor back in the car, we are only being held up by one part at the moment. If we can get that part, we will be good to go. We picked a bad weekend to pop the motor, quite a few of you are out at SEMA this week, luckily we have been able to get ahold of almost everyone we needed to.
Jim Justice has been working hard to get the motor/head ready to go. Brian Crower has been kind enough to send us out a fresh set of rods, Wiseco has supplied a fresh set of rings, Mark @ Real Street Performance has come onboard and supplied us with a set of bearings, Ferrea has sent us some new replacement valves, and Boost Logic is helping us repair the damage to the transmission. We've also got some OEM parts coming from Curt @ Elmhurst Toyota.
An in-car video of the pass where the motor let go is already up at www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cmlvL38OSM
Pics of the motor damage and from the Pits at the NSCRA race can be seen at: photobucket.com/1320ms-October2011/
