After an exciting race at Pike’s Peak International Raceway, the powers that be at ChumpCar saw fit to invite us to the National Chumpionships! This invite only event will be held at Iowa Speedway over labor day weekend. And this race is no joke, with 25 hours and 30 minutes of racing on both an oval and road course. There is a lot of work to be done, so check out the blog and see what we’ve been up to!

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Welcome!

If you have made it to this site, you probably already know what I am doing. However, if instead you are looking at the pictures above wondering WHY someone would put a roll cage in a rusted out crap-can, please read on.

My team and I are preparing to race in a national series known as the “Chump Car World Series.”  The aim of the series is to let a bunch of people race $500 crap-can rust buckets around a closed-course race track, at full speed.  And not just for a 25 minute race, but a full 24-hour endurance race. To rein in the Chumps, there are a few rules to ensure we dont hurt ourselves. We have to have a full roll cage, racing seats, fire suits and harnesses. Aside from that, the car really cant be worth more than $500. That ensures a lot of redneck creativity. Themes are encouraged, and further add to the shenanigans. (Think www.thereifixedit.com) For our Chump car, we chose a 1995 Subaru Impreza 1.8l. This underpowered, ugly rust bucket is really the perfect car becuase…..well because it was cheap, and they are easy to work on. Thats kinda it. We could have thought it through more carefully, but then it wouldn’t be such an adventure would it?

For more on ChumpCar racing, check out their website, www.chumpcar.com

Also please check out our sponsors, as this experience would not be possible without their support!