Guest aftermidnight Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Good Morning, Well, I bought a Dwarf Car and we'll be racing at Shadybowl Speedway in DeGraff, OH. Just wanted to let you know the schedule for the rest of the year. It's powered by a Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle engine (135hp) and it has a 5-speed gearbox. The car weighs in at 1200lbs loaded. It's one of the first Phoenix chassis ever produced. At Shadybowl, these cars are capable of speeds in excess of 100mph and they are the fastest cars there. Here's the rest of this year's events at the bowl. (Usually all of us from the Ohio Valley Dwarf Car Association, OVDCA, have a cookout and such every race) July 9 August 6 August 27 September 3 September 10 October 1-Season wrap-up, Buckeye Fall Classic. It was a dirt car so I'm still cleaning all that Virginia Red Clay off of it..... I'm keeping the car the way it is for the rest of the season so the car will be The Mountain Dew green with a silver #11. I'm working on some pics today so you all can see it. [ 22. June 2005, 02:07 PM: Message edited by: aftermidnight ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils Advocate Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Cool man, can't wait to see pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathSandwich Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Originally posted by Y0gi: Cool man, can't wait to see pics.+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 here's some pictures of it when we got it home. still working on it. http://aftermidnightmotorsports.com/db5/00441/aftermidnightmotorsports.com/_uimages/FrontLeftView.JPG http://aftermidnightmotorsports.com/db5/00441/aftermidnightmotorsports.com/_uimages/RightSide.JPG http://aftermidnightmotorsports.com/db5/00441/aftermidnightmotorsports.com/_uimages/ViewofSeat.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martindc1 Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Man that thing looks pretty sweet. It reminisent of older stock cars. I used to go to shady bowl as a kid. It has a long history and has been a rough place at times. I guess one time so many people got mad that they threw beer cans over the fence and the owner pushed them off with a road grader. My grandpa was a full time race car mechanic and his car raced there when stock cars looked kind of like that. That track is what 3/10 mile? I know for a while (if not still) it was the fastest track its size in the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathSandwich Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 awesome car graemlins/thumb.gif ... not a big fan of the green though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 420GSXR1000 Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 now that looks like fun!!!!!! sweet car man!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgbdbn Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Awesome. Does the car get fenders or does it stay fenderless? What is the top speed of something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathSandwich Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Originally posted by Bgbdbn: What is the top speed of something like that? Originally posted by aftermidnight: these cars are capable of speeds in excess of 100mph and they are the fastest cars there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Originally posted by martindc1: Man that thing looks pretty sweet. It reminisent of older stock cars. I used to go to shady bowl as a kid. It has a long history and has been a rough place at times. I guess one time so many people got mad that they threw beer cans over the fence and the owner pushed them off with a road grader. My grandpa was a full time race car mechanic and his car raced there when stock cars looked kind of like that. That track is what 3/10 mile? I know for a while (if not still) it was the fastest track its size in the country. you are correct...it's a little 3/10 mile track and man is it fast!!! we're turning like mid to low 13 second laps there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Originally posted by Bgbdbn: Awesome. Does the car get fenders or does it stay fenderless? What is the top speed of something like that? they are fenderless. we also run metal bodies as opposed to the legend cars where they have fenders and fiberglass bodies. i had mine out on a certain stretch of road last night and i wanted to see how quick it was through the gears....let's just say 100mph is on the 3/10 mile track, but alot more on an open stretch. my guess is in the top of fifth with a 3.40 rear gear, i was around 135mph....pretty damn fast with my but only an inch off the road... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Originally posted by 94whitegsr: awesome car graemlins/thumb.gif ... not a big fan of the green though yeah, that green isn't really my style but i'll work for the remaining 6 races. i'm re-skinning the car this winter and i plan on having the chassis silver with the body gunmetal with dark blue or something.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathSandwich Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Originally posted by aftermidnight: yeah, that green isn't really my style but i'll work for the remaining 6 races. i'm re-skinning the car this winter and i plan on having the chassis silver with the body gunmetal with dark blue or something....nice... be sure to post update pics over winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 by the way 94whitegsr, that avatar is fn halarious, she's fn hot 2. i crack up everytime i see it.... i'll have some pics and or movies of the action hopfully. btw, if i record some racing, i'll need help hosting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martindc1 Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Originally posted by aftermidnight: i had mine out on a certain stretch of road last night and i wanted to see how quick it was through the gears....let's just say 100mph is on the 3/10 mile track, but alot more on an open stretch. my guess is in the top of fifth with a 3.40 rear gear, i was around 135mph....pretty damn fast with my but only an inch off the road... Where's your test stretch at? Thats my home turf you know. We used to always hit rosedale road but I have been pretty fast on wren, mechanicsburg-catawba, and that road that crosses 187 just past the dairy farm on the bend (BTW where I once lived). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 it was at the end of 187 where the last sharp curve is before you get to 29 if you were going from north from london. i live right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martindc1 Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Yeah I know it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 patrick road has some short shutes to hit(no traffic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 How many clowns can you fit in that thing? j/k man, looks like it would be a blast to drive. graemlins/thumb.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martindc1 Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Originally posted by aftermidnight: patrick road has some short shutes to hit(no traffic) Yeah that is also where all the high school kids go to do many things. Rosedale Road has a long history of racing and stuff. People have been going out there at least since the 50s. I used to practice my launching at every stop sign on Rosedale road to and from Columbus when I was younger. It is so flat that you can see for miles and 90% of the time no one was in sight. Of course I wouldn't do that shit if someone was around because those roads are also nice places to bicycle. Its a completely different way of living out there in that respect. Around here I don't do any "hot-rodding" on the street. I may have to make a trip up to "The Pit Bull" (old nickname for Shady Bowl) to check out some of your racing. I think you can still see the old track up over the hill from the pits there. It was a dirt track from at least 50 years ago. They have really cleaned that place up since I was little. I remember when I was like 6 they built a "new" bathroom that was a small pole barn that you walked into to find a place to piss on the wall or floor or whereever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Originally posted by Lustalbert: How many clowns can you fit in that thing? j/k man, looks like it would be a blast to drive. graemlins/thumb.gif well, it's tight for me (i'm 5'10" 165lbs.) but my professional guess would be 3.7 clowns....(quick disconnect wheel helps and both doors open......hahahaha) let's just say for example.....take one of the cars from speed's, add about 200lbs, and put a hibusa motor in that biatch and that's what you got....it's definitely a hand-full up at speed....it slides around alot if you're not careful with the el'gaspedol..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black ITR Guy Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 nice car man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 i will have the latest pics tomorrow. i painted it over the holiday weekend. it's starting to look like my kind of racecar. if i get the brakes finished up this week, i'll be running at shadybowl this saturday night. WOO HOO!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 It's #11 btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aftermidnight Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 here's some shots of the new paint http://aftermidnightmotorsports.com/db5/00441/aftermidnightmotorsports.com/_uimages/LeftFirewallNew.JPGhttp://aftermidnightmotorsports.com/db5/00441/aftermidnightmotorsports.com/_uimages/TrunkPaintNew.JPGhttp://aftermidnightmotorsports.com/db5/00441/aftermidnightmotorsports.com/_uimages/DriversDoorNumber11.JPGhttp://aftermidnightmotorsports.com/db5/00441/aftermidnightmotorsports.com/_uimages/LeftSideNew.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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