Testing the WC car
#1
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Testing the WC car
I put a picture of the World challenge car that we built on our home page. Check it out, it's pretty cool. www.dougrippie.com
Randy
Randy
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Doug and one of the guys drove all night all to BHF. Then it rained, rained and rained some more. They finally got some laps in but it was still very wet out. I don't even think they have a time on the car, sorry Adam. I would share it with you but they just cruised around. Then they drove to Mid-ohio to put some more time on the car. The car wasn't raced there because of the lack of testing time. So the owner ran he's other car during the rest of the weekend. When will the car race? Well when it's fast enough to run up front. Ed Braswell is the owners name and his team is http://www.banditracing.com
Randy
Randy
#8
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Ron,
"John the spy" did see the car. I think he like it very much. Tell him I was BSing him about the missing 40 horse, it makes good power. I hope to see you guys up at BIR. I maybe out of town but if not see you guys soon!!!
Randy
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"John the spy" did see the car. I think he like it very much. Tell him I was BSing him about the missing 40 horse, it makes good power. I hope to see you guys up at BIR. I maybe out of town but if not see you guys soon!!!
Randy
PS friendly competitor
#10
Team Owner
Believe it or not, Ed DRAG raced his C5 WC car at Moroso with us 2 month's ago. He was there testing and when we showed up he decided to play on the strip with us.
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That C5 WCGT is Tom Rathmans old car, Isn't it. It went super cheap at Barrett Jackson Two years ago. I heard Phil McClures bad crash two years ago made Rathman leave racing. Dunno if that's true or not. Ah well, looks like Braswell is paying full price this time around. Good luck with it.
#13
Safety Car
Originally Posted by 16Again
Believe it or not, Ed DRAG raced his C5 WC car at Moroso with us 2 month's ago. He was there testing and when we showed up he decided to play on the strip with us.
#17
Team Owner
Originally Posted by PA Z06
Just curious, what kind of numbers did he turn on the strip.
#18
Originally Posted by NJCRUISER
That C5 WCGT is Tom Rathmans old car, Isn't it. It went super cheap at Barrett Jackson Two years ago. I heard Phil McClures bad crash two years ago made Rathman leave racing. Dunno if that's true or not. Ah well, looks like Braswell is paying full price this time around. Good luck with it.
Did you guys know the T1 record at BHF just got lowered last weekend to a 15.1!??! It's crazy, we had one of the fastest running Corvettes in the SPEED GT series that Doug built in 2000 and we would test in the 16's on used tires at BHF and now a freekin T1 car runs those times...
The rain rain rain sounds all too familiar Randy, ask yer dad about both times I flew in to test my hot rod at BHF, same deal...
sbw
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Brian,
Which one? I have to drive into the cities to pick up mags. Out here in the "country", guns, hunting, crosswords, and four wheel drive trucks.
Randy
Which one? I have to drive into the cities to pick up mags. Out here in the "country", guns, hunting, crosswords, and four wheel drive trucks.
Randy