Posted By: Consulier
Pikes Peak / Time Attack Hellcat Challenger - 08/20/18 06:13 PM
This year has been pretty busy with the new program and that pesky day job I have to keep. I'm a bit behind on Moparts updates, but here are some links and pics to get you an idea of what's been happening.
Announcements and Schedule
Wesley Motorsports YouTube Channel
Initial rendering...
Program announcement and a bit about the base concept of the car...
Dodge Garage - Challenger Announcement
Results from our first outings this spring...
Dodge Garage - Road Atlanta Coverage
Pikes Peak coverage and results...
Hot Rod - Pikes Peak Coverage
The car performed very well at Pikes, even though race day results don't reflect that performance. We qualified 5th in class out of 21 and 16th overall. There was an issue with a non-production transmission harness that was being used in the car for Engineering. Caught us out on race day and we dropped over a minute stopping on course to restart the car. Complete bummer and a huge letdown, but that's racing. The problem has been resolved and we went on to win the next Time Attack race the following week.
Time Attack Results to date... 2 wins and a 2nd place
We've made a couple more changes to the car for our next race coming up at Road Atlanta. Braking has been an issue at some tracks (not surprising) and we've improved the cooling with some NASCAR type fans that should help out quite a bit. We also have a new calibration and a couple other minor tweaks that should give us a bit more power (like it's not making enough already).
The current issue of Mopar Action has a good breakdown of the build and lots of pics from when the car was assembled this spring. We will have a Pikes Peak story followup in the next issue there as well.
I keep saying it's really scary how stock this car is compared to what we are racing against. Yes, it's still heavy, weighs over 4k lbs and is still running the stock 8HP90 ZF 8 speed automatic. Full dash, stock radio, console, OE glass and the only carbon is the hood and rear deck. Other than safety, you can build the car in your driveway, it's really that type of package.
Any questions on the build, post them up here and I'll check back to answer and share what I can.
Announcements and Schedule
Wesley Motorsports YouTube Channel
Initial rendering...
Program announcement and a bit about the base concept of the car...
Dodge Garage - Challenger Announcement
Results from our first outings this spring...
Dodge Garage - Road Atlanta Coverage
Pikes Peak coverage and results...
Hot Rod - Pikes Peak Coverage
The car performed very well at Pikes, even though race day results don't reflect that performance. We qualified 5th in class out of 21 and 16th overall. There was an issue with a non-production transmission harness that was being used in the car for Engineering. Caught us out on race day and we dropped over a minute stopping on course to restart the car. Complete bummer and a huge letdown, but that's racing. The problem has been resolved and we went on to win the next Time Attack race the following week.
Time Attack Results to date... 2 wins and a 2nd place
We've made a couple more changes to the car for our next race coming up at Road Atlanta. Braking has been an issue at some tracks (not surprising) and we've improved the cooling with some NASCAR type fans that should help out quite a bit. We also have a new calibration and a couple other minor tweaks that should give us a bit more power (like it's not making enough already).
The current issue of Mopar Action has a good breakdown of the build and lots of pics from when the car was assembled this spring. We will have a Pikes Peak story followup in the next issue there as well.
I keep saying it's really scary how stock this car is compared to what we are racing against. Yes, it's still heavy, weighs over 4k lbs and is still running the stock 8HP90 ZF 8 speed automatic. Full dash, stock radio, console, OE glass and the only carbon is the hood and rear deck. Other than safety, you can build the car in your driveway, it's really that type of package.
Any questions on the build, post them up here and I'll check back to answer and share what I can.
