Back 40 Racing at 24 Hours of LeMons

Thanks to a friend of a friend, we came up with a bolt-in rollbar for not too much money at all.  The good thing is that half of our cage work is complete for about the price of the steel we’d have had to buy to complete that half!  The downside is that we still have to complete the other half ;).  We plan to add onto this rollbar to build our complete roll cage.  This will consist of two downtubes forward, two transverse braces, and one door bar at the minimum. 

 We’ve also installed our seat.  This is an old circle track seat that I purchased from a friend out of an IMCA modified car.  With a little padding, I think we’ll be all set!  The seat is mounted to the stock seat slider/adjusters to make it comfortable for all drivers as well as facilitate easier driver changes. 

Well…throughout the course of the last couple of weeks, it was decided that a July race date was not realistic for all members of the team.  So we decided to set our sights on the Otcober race near Houston, TX.  Though I can’t imagine the weather in Houston in October will be much more pleasant than July in South Carolina…we’re excited, none-the-less!

 I mentioned in the last post that I had a line on a parts car.  Funny things happen with cheap cars.  The one that I planned to get ended up being sold to someone else who offered more than we did.  Oh well…the seller let me know of another similar platform Honda that might be for sale.  A couple of weeks and a few phone calls later and we have a deal on the beauty below.

Granted…we haven’t officially purchased or taken possession of the vehicle, we do plan to obtain it for use as a parts vehicle for the hatchback.  It looks nice, but under the hood is an engine which has allegedly had it’s crankcase ventilated by one or more connecting rods.  The oil stain under the car would seem to support this.

 The car will provide us with many vital spares such as shocks, control arms, tie rods, fuel pumps, wheels, bodywork, cv axles, and the list goes on.