OFFICIAL Pikes Peak S14 AT Pikes Peak

[kenno470]

Finally made it to Colorado. The trip up was...a trip. Two blown trailer tires in the first hundred miles. Bummer. Changing tires on the side of the road in 105 degree heat really sucks. Still dealing with the trailer woes...today I had a bearing fail in one of the hubs, so I have to get that fixed tomorrow AM before heading down for Tech inspection.

Here is a low res shot of the wrap on the car. Came out really incredible. Looking forward to getting up on the hill Wednesday, the first day of practice. I'll upload some better quality photos tomorrow night, likely.



More Tomorrow...

[mattblancarte]

You are the man x10. can't wait to hear/see more.

[dahveed]

cool. have you done pikes peaks in an automobile before, or just atv's?

[kenno470]

cool. have you done pikes peaks in an automobile before, or just atv's?

Just ATV's till this year. Hope to do it on a motorcycle someday, as well...we'll see.

[kenno470]

Finally had some time to get a fe more shots of the completed wrap uploaded.

Made it through the first day of practice today. On the upper section this morning, all dirt. Traction was scarce but we're working on it.











There it is.

[xX RB Xx]

rad car!

[ScrapMetal]

Pics of the car in action!!!!

[mech_E]

Hey man, you looked great on the hill. Great job representing the 240's in the hill climb. What happened to the back bumper though? Are you going to be doing it next year?

[supreamS14]

What front lip/splitter is that? It looks good!

[s14derrick]

what happened at the climb man? i couldnt afford tickets so i couldnt make it out

[kenno470]

Hey man, you looked great on the hill. Great job representing the 240's in the hill climb. What happened to the back bumper though? Are you going to be doing it next year?

Thank you! We were supposed to have a diffuser under the back end, which is why I cut up the rear bumper. It just didn't come togther in time. Other than that, having the back end up higher lets the air come off the back tires cleaner/easier. We WILL be back next year with more power, better tires and more time in the car. Expecting to be in the 12's next year.

What front lip/splitter is that? It looks good!

It's a piece of plywood painted black and mounted on a frame that we built for it. I was told not to use a splitter made of anything I couldn't afford to replace! At $11.00ea, I think I have a winner. Good thing, too, because we damaged it a couple times during the week in practice. Easy to repair, and cheap to replace!

what happened at the climb man? i couldnt afford tickets so i couldnt make it out

We got fourth...out of four. We made the summit, which was the goal for this year, but we would like to have gone faster. Just not enough time in the car before the race. No problem, though. That mountain isn't going anywhere and now we have a year to improve the things we didn't like about the car/setup, and get plenty of seat time before next years race. Also, more of the road will be paved next year, which will definitely help. We did great on the pavement, but really lousy on the dirt.

We did make some history this year, though. We had the first Quadriplegic competitor in the 87 year history of the event (my co-driver, Travis Tollett), and we also won the Donner award for Sportmanship. So, we are very excited about those two things.

We'll be back...better and faster.

[kenno470]

Here's a link to a video of day three practice. Remember, the car has no gear, and we are starting on a 10% grade. So, not exactly shot though a gun...

http://www.fatmanracing.com/S1...6.AVI

[s14derrick]

yeah it did seem like you didnt have everything done that you had wanted done. congradulations on making it to the top though. cant wait to see the car by next years climb. a 1st place in the class is what im expecting next year

[kenno470]

yeah it did seem like you didnt have everything done that you had wanted done. congradulations on making it to the top though. cant wait to see the car by next years climb. a 1st place in the class is what im expecting next year

Well...lets not get too ahead of ourselves! Lets get into teh 12 minute range first, then we'll attack that record!

[dnlx5]

I love the traction of my exclaim uhp tires idk what the track is like tho

[kenno470]

You can find most all of the race week photos, including some action shots, here:

http://www.fatmanracing.com/PPIHC09/

12 or 13 pages worth. Check it out!

[kenno470]

Found a couple videos from Pikes Peak. The first was shot at Glen Cove by my friend Jared. The second was shot at Engineers Corner, but I'm not sure who took it. The Travis they are yelling for is my co-driver, Travis Tollett.



Glen Cove:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cjUTZr-TF4



Engineers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E1j4m_u75w



I actually got through both of these sections better than I thought. Now I just need to do better on the other 12 miles of the 12.42 mile course!

[EnjoiNismo]

Awesome, loved looking through the pictures of the event.Wish i could of seen it in person!

[DMan II-40]

glad this wasn't you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...lated

[AZhitman]

Ken that's awesome!!!

The S14 needs a NICO banner on the window!

[audtatious]

Ken, shoot me an email. I'd like to do a dedicated article on your car and Pikes Peak run.

[kenno470]

Ken, shoot me an email. I'd like to do a dedicated article on your car and Pikes Peak run.

E-mail sent. Look forward to speaking with you.

Ken that's awesome!!!

The S14 needs a NICO banner on the window!

Would love to, but Alamo paid for the spot...how bout a banner for the back window and stickers for another part of the car!?

glad this wasn't you

Me too...the Ford boys had some trouble race week. That was a crap way to end it, for sure. At least Marcus made the Summit!

[forged s13]

Car looks good

[freakyjason]

Such a long time in the making, I almost forgot about your build thread. I'm glad to see you finally finished the car! It came out AMAZING by the way (no surprise there).
Modified by freakyjason at 12:06 PM 7/31/2009

[spooled240]

wow really cool, I've never seen a s14 compete in these kinds of races

[freakyjason]

Such a long time in the making, I almost forgot about your build thread. I'm glad to see you finally finished the car! It came out AMAZING by the way (no surprise there).
Modified by freakyjason at 9:38 AM 8/1/2009

[AZhitman]

Would love to, but Alamo paid for the spot...how bout a banner for the back window and stickers for another part of the car!?

Absolutely.

Shoot me your address and it's on the way. Also, email me some info on supporting the team, I'll see if we can work it in.

[freakyjason]

Huh. Never seen it post twice like that before. Odd. Sorry about the clutter.

[kenno470]

Absolutely.

Shoot me your address and it's on the way. Also, email me some info on supporting the team, I'll see if we can work it in.

E-mail sent. Thanks for your help!

Huh. Never seen it post twice like that before. Odd. Sorry about the clutter.

No big deal...don't worry about it!

[kenno470]

Oh, I forgot...if you guys didn't already see some of the interviews we did, here are a couple links:

http://www.gazette.com/article....html

http://www.koaa.com/aaaa_sport...-Peak

good times.