What the Heck, My Entry
 

Well gents, and Ladies

I entered the AlwaysaChampion contest with my Drag Pak #2009064
on or about Day 1. The entry has been on page 1 of "Oldest Entries" since Day 1.

To date the entry is holding it's own in the top 30 across the board.

Although a lifelong Stock and Super Stock fan, I am totally new to class racing and 2012 will be our debut year in Division 6 in Stock Eliminator. It was the advent of the Factory Cars that brought me here. Race to the end!!

For those that may be interested, here is a link to the beginning of my build photo album; http://www3.telus.net/prash/
This is my converted carport where ALL THE WORK was done.

Here is a link to my somewhat crappy cellphone video(hey, it's all we had and my first day out(won the first round as well)) entry at Always a Champion;

http://contest.alwaysachampion.com/c...owentry/962002

Crank up the volume the sound is great!

The viewing and registered voting can be done DAILY. Any and all acknowledgement to our effort will be greatly appreciated.

I will take another moment to thank Mike Pustelny of MPR Racecars for his outstanding contribution towards my getting this car RIGHT, and to John Vineyard for delivering this car to ME!

Thanks to All

Peter Ash

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Peter, It's been great pleasure and honor talking with you and following your build for the past couple years. I consider us friends and I've learned alot. Watching your vid and knowing what I know brought man tears to my eyes. Congrat's.

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Nice car Peter! You should be proud. I hope you have a lot of fun with it. Jim


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Great job Peter...

You have been one of our greatest encouragers... my turn to return the favor.....my vote is in.

David
The New Hemi

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Nice car Peter,for a Canuck fan.:>):>):>)Good luck in 2012.

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Peter isn't the kind of guy to mention it....but for those of you that don't know him, all the work Peter has done on this car and his AAR was done from a wheelchair, in a tiny shop.

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Now thats inspiration! Nice job Peter and all the best with the new car and the upcoming season!

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Now that's very impressive, my hats off to you...can you tell us a little about the motor.
http://www3.telus.net/prash/Coming%2...20shot%202.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/prash/Coming%2...1%5B1%5D.1.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/prash/The%20Cu...cuts%20all.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/prash/Installi...t%20mounts.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/prash/Installi...age%20rear.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/prash/Paint%20/paint8.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/prash/Rear%20S...end%20rear.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/prash/Finished...lley%201.1.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/prash/Finished...11%20019.1.JPG
http://www3.telus.net/prash/Finished...alley2.1.1.JPG

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(Quote Hemimoose)Now that's very impressive, my hats off to you...can you tell us a little about the motor(end quote)

It's stock with a fullrace cam and tubular headers. ( chuckle)


Now for real:, The ENGINE - 6.4L Fresh Block, Crankshaft, Manley Connecting rods, Diamond Pistons, Total Seal Gapless Rings, Comp Cam (Custom Grind), Stock Milodon Oil Pan (8 qt.), MR2 Performance (Mike Roth) Step/ Merge /Stainless Steel Headers, Ati Balancer, BigStuff3 EMS cw Crank Trigger. Drag Pak Intake Manifold and Throttle Body.
MPR Alternator Mount kit, Aeromotive Fuel System Components.

Stripped the original 6.1l engine to the short block and freighted all the peripheral componets to Jeff Taylor.

Built to N.H.R.A. Specifications and Tuned by Jeff Taylor at Jeff Taylor Performance , Sellersburg, Indiana. Hi Jeff and Patty! Thanks for your patience! (with me and my engine shipping)!

Peter

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Thanks for the additional info on the Hemi motor...so you're not running a 3/4 race cam, traction bars, or air shocks, huh...be sure to get some thrush mufflers if you ever drive it on the street though, lol :D

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I told Peter to use Purple Hornies or Cherry Bomb's. Thrush mufflers rust out too fast from all the salt on the roads during winter driving. :D

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Hi Peter, cool car, but I gotta ask, are those racing photos taken at the Port Alberni (B.C.)Airport drags?? If so, it certainly seems to work well, especially for a blacktop "track" that sees cars on it only one weekend a year. Are you from the Island?

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Glad to hear it runs good, you are making us (Jeff Taylor Performance) look good.
Conway Witten

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Don, don't be giving away all my advantages, eh.

Rory, yes these photos are taken at "Thunder in the Valley 2011".

Island boy for sure, eh.

I hope you can drop a daily vote and/or video run for my entry.

http://contest.alwaysachampion.com/c...owentry/962002

Cheers

Peter

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Hey Peter... Got my computer back and all in on the voting... Good luck my friend!!!!!!

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Very Very nice work. Its one of the best "Backyardigans" I have seen.

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David

Thanks for your support. Time is our most precious gift.

I hope you can vote daily and run that video daily untill the end.

http://contest.alwaysachampion.com/c...owentry/962002

Best Regards

Peter

Here is a finished paint shot of the rear seat area.

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I noticed this thread had kind of fallen off the face of the earth! Just to maybe give it a second wind--Peter's efforts to field this car are quite remarkable considering he is an unknown guy living on an island on the west coast of Canada. Think how difficult it would be to build any racecar without a collection of "contacts", then once you get the car done, have to take a two hour ferry boat ride before you can drive to the nearest dragstrip. A lot of racers bemoan the demise of the small grassroots racer, now is the chance to help support what is truly an example of a racer the way it was. Thanks

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x 2 on all of that. Great job and cool car Peter!!! :)

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Again, I wish to offer thanks to everyone here for supporting this entry at the Alwaysachampion - Search for a Champion 2012 Sponsorship Competition.

I also wish to thank all those that supported my build (as mentioned previously "a homebuilt backyardigan build") !

While pursuing this competition from it's very first day and with your generous help you have kept my entry in the lead of the Class Car entries and at or near the top 20 overall of the Asphalt category entries from day 1.

Currently our Class Car entry is holding 19 th place in the available subcategories(oldest entry/most views/most comments) of the Asphalt Category . The only drag racer ahead of us is a nostalgia rail. The rest are oval track cars of one sort or another.

As a further reminder, for continued support of this entry, you may go to this link

http://contest.alwaysachampion.com/c...owentry/962002

and vote once a day, a possible 4 more times before midnight EST., Sunday February 5. And possibly put this Class Car on the podium!

Many, Many, Thanks for your continued support and your patience!

Peter Ash

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Great story,Congrats!

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I voted, Good luck Peter

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You got my vote, best of luck with your car..

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BIG, BIG THANKS to; Jerry, Jim, David, Ed, Don, Gordy, Moose, Rory, Conway, Mack, Larry, Gary, David, Philip, Gonzo, Mike, John, Jeff and Patty! Whether voting for this entry or offering your words of support for my efforts and build, again thank you

And thanks to all the other people who have anonymously supported my build and my entry at Alwayasachampion - Search for a Champion - 2012 Sponsorship contest.

As a newcomer here, I am Truly humbled by your invaluable support!

Thanks

Peter Ash

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Great looking car, Peter, hope to see you at a few of the divisionals later this year.
As far as the Canucks go, ignore Ed, he doesn't know any better.

Jim Mantle U/SA 6632