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cellis805 · 09-05-2005, 02:43 PM

I am the Southeast Director for the GTS Challenge.
It is a series that runs in the National Auto Sports Association (NASA) The series races BMW's, Porsche's, Audi's, Mercedes', and VW's. Currently, I'm one of the few people racing a Mercedes. (190E 16 valve) Please let me know if anyone is interested in joining. It's full racing, rollbar, etc, but boy is it worth it. www.gtschallenge.com
My e-mail is CEllis805@juno.com

AMSOIL300CDT · 09-10-2005, 06:48 PM

i see u use AMSOIL....excellent, u know whats the best.....i catch hell on the w123 forum, for reccommending it.........i have "all" the products in my CDT, she's smooth as silk, and screams like hell when i want her to....

BenzofBend · 09-10-2005, 06:53 PM

Chuck:

What kind of car prep is necessary and what restrictions are placed on modifications?

cellis805 · 09-10-2005, 07:25 PM

Straight power to weight ratio to get classed in GTS.
Visit www.gtschallenge.com for the specifics. Of course you will also need the basic car setup for racing such as a rollbar, harnesses, battery cut off switch, etc. www.nasaproracing.com will have more info on that.
It is similar to SCCA without all the BS.
Hope it helps.
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and yes, AmSoil helped get my racing engine to go 263,000 miles before she died.

AMSOIL300CDT · 09-10-2005, 11:39 PM

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cellis805 - 9/10/2005 8:25 PM

and yes, AmSoil helped get my racing engine to go 263,000 miles before she died.

WOW!! sweet.....thats alot of miles for a RACING Engine.........that "re-affirms" my belief that i will roll back zero's, at one million miles, on my original valves and cams.......om617t u see.......

Syracuse315 · 02-13-2006, 11:55 AM

how many miles do you have on it now?

cellis805 · 02-13-2006, 01:27 PM

At 265K after a 2 hour endurance race, she finally gave up. Didn't blow up, just lost all compression. I had to rebuild her but she's back on the track purring again.
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OrangeMarlin · 02-15-2006, 11:19 AM

I'm gradually growing into the sport and would love to be able to compete in this sort of series. At this point I do periodic track days, noncompetitively. As my kids grow up, and I get more time, I could see myself going in this direction. And maybe in a few years my 2002 C32 will be just tattered enough to justify turning it into a weekend racer! I assume that with a C32 I would carry about 900lbs of ballast.

cellis805 · 02-15-2006, 06:19 PM

Come join in.
Just start with HPDE and you don't have to go full rollcage, etc. right away.
No ballast needed! We have 6 classes including an unlimited one.
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