Congrats to Mark Stielow and Charley

[camcojb]

Mark won the road course part of the Motorstate Challenge at Gingerman today in Jackass. :thumbsup: Pretty amazing for a brand new car with no real track time to sort it out, full street tires also. Charley will be popping in I'm sure, but he said the car is just so easy and comfortable to drive fast , it's amazing. I think Charley had 9th fastest time, so he was hauling too.............. Can't wait to hear all the particulars.

Jody

[XcYZ]

There's still the Autocross tomorrow, but Stielow won the road course segment. And that with Jackass on regular Michelin PS2 street tires. :thumbsup:

[camcojb]

There's still the Autocross tomorrow, but Stielow won the road course segment. And that with Jackass on regular Michelin PS2 street tires. :thumbsup:

yes, was talking about the road course event. Autocross should be interesting.

Jody

[Vegas69]

Wow...was bad penny competing?

[awr68]

Awesome!! :thumbsup:

[camcojb]

Wow...was bad penny competing?

yes. Steve's car hauls the mail on an autocross. On the road course I think Mark went 1:36, Charley was 9th at 1:41, and I think Penny was in the 1:45 range. DSE held 2nd and 3rd best times in their two cars, but I didn't get the actual time.

Jody

[Stuart Adams]

Very cool. Looking forward to Pahrump for sure.

[Kendall Burleson]

Job well done Guys who had Top speed?:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Autokraft]

Prolly had the cruise set, AC on and the stereo cranked to top it off:rofl:
Good job!!

[89 RS]

Prolly had the cruise set, AC on and the stereo cranked to top it off:rofl:
Good job!!

:lol:
Stielow knows how to build them...:thumbsup:

[fleetus macmullitz]

Typical conversation between a Lat-g Dad and their young'uns tomorrow...

Now when you kids buy your first Camaro, always look for the 'Mark' ... of excellence. :D

[Vegas69]

Very cool. Looking forward to Pahrump for sure.

You got that right! :D

[clill]

What a well run event. Our cruise to the park for the BBQ had at least three different police agencys helping with traffic. They also set aside two floors of a parking garage for us in the case of hail etc in case it was needed. This tiny laptop is too hard to type on. Yes Stielow finished first in todays road course. The car works so well for it's first track test. The brakes are amazing. They grip even harder as they get hot.Lots of fast cars on the track and lots of guys learning and having a great time. A big thanks to all the sponsors and everyone that made this thing happen. I'm sure they will do it again.

[rogue]

No surprise. Its a bad car thats for sure. :yes:

Congrats!

[68protouring454]

yes. Steve's car hauls the mail on an autocross. On the road course I think Mark went 1:36, Charley was 9th at 1:41, and I think Penny was in the 1:45 range. DSE held 2nd and 3rd best times in their two cars, but I didn't get the actual time.

Jody
jody, i had the third fastest time. 1:36.78 behind ryan at dse who ran 1:36.13 and of course mark, with a 1:34.58
was a great event, lots of fun and plenty of sun.
and plenty of off track excursions
jake
i think rupp ran 1:44 and david ran 1:39 or 1:40

[camcojb]

jody, i had the third fastest time. 1:36.78 behind ryan at dse who ran 1:36.13 and of course mark, with a 1:34.58
was a great event, lots of fun and plenty of sun.
and plenty of off track excursions
jake
i think rupp ran 1:44 and david ran 1:39 or 1:40

congrats Jake, that's awesome! I guess Charley was delirious............... :lol:

Jody

[Vegas69]

Really impressive Jake since you were down a 100 horse on most of your competition. How about Jackass and the 20/19 combo, imagine it on some R888's. :thumbsup: Jealous as hell!

[Tom.A]

Congrats Charley & Mark :thumbsup:

That's awesome. A killer car and and just think with some sticky tires and more sorting....look out.

Congrats also to Jake. I dig "Destroyer" Sp?

[WILWAXU]

That's awesome!

Congrats guys!:thumbsup:

[68protouring454]

Really impressive Jake since you were down a 100 horse on most of your competition. How about Jackass and the 20/19 combo, imagine it on some R888's. :thumbsup: Jealous as hell!
Todd, thanks, but its 200 horse i am down, my lowly ls6 is 430 hp at crank.
it was a great time, now for autocross.

[Rybar]

Congrats guys, sounds like all the cars ran well.

[slck6t9]

That's awesome! So Charley how does this car compare to the Mule on the road course?

[tones2SS]

Very cool.
Congrats to all the guys. This is what makes you really proud of your car, how it runs and how hard you can push it and it's responsiveness.:thumbsup: :cheers:
Very nice.

[ProdigyCustoms]

Doing it on 19 / 20 street tires..........WOW! So much for the 19s / 20s won't work theroy! Big props to Mark for building something fresh and kicking ass!

So what was the tire rule? Who ran what? DSE is usually on BFGs?

[camcojb]

Doing it on 19 / 20 street tires..........WOW! So much for the 19s / 20s won't work theroy! Big props to Mark for building something fresh and kicking ass!

So what was the tire rule? Who ran what? DSE is usually on BFGs?

nothing lower than a 100 wear rating, and had to be dot legal, not grooved racing tires to be eligible for the competition.

Jody

[daleepp]

I haven't been on the site much lately so I feel a bit "out of the loop". What "new" car did Mark use to win the Motor state Challenge?

Dale

[Aschle]

I haven't been on the site much lately so I feel a bit "out of the loop". What "new" car did Mark use to win the Motor state Challenge?

Dale

Jackass :lol:


LOL... That's the cars "name"


Jason

[GregWeld]

Here I sit at home... jealous as h*ll of all who are out "gettin' 'er done"!!

Driving these awesome cars is what it's all about - I so wish I was in there with you all.

Happy Fathers Day too!!

Best,
:hail: :hail: :hail:

[tazzz2_ca]

I hear that Gregweld...... I'm just getting my voice back now and quickly loosing it by cursing the fact I couldn't be there LOL....

[skatinjay27]

i think what alot of people dont think about is that mark also probally has a good amout of seat time on the road course... and road course driving is a hole nother beast compared to auto-x... so its not really a situation of penny or another car not performing just as good its the driver. i mean theres no doubt jackass is a god amongst 69s :D but suspension wise theres a good amount of competitors that have car that are in the same class.

[daleepp]

Hello Jason Aschle;

Thanks for the great answer to my question. :thumbsup:

Jackass LOL... That's the cars "name"
Jason


Tell me - did mark name his car after you?

Dale

[camcojb]

i think what alot of people dont think about is that mark also probally has a good amout of seat time on the road course... and road course driving is a hole nother beast compared to auto-x... so its not really a situation of penny or another car not performing just as good its the driver. i mean theres no doubt jackass is a god amongst 69s :D but suspension wise theres a good amount of competitors that have car that are in the same class.

true, you could put Mark in a rental car and he'd probably be competitive................. :rofl: There are others that are the same, just speaking of Mark since that's the topic. It just shows that the car is capable, which is cool.

[skatinjay27]

Hello Jason Aschle;

Thanks for the great answer to my question. :thumbsup:



Tell me - did mark name his car after you?

Dale
cliffnotes: AME front,DSE rear, new zr1-brakes,wheels,motor!

build thread- http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=17744

better answer? lol;)

[skatinjay27]

true, you could put Mark in a rental car and he'd probably be competitive................. :rofl: There are others that are the same, just speaking of Mark since that's the topic. It just shows that the car is capable, which is cool.o yeah no doubt, i just wanted to thow out my 2 cents (probably worth a penny:lol: )since penny was mentioned... hell you've had to of never heard of mark stielow for someone to even question a car he built performs at the top of the class!:thumbsup:

[JamesJ]

i think what alot of people dont think about is that mark also probally has a good amout of seat time on the road course... and road course driving is a hole nother beast compared to auto-x... so its not really a situation of penny or another car not performing just as good its the driver. i mean theres no doubt jackass is a god amongst 69s :D but suspension wise theres a good amount of competitors that have car that are in the same class.

You can say that about auto cross as well, does not mrs. pozzi usually drive penny?

[68protouring454]

what a great time. mark can drive period.
the track was alot of fun.
mark won fastest lap on the road course and won overall weekend fastest (non manufacturer) for combined road course and auto x fast laps
david pozzi won fastest autox lap for non manufacturer) kyle had quickest i think
unofficial standings (including manufacturers) quickest road course time and quickest autox lap combined
ryan DSE 69 camaro
Mark jackass
jake jakesrodshop 69 camaro

[camcojb]

what a great time. mark can drive period.
the track was alot of fun.
mark won fastest lap on the road course and won overall weekend fastest (non manufacturer) for combined road course and auto x fast laps
david pozzi won fastest autox lap for non manufacturer) kyle had quickest i think
unofficial standings (including manufacturers) quickest road course time and quickest autox lap combined
ryan DSE 69 camaro
Mark jackass
jake jakesrodshop 69 camaro

thanks for the info, and great job. Just think if you had a bit more power................ :hail:

[XLexusTech]

thanks for the info, and great job. Just think if you had a bit more power................ :hail:

I hear that and this speaks volumes about the Jakes rod shop suspension .....

[fleetus macmullitz]

Jake's just keeping his power down to make things fair...:D

[daleepp]

skatinjay27;

Hey - Thanks for a proper answer. OMG - that car is amazing! :wow: Probably the coolest Camaro of all time. I wasn't going to go to Columbus this year - but if it's going to be there - I've simply got to go.

Thanks again for the link.

Dale

[awr68]

Great job Jake! Down on power? Yes....but think what paint and a nice coat of wax would do!! ;) :thumbsup:

Wait I was just sifting threw pics from the weekend....Jake, did you paint your car??

[clill]

Nice finally meeting you Jake. Jake is a nice guy with a Killer car for those that haven't met him.

As for Jackass..Yes Stielow is a great driver and could have been competitive in his Solstice but what just happened is we ran a brand new car that the only sorting we had done was friday and we were changing rear springs in the rain Friday night in the Hotel parking lot. Anyone that has ever put together a new car knows of all the sorting that has to be done. It absolutely hauls ass. It stops on a dime. It didn't over heat. It didn't starve for fuel in the turns etc. I'm your average open track driver. I don't have a comp license. I think Bill told me I finished third in open track for the Non DSE, air ride etc cars. The car ran and ran. Yes I have a ton of money in it and you could call it a high dollar build but it is a car that is going to get driven. We still have sorting to do. It only has a 7/8" swaybar that we confirmed this weekend is too small. AME was already sending us a larger one but we had to leave for the event before it arrived.

Autocross we are not set up for at all. It was very well run but doing a whole event in first gear is not my cup of tea.

I'm still in Awe of how well the People at Lane Automotive treated all of us. All the sponsors of this event deserve your business. This was a event for the people that frequent Lateral-g.net and Pro-touring.com. I think they will do another one next year and you should go if you can.:cheers:

[Van B]

A first class event for sure. I look forward to doing it next year, only I will be working on the car less and driving more.

Many thanks to Bill Howell, Steve Chryssos, the SCCA group and the folks at Lane for all their hard work. I apologize if I neglected mentioning anyone.

[XcYZ]

We need pics and video. :cheers: :lateral:

[fleetus macmullitz]

Nice finally meeting you Jake. Jake is a nice guy with a Killer car for those that haven't met him.

As for Jackass..Yes Stielow is a great driver and could have been competitive in his Solstice but what just happened is we ran a brand new car that the only sorting we had done was friday and we were changing rear springs in the rain Friday night in the Hotel parking lot. Anyone that has ever put together a new car knows of all the sorting that has to be done. It absolutely hauls ass. It stops on a dime. It didn't over heat. It didn't starve for fuel in the turns etc. I'm your average open track driver. I don't have a comp license. I think Bill told me I finished third in open track for the Non DSE, air ride etc cars. The car ran and ran. Yes I have a ton of money in it and you could call it a high dollar build but it is a car that is going to get driven. We still have sorting to do. It only has a 7/8" swaybar that we confirmed this weekend is too small. AME was already sending us a larger one but we had to leave for the event before it arrived.

Autocross we are not set up for at all. It was very well run but doing a whole event in first gear is not my cup of tea.

I'm still in Awe of how well the People at Lane Automotive treated all of us. All the sponsors of this event deserve your business. This was a event for the people that frequent Lateral-g.net and Pro-touring.com. I think they will do another one next year and you should go if you can.:cheers:

Charlie, that is great to hear how reliable the car is from the git go.

Do you have another track events your planning to run JA in?

Besides what you mentioned, do you have any other mods planned for the car?

[Aschle]

skatinjay27;

Hey - Thanks for a proper answer. OMG - that car is amazing! :wow: Probably the coolest Camaro of all time. I wasn't going to go to Columbus this year - but if it's going to be there - I've simply got to go.

Thanks again for the link.

Dale

I gave you a proper answer... You asked what he built, I gave you the name. Take a moment and use the " SEARCH " button and look for it... Do I need to go in depth for you and explain how to use that feature of these forums?

[XcYZ]

Charlie, that is great to hear how reliable the car is from the git go.

Do you have another track events your planning to run JA in?


Jackass will be at the Optima Invitational in Pahrump after SEMA. :thumbsup:

[Bow Tie 67]

Congrats guys, put her on some " crack tires " and lets see what she can really do.

[buickfunnycar.com]

We need pics and video. :cheers: :lateral:

X2...who's holding out on us?:_paranoid

[96z28ss]

everyone keeps refering to this car as a Mark S. car, but isn't it a Charlie car that Mark just over saw the build on since it was in MI.

I love the competition, aspect of this. Looks like Penny has some stiff competiton this time.

[Stielow]

everyone keeps refering to this car as a Mark S. car, but isn't it a Charlie car that Mark just over saw the build on since it was in MI.

I love the competition, aspect of this. Looks like Penny has some stiff competiton this time.

Yes JA is Charley's car. He asked me to build it and I helped with the build. I project managed it and engineered it. Reiter's did most of the work on the car. They did the body work, paint and assembled it. Stenod did the exhaust and the roll cage. I had help from a lot of people.

I'm very happy with the way JA turned out.

The Motor State deal was great. A very will run event. There were a lot of great guys there with cool cars that we all being driven hard.


Mark

[buickfunnycar.com]

I'm very happy with the way JA turned out...

Hell...I'd have a grin ear-to-ear permanent-like too,you should be quite pleased Mark.:thumbsup:

[XcYZ]

Charley has in-car/on-car video, hopefully once he gets home, he can get some uploaded. :cheers:

[Steve1968LS2]

Wow...was bad penny competing?

Yep, but the car was brand new (since the last road course event) with new springs, sway bars and such.

The valving for the Bilsteins are off now, need some adjustables, also cooked the BP20 street pads since Pozzi and I were both beating on the car.

Penny had the fastest autocross time (with Pozzi) driving and I think I had the fourth fastest with myself driving.

David came in 3rd place overall for the event. If he would have matched his qualifying time in the finals he would have gotten 2nd, but that's the way the cookie crumbles in racing.

We know what we need to do to make her better and that's the most important part.

Oh, I got to drive JACKASS.. Holy crap! that car has INSANE brakes. The power is pretty crazy as well, first class ride!

Congrats to both Mark and Charlie... great job :thumbsup:

[camcojb]

Yep, but the car was brand new (since the last road course event) with new springs, sway bars and such.

The valving for the Bilsteins are off now, need some adjustables, also cooked the BP20 street pads since Pozzi and I were both beating on the car.

Penny had the fastest autocross time (with Pozzi) driving and I think I had the fourth fastest with myself driving.

David came in 3rd place overall for the event. If he would have matched his qualifying time in the finals he would have gotten 2nd, but that's the way the cookie crumbles in racing.

We know what we need to do to make her better and that's the most important part.

Oh, I got to drive JACKASS.. Holy crap! that car has INSANE brakes. The power is pretty crazy as well, first class ride!

Congrats to both Mark and Charlie... great job :thumbsup:

Your car is fantastic Steve. You get big props for beating the snot out of it like you do at these events. :thumbsup:

Jody

[BobB66SS]

Your car is fantastic Steve. You get big props for beating the snot out of it like you do at these events. :thumbsup:

Jody

x2! :thumbsup:

[Vegas69]

I agree with these guys, plenty of time until the Optima Challenge to get the car sorted back out. There definitely is no loser in an event like this one. I'm hoping to get my car out on Spring Valley raceway prior to the Optima Challenge to sort it out a little as well.

[Steve1968LS2]

I agree with these guys, plenty of time until the Optima Challenge to get the car sorted back out. There definitely is no loser in an event like this one. I'm hoping to get my car out on Spring Valley raceway prior to the Optima Challenge to sort it out a little as well.

Oh, we lost the road race section.. but that's racing and there's no shame in that.

Mark, Kyle, Jake, and Ryan are great drivers in great cars.

We did do a little redeeming in the autocross. I checked and if you take out the new Corvette on race tires then Penny placed 1st and 3rd.

[awr68]

Sounds like Penny liked the AutoX! It's really hard to get the car setup for both events...but I have faith that it will be TOTALLY dialed by November! Heres to you and David on a job well done!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :cheers:

[YancyJohns]

Congrats to Charlie and Mark.....The both of them worked their *ss off the whole weekend. This really proved itself for the event. When Jackass came around the turn 11, hammered down the backstretch to turn 1, I said to myself he's going way to fast to make it, all the sudden Jackass stopped w/ ease and headed for turn 2. I said to myself HoleySmokes, that car is Bad*ass!!!:hail: I can't wait to see Jackass in Vegas....

[David Pozzi]

I had a blast and was impressed by how hard all the guys ran their cars! Congrats to Mark who just flew around the track in Jackass!

Thanks again Steve, for sharing Penny with me, it would suck to be there and not have something to drive.

I have some video clips I'll work on uploading, they are from the track day. I was just too pooped to do much on Sunday after working course and driving in the heat.

David

[jimhamptons]

Congrats to Charlie and Mark!

It was a great weekend. Doing an event like this allows us to figure out not only our cars, but our own limitations as drivers. I look forward to getting more seat time so I can anticipate rather than react to the track. Boy, it was fun!

[Steve1968LS2]

I had a blast and was impressed by how hard all the guys ran their cars! Congrats to Mark who just flew around the track in Jackass!

Thanks again Steve, for sharing Penny with me, it would suck to be there and not have something to drive.

I have some video clips I'll work on uploading, they are from the track day. I was just too pooped to do much on Sunday after working course and driving in the heat.

David

Hey, my car is your car... All I ask is that you beat the snot out of it. :)

Thanks for making her look good out there!

[David Pozzi]

Here's a video of some track action
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[slck6t9]

Good video. Man JA is one bad ass looking car and sounds great at WOT.

[skatinjay27]

damn! JA's acceleration is great! looks to be real smooth but really really fast!:yes: