2nd Annual Midwest Musclecar Challenge

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2nd Annual Midwest Musclecar Challenge

Presented By:
Bowler Performance Transmissions, Royal Purple, Forgeline Wheels & O’Reilly Auto Parts

It’s Back! By popular demand we are bringing back The Midwest Musclecar Challenge. This is a four-element event open to any domestic model year vehicles. The event will be run on September 3rd & 4th , 2011. The event will be held at, Putnam Park Road Course, in Mount Meridian, Indiana on Saturday Sept. 3rd and at the Mid-American Air Center, located in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Sunday Sept. 4th. The event includes road course, 99 mile cruise, autocross and a speed-stop challenge.

The high horsepower fun will begin on Saturday with the Hot Lap Challenge. Putnam Park Road Course is a 1.87-mile, 10-turn, highly technical facility. A full day on the road course assures everyone plenty of track time and there will be instruction available for novices or those that want to improve their existing skills. Ten Tenths Motorsport will be providing instructors for the Putnam Park Road course. Don’t miss out on the instructional part of this event.

The track day will be followed by a 99-mile cruise that will wind its way through the scenic byways of southern Indiana and Illinois. Utilizing primarily two lane highways and county roads, this element will highlight the road handling manners of the vehicles and give all the participants an opportunity to relax after a day at the track.

Sunday morning promises lots of activity for the day and the Mid-American Air Center is the ideal location to continue the challenge! Located in Lawrenceville, Illinois, this is the same location that the first World Series of Drag Racing was held and the SCCA has been running since the early 50’s.

The nearly unlimited size of the Air Center allows for the creation of a one-of-a-kind Autocross course that will challenge the drivers push the vehicles to the edge of performance.

The speed-stop challenge also promises to be an exciting event as we test the limits of acceleration, braking and driver skills all at the same time! The “stop box” will be the ultimate proof of mechanical functionality and driver talent.

Registration for the event will open July 1st, 2011 and will be limited to the first 60 entries. Entry fee is $225 before August 31st and will be $295 the day of the event. Entry includes one vehicle for each event & two adults. There is no limit to the vehicle years, but sorry we limiting it to production domestic vehicles. No imports, exotics or kit cars are allowed to compete, but are welcome to be exhibition vehicles if desired.


Brought to you By: Bowler Performance Transmissions, Royal Purple, Forgeline Wheels & O’Reilly Auto Parts

Phantom Products, Powertrain Control Solutions, Ten Tenths Motorsports, BFGoodrich, Ridetech & Carbon Kustoms are proud sponsors of the Midwest Musclecar Challenge.

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It's not too late to sign up!

Register now at http://www.midwestmusclecarchallenge.com

Just a quick update and a list of current sponsors / supporters of the MMC.

The MMC is presented by: Bowler Performance Transmissions,
Royal Purple, Forgeline Wheels, 10/10ths Motorsports, O'Reilly Auto Parts

Spectre Performance, Magnaflow Exhaust, Powertrain Control Solutions, Tracy Electric, Carbon Kustoms, Ridetech, BFGoodrich & Baer Brakes are proud sponsors of the Midwest Musclecar Challenge!

It looks like we are going to have some nice give-a-ways for this event. We will do this in the form of a random raffle by car number! So everyone gets a chance to win some great prizes. You do not have to beat anyone on the track, you just have to be here to win!

Here is the recent Press Release

The Midwest Musclecar Challenge is a four-element event open to any domestic model year vehicles. The event will be run on September 3rd & 4th at two of the Midwest’s premier facilities, Putnam Park Road Course, in Mount Meridian, Indiana, and the Mid-American Air Center, located in Lawrenceville, Illinois. The four elements include road course, street driving, autocross and a speed-stop challenge.

The high horsepower fun will begin on Saturday with the Forgline Wheels Hot Lap Challenge. Putnam Park Road Course is a 1.87-mile, 10-turn, highly technical facility. A full day on the road course assures everyone plenty of track time and there will be instruction available for novices or those that want to improve their existing skills. 10/10ths Motorsport will be providing instructors for the Putnam Park Road course. We will have one run group for Advanced Drivers of any car type. You do not have to have a Muscle Car to register for this group but you do have to have advanced driving skills and be comfortable in a Passing Anywhere with No Pointbye driving situations. Spots for this group is limited to 20 drivers.

The track day will be followed by the Carbon Kustoms 99-mile cruise that will wind its way through the scenic byways of southern Indiana and Illinois. Utilizing primarily two lane highways and county roads, this element will highlight the road handling manners of the vehicles and give all the participants an opportunity to relax after a day at the track.

Sunday morning promises lots of activity for the day and the Mid-American Air Center is the ideal location to continue the high-octane extravaganza!

The nearly unlimited size of the Air Center allows for the creation of a one-of-a-kind Bowler Performance Transmissions Autocross course that will thrill both the drivers and spectators and push the entries to the ragged edge of performance.

The Baer Brake speed-stop challenge also promises to be an exciting event as we test the limits of acceleration, braking and driver skills all at the same time! The “stop box” will be the ultimate proof of mechanical functionality and driver talent.

Registration is now open and will be limited to the first 60 entries. Entry fee is $225 before August 31st and will be $295 the day of the event. Entry includes one vehicle and driver for each event. Spectators are welcome and free!

Go To http://www.midwestmusclecarchallenge.com

Thanks for everyone who is coming to support this event!

[Shmoov69]

Still struggling to make it!! Just a few days left!!

[dunnjun]

Any new BIG names gonna be signing on? Come on guys we need at least 70 drivers! Really this is a large group I'd say were gonna have ablast. How du you post your car pic at the register site?

[Shmoov69]

Well, it looks like we will make it!! I need to drive the car a bit more in the am and if all is good, the on the trailer and east bound and down!!
Gonna be a BLAST!!

[dunnjun]

I just want to say thanks to Mark Bowler and his family, Bill Neal and the 10/10ths orginization, Albert Melchoir - Carbon Kustoms,
Stacy Tucker - DSE, Brandy Morrow - Speed by Spectre, Forgeline, Royal Purple, BFGoodrich Tires, and all the other sponsers that kept this fantastic event alive. I know Mark and his family busted it all weekend long to see that everyone was taken care of to the point of providing free Gatoraid and water the 1st day, and food the 2nd. Unbelievable! And, Albert cooked a mountain of delicious steaks and pork chops with salad after Putnam! Not to mention that I won a set of BFG tires, a tough looking sweatshirt from Speed By Spectre, and I was awarded a really cool sponsers favorite car plaque from Denise Bowler which now is hanging in my 15 yr old sons room - thanks Denise! All that plus 2 days of non-stop action on the tracks, WOW! I didn't think it would be possible to top last years MMCC, but this years event has definitely set a new standard for fun behind the wheel. Thank you all again. I can't wait until next year's MMCC3!

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I must echo Karl's words......well with the exception of winning all the stuff and the award!!! Well, and getting to Drive nonstop for two days also!! LOL!
Really it was a great event and run very well, especially for a "last minute" decision to make it happen. I look forward to next years event so maybe I can finish without major problems.

My car ended up kicking the alternator/water pump belt going down the front stretch and I didn't know until about turn 5 when I lost the power steering belt. At that time I looked at the temp gauge and saw that it said about 270 and rising rapidly!!! I got it shut off but it was too late. #7 cylinder has water in it. I took the plugs out and ran a compression check tonight, sadly the compression shows about the same as the other holes between 150-160. So that probably means that it not "just" a head gasket.
Suck! But it really follows about the rest of the car issues I've had this year!