Purchasing the Car

When we began hunting for our new race car, there were talks of open wheel buggies and pro-lite trucks.  While these could have been a blast, it really didn’t relate to Warrior and what we do, and therefore we really didn’t want to do anything that irrelevant to our business and our customers.

So that easily led us to the perfect soution, JeepSpeed.

We found a great car formerly sponsored by Eric Filar of National Drivetrain.  This car had been raced for quite a few years, had broken everything imaginable and was prepped well to deal with those common breaks.  This prep work led Eric’s team to a 1st in class finish in the Baja 1000 in 2009.

With the purchase of the car came a mission.  We needed to do extensive cosmetic and mechanical work to the car to get it up to WP standards, take time to start testing, and then of course, run some races.  Our schedule spread out just like this…

• Early April – Repair major dents, fresh paint
• Late April – Begin suspension and axle overhauls
• Early May – Finish suspension and axle overhauls
• Late May – Maintenance powertrain and miscellaneous repairs
• June – Test & Tune
• July – Test & Tune
• August – Race time! Terrible’s Primm 300
• September & October – Prep for race & repair as needed
• Early November – Display in SEMA Show
• November – Pre-running and Race Time! Tecate Baja 1000

As you can see, we’ve got a lot of work to do, so that’s all for now!