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Old 06-05-2008, 09:53 AM   #1 (permalink)
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This car started as my daily driver more than 2 years ago. I had put an exhuast on it, some black rota slips, a sound system, blue LEDs everywhere, oh man was it PIMPED OUT lol I tried but what a noob I was at that time. good thing some crazy lady ran into me and the insurance company totalled the car. I opted to keep it and have them pay the difference. The damage was not so bad, we had the frame straightened and sourced some new fenders, a hood, bumper, lights, grill.. I was going to turn it into a racing car, not a spec focus but a project car of some sort, maybe even a drag racer. Well it sat on our side yard and it progressed very slowly over the next few months. Me and my dad were talking one day about it and other things, he was considering getting his own project car, maybe a mustang or something. Thats when we decided to turn it into a Spec Focus and race it for real. The rest is history. We got the cage done pretty much right away. We ordered so many parts that month it was like christmas every couple days when the UPS truck came to our house.

I attended my first HPDE in august of '06 and spent the '07 season working my way up the ranks. By the end of last season I was HPDE 4 certified and all I needed now was to take Driving Concepts this February which I did and my first real race was the season opener this year at Cali Speedway. That track is so much fun, I had a blast duking it out with my HPDE 3 instructor in his 944 and getting to know what its like getting bump drafted by Spec Miatas. I went on to finish 1st in SF (out of 1) in my next 6 races and placing 4th in my first enduro.

This weekend at the 6 hours of Buttonwillow, everything was going, welll, not fine. We were having some electrical issues that we patched up but some components were still not working, like the cool suit. Next the serpentine belt snapped. We were down about 45 minutes before we could get that repaired. Next, the front right wheel bearing overheated. It was toast, when we got the hub off ball bearings and scrap metal just fell out onto the ground. The bolts that hold on the back right hub had also come loose. After these were fixed the car felt so much better. We made another driver change, added fuel and everything was looking good. John mathew even ran a 2:10.1 beating my track record by over 2.5 seconds! doesnt count though as it wasnt in a SF race. It was nice to know that the car was capable of that though, I still have much to learn.
With 45 minutes to go we needed to stop for fuel again and switch drivers. I wasnt feeling too good so Ted went out. The pit stop went great as usual. With our Pro Fuel dumper Todd at the tanks not a drop of fuel was spilled. About 15 minutes into Teds stint though we hear from Ian that Ted crashed. "what where?" "he rolled it". oh **** is he ok? We were almost as dazed as he was, it was very sureal. It seems like something like this is sure to happen at almost every event but nobody ever thinks it can happen to them. Im just glad that Ted is ok and that the safety equipment did its job.

Well Ill let the pictures speak for themselves. I threw in some pictures of the different stages the car went through. It had a great life, its not the first time its been wrecked but its certainly the last.


CAR INFORMATION Car #: 44
Year: 2001
Make: Ford
Model: Focus ZX3
Color: Sonic Blue
Weight: 2610 lbs. with driver
Engine displacement: 2.0L Zetec (Tuned by Wild Pony Motorsports and FocusSport)
Valve train: DOHC (with Stage 3 cams)
~10:1 compression
160WHP

COMPONENTS:
Brakes: FRPP SVT conversion, StopTech slotted rotors, Hawk Blue pads
Shocks/Struts: Multimatic Dampers
Springs: FRPP Spec Focus Springs
Sway bars: Eibach 25mm rear, stock front
Wheels: FRPP Black Rally Wheels 17x7 Tires: Toyo R888 215/45/17 full tread
Seats: Cobra, Corbeau
Muffler: FRPP 2.5" SS Borla
Steering wheel: Grant
Spark plugs: Motorcraft copper core
Headlights: Ford SVT HIDs
Driving suit: Sparco
Air cleaners: AEM CAI
Oil/Lubricants: Royal Purple Racing Oil, Redline
Oil Filter: WIX

Torsen Differential
4.06 gears
FRPP rear subframe
Prothane bushings
KMAC Camber plates
Autometer gauges
FRPP CNC head and cams
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Crow 5 point harness
Mercury Mistique metal shifter base
FocusSport strut tower brace/handlebar
FocusSport header and flex pipe
Centerforce Clutch
S2 Spoiler
F2 body kit
Odyssey dry cell battery
Sampson Racing Communications' radio
theres more Im sure

































More pics and info to come soon...
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Old 06-05-2008, 10:16 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Good job Ryan. You deserve it. Good luck this weekend
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Old 06-05-2008, 10:26 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Great and Congrats!
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Old 06-05-2008, 01:47 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Congrats Ryan!!!!

Cool and I get to race this car this weekend Wooooohooooooo. We'll see how pretty it is after 6-hours of racing.

But, that's pretty cool news.
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congrats.

for once someone i voted for won
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Old 06-06-2008, 11:53 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Congrats! Can't wait to see how it does in the enduro this weekend
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I have this strange feeling he'll be the fastest spec focus at the enduro
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Good job, love the ride!
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Enduro came to a bad end

Car was rolled and totaled. Driver is ok though. Check the Spec Focus forum for more info.
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Sad end for a beautiful car.

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Oooohhhhh, we're gonna have some fun with this one...
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Oooohhhhh, we're gonna have some fun with this one...
Todd, I had nothing to do with this post. I was just going to see how much you were willing to pay me to not post this picture, now Ryan ruined that.

Ryan, I think that you're going to pay for this. Maybe next time Todd fills up the Focus, he will use water by mistake?
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Allright Ryan. Your ass is grass.
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It's great to see you guys making light of this whole situation!

Classic pic Todd! From the review you wrote from that day...seems like a little bit of shut eye is more than warranted!
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Here's extending a belated, bittersweet and heartfelt congratulations, fellas.

At least you have another Focus in the works!

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I hate sad endings, but you did some nice work along the way with that - time to find a donor chasis!
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ah man, i'm really sorry that happened, but glad no one got hurt.
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Ouch!! Belated congratulations on the win but I'm really sorry to see what happened to the car.

It's great that no one was hurt though, really a shame about the car.
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Thats Kinda Really Sad
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Congrats on everything. Need a co Driver on the East coast when it gets rebuilt?
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