Story by Jane Soliman • photos by Anthony Neste
“With two weeks left before the $2012 Challenge, I was seriously second-guessing my decision not to go, but had nothing new to bring,” this year’s overall winner, Pat Culkin, admits. He was going to take the year off, in fact.
After making five Challenges in a row, though, missing this one …
Cool! Thanks for re-sharing.
The last paragraph is a familiar saga. Calvin ran 11.01, drove home...went to Cecil....ran a 10. Too funny!
Anywhere else, people would either freak or call it BS. Here, we treat it as normal. 
I honestly could have seen something similar looking like that running in imsa gtu back in the day
Still one of my favorite challenge cars of all time!
TheV8Kid said:Still one of my favorite challenge cars of all time!
So when should we look for your fwd 4cyl challenge car? 
Robbie said:TheV8Kid said:Still one of my favorite challenge cars of all time!
So when should we look for your fwd 4cyl challenge car?
It would be a rear wheel drive Fiero style setup, if I ever did one. Maybe someday. I would probably go with a Cobalt drivetrain though.
I have a pic of the Scaries up on my wall. So good.
Right next to a pic of the boosted XJ.
If i'm remembering correctly Pat squeaked a 10-second pass on that car with stock cast pistons. Coming from anyone else but Pat it would strain credibility.
Vigo said:If i'm remembering correctly Pat squeaked a 10-second pass on that car with stock cast pistons. Coming from anyone else but Pat it would strain credibility.
Nice of you to say, Adam. Yes, non common block, cast 2.2 crank, cast Mahle pistons, t2 rods. Best pass was 10.96 @ 124.xx. Best mph was just under 126.
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