Getting Started Over the next few months, Stock Car Racing will follow along as race car builder Sleepy Gomez builds an IMCA Stock Car. This is an ideal beginning race car for the novice car builder and driver. We will attempt to describe, in the simplest t
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We put our racing expertise to the test with the Late Model stock car project is handed over to racing drivers Dalton Zehr and Willy Evernham. - Circle Track Magazine
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The NASCAR-sanctioned Late Model Stock Car project is finally complete and ready to run. Read about the final adjustments made prior to putting it out on the track for a performance test run. - Circle Track Magazine
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Find out how we dealt with a cracked engine block as Project Mudslinger runs up against yet another obstacle...
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Another Big Step Toward The First Test
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Second In A Two-Part Series
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Originally, when we sketched out the plan for Project Mudslinger, we spent no more time considering our car’s bodywork than a 2 year old would his Brussels sprouts. Everyone in our group has his own strengths, but skinning a car is one that none of us c
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I don’t remember much from my high school days—and what I do remember is receeding right along with my hairline—but there was one story about the most unlucky dude in Greek mythology that has stuck with me all this time. This cat’s name was
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Check out the hard work we put into the Mudslinger project car this month only to find out that we had an angle that was too sharp for the universal joint to handle, and had to redo the whole thing!
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We expected to have some fun; we expected to learn some things along the way; and, most of all, we expected to get this car runn
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Before Project Mudslinger had cross-threaded its first nut on a bolt, we spent a lot of time gathering information from everyone we could find with racing experience. What are we going to need? How much time is it going to take to get a car built? What does it
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So you’re sitting there in your shop looking at a brand new race car and you think to yourself, “Let’s go racing.” Well, not so fast! There’s plenty of stuff to be done to the car before you go racing, and that’s what Ryan and Rud
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We’ve all heard big things often come in small packages. Yes, we know it’s a cliché about as old and tired as Grandma’s mint-green Buick grocery-getter, but there is a kernel of truth to it. In the case of the Project Mudslinger, every cubi
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There’s a great story about how Elvis Presley made an unannounced visit to then President Nixon in 1970. I’m not sure how much is fact and how much is myth, but the story goes that Nixon welcomed Elvis, who presented the President with a rare Colt .4
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The comment that sparked our inspiration was innocent enough: “We should do that sometime.” The conversation was about building a race car, and it still surprises me how little planning we did before committing ourselves to the project. There were th
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Presented here is the entire Stock Car Racing Series Building an IMCA Stock Car. By clicking on the links below you can follow Sleep Gomez as he details the build-up from beginning to end. So read on and you are bound to learn at least at thing or two...
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Planning to build a race car from scratch is a lot like watching a sunrise in the desert—pretty to watch take shape, but you know the heat is coming soon. That is basically where we stand at Circle Track magazine; both our previous race car buildup proj
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No stock car is complete without an engine, and this car has one from JR Motorsports. The new 383-cid Chevy arrived by truck at my workshop. Before you buy a crate motor, make sure you have a way to unload it. Most trucks don’t have lift tailgates. My ol
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In this fifth part of our series on building an IMCA stock car, we move to the engine department. We will locate and mount the engine, transmission, and radiator. Also, we’ll be using a unique tranny/torque converter setup. The radiator is a narrow, one-r
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Think of the cockpit of your IMCA stock car as an office. After all, that’s where you go to work each race night. And just like in an office, you’ll want to be comfortable. Fixtures and equipment must be properly placed to maximize their efficiency.
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This racing thing sure is an up-and-down deal. I guess it’s a lot like golf in that respect. You can have problems that convince you you’re going to quit right there and take up another sport, but it only takes one thing to go right, and you’re
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CSC recommends checking the squareness of the frame. I did that, finding that it was OK. “OK” means nothing was quite right but it couldn’t really be improved upon. One measurement traded off for another. However, when placed on a level surface
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Front suspension tuning can be one of the most critical aspects of getting your race car to handle properly. That is why it is unfortunate that many Street Stock racers simply throw in a heavier right-front spring and never experiment beyond that. We wanted to
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Front suspension tuning can be one of the most critical aspects of getting your race car to handle properly. That is why it is unfortunate that many Street Stock racers simply throw in a heavier right-front spring and never experiment beyond that. We wanted to
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