CARRERA NEWS – CARS FOR SALE
January 24, 2010
A Carrera Champion’s Car for Sale
1954 Studebaker Commander - $130,000 US
A Proven Winner, La Carrera Panamerican 2008.
--all steel body BLACK, but will be painted to color of your choice
--6 liter Small Block Chevy engine - 540 HP @ 7100 RPM, 0 time on rebuild
--4 speed Jerico, long shifter, 0 time on rebuild
--Ford 9" 3 link rear - "bullet proof" Tex Racing differential - 3.25 Detroit Locker
--new seats & belts, TerraTrip rally computer, Peltor FMT200 intercom
--large spares package, Tandem axle open car hauler
This was the fastest car in the 2008 La Carrera, but it has been improved. After winning the Carrera, the car was rebuilt and improved with the intention of returning in 2009 to defend the championship. It is now faster, more durable, and more comfortable than in 2008. Unforeseen events have caused me to offer it for sale.
Call Bill Beilharz at 602-320-5173 for more info.
SECOND CAR -- GULF COLORS
’53 Studebaker – #114, 2nd overall, La Carrera Panamericana 2009
This car is seriously fast, as proven by results 2009 where it finished 2nd overall, just behind 1984 WRC Champion Stig Blomqvist and Ana Goni. This car had several stage wins with the quickest times, including winning the last day of competition overall in same time as Doug Mockett and Angelica Fuentes.
The car has been campaigned since 2006 in La Carrera and Chihuahua Express, always upgraded to latest specs and maintained by Hammarlund Racing in Mexico, regardless of cost.
Specifications:
- Minimum weight
- Engine by Efraim Vega, new for LaC 2009, 500+ bhp
- Proflex dampers, sorted by Gordon from Proflex and with the assistance of Stig Blomqvist
- Wilwood brakes
- G-force gearbox
- Special fuel cell
- One set of spare Öhlin dampers
- One spare gearbox
- Several rear ends: 3.0, 3.25, 3.50
- Coralba rally computer
- Peltor Intercom
- Spare wheels
Car is available for Chihuahua Express 2010. A service and maintenance package may be agreed separately with Mats Hammarlund Racing, one of the most successful teams in La Carrera for the last years. 2009 four of Mats Hammarlund’s cars finished in the top 6 overall.
This is an easy and quick way to get into the magic of racing La Carrera Panamericana in a highly competitive, battle-tested package. The Studebaker is ideal whether you are trying to win the La Carrera 2010 – or if you just want to cruise to a top-10 position having fun and diving very quickly in a (safe) straight line.
Price: $120,000 USD
More information:
Lars.stugemo@hiq.se or mats@mhracing.com.mx
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