We have been running Lemons in a 94 escort, 15 races or so, one win and several good finishes, and are looking at running Champ. Anyone that's run the series that can give me some insight on pros and cons, and differences between Champ and Lemons? I have the rulebook, but curious about how the cage compares at tech, and the all around racing experience. I would expect Champ to be much more serious, and less likely to dock laps for horse crap reasons, like you guys will be competitive with the dock.
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Havent raced yet but got my cage completed by a known LeMons racer and he went back and forth between the two rule books. Chump Car is actually more lax in the cage requirements than LeMon's at this point.
I also sent a few pictures to the Chump tech email and they said the cage looks good but that in person scrutiny would need to be completed to give the 100% ok. I think its more about the tech inspector than the series at this point as i have read a few threads of cages failing that i would have thought could easily pass. Then i see some ex-Lemons cars that currently race and the welds look astonishingly bad. Splatter, missing spots at critical tie in points and spreader plates that look thinner than required. Im not an expert and am learning it all through the build process but it does seem very specific to the inspector versus the series.
We ran the road America race this year, and have some minor changes needed for the car, but racing with champ was fine. We got bumped a little in a corner in an incidental event that would have been black flag and kiss a ring in Lemons, but with champ the race just continues, no harm, no foul. Lost third gear again (anyone with expertise in 1991-94 escort GT transmissions out there?), on the second day, but we very much look forward to running champ again.
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