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The first SGCC built Prototype M-5 arrives
from the Chassis Builder.
These pictures show what the basic car looks like before SGCC
finishes the build.
More M-5
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Mystique 5.1 Finishes on the Podium at the
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Doug Seim drove the Mystique 5.1 to a third
place finish at the ARRC in Atlanta Georgia. The Mystique 5.1
was the very first Mystique built by Kurt LeMay who called the
car the M-5 hence its name. The car is a rolling test bed for
many of the newer components that will be finding their way
onto the production M-5’s. These include air ducting, exhaust
system, shocks, springs and chassis set up.
See more photos and read
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Producing POWER One Car at a Time
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The 1959 Nash Metropolitan project is moving right along. It
has been built once and now is going back together with
cosmetics. Here are some recent pictures that show how the
project is progressing. More complete information will be
supplied after the car is finished and on the road actually
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Run 'N Gun Nationals 2008 held at
Gateway International Raceway, Madison,
Illinois
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Sugar Grove Custom
Cars attended the event with 5 drivers and 7 cars. The Brunton
Superstalkers were used for road racing, autocross and drag
racing.
Goin' Postal hit the track as part of the Run 'N Gun
Experience. The Formula FST cars participated with some parade
track time.
Several awards were
received, but the most significant was received by Jared
Timmerman who participated in the Street Tire Class. He was
first in autocross and road racing. And his 12.18 on the 1/4
mile track at Gateway was fast enough for him to be the event
winner in the Street Class. Nice job Jared!! |
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We are in the process of
sorting through all the pictures and videos that were taken at the
event. Soon we will put more detail on this website, including a
video. Until then, these links may provide you with some interesting
information:
http://www.runngun.net/
Mr. Photoman Slideshow
2008 -
http://mrphotoman.zenfolio.com/p576844437
http://mrphotoman.lifepics.com/net/Pro/ViewEvent.aspx
(click
Run N Gun Sample, enter as guest)
SGCC pictures in folders labeled: Cobra Postal, Stalker Lotus 185,
592, 721, 759
Videos from 2007:
YouTube - A lap at Run 'N Gun 2007
YouTube - Run n Gun SuperStalker 2007
(Taken
from a car being driven by Dennis Brunton)
Videos from 2008:
Run 'N Gun Autocross Course 2008
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SGCC Sponsors a Marathon Race Team
The 31st Annual Chicago
Marathon was on October 12, 2008. SGCC sponsored the race team
of Keith, Craig, and Brian Benz. It was just after 12:00 noon
that Keith, Craig, and Brian Benz crossed the finish line.
See photos and read the
story of their race day, written by Brian Benz.
SugarGroveCars.com Junior Dragster All-Star
Challenge 2008
SugarGroveCars.com
sponsored a Junior Dragster All-Star Challenge on Saturday, October
11, 2008 at Eddyville Raceway Park (ERP). The
SugarGroveCars.com All-Star Challenge Pay-Out was as follows:
Winner |
$1,000 |
Runner-Up |
$
500 |
Semi's |
$
250 |
Note: All paid in
Savings Bonds |
The SugarGroveCars.com
Junior Dragster All-Star Challenge was for racers who qualified.
Saturday, October 11, was slated to be a beautiful day of racing and
ten of the fourteen qualifiers were on hand for the All-Star
Challenge.
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Qualifiers L to R
Back row- Dakota Alison, Justin Clark, Alix Risse, Chad Bacon,
Garret Chitty.
Front row- Halie
Main, Robbie Massey, Chase Van Sant, Taylor Grimm, Jason
Azbill Jr.
Not present- Heather
Main, Tucker Kanselaar, Chelsea Bacon and Chris Labs |
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The racers took to the
track at 10:00 a.m. starting out with two time trials leading into
the first round. Advancing to the second round were Alix Risse,
Taylor Grimm, Justin Clark, Robbie Massey and Halie Main. Alix Risse
defeated Taylor Grimm and Robbie Massey took the win over Justin
Clark who turned on the red light. Halie Main got the bye run to
advance to the semi final round. Massey and Main lined up against
each other in the semi final round where Massey red lighted; sending
Main to the final round. Risse took the bye run down the track to
advance to the final round where she would meet up with Main to make
it an all-girl finale. Risse went -.049 red giving the win to Main.
Later in the day Main went to the final round of the regular Jr.
Dragster race where she lost to Dalton Dorsette.
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Halie Main & her
family celebrate |
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In addition to winning
the SugarGroveCars.com Jr. Dragster All-Star Challenge 2008, Halie
Main, from Des Moines, also won the Halloween Jr. Dragster Nationals
on Saturday - Bracket 1 class and the Halloween Jr. Dragster
Nationals on Sunday - Age 13-14 class.
Proving she can win
driving anything, Halie Main raced a golf cart in the pit vehicle
race where she made it to the final round. Kyle Kramer was the
winner of that race.
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Promotional Clothing Products
We are contemplating the
design and style for clothing products. Please take a look at
our Promotional Clothing Selections
page to see what we have so far. Be sure to send us your
comments and selections!
Preble High School to make Mystique Jr. Kit
Cars
SGCC is a proud
sponsor of a specialized program dedicated to preparing
students for careers in manufacturing and engineering at
Preble High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin (www.preblemotorsports.com).
For more information on this program, see our
Formula High School page.
2008 Run 'N Gun Nationals October 8-11, 2008
Run 'N Gun
Nationals (http://www.runngun.net)
will be held at the Gateway International Raceway, Greater St. Louis
Area (Madison, Illinois). SGCC will send at least five Company
built cars to the event. Included are four Brunton
SuperStalkers and we welcome Jared Timmerman (our new developing
driver) as he helps us put our first Company built M-5 on the race
track.
This
race is a great opportunity for anyone in the area to come see us
and talk to us. We will be at Space 29 - located middle west
in the garage space complex. We look forward to seeing you there!
Jared Timmerman, New Driver for SGCC
We
are excited to welcome Jared to our driving team. Jared's past
driving experience includes three
years in IMCA
Hobby
Stock at Boone full time, while also racing at Stuart,
Webster City, Cedar Rapids, and Marshalltown. Jared finished 15th in
points in 2006. Jared is in his second year in IMCA SportMod
at Boone full time, while also racing specials at Marshalltown,
Knoxville and Stuart. Qualified on the pole for 2007 Super Nationals
in Boone and finished 5th. Finished 6th in points in 2007.
Jared will drive the Formula FST and M-5 cars for SGCC at the
upcoming Run 'N Gun nationals.
Meyer Captures Pole Finishes Second in Opening
Round of FormulaCar Magazine Formula First Challenge Cup Race at
Roebling Road Raceway
SGCC made several
adjustments to the prototype and entered the M-5 in it's first-ever
race. Scott Meyer, in SGCC's M-5, earned pole position for the race
and finished in second place, beaten only by the reigning
2-year champion, Greg Rice.
See Press Release.
No footage yet of the
M-5, but here is a
YouTube video of Formula Vees
at this race. Our M-5 Formula First car is bigger and faster.
The driver of our M-5, Scott Meyer,
wrote this message:
"Congratulations to Greg for a great drive to the front. I think it
is going to be a long year for the rest of us. Also thanks to Jim,
Mike, and Jarb from Sugar Grove Custom Cars, they were brave enough
to let me drive the M-5 after purchasing it from me. Prior to this
weekend I had only logged 12 laps in the M-5. I have to say that it
is the best handling car that I have ever driven. It is a very fast
car right out of the box. Kurt LeMay deserves a ton of credit for
designing such an awesome car. Sugar Grove will be working on many
improvements to the car including removing the engine fan and blue
printing the motor."
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SGCC Provides Scholarships to Young Racers
We are very proud
to be helping and working with young people who are interested
in cars and racing. We currently provide some type of
sponsorship for a young kart driver in St. Louis, the
technology and engineering program at Preble High School in
Green Bay, Wisconsin; and the entire Jr. Dragster program at
Eddyville, Iowa.
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SGCC's first
scholarship has been awarded to Ryan Joehl, of the St. Louis,
MO area. The scholarship money will help to support this young
man and his adventures in TAG 60 Kart racing.
Q & A
and pictures of Ryan Joehl.
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SGCC sponsors the
Jr. Dragster All-Star Challenge Program at Eddyville Raceway
Park (ERP), Eddyville, Iowa (www.eddyvilleraceway.com).
"We are super happy to host this program" said Gerald Kramer.
The program will work as follows: At every ERP Points Program
the class winner in the Jr. Class as well as the Consi-Jr
Program will race off for a $50 savings bond. All points race
winners and Consi-winners will qualify for an All-Star Special
Race to be conducted on Oct 11, 2008 at ERP. That All-Star
Special Race will be for the following:
Winner $1,000
savings bond
Runner-Up $500
savings bond
Semi's $250 savings
bond
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Des Moines Register article, April 2008,
Dallas Center
business races into custom market,
written by Joanne Boeckman
Mid-Iowa Newspapers
article, March 2008, Sugar Grove Custom Cars buys California company,
written by Bob Eschliman
Sugar Grove
Custom Cars, LLC. is Proud to Announce the Acquisition of Mystique
Racing, February 2008
Sugar Grove Custom Cars, LLC. has acquired the
assets of Mystique Racing, located in Northern California. Mystique
Racing is the owner of the designs and tooling that is used to
produce the M-5 Formula First Race Car. In March, the Company assets
will be moved to Iowa where, after further development, the car will
be offered for sale as either a constructor kit or as a complete
car.
Mystique Racing will be competing with the factory prototype M-5 in
FormulaCar Magazine’s 2008 Formula First Challenge Cup Series. This
series will consist of ten races held over five different weekends
at some of America’s finest road racing tracks. The first race
weekend will be held April 4-6th at Roebling Road Raceway, located
near Savannah, Georgia. Two Challenge Cup races will be held as part
of the 45th Formula Vee Birthday Party. The new owner of Mystique
Racing, Jim Woodsmall, feels that the Formula Vee Birthday Party
will be a great place to showcase the beautiful design and
construction of the Mystique M-5, “We are very excited to be
participating in such a historic event as the Formula Vee Birthday
Party. We feel that the Formula First class is the most exciting new
formula car class to come along in some time; its unique combination
of affordability, performance, and close racing will make it one of
the fastest growing formula car classes available.”
Future Mystique M-5’s will be built at the Sugar Grove Custom Car
facilities located in Dallas Center, Iowa. Continued product
development will lead to a production car; scheduled to be available
for retail sale by late 2008.
20th Annual Run 'N Gun, October 2007
Sugar Grove Racing (SGR) participated in the 20th
Annual Run 'N Gun event held in October 2007 at Gateway
International Raceway, Madison, Illinois. This event was for
Replicar owners/builders and included road racing, drag racing, and
autocross.
The team came back with first place plaques for
all three events in the Street 4/6 Cylinder, Power Adder Class. They
earned second place plaques for all three events in the Prepared 4/6
Cylinder, Power Adder Class. SGR was included in
a March Kit Car Magazine
article that featured this event. On page
35 you will see a good picture of both the Red and Black Brunton
Automotive Super Stalkers that we took to the event. We enjoyed
ourselves and did well, as did all of those driving Brunton cars.
The founder of the Company, Dennis Brunton, was a
rock star. Following is a link on Youtube.com to a video that shows
him doing a very fast lap at the event:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KIpyeck-DVU
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