Chump Races Chump Faces, Brake Dusters win ChumpCar races

(June 5, 2011) It wasn't pretty, but more than 20 ChumpCars congregated at Brainerd International Raceway this weekend for the first of two endurance weekends on the 2011 schedule. And this one didn't disappoint.

The action was entertaining as usual, with Chump Races Chump Faces winning Saturday's seven-hour endurance race on BIR's 2.5-mile Competition Road Course. On Sunday, Brake Dusters outlasted the field, completing 204 laps in seven hours - one lap ahead of second-place finisher Speed Doctors, which also finished second on Saturday.

The race teams didn't disappoint in their ability to come up with creative team names and themes for the event. ChumpCars, of course, start with a $500 "crap can." And then teams install the safety equipment before going to town in decorating the car using an assortment of props, such as stuffed animals, and not-exactly-artistic paint jobs.

Examples of the themes this year were Chump Races Chump Faces, a South Dakota team that played off the state's "Great Places Great Faces" slogan with a paint job that featured the rear-end of Mount Rushmore. Tubby Butterman Racing, which won both endurance races last year, had a "buck fever" theme with antlers on top of his BMW and a stuffed deer looking out the back window. And team Shake N Bake had a car painted like the Wonder Bread NASCAR car in the movie, "Talladega Nights."

Saturday's endurance race was won by Chump Races Chump Faces, which completed 203 laps on the 2.5-mile Competition Road Course. Team Speed Doctors was two laps behind, followed by Shake N Bake, which finished 43 seconds behind Speed Doctors. Of the 22 cars entered in the race, 16 made it the entire seven hours. Team Tow Mater, which was a tow truck, only lasted 48 minutes before calling it quits.

On Sunday, Team Speed Doctors finished as the bridesmaid again. This time, the team finished second behind Brake Dusters, which completed 204 laps - one lap ahead of Speed Doctors. Only 18 teams could get their cars ready for Sunday's race, with 15 finishing the race.

Below are the standings for each day. (Photos courtesy of Tim Winker)

SATURDAY
1 Chump Races Chump Faces, 203 laps
2) Speed Doctors, 201
3) Shake N Bake, 201
4) Tubby Butterman, 198
5) Holy Rollers, 194
6) Speedlab, 193
7) Brake Dusters, 179
8) Three Sheets Racing, 178
9) North Loop Motorsports, 178
10) Team Party Cat, 175
11) Team Short Bus, 173
12) British American Racing, 169
13) Team Hackcent, 161
14) Ambitious But Rubbish Racing, 158
15) Most Interesting Chumps, 153
16) Slugworks, 108
17) Brain Nerds, 71
18) Chester of the Apocalypse, 58
19) STP Racing, 48
20) Mayhem Racing, 30
21) Team Mow Mater, 18
22) Mid Engine Crisis, 2

SUNDAY
1) Brake Dusters, 204 laps
2) Speed Doctors, 203
3) Speedlab, 203
4) Shake N Bake, 200
5) Tubby Butterman, 200
6) Chump Races Chump Faces, 199
7) Slugworks, 199
8) Three Sheets Racing, 189
9) Team Short Bus, 182
10) Acme Racing, 179
11) Holy Rollers, 174
12) Team Hackcent, 169
13) North Loop Motorsports, 151
14) Ambitious But Rubbish  Racing, 133
15) Team Party Cat, 94
16) Most Interesting Chumps, 57
17) Chester of the Apocalypse, 55
18) Mid Engine Crisis, 48