kevin's ideas

Kevin is known for his ideas...but this is definitely one for the books!!

March 2002
Gunnar Racing Plans Salute to Sebring’s Hendricks Field with
B-17 Flyover and Car Motif

With the help of a Flying Fortress, Gunnar Racing will salute military aviation history of the grounds of Sebring International Raceway with its entry in the 50th annual Twelve Hours of Sebring.

They will compete in the race with a Panoz Prototype racecar that is painted to resemble a World War II B-17 flying Fortress bomber.

The racecar motif will be a salute to the thousands of young flight crews who trained at Hendricks Field, a military aviation base whose expansive concrete runways gave birth to Sebring International raceway.

Here's Gunnar

Kevin even made our garage look like a bunker!

fixin the ow wies

Today, Kevin is fixing the boo boo's
that happened to the tail that flew off at Moroso.

It's amazing to watch this process...
you wonder how this thing can ever be pretty again.

Now, a little tape so it dries just how he wants it.
I'll update you later on how it turns out.

beautiful cars!

Here's a few more cars that Kevin and his crew are responsible for making look so gorgeous!

Porsche 906

another Porsche 906

Porsche 908

bruce comes to visit

Hey, Kev, how about taking a break & scratch my head for me!

Oh yea...a little to the right please!!

Ohhhhh, that feels good!!
Thanks Kev, you're my best buddy!

O.K....break's over...get back to work!

double wash weekend

Kevin did a lot of fiberglass work over the weekend.
He was running on adrenalin, trying to get as much done as possible.

No movies, no drinking beer and watching football,
no lounging in the backyard on the hammock, that we don't have.
This guy is on a mission!!...what that mission is, I really don't know,
except that he was driven more than usual this weekend to work, work,
and work some more!

He has been involved in fixing the nose of a Porsche 962. Of course, Kevin doesn't just repair it, he makes it better than it ever was! He gets so excited to work on stuff like this, because he gets to use all of his innovative talents...it's such a challenge to him.

Mixing some more of that secret stuff and away he goes again!

the itch factor

If Kevin has fiberglass to grind, he usually likes to do it "last thing of the day", because it makes him so itchy!!! He likes to be able to go home immediately and de-itch himself in the shower and then the bath.

If he has been grinding a lot, then he'll tell me that his clothes need a double wash! I'll find out later if this is a double wash night.

sally

We named our GT3R "Sally" to promote Pixar's movie, "Cars", because we knew that there was going to be a female Porsche character in the movie, named "Sally". The people at Pixar didn't even know what "Sally" would look like at that time, so Kevin was able to design the car anyway he wanted. In 2004, she ran in three professional races. Now she belongs to someone else and is happily running in Vintage events.

Grand Prix of Miami
February 2004
Gunnar & Milt Minter

Phoenix International Raceway
April 2004
Gunnar & Kyle Petty - Finished 2nd in Class

Barber Motorsports Park
October 2004
Gunnar & Marino Franchitti - Finished 4th in Class
(she didn't run with the "Pixar-Sally" livery at this race, but she is still "Sally" to us)

peeling paint

Kevin had a quick job for the boys.
"Let's get the paint peeled off this nose before lunch".
Here's Kevin leading the pack.

Bret is trying to keep up with Kevin...

and Andy is trying to keep up with Bret.

Will they make it?

It will be close...

It's lunch time...almost finished, but not quite....
have to wrap it up after lunch.

Kevin updated my perpetual Valentine Card today....ahhh!!!
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

malfunction

So at the track last Friday, there was an equipment malfunction and the tail flew off of the racecar. Here is Gunnar driving it into the pits without the tail.

The guys don't exactly know what happened, they just know that they saw the tail flying through the air (luckily it landed in the grass). All the latches were latched, something just broke.

Not too much damage, but enough that now Kevin has something else to fix.

Hands busy at work, again.

cabosil

Cabosil is a thickening agent that you can add to your resin to prevent it from running. The more you add, the thicker the resin will become. By adding this filler, you can turn the resin from free-running into anything right up to a thick, pasty material that resembles peanut butter.

Kevin colored this cabosil black, because the car will be painted black in this area. Therefore, any chips in the paint will not be easily noticed.

bruce

Meet Bruce, the new shop cat.

Kevin has been trying to make friends with this little guy.

Hope he sticks around cuz he's one cool cat!

test day

We went out to Moroso yesterday to test 2 beautiful race cars.

This is a Gulf Porsche Kremer K8 Spyder.

We just finished restoring this Jagermeister 935 K3.

It's Beautiful!!!

962 Repair

steam cleaning the old paint off

detail sanding

more grinding!!!

fixing old crash damage

Porsche 962 at Watkins Glen

a little this and a little that

Spraying undercoating

Sandblasting

Making another mold

Ready for the reveal?

This part is the headlight backing cover.
It goes in the inside of the fender well
and protects the back of the headlight bulb.

A beautiful Porsche 904