Two Teams, one post. Let’s do it
Driver: Hugo Laporte
Son of Étienne Laporte, and Heir to the Hades Throne
Navigoator: Suezanne Knightbridge
Hugo’s Girlfriend.
The Car:
A Modified 1948 Hades V16.
Driver: Wilson Marsh
Son of a 1920s Bootlegger, and full of inspiration
Navigator: Luke Auburne
Former Mechanic for the US Airforce.
The Car:
1952 Frankhorn Washington with Side Pipes and a Different Colored hood
From Itchen Motors
Dear Rennen,
We’re having some issues with our 1400 entry in the Corso di Fruinia. We’re trying to develop a modified version of our new family car, the Itchen Hurricane, including a modified version of it’s standard engine.
However, having seen power figures of some of our rivals, we’re starting to feel uncomfortable with our lack of power, in some cases having merely 2/3rds of the power. We believe they are using full race engines, however there are no sub-classes for production cars.
In summary, we would like to order a Friesian 14, with a second later if we find the engine to our liking. Find attached what we think is a reasonable price, £1000.
Yours in anticipation,
Itchen
is a company allowed 2 entries or just one
The Sutsuzumi Hamster II Corso di Fruinia
The Hamster II was only in prototype stages when talks about the 1952 Rally started to emerge.
So, naturally, Mr. Hayoshiko Takakumi of Sutsuzumi motors did the only reasonable thing and ordered the only working prototype of the Hamster II to be race prepared.
After the modifications had been done, Takakumi entered the race with himself behind the wheel in the hopes of making a name for his small automobile manufacturing company.
And off they went!
Edit: Never mind I guess, new user so can’t send the .car file 
Forewarning for those who don’t want to do much reading: This is going to be a long post. For those who haven’t seen my previous entries into RP-based challenges before, I like creative writing, and I have somewhat an over-arching story going on between my characters in just about every role-play challenge. As a result, these first posts, with team information and the background information tend to get mighty long.
With that said, kick back, grab your popcorn and your beverage of choice, and enjoy the ride, because here comes:
Driver: Jake Storm (30)
The hero of our little story, and the primary driver for the team. Having finally mastered driving stick in the Meatball Run, he’s confident in his ability to handle a modern five or six speed manual. How will he do when facing the frightening Three-on-the-Tree?
Mechanic/Navigator: Cody Acorne (34)
The reason we’re here in the first place, and the navigator, mechanic, and co-driver. He likes racing cars in his free time, but those cars typically had turbochargers and nitrous-oxide, body kits, and bright neon lights. With no fancy computers to tell him what’s wrong, he’ll have to rely on intuition, and luck, to keep their carburetted pickup going.
The Car: 1952 Bricksley Chieftain 3100
Late in June 2018, Storm Automotive basement, Sub-Level 5, 3:00 AM
“Seriously, Jake, I don’t see why on earth you believe that conspiracy. Luke Light looks nothing like Luke Sinistra. Yes, Mr. Sinistra hasn’t aged, but he’s running a car company, he’s rich, he could just have a really good plastic surgeon. Luke Light is still a robot.” Cody said, though still followed Jake as they walked through the basement, four sub-levels down from the usual accessible areas.
Jake knew once Luke saw how he’d rigged the elevator, the security would dramatically increase again to keep him out of Sub-Level 5. The basement and Sub-Level 1 were practically open to the public, and two through four were prototypes, testing labs, design rooms, all kept so top-secret it’d make people swear Storm Automotive was a military outpost, not a car-manufacturer.
He looked to Cody, then replied, “There’s too many things that don’t add up, but way too many that do. Light was built by the military, and right now he’s owed a real big favor from some real high brass. So why hasn’t he cashed in that favor, gotten repairs done? I think he’s waiting for some next-level synthetic soldier stuff, get himself transferred into a body that looks human. Then there’s Sub-Five. Remember the first time we went down the elevator?”
“Oh, here we go again. Yes, it took five seconds between one, two, three, and four, and ten seconds from four to five. Yes, we’re walking around in ‘4-and-one-half except it was labeled as 5’ but that really doesn’t mean anything, Jake. There’s practically nothing in here. Some tables, chairs, bits of an old 40’s era car, and a desk with a ratty old terminal perched on it.” Cody said. As they got closer, they heard the quiet whirring of a fan, and after Cody wiped the layer of dust off of the screen, they saw the brilliant amber peeking through.
PASSWORD:
“Great, just what we expected, a locked computer.” Jake said. “Give me a couple minutes, Cody, we’ll get into that room soon enough.” Jake sat down at the computer, while Cody rummaged about in the desk. “Won’t need to hack it, Jake.” Cody said, handing him the worn-out sticky note.
PASSWORD: Sinistra
ACCESS GRANTED. UNLOCKING DOOR.
The door swung open on well-oiled hinges, and the two slipped inside, kicking a bit of exhaust pipe into the door’s path so it couldn’t close and lock. “Rather it sets off alarms instead of making this our tomb.” Cody grumbled when Jake glared at him. They opened another door inside the smaller room and stepped inside, closing the wooden door behind them, where they found themselves in a bare-metal room, barely bigger than an office cubicle. On the desk in front of them was another terminal, with a clipboard sitting nearby.
ENTER DATE:
The clipboard had a list of dates scrawled on it, but one was circled. “Jake, put in ‘Mar. 23, 1952’ and see what happens, and I’m willing to bet we just get one of Luke’s elaborate ‘Quit with the conspiracy bullshit’ messages.”
Jake rolled his eyes, but punched in the date.
ENTER DATE: Mar. 23, 1952
SYNTAX ERROR.
“Oh, it’s going to be like that, is it? Fine, I’ll play your game, computer.” Jake grumbled.
ENTER DATE: 3-23-52
SYNTAX ERROR.
“Maybe it does want the whole year.” Cody said. “Half the computers around here are like that.”
“You’re probably right, but I’m making one additional change, just to be sure.” Jake said, before poking the keys again.
ENTER DATE: 03-23-1952
DATE SET. DESTINATION PRE-CONFIGURED. DOOR 1 LOCKED.
GENERATOR AT SPEED. STARTING TRANSPORT IN 10 SECONDS.
“What the fuck!?” Jake yelled, leaping up from the desk in a blind panic as the lights got brighter in the room. Before Cody could respond, there was a bright flash, and the two of them vanished from the little room.
March 3, 1952, Nevada, 12:01 AM
An explosion and blinding lights woke Jacob Jasper from a light sleep. “God damn bastards.” he grumbled, getting up and grabbing his shotgun. “If they’ve blown up my still…” The old man staggered off toward the tree line, exactly the opposite direction he needed to go in order to find Jake and Cody, but exactly the right direction to go find his still was still in one piece for now.
Jake looked at Cody in a blind panic, then said, “It’s not a dream, is it?”
“If it is, we’re having the same nightmare. Either that, or Luke’s got one hell of a VR room.” Cody said, getting up and making a run for the Jasper residence. Jake was forced to follow, cursing the whole way. “The hell are you thinking!?” Jake hissed as they stopped next to the truck.
“Clearly, if we’ve gone back in time, Jake, we need to do something to get rescued. Means we’ve got to get noticed.” Cody said. “So I was going to nick his truck and then we do something stupid, make ripples so we get found.”
“Dude, you’re not thinking clearly. If we make ripples, we could fuck everything up. Haven’t you ever watched Back to the Future?”
“That the time travel movie with the aluminum car in it?”
“It’s stainless steel, you twit. How the hell can you call yourself a car guy and not know the DeLorean… Anyway, the whole plot of the first movie is that the main guy screws up his parents meeting, and it threatens to erase him from existance if he can’t make his parents actually meet up. What I’m getting at is… We need to make ripples in some way to get noticed, but without changing the future. Which means we need a plan.” Jake said.
“So, what’s your plan?” Cody asked, watching as Jake lifted the tarp on the truck bed.
“We nick the Bricksley, sell this shine, buy ourselves a paper and some clothes that fit the times we’re in, come up with a plan once we kinda blend in.” Jake said.
“So, odds of him coming after us or sending the cops after us?” Cody asked.
“Pretty low. Whatever we don’t spend on a newspaper and clothes, and some set aside for whatever our plan ends up being, we leave in an envelope in his mailbox.”
The two quickly found out taking the Bricksley Chieftain was easier than they initially planned, as Jacob Jasper had left the keys in the ignition. Cody took the driver’s seat and started the truck, then drove out of the driveway, keenly aware of the rattle and clank of glass jars behind him.
After a few experimental sales, they managed to sell the moonshine, and by that time, the sun was already high in the sky when they made their way into town. Jake and Cody were both keenly aware of the stares they were attracting, wearing sneakers, blue-jeans, and t-shirts, and knew they needed period correct clothing before anyone would take them seriously. With what seemed like not-a-lot-of-money in hand, the two of them headed into a clothing store, only to head back out again in almost-proper suits.
“Can you believe it!? $70 for two suits and two pairs of shoes! Cheap as hell!” Cody said, grinning at Jake. Jake smirked, then said, “Yes, and cars only cost about 3-grand, so keep that in mind.” They bought a newspaper and thumbed through it until they found an article about an upcoming race, the Corso di Fruinia, and that there was still time to make the boat trip if any American drivers wanted to show those foreigners what real auto racing looked like. Included in the article were prices for a shipping company offering discounts to any racing teams willing to use them to ship the cars and drivers, which was quickly factored into how much they had left.
“So, setting aside $100 for personal expenses while we’re in Fruinia, and another $200 for our emergency fund in case things don’t quite go to plan, we’ll be able to return the rest of this to the guy we stole the truck from.” Jake said.
“Wait, what!? We’re going to-”
“We’re paying him back for his shine and some for his truck, so that he doesn’t decide to call the cops or his buddies after us while we’re trying to get to California.”
“Oh. That makes sense, then. But we’re time travelers, we can’t honestly state why we’re doing this.” Cody responded. Jake grinned, then said, “True, but we can leave a note saying the Martians borrowed his truck, and that the fuel in the back will be enough to get them home.” Cody burst out laughing, then nodded, handing Jake the ballpoint pen he had in his pocket. “Saves you having to mess with 1950’s fountain pens. Plus, it’ll confuse the hell out of him why the Martians wrote on '50’s paper with orange ink.”
"Dear Human,
We would like to apologize for the disturbances last night. Our ship ran out of fuel on our way to Venus, and we were forced to stop here on Earth for fuel. We offer our thanks for the fuel in the back of your personal transport, and our sincerest apologies for not returning your wheeled vessel to you, but our trip was a matter of great importance.
Your friends, The Martians.
The two of them stuffed the extra cash into the envelope, along with the note, then dumped it in Jacob Jasper’s mailbox as they made their way to California to set sail for Fruinia.
To Be Continued…
5 actually.
You should be able to send me a Private Message with the .car file.
is he flying Shamu for good measure?
You can only have attachments in PM’s after you’ve earned a certain level of permission on the server… its a few weeks of checking and a few posts so it will happen naturally with time, just not quickly.
I got around it by just using a free mega upload account (another brand will work) and using a link to the file.
Oh ok then time to go wacky then 
Itchen are formally announcing two entries into the 1952 Corso di Fruinia:
Itchen Mosquito Rennen, being entered into the 800-1399 class, a modified version of our family sedan, with a new engine courtesy of Rennen.
and the Itchen M.52, being entered into the 2200-3299 class, a full-blown race car, entered as a technical exercise to see what our finest craftmanship is capable of. Everything is built in-house, and there are a few radical features.
Both are currently on their way to the New York International Auto Show, where there will be a full reveal, followed by testing in Utah to finalise the suspension settings.
Found in a local newspaper: Three Barricadas will be entering, one works effort based on the new V-8 model, and two older cars entered by privateers.
The 2000MM Berlinetta is based of the two-door V-8 2000, and equipped with the 127hp “MM” specification of its 1997cc OHV V8. Unnecessary weight has been removed, bringing weight down to just under 1000kg and the car has been painted in a classic maroon colour.
The 8c 3000SS was the highlight of Barricada’s pre-war range, equipped with a supercharged 3000cc V8 producing 160hp and riding on a bespoke chassis, lower than the 8c 3000M and 3000S, and featuring independent trailing arm rear suspension with torsion bars. The 3000SS was one of the fastest cars of its era with a top speed over 120mph (150mph in the super aerodynamic 3000LM), and remains frighteningly quick even 15 years later.
There will be an organization-driven car in the -799cc category. To fill this category and incentivize some competition here. In terms of competition, this car is of course excluded from winning any prizes.
A 1949 PMI Polloi Barudion Aero “Corso” with its 450cc inline-3 engine bored out to 615cc, it also weights 615kg, if you also count the driver, the toolbox, a spare wheel, a jerrycan of fuel and food for a day.
Introducing the KMC (Kevin Michaels Creations) 800 Roadster. The 800 Roadster will be competing in the under 800cc class with a very high revving 798cc Boxer 4 engine mounted in the back.
Early development of this car had massive oversteer problems, as well as a less powerful engine. But with many revisions the oversteer has been fixed although near its top speed, and the engine horsepower has increased as well as the RPMs, but it may still become a little unsettled through corners near its top speed, despite Automation saying it understeers.
Three manufacturers, two continents, one race…
Jack Chancellor, CEO of Ardent Motor Corporation, commissioned the construction of two 1952 Ardent Midnights for use in overseas racing. These vehicles were both 300 Special models, with engines that had been given a thorough “massaging” by the Works division of engine manufacturer Toledo Ironworks through special contract. Their rear seats were removed to make room for proper racing safety equipment, and improved tires and brakes were fitted as well.
Suzume brought no production-based vehicles to Fruinia in 1952. Instead, they brought a pair of concept vehicles as test mules for prototype engines. All design was done in-house, and a young engineer by the name of Hideki Akiyama accompanied the race team in order to assist with testing and analysis of the engines.
Origin: Mirano, Italy
Class: 2200-3299cc
Crew: Ettore Mazzanti and Pietro Zoccarato
Corse Scagliati will be sending one of their successful 265 Veneto Corsa GT cars to the Corso di Fruinia. Fresh off an encouraging result in the Targa Florio, drivers Ettore Mazzanti and Pietro Zoccarato are confident that the Veneto Corsa will be competitive on the Corso, and are excited to take on the challenge of this demanding endurance road race.
Origin: White Plains, New York
Class: 3300+
Crew: Warren Young and Herb Dawson
Team Medina Rebel-Sovereign hails from White Plains, New York, home of Medina Rebel-Sovereign, the largest dealer in the United States of Rebel Motors and its luxury subsidiary, Sovereign. Bob Alpert, the owner of the dealership, felt that while the American public was well aware of Sovereign’s opulent luxury and prestige, they didn’t really give any thought to the incredible performance that the Sovereign model line-up had. Having approached Herb Dawson and Warren Young, two accomplished road racers in the area, Alpert struck a deal with the two men to build and run a Sovereign 500 Luxe in the 1952 edition of the Corso di Fruinia, a demanding and grueling endurance road race.
Origin: Brussels, Belgium
Class: 800-1399cc
Crew: Ruud Kocken and Franck Steunebrink
Fabrication Automobile Belge (FABEL for short) is a success story from the rebuilding of Europe’s shattered economy following the Second World War. Identifying a joint need to build up the country’s heavy industrial base as well as a need for cheap transportation for the country’s population, FABEL was started by the Belgian government with a Marshall Plan grant, and given the mission of motorising Belgium and her neighbours. Their first product, the Étoile line of coupes and sedans, first rolled off the production line in Brussels in 1949. Equipped with a simple boxer engine, four-wheel independent suspension and a spartan but functional cabin, the Étoile has found a following with a burgeoning number of motorsports fans, modifying and tuning their little cars into nimble, budget racers.
Driven by Ruud Kocken and Franck Steunebrink, this Étoile 1400 Super is the very first effort by FABEL’s brand new motorsports team, and it is hoped that the car will help raise the profile of the brand elsewhere in the world running in the Corso di Fruinia.
Yay, to drive a Scagliati!
I didn’t know you had a Belgian company.
i freaking lost my car fileeeeee
fecking ssd died
Got the saaaame few months agooooo
focking HDD for me
