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    Default Stohr Cars acquired by Dauntless Racing

    Dauntless Racing is delighted to announce that we've reached an agreement to buy Stohr Cars! The WF1 and F1000 cars that Lee Stohr and Wayne Felch guided to so much on-track success over the years will be joining the Dauntless family of products.

    For us, this means that we will be moving production down to our shop in Vacaville, California over the course of the next few weeks, getting parts in stock, and getting to know our new customers. We're truly excited about the prospect of working with all of you, and are looking forward to continuing to support and develop these cars.

    For you, that means mostly business as usual. We are committed to continuing to support the WF1 and F1000, so that you can continue to get spares, parts, and technical support at the same level of excellence as you always have from Wayne. We've got a transition period to go through while we get everything moved and sorted out, but in the meantime feel free to give us a call to chat and talk race cars.

    Once we get through those few weeks of transition and we have our legs under us, we plan to continue performance development of the WF1 and F1000. Be prepared for us to release some exciting update packages for both cars over the next year!

    We'd also like to take the opportunity to thank Wayne Felch and Roxanne Force for all of the marvelous work they've done at Stohr Cars. Their leadership has been instrumental in evolving not just the cars themselves, but the CSR / DSR / P1 / P2 and FB classes as a whole over the last decade. We wish them the best of luck as they move on to tackle new and exciting challenges.


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    Congratulations and good luck!
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    Well done!
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    Congratulations to all involved!


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    Stan & Rennie,

    Best wishes to Dauntless on the acquisition,,,,,,,NOW, where's the new FA ??????

    Enquiring mind,
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    Congratulations Rennie!!

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    That's pretty big news, right there!
    Congrats and best of luck to the Clayton's.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Rennie Clayton View Post
    ..... We are committed to continuing to support the WF1 and F1000, so that you can continue to get spares, parts.....
    Hey, Stan and Rennie, NICE MOVE!!

    BUT, how come you didn't figure a way to keep parts coverage going during the transition.

    NOTE: The guy who posted that he called to factory for parts today and was told, no parts!?

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    Very cool. I wish you much success.

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    Congrats. We will miss Wayne and Roxanne. they were great to work with. Wish you all the best and I am sure we will be in touch. Bill

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    Congrats, Rennie and Stan!
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    Thanks everyone. We appreciate the kind words and the encouragement.

    As to parts, we have been talking with several of the major hard parts suppliers and will have stock on the shelf shortly. We're also working on contacting the remaining vendors and don't see any protracted shortages. We understand this is a big deal for folks this time of the year, so will be digging in extra hard to ensure the ball is not dropped. Please let us know what you are going to need so we can get ahead of the curve.

    As to the FA car, Bill, you will be pleased to know that you are the THIRD person to ask me about that this week, so hang in there...

    And finally, we will be renewing our (Dauntless AND Stohr's) marketing relationship with ApexSpeed. We've been quiet here for a while, but we're back!

    Thanks again! Stan
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    Congrats guys, this is very exciting news! Good luck!
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    Change is good for everyone. Great news, glad to hear a qualified group stepped up to the plate.

    Any plans on a name change or anything?

    Rumors are that you plan on lowering prices??

    Can't wait to start seeing updates and fresh new designs.
    "If you're not driving on the edge you're taking up too much space.... "

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnPaul View Post
    Change is good for everyone. Great news, glad to hear a qualified group stepped up to the plate.

    Any plans on a name change or anything?

    Rumors are that you plan on lowering prices??

    Can't wait to start seeing updates and fresh new designs.
    I like your style.

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    Congrats, Stan!
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    Many Congrats Stan!

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    Default Arrived at Stohr Cars in Portland today

    And what greets us, but a whole lotta molds and fixtures...
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    Default Filling the 24' enclosed trailer

    Holy cow, we got about half of the stuff in the previous photo loaded...time to go rent a 26' UHaul truck...
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    Made it home last night safe and sound...our thanks to Wayne and Roxanne for their generous assistance getting packed. Wish they were here to help UNpack...
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    It must seem like Christmas out there in Ca!
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    Default Great news

    Great news. Congrats you guys.
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    Well done, Stan!

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    With all the news here from time to time about scammers and scum bags trying to remove folks from their hard earned funds. It is so very nice to see, great people taking over a fine business from another great organization!!

    Could not be better news! Best of luck,Stan...et al.
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    Thank you for the kind words, guys!

    Unpacking is proceeding smoothly, as nothing shifted in either truck on the way south. All the major vendors have been contacted, plus most of the rest, and we are transferring the Stohr accounts, so should have the parts chain up and running soon.

    Greg, please call at your convenience...we need a bigger oven!
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    No more rust!
    You going to build your own oven?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ReynardF1000 View Post
    No more rust!
    You going to build your own oven?
    Greg
    Rust in my composite? That's less likely than you may think...

    You have a PM...
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    Hi Stan.
    Meant the metal parts coming from Portland could be rusty!
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    Hey, good one. Yeah...it didn't rain on us while loading in Portland, but the sky was grey and threatening the entire time, and it rained a bit on us coming and going.

    Call ya later...doing some layups.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stan Clayton View Post
    ..... but the sky was grey and threatening the entire time....
    That is 'normal' GOOD WEATHER in Portland
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