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TheFactoryRacing
The Factory Racing
Vehicle Specifications
DRIVER: Dan Chamlee
ALTERNATE Thomas Chamlee and Daniel Chamlee, Jr.
& CO-DRIVERS: Whitney Chamlee, Stacy Chamlee-Jacobsen, Laurie Chamlee, Ian Graham, Amy
Tate, and David Owens
CLASS: Score International – Class 7 unlimited Mini or midsize pick-up
VEHICLE: 2003 Ford Ranger Standard Cab, long bed,
2-wheel drive
ENGINE: Ford 4.3 V6, fuel injected,
Aluminum heads & intake ported & polished, forged pistons,
H-Beam rods, racing cam,
Roller rockers, high flow injectors, and
Throttle body
FUEL:
Capacity: 32 Gallon fuel cell
Type ASB Performance Sunoco Fuel - 112 Octane race gas
TRANSMISSION: Tremec TK0600 5 speed manual
Clutch Mustang Cobra
Flywheel Billet Steel
REAR AXLE: Tubeworks Ford 9” full floater chromoly housing & axle tubes
Differential: 40 splined Spool 5.78-1 Richmond gears
SUSPENSION:
Front Modified and reinforced F150 I-beams, equal length,
King 2.5” Coilover shocks,
King 3”By-pass shocks and hydraulic bump stops,
25” wheel travel
Rear Four-link trailing arms
King 2.5” coil over shocks,
King 3” By-pass shocks and hydraulic bump stops,
30” wheel travel
BRAKES: C.N.C. pedal assemblies with Outlaw four piston race calipers and
12.2” vented disc brakes
WHEELS and TIRES:
Wheels: KMC 17” x 8”
Tires: BF Goodrich – Baja T/A KM 35-12.5-17
DIMENSIONS:
Wheel Base 117 inches
Overall Length 18 feet
Overall Width 78 inches
Race Weight 4300 pounds
LIGHTS: Acro Off Road Lights 7” HID 3 front and 4 on light bar
INSTRUMENTATION: Autometer liquid filled gauges
TELEMETRY SYSTEM:Lowrance GPS
Kenwood Race Radio
By PCI Race Radio
Daniel Chamlee
Vital Statistics
DATE OF BIRTH: May 17, 1962
BIRTHPLACE: Santa Barbara, California
RESIDENCE: Montecito, California
WIFE: Laurie
CHILDREN: Daniel, Jr. – 27
Jamie – 25
Thomas – 23
Stacy – 21
Whitney – 19
Valerie – 18
OCCUPATION: The Factory Appliance, Inc. – CEO
Appliance sales and service
Maytag, Amana, Jenn-air, Whirlpool, Kitchen-Aid and Estate
Authorized Dealer
CIRCUITS: SCORE International Desert Series
RACE VEHICLE & CLASS: SCORE Class 7 Ford Ranger
TEAM: thefactoryracing.com
Daniel Chamlee has racing in his blood. His grandfather, Thomas Newton loved to design, fabricate and race boats. Tom has many championship titles and still holds many records. Dan loves to go fast, but mostly he loves the challenge of designing and fabricating parts & proving that they work. His father just happened to be a welder so building parts was 2nd nature growing up in a steel shop. Dan’s first car at 15 was a Baja bug he built from the pan up. He has designed and built many unusual street legal 4×4’s and custom cars.
Dan has spent years going to races studying the many different classes and styles. He read the SCORE rulebook from cover to cover until he had nearly memorized it in order to understand the advantages and disadvantages in each class before he began his own truck. Dan has a gift for understanding how things work. By trade he is an appliance repairman and knows the inside and out of every domestic appliance made. He often has technicians from competing businesses call him when they are stuck on a problem. Because they know he’ll know the answer.
Dan spent many hours sketching different options for suspension before beginning his work. Once he had decided he took an old service truck with 350,000 miles on it and a blown engine and began the transformation. He would spend a long day repairing appliances then come home in the evening and work all night on the truck. And then go to work again the next day. Each step brought new and exciting challenges. Often he would spend hours just thinking through the next process. His biggest thrill is seeing his ideas implemented. Now that he has a few seasons under his belt he loves knowing that the suspension he has designed and built is very competitive.
Dan has enjoyed the time he has spent with his sons and daughters, each learning and contributing with their own strengths and many sleepless nights.
Pit Crew and Chase Team
Laurie Chamlee – Crew Chief
Daniel Chamlee, Jr.
Thomas Chamlee
Jamie Chamlee-Lehl
Stacy Chamlee-Jacobsen
Whitney Chamlee
Valerie Chamlee
Scott Brady
Bill Chamlee
Ryan Gomez
Amy Tate
David Owens
AJ Denunzio
Sammy VanNess
Jake Spears
Jessy VanHoy
Ian Graham