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A literal race to the clouds, Pikes Peak: On the Edge is an exclusive, fast-paced retelling of the world's most thrilling race. No guardrails. No bias. The real story of Pikes Peak that no one has ever seen.
Check out rookie #269 Shawn Bassett‘s run in a 1972 Datsun 240Z at the 98th running of the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, brought to you by Gran Turismo. He placed 7th in the Exhibition division and 39th overall!
Shawn Bassett, owner and builder of the famous carbon Datsun 240Z, joins us to talk about his journey on fabricating a race car for Pikes Peak.
"I had always wanted to run Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Being a longtime professional motorcycle racer, I thought it would happen on two wheels, not four," he explains. "But I realized it was time to finally put to use all the fabrication and composite skills I'd learned over the years to give this beat-up car a purpose and make that dream a reality for me at the same time."
Not every build that begins with a definite plan ends up following it to a tee. Sometimes, circumstances can push a project car in a completely different direction than the one you thought you were headed in when you first started turning a wrench. That's exactly what happened with Shawn Bassett when he first laid eyes on this Datsun 240Z at a local racetrack.
Shawn Bassett's 240z is a real "rags to riches" type automotive build, starting as a sub-$2k barn find - and ending up as the carbon bodied time attack beast you see before you now. And the best part? Shawn drives the hell out of this thing any chance he gets.
We got a chance to sit down with our buddy Shawn Bassett on his trip out to California to talk about the Attacking the Clock Full Carbon 240z and how this amazing build came to be.
Shawn Bassett is our type of dude. With our type of car build. Clean/engineered enough for a Build Bio episode, but built to be used. Heavily. Check out what his time attack car can do out there in the burnyard.
In case you thought you need a well-sorted, super-clean car to go racing, here's one that proves otherwise. It's Datsun 240Z owner Shawn Bassett bought off Craigslist for $1100 that started out as a ratty, Bondo-covered basket case and slowly evolved into the time-attack beast you see here.
The Toyo Tire Treadpass was, as it usually is, full of some of the best cars at SEMA.
For the most part, these are cars that have all been built in a very Speedhunters-esque way, and each one easily deserves a feature. In the company of so many quality builds, one in particular stood out; Shawn Bassett’s full carbon 240Z.