Scott Shadbolt’s Bavarian Beauty

Scott Shadbolt’s

Bavarian Beauty

It’s a 2002 e46 BMW M3, it has its original paint and it is Scott Shadbolt’s weekend warrior. It is driven to the track, raced and driven home again. Is it competitive? Hell yes, Scott even has championship trophies to prove it!

Forty year old Scott Shadbolt lives, breathes and works on and around cars, in other words he is a true car enthusiast. Known for having the most meticulously clean track car at the events he attends, he is passionate about Time Attack as a motorsport because it is the ultimate combination of optimizing the platform (in his case, a supercharged 2002 BMW E36M3) and the driver. There is no real worry about some banzai move by another competitor into a corner. It is almost tunnel vision as far as he is concerned. Scott has combined his competitive spirit, problem solving nature and added equal parts of speed and style to make the street-legal M3 one that guarantees to have all eyes turning wherever it goes.

Scott spends his days with BMWs too, he is a business manager/sales consulatant with Toronto BMW where he can be found on the third floor of the building overlooking the city and the Don River. In fact it was here in front of their newly installed Motorsport wall that we carried out the static photoshoot. In all aspects of life, Scott is a driven individual, the same focus he applies dealing with customers at BMW Toronto is applied to his racing. Everything must be just so! “That is why the car looks like it does” he said before going on, “I have to look the part on the floor at the dealership and there is no reason for the car to look just as professional at the race track.” Racing for Shadbolt is a family affair and it is not just immediate family, the FS Motorports family is a family event with wife Eloise and his parents Debbi and Mike at nearly every event. The F of FS Motorsports is Farshad Sani who runs a Nissan GTR and shows up with his family at events. Farshad and Scott’s “racing family” have become a big part of their success with friends who regularly come out to show their support and offer assistance. Rocco at RMP Motors who has been irreplaceable offering incredibly skilled and detailed workmanship, vast BMW and racing knowledge and ensuring the setup is always spot on. ESS Tuning who provided a great supercharger kit and are always on hand to help Raamy at 467 Auto Salon as he is always on hand to help with Scott’s PPF and Ceramic coating needs. Keeping a racecar this clean isn’t easy! Matt at GT Exhaust in Pickering always makes himself available for a quick weld and did a fantastic job building the single exit exhaust. Ronny at O’Brian Motorsports built the best cage Scott could have hoped for. Scott’s mom, Debbi’s chocolate brownies: a track day must have, accompanied by a post-race Red Bull

Age 16: Freshly licensed and started building cars in his parents garage. Aced auto shop class at school. Age 17: First car he built was a 1989 Nissan 240sx with a fully built KA24 NA Age 18: Second car built was another S13, this time a 1991 with an SR swap which he ran at local auto cross events Age 19: Learnt that driving on the track was the place to go fast (not the highway) Age 24: After selling the 1991 S13, he bought yet another S13 to start a more track focused build focusing on light weight and response with a mildly built SR. Scott ran the S13 at many track events at TMP, Mosport DDT and Dunnville. There wasn’t much happening with Time Attack back then but he was hooked and eventually moved from the S13 platform into a R32 GTR, continuing to run as many track days as he could attend. Age 27: Purchased the M3 with an epic 24 hr road trip back from Denver Colorado with his dad. At the time, Scott was tracking the GTR so intended to preserve the M3 as a nice, street car. Age 29: Scott purchased his first home and this necessitated parting with either the GTR or the M3; it was the GTR was sold. However Staying away from the track proved impossible and Scott quickly found himself back, running the M3 in completely stock form. Impressed with how the car felt he quickly performed some basic mods to make the car more capable including a Tein coilover suspension setup, a square wheel setup and uprated brake pads. Age 30: Scott participated in his first CSCS event and after running a few Time Attack events was quickly pulled in by some early success and podium finishes (keep in mind sub 1:20 at TMP was almost unheard of back then!). Successfully claimed the CSCS National Championship for 2011 in Super Street RWD. Since then the car has continued to evolve from a mild street car to what it is today, improving as he grows as a driver while trying to keep pace with the quickly evolving sport of Time Attack.

Scott’s Projects over the Years.

1989 Nissan 240sx with a fully built KA24 NA 1991 Nissan 240 with a SR swap 1992 Nissan 240 with SR swap 1990 R32 GTR 2002 BMW M3 1973 Datsun 240z (just acquired!)

Scott’s Competition History

Canadian Sport Compact Series Super Street RWD Class Has competed with the series every year since 2011. Four-time National Championship Winner

Speed Ring 2018 Ventured to Pontiac, Mi for his first Time Attack event on foreign soil.

Ontario Time Attack Series The OTA is the only Canadian series which competes on Canadian Tire Motorsport Park’s (Mosport) Grand Prix circuit.

Drivetrain: BMW S54B 3.2 liter 6-Speed manual transmission ESS VT2 575 supercharger kit ESS intake manifold ESS Air to Air Intercooler Custom 3.5 inch exhaust by GT Exhaust Header by Status Gruppe OEM LSD Stock Rear End Ratio Radium engineering surge tank Snow meth kit Suspension: JRZ RS dampers SLR front control arms Turner lower rear control arms Turner front and rear sway bars Brakes: Stoptech Trophy kit, six piston front calipers, four piston rear 355mm rotors front and rear 18x10 Apex ARC8 or Enkei NT03 wheels with 265/35/18 Trofeo R tires for CSCS competition Electrics: ESS tune flashed to factory DME Garmin Catalyst Performance Analyzer Body: BMW unibody Rollcage by O’Brien Motorsports Voltex Type 7 Rear carbon wing Self built front splitter Trackspec Hood Vents Interior: OMP HTE-R Seat Renown 130R Steering Wheel Floor mounted Fire Extinguisher So what’s next for you and the M3, Scott?

The next step with the M3 is not fully known at this time. The car is very reliable and a blast to drive, however Time Attack doesn’t stand still! To remain at the top, both driver and car must be consistentlyimproving. Since the car remains driven and not trailered to events, sacrificing drivability and reliability for performance is a tight rope act. There is a constant push from competitors that has helped develop the car and myself as a driver. I mostly run with CSCS and occasionally compete with the Ontario Time Attack series.

Ontario is fortunate to be able to support three Time Attack series with a variety of accessible tracks. For sure I am looking forward to returning to Calabogie this summer and I am stoked that their track is on Assetto Corsa so I can refresh my memory of its many, many turns. I would love to see more Time Attack events at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park GP circuit (CSCS are you listening?!) and speaking of legendary tracks, when will we see time attack at Watkins Glen International? After travelling there four years straight (pre COVID) for DE days I would love to compete in an event there. It’s an amazingly fast, challenging, but fun track to drive. It’s definitely a track worthy of respect. How about one ‘away’ event being included in the series? Many series do things like that. It may even bring more Americans up to race with us.

Scott’s Auto CV

Age 16: Freshly licensed and started building cars inhis parents garage. Aced auto shop class at school.Age 17: First car he built was a 1989 Nissan 240sxwith a fully built KA24 NAAge 18: Second car built was another S13, this timea 1991 with an SR swap which he ran at local autocross eventsAge 19: Learnt that driving on the track was theplace to go fast (not the highway)Age 24: After selling the 1991 S13, he bought yetanother S13 to start a more track focused buildfocusing on light weight and response with a mildlybuilt SR.Scott ran the S13 at many track events at TMP,Mosport DDT and Dunnville. There wasn’t muchhappening with Time Attack back then but he washooked and eventually moved from the S13 platforminto a R32 GTR, continuing to run as many trackdays as he could attend.Age 27: Purchased the M3 with an epic 24 hr roadtrip back from Denver Colorado with his dad. Atthe time, Scott was tracking the GTR so intended topreserve the M3 as a nice, street car.Age 29: Scott purchased his first home and thisnecessitated parting with either the GTR or the M3;it was the GTR was sold. However Staying awayfrom the track proved impossible and Scott quicklyfound himself back, running the M3 in completelystock form. Impressed with how the car felt hequickly performed some basic mods to make the carmore capable including a Tein coilover suspensionsetup, a square wheel setup and uprated brakepads.Age 30: Scott participated in his first CSCS eventand after running a few Time Attack events wasquickly pulled in by some early success and podiumfinishes (keep in mind sub 1:20 at TMP was almostunheard of back then!). Successfully claimed theCSCS National Championship for 2011 in SuperStreet RWD.Since then the car has continued to evolve from a mild street car to what it is today, improving as he grows as a driver while trying to keep pace with the quickly evolving sport of Time Attack.

Scott’s Projects over the Years.

1989 Nissan 240sx with a fully built KA24 NA 1991 Nissan 240 with a SR swap 1992 Nissan 240 with SR swap 1990 R32 GTR 2002 BMW M3 1973 Datsun 240z (just acquired!)

Drivetrain: BMW S54B 3.2 liter 6-Speed manual transmission ESS VT2 575 supercharger kit ESS intake manifold ESS Air to Air Intercooler Custom 3.5 inch exhaust by GT Exhaust Header by Status Gruppe OEM LSD Stock Rear End Ratio Radium engineering surge tank Snow meth kit Suspension: JRZ RS dampers SLR front control arms Turner lower rear control arms Turner front and rear sway bars Brakes: Stoptech Trophy kit, six piston front calipers, four piston rear 355mm rotors front and rear 18x10 Apex ARC8 or Enkei NT03 wheels with 265/35/18 Trofeo R tires for CSCS competition Electrics: ESS tune flashed to factory DME Garmin Catalyst Performance Analyzer Body: BMW unibody Rollcage by O’Brien Motorsports Voltex Type 7 Rear carbon wing Self built front splitter Trackspec Hood Vents Interior: OMP HTE-R Seat Renown 130R Steering Wheel Floor mounted Fire Extinguisher

The next step with the M3 is not fully known at this time. The car is very reliable and a blast to drive, however Time Attack doesn’t stand still! To remain at the top, both driver and car must be consistentlyimproving.

Since the car remains driven and not trailered to events, sacrificing drivability and reliability for performance is a tight rope act. There is a constant push from competitors that has helped develop the car and myself as a driver. I mostly run with CSCS and occasionally compete with the Ontario Time Attack series.