ChumpCar Racing

[rose0529]

Awesome! Glad you had a good time and were able to get out on the track! This sounds like alot of fun, I hope I get to do somthing like this someday!

[s1ngletracker]

Nice work dizzle! Sorry about the coolant spill, too bad it didn't get caught asap. If something like that happens and you kill the car immediately and get towed back to the pits, can you then fix it and get back out there? or are you just done b/c of the tow?

you can get back out there. One car got flat towed like 3 times on saturday and still kept fixing problems and racing... ha

[Matt D.]

LOL, that purple Neon had to have gotten towed back at least a dozen times, not joking. I think the safety crew was getting sick of them, haha.

[s1ngletracker]

yeah, thats the team i was talking about. I wasn't paying really close attention, but i knew it was at least 3!

[MrScary]

Cool story. I know a few of the members from Team Cougar Bait

[john]

Slow Pokes was there on Friday and by chance my friend Oleg was there with his S4, so I rode with him for about a half hour. It opened my eyes and it's a lot safer than I realized (ie. you have to be retarded or have something break to have an accident), so now I'm looking forward to getting up there sometime, but right now I'm eyeing a session with the BIR Performance School. They both have their pros and cons, but for as cheap as autocross is I can't give it up, seat time is seat time.[/IMG]

YES, the road course is a blast! I have spun out a few times at BIR without any damage nor any close calls. You have some room for error at that particular track. We go to a few of the performance driving school days and they have an in car instructor all day for you to help with the line, etc.

We were going to try to do the chump car deal with a 95 awd dsm we bought for $700. Sell the seats, scrap the alloys, etc but it wasn't a priority and never got done. Will for sure try next year. Congrats on 3rd.

[Matt D.]

We were going to try to do the chump car deal with a 95 awd dsm we bought for $700. Sell the seats, scrap the alloys, etc but it wasn't a priority and never got done. Will for sure try next year. Congrats on 3rd.
We had a 1g AWD DSM as an option as well, but there's no way it could keep up to an MR2 so that's the way we went. Lots more to go wrong with an AWD turbo car, too.

[mlomker]

We go to a few of the performance driving school days and they have an in car instructor all day for you to help with the line, etc.

I think it's worth the money. Every now and then someone will pass you but the BIR Performance days are nothing like racing. The huge majority of people are on a track for the first time and not that many people even try to pass.

I wish my car would be ready for the 11th but I'm still shooting for the 26th. They are running the full track that day so I can see what 150 is like...the fastest I've ever gone is 130's on the SV650 that I use to have.

[Matt D.]

I think it's worth the money. Every now and then someone will pass you but the BIR Performance days are nothing like racing. The huge majority of people are on a track for the first time and not that many people even try to pass.

I wish my car would be ready for the 11th but I'm still shooting for the 26th. They are running the full track that day so I can see what 150 is like...the fastest I've ever gone is 130's on the SV650 that I use to have.
I really really enjoyed the short course and what it offered. I'd like to do the long course at least once, but I have a good feeling that the short course is where my heart is.

[s1ngletracker]

We had a 1g AWD DSM as an option as well, but there's no way it could keep up to an MR2 so that's the way we went. Lots more to go wrong with an AWD turbo car, too.


agreed. As much as I like DSMs, I dont think i'd wanna do chumpcar with one.