My team, Slugworks, is looking for a driver for this season of Chumpcar (
www.chumpcar.com, budget wheel-to-wheel road course racing, $500 cars, similar to Lemons). We have a fully prepped 1990 Honda Civic sedan that should be very competitive this year.
We are looking for someone to do as many events as possible, potentially just be a permanent member of the team. The deal we have been giving people, is that if you come and work on the car with us, then you won't have to pay as much. If not, we just ask the going rate for a seat at the races.
Racing experience of any sort is a plus, but having a good attitude, meshing well with the team, and having fun are really what we're about. Last year all of us started with no wheel-to-wheel experience, and only a bit of autoX/rallyX experience. Chumpcar is a great place to start. Also some wrenching experience is good. What am I saying? This is a DSM forum, you're all experts
Single-cam Hondas are way easier to work on.
Anyway, you do need some gear to race. You need a SNELL SA rated helmet, multi-layer fire suit/gloves/shoes/socks. It can be pricey, so factor that into it. The expenses to race will be in the order of 300-400 per race, which includes race entry, gas, tires, brake pads and all the expendibles. Likely hotel accomodations as well, details will be secured as we go along.
If you want to know more about the rules:
http://www.chumpcar.com/rules_fees.php
The events we plan on attending (subject to change):
26-27 March 2011
Road America (Elkhart Lake, WI)
Greater Sheboygan Festival of Loons
30 April - 1 May 2011
Iowa Speedway (Newton, IA)
The Right of Spring 24 (or is that Left?)
4-5 June 2011
Brainerd Int'l Raceway (Brainerd, MN)
The Land of 10,000 Breaks Double-7
and if we qualify...
3-5 September 2011
Iowa Speedway (Newton, IA)
The 2011 ChumpCar National Chumpionship
if not, we will be going to:
22-23 October 2011
Hallett Motor Racing Circuit (Jennings, OK)
Redemption at the OK Corral
Anyway, I'm opening this invite up to this forum first, as everyone I've met from here is pretty cool and there seems to be interest in racing.
Chump car is very cheap seat time (all the races are either dual 7-hour enduros, 14 hours or 24 hours) and a complete blast. We will probably only bring the minimum of 4 drivers + a couple crew to all the races to maximize seat time. Seriously some of the most fun I've ever had. If you're competitive and like driving, wheel to wheel racing is where its at.
PM me with interest and we can go from there!
-Paul Kruse
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