JohnnyZoomNow

I started with this years novice cone clinic and haven’t missed any after that. I also run at Pungo with ODR, though I did have to miss one of those events because of work. My times are terrible but I’m enjoying the challenge to improve them. Say hi next time you are out there, I’m the only one running a yellow Miata right now.


Ok, back to the more exciting topic of wheel to wheel road racing and who is interested in it.

lightningd

have you been to the track at all yet? even just to watch and drink beer on sat. night?


what? money? there's plenty of that to go around, lol. no but seriously, i had similar issues when i bought my car. replacing parts and troubleshooting problems. i had the drop the gas tank in mine to check the fuel pump and ended up breaking a corroded fuel line--the hard line that goes to the fuel filter in the engine bay. anyways, once you get your novice license, just concentrate on getting those first 4 clean races in to get your provisional license. you'll get faster just by the nature being on track with close competition.

if you need some parts, like the transponder, check out roadraceautox.com 's classified section.

oh ok. i usually instruct at the clinic, but work gets me on saturdays quite a bit. they always 'need' me they say. well i'm glad to see you're having fun. you should try to spectate a track weekend with NASA and get a ride-along, or even to go the VIR Rolex event when it comes to VIR. beware of the bug though, it leaves a nasty bite

asininedervish

Without a second vehicle, i dont think i would make that jump. Seems like your risk would increase, just by the nature of competing. If i picked up some beater though, it certainly seems like a blast.

Axelerate

HPDE's are not competition, and 90% of people starting out at the track do so in their daily drivers.

impound

Schedule conflicts and $ are keeping me from getting on track. My goal is to do one HPDE this season.

Broke Neck

Like Shawn I have a stock miata (now with suspension, and r compounds) if it goes in a wall .... sure ill be upset, BUT thats MAINLY the reason I bought it was to beat the ever living shit out of it on the track. I do occasionally drive it as a daily, but do have other daily options if something were to happen to it.

Im up in the air and only time and money will chose my path. At this point id like to set a goal to EVENTUALLY run CMC, that means work my way through DE, comp school .... OBVIOUSLY build a car for CMC, those cars are cheaper than the AI cars and its ALOT more realistic for me than AI.


ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT


My girl is doing a hyperdrive next weekend, if she ends up liking it then I will probally look into building a mustang strictly for the track for me to race with next year and let her take over the miata.

As of now my goal further down the road is CMC, but may end up just doing TT for a while .... like I said only time and money will tell.

I do know that im fucking hooked, im pretty sure the girl will get hooked which makes the whole race weekend thing alot easier to do especially since I go with a group of close friends that are dedicated racers.

lightningd

it is a blast like nothing else. drag racing times a million. like brett said, most people started off with their daily doing hpde's, as i did. it is always nice to know you have a second car in case the track cars breaks though.


i remember those daily. a big part of the reason i have the job i do now is because i could have weekends off, heh. my first year, i only did one, and progressed an additional event each year. try to save up and get that first event in

i would think you could pick up a built CMC car for cheap also. if you talk to some people i the class, they may know some people who are selling. btw, having a girl that likes going helps out things all around, heh.

Beach Cruiser

CMC or AI or AIX is my eventual goal, but I'll be in the Chevy Camp! But it won't be in the car I have now for AutoX, it'll be a beater firebird or camaro that's not worth near as much as my WS6.

lightningd

found a pretty good link from roadraceautox.com for anyone who's looking for info, http://www.goaheadtakethewheel.com/

vbspec

I missed this post....
Cool glad you will be back out on track. And no HC 1-2 will be in Thunder again and this time I'll be better prepaired. I saw that X was instructing and running time trials so thats cool....

And congrats on the move, a garage is an awsome thing to have!!!!