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Sports Car Racing
January 25th, 2010 | 
Author: So you want to race your car? That’s good, but you need some information before you jump in. There are many things to consider
from what type of car, what kind of tracks, what your budget is, etc.. The most important things to start with is what your budget is. Both the initial budget to buy / build a car, and secondly your continued annual budget. Once you’ve determined your budget, you must decide what type of racing you want to do. There are several major racing organizations around the United States, with the SCCA and NASA are two of the biggest. There is also racing groups around particular tent, as the BMW CCA Club Racing, Porsche Club Racing, etc. Finally, there are many regional groups and the Midwest Council Sports Car Club.
In each of these organizations, they all have a GCR (general competition rules), which is what you need to read cover to cover before you do anything. That is where most people go the wrong way. They decide that they want to compete, go and buy a car of their liking, buy a bunch of go fast goodies, bolt them, and they contact the racing organizations. They show up, ready to compete, and then discover that they can’not much because the car is full of non-permitted changes. In GCR, first you need the class that you want to run in. They all usually have different classes of a stock (or equity-like), to fully Mod (heavily modified) cars. This rule will also increase expenditures.
Sports Car Racing is For All Ages
Individuals have loved the competition of “the race” for as long as there have been vehicles to race. Even before there were motor vehicles, if there were animals to pull the mode of transportation, then the “race was on.” We have all heard of the great chariot races of the times of the Roman Empire.
Man has evolved to sports car racing throughout the years and today it is one of the most popular sports. With the invention of the motor vehicle, man not only gained a new form of transportation but also a new way to race and stir up more competition.
The very first one that was held in the U.S. took place on November 28th, in the year 1895. The race was held in the city of Evanston, Illinois and was only a little over 54 miles. The whole race took over ten hours to finish.
This was just the start of what evolved into the automobile racing phenomenon of today. Since the time of the first automobile auto racing competition, fans have continued to flock to the car race track venues to show their support for their favorite driver and share in the thrill of the race.
If you are a fan of sports auto racing, then you already know that there are many different types of sports car racing that fans can enjoy. Enjoying competition racing does not have to begin when an individual reaches adulthood. There are many different types of competitions that children and younger individuals can take part in, as either fans or participants.
Go-kart racing is very popular with children and can bring about a large amount of competition for both the children and their parents. Rc car racing is another huge favorite, but is not limited to only children. Many adults love to build and race rc vehicles. Other types of racing that draws in fans of all ages are the stock car race, Indy car racing and even the street car race.
There are many different types of sports car racing for fans to enjoy. Each different type brings something different to the world of racing. Sprint automobile racing and Indy car racing bring speed and thrills and of course the endurance that the drivers must have.
Sports Car Racing - How to Get Started
So you want to race your car?
That’s great, but you need some information before jumping in. There are many things to consider from what type of car, what type of tracks, what your budget etc is. The most important things to start with are what your budget is. Both the up-front budget to acquire/build a car, and secondly your ongoing annual budget. Once you have your budget defined, you will need to determine what kind of racing you want to do. There are several large racing organizations around the US, with SCCA and NASA being two of the largest. There are also racing groups around particular marquees, like BMW CCA Club Racing, Porsche Club Racing etc. Lastly there are many regional groups like Midwest Council Sport Car Club.
In each of these organizations, they all have a GCR ( General Competition Rules ), which is what you need to read cover to cover before doing anything. This is where most folks go down the wrong path. They decide they want to race, go buy a car of their liking, buy a bunch of go fast goodies, bolt them on, and they contact the racing organizations. They show up, are ready to race, and then find out that they can’t do much as their car is full of non-allowed modifications. In the GCR, you must first find that class that you wish to drive in. They all typically have various classes from a Stock (or Stock like), to full out Mod (highly modified) cars. This typically will also increase the spend.
Once you have your class defined, the next step is finding the right car. Depending on your motivations, there are different ways to look at this. If you want to win, do some research to find out what cars are dominating the classes and go for one of those. If you want a particular model, then find where that model fits, and build/buy to that. Note that not all cars are guaranteed to be competitive in all classes…usually just the opposite.
I would highly recommend finding the online forums for whatever group you wish to run with, and get active. Read what other active racers are saying, ask questions, learn about the group. One big mistake that we see a lot of folks do is everyone thinks they can build a car cheaply for racing. This just cannot be done. I would highly recommend looking to buy a pre-built proven car over building one nearly every time. Building a car is typically 2-3 times more expensive than buying a built sorted car.This was just a very small primer on racing. Hard to go into all the important areas but the biggest items are to define clearly what you want to get from racing, what you want to spend, and where you want to do it. Armed with this info, you can more easily pick your organization, class, and car that you wish to race.
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