Racing on a budget (legal)

[turtledude]

<span style="font-size: 11pt">last weekend....a day of it for $50.
at Arroyo Seco Raceway....near Deming,New Mexico</span>








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video from previous event:

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[j-kid]

Re: Racing on a budget (legal)

Mi ha wan question:

Does race car drivers only use manual steerings wheels?

[turtledude]

Re: Racing on a budget (legal)

JKid, this was an event that anybody who had any kind of car, a helmet, and $50 could do. About half the people that were there had never run a track. Most all of the cars were modified street cars with aftermarket parts, that are driven daily. I'm sure a lot of them have power steering.

[Nanook]

Re: Racing on a budget (legal)

Are you racing with the Subaru?

[turtledude]

Re: Racing on a budget (legal)

until the Ford is finished (hopefully by March)....got joint custody of the Subi (weekend visitation rights)
I'm workin toward my competition licence so I can go do bigger events in the Ford like the Targa Newfoundland.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Racing on a budget (legal)

At those speeds,power steering is just a waste.

It uses energy and produce an unnecessary good.

You want some resistance in the steering at those speeds, or it becomes very easy to oversteer.
At those speeds, It is light enough, sometimes too light, irrespective of the tires.
They have to place air dams on the front to put additional pressure on the front wheels and give the resistance to the steering and keep the car on the road

I like the sound of the pipes though, sound like it redlines at about 7-8 ooo.

I like the cornering approaches too.

As long as there is anyone trying to pass.
And he seem to have had the lap all by himself too.... No contenders.<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mi ha wan question:

Does race car drivers only use manual steerings wheels? </div></div>

[turtledude]

Re: Racing on a budget (legal)

Doc,it's called &quot;lapping&quot; and you can only pass on the straights, if the guy in front of you waves ya by. The competition part of it involves having the track to yourself and getting timed. The cars were divided into classes by weight/hp ratio. Pickup trucks have been driven at these events.....plain, ordinary,big, pickup trucks. The Ford I'm building will have no power steering....but will have ground effects, full roll cage etc.- Racing that will be in a class more like what you are talking about....but I need the licence to do <span style="font-style: italic">that</span>.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Racing on a budget (legal)

sound Somewhat like time tryals we use to do when I was a youth.
Yes we had to get compettitors licenses too.
It is more about safety than to asess abillity.

All about being able to manage unusual uccurrencies, which is not so unusual in racing.

It helps on the highway though.
Good luck. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: turtledude</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Doc,it's called &quot;lapping&quot; and you can only pass on the straights, if the guy in front of you waves ya by. The competition part of it involves having the track to yourself and getting timed. The cars were divided into classes by weight/hp ratio. Pickup trucks have been driven at these events.....plain, ordinary,big, pickup trucks. The Ford I'm building will have no power steering....but will have ground effects, full roll cage etc.- Racing that will be in a class more like what you are talking about....but I need the licence to do <span style="font-style: italic">that</span>. </div></div>