I don't think I have any pictures of my first couple of track cars. I think the first picture I have of any of my track cars is of my 86 Rx7 I'll have to go look and see.
I don't think I have any pictures of my first couple of track cars. I think the first picture I have of any of my track cars is of my 86 Rx7 I'll have to go look and see.
My first was a single seater the first season, then upgraded to the two seater. This is Memorial Day race in 1988 in Lake Geneva, Wis
My father and I built an ITA Mazda RX-3 back in the mid-80's. Was my first "real race car", used to autocross, hillclimb, drivers school and track car.
Picture is in the pits at the Duryea Hillclimb in Reading, PA.
After years of motorcycles on track, I got the STi.
In reply to myf16n :
I've heard that lot of people who ride motorcycles end up with STI's
drsmooth said:In reply to myf16n :
I've heard that lot of people who ride motorcycles end up with STI's
Interesting, I haven't heard that.
After a couple years and 10 trackdays trying to make the STi something it wasn't, I got rid of it and moved to a C6 Z06.
In reply to Rodan :
I didn't specify what kind of track the the drag car counts.
What class of bike did you race? I was one of those guys on the pesky 125 GP bikes.
This was it. Bought for $1800 in 2003 or so with 123k, gradually fixed a bunch of various things, added konis and springs and exhaust, and drove it a lot. It did pretty well on track back in the day.
drsmooth said:In reply to myf16n :
I've heard that lot of people who ride motorcycles end up with STI's
All of my racing friends who switched 2 to 4 wheels had some kind of Improved Touring car.
I think this stemmed from the fact that the Improved Touring class philosophy aligned with the motorcycle classes of the time.
myf16n said:After years of motorcycles on track, I got the STi.
Some antibiotics will probably clear that right up.
In reply to Tom1200 :
600s and later 1000s. 3 years of trackdays, and then the year I decided to get serious about actual racing we had a work related relocation, and the race bike/trailer, etc got sold off to buy a house.
Never owned an STi...
In reply to Rodan :
This is circa 1987 at Willow Springs.
I think starting on bikes is a big advantage; you have to figure it out or you fall down.
My 1991 318is, which was my first car. First DE was in 2008 and the car was almost completely stock except for some super soft Apex springs, Konig 15x7 wheels, and some "high performance" all season tires. I mostly stuck to autocross back then since I was a high school kid with no money. I have zero pictures of the car on track until about 2013 when this picture was taken, by which point I'd made a lot of changes.
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