Mototown USA in Windor - Indoor Car racing!

[Jake]

Next week open practice....

http://www.mototownusa.com/mototownnm/anmv...r.asp?a=334&z=6 (http://www.mototownusa.com/mototownnm/anmviewer.asp?a=334&z=6)

Links to GCR... er... rules... (sorta)

http://www.mototownusa.com/mototownnm/anmv...r.asp?a=305&z=6 (http://www.mototownusa.com/mototownnm/anmviewer.asp?a=305&z=6)

[gran racing]

Hmmm. That could be very interesting! Maybe I'll have to go over there and check it out.

[JLawton]

Dave, can I borrow the Neon for a couple of days?? ;)

I like a couple of the rules:

No mirrors
Must have brakes


Could be fun though. Hmmmmmmmmmm

[Tkczecheredflag]

We're working on this deal "off auction" for Mototown USA. Still needs a an engine but a decent car for starters - we'll see what happens.
We were planning to be there on Thursday night (no car of course and a cheaper trip than going south to the ARRC), as a spectator. There are tons of 270cc and 600cc cars out there for very reasonable prices.
Most guys have tons of spares and since market demand is small they are very open to negotiations - there are deals to be had for those racers that are looking to move to there next racing experience.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001-Factor...1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001-Factor-1-mini-sprint-600-chassis-factor-one_W0QQitemZ190168361632QQihZ009QQcategoryZ98061Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

[gran racing]

Don't think I didn't consider the Neon, although I'd need to buy out Jon. It's still in it's Showroom Stock form. :023:

[jimalley]

TIM

I ran Mini sprints in the mid 1980's. Lots of fun, but be prepared to have a good stock of suspension parts available :D

Open wheel dirt track racing seems to attract a a fair amount of close quarters contact. Without fenders to protect the wheels the slightest of contact makes for interesting results.

It is alot of fun to pitch and slide these cars around the corners and a with the short wheelbase the quick response in the car is great.

You will have a blast if you decide to pursue this. Good Luck.

Jim

[Tkczecheredflag]

TIM

I ran Mini sprints in the mid 1980's. Lots of fun, but be prepared to have a good stock of suspension parts available :D

Open wheel dirt track racing seems to attract a a fair amount of close quarters contact. Without fenders to protect the wheels the slightest of contact makes for interesting results.

It is alot of fun to pitch and slide these cars around the corners and a with the short wheelbase the quick response in the car is great.

You will have a blast if you decide to pursue this. Good Luck.

Jim
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Thanks Jim - We are just putting our "toe in the water" to see if we want to swim (or sink).

[Jake]

I'm out of town for the Thursday event - but I'm very interested in getting involved. Living 30 minutes from the track certainly helps! I'd definately be interested in going in halvsies or thirdsies into a car to try it out.

Jake

[Tkczecheredflag]

I am getting tapped to do some "Dad" duities. I will not be at teh track on Tgursday. For the guys that go (Jeff L) - keep us posted.

[Tkczecheredflag]

More info on the Bud Light 12 Pack Series at Mototown
http://www.microracing.com/forum/topic.asp...6;sid=&id=10748 (http://www.microracing.com/forum/topic.asp?$sid=&id=10748)

[JLawton]

I stopped by last night intending to stay just a couple of minutes to see what it was all about.......Well, an hour and one pissed off wife later...........

It was VERY cool!! I could have stayed and watched the whole practice (never having seen dirt racing live). Very nice facility, great areas to watch. Although it will be cold during the winter!!

Those micros screamed!! I'm talkin' front wheels off the ground fast!!

But they seem to have a HIGH roll over potential, so I'll just watch those!! Unfortunately, they only had one production based car running, and he looked like a beginner. I can't imagine that doing that during the winter wouldn't help make you a better driver. it looks very cheap to do. Just need a cage (and the one I saw did the job, but wasn't pretty), fuel cell, harness and a totally stock car

Hmmmmm, what has a long wheel base, light weight (which I think would be more important than horsepower due to the lack of traction), single cam, low center of gravity. Maybe a four door, single cam Saturn???

[gran racing]

It was pretty cool. I was really surprised with how fast those micros flew around the track. Watching it on tv doesn't do it justice.

I took a closer look at the one sedan at the event, and it was interesting. Everything had chains around it - doors, front bumper, rear bumper, as well as a few other items. In such close quarters with cars trying to pass, it sure must get interesting! Like Jeff explained to me before seeing the car, the cage was basically a simple box around the driver. I kept thinking what Matt Kessler and Grant would have been saying when looking at the cage. There's absolutely no effort to get it near the pillars - it was at least one foot from the roof.

The paddock will absolutely be cold as it's outside. Burrrr! The track is almost equally as cold. I would not want to be working on a car during the winter months there. :blink:

I think it would be a lot of fun to do a few times, but am not so sure I'd want to invest a lot of money / time into it. Melissa said "so that means you'd need to buy another car." She didn't like to hear my answer - "you mean like the Neon?" :lol: