ctk30

I think if there was a cheap street stock class for road racing that would be a lot of fun. The car is less than 2k done usually and the engine isn't much. If you had about 30 of these in a field that would be one helluva a race. Maybe a 350 or 400 hp engine the stock brakes with some ducts would probably be sufficent. And the parts can be bought for extremly cheap prices. Maybe a good series for someone just starting in door to door racing.

Just thinking out loud

Heres some examples of the cars



http://www.racingjunk.com/post/11416...URE-STOCK.html



http://www.racingjunk.com/post/11141...91-Camaro.html

Bill Dearborn

Stock brakes wouldn't cut it unless you dropped the weight down to 2000 lbs. They just can't handle the heat build up with the small stock rotors a lot different than running a small oval where cornering speeds aren't much different than straight speeds and the brakes aren't used much. On a road course where you may have to scrub 60 to 80 mph of speed off before turning into a corner the brakes will get a lot hotter especially when repeated 8 to 10 times per lap. Two or three laps at the Glen and the brakes would be toast although it would generate some excitement when a bunch of them came down hill into turn 1 (The Ninety) with no brakes.

By the way there are several relatively cheap road racing classes already available in the SCCA Improved Touring Series. The miniature cup cars are probably the cheapest way to go. They have fiberglass bodies shaped like NASCAR cup cars but are smaller than a Mini, have small tires, hit 135 mph on the straight, corner like they are on rails and cost around $20K apiece. They have snowmobile engines and transmissions and do not require a lot of maintenance. I saw one guy roll one in the kitty litter at the Glen and all they had to do was roll it back on its wheels start the engine and he was back having fun.

Bill