[jvtex]

I think this whole event is great. Every part about it wants me to spend money on my old mustang and compete. Which is the point right? I have a great street car that works and i can take it to the auto-x and be somewhat competitive. It has a very tired 302ci motor that might put out 210 HP with a T-5 transmission. It's a fun car, my wife can hop in it and drive it as well. However, the road race aspect of this event separates the group.

If running on any road course, I certainly want the most safety available in my car. My father was a road racer when i was a small child. He took his SCCA GT-1 Corvette out to Laguna Seca, Crashed it and rung his head on the roll cage. Put him in the hospital for a day or two and had a hard time remembering that he had a wife and two kids. Point being, that was a racecar with all the safety requirements and he still got hurt. So taking a "Street Car", which only has a upgraded seats, CROW lap belt, no Cage -- add no roof to this argument -- and safety items, to a track seems a bit out of my league right now.

Once OUSCI added the road course to the event, a EXTREMELY high level of safety must be at the top of everyone list. Yeah, sure you can take any car you want to an "open track" (insert Organization Name here) but with OUSCI, you're competing with a clock/timer against other drivers. To me, that sounds like qualifying for a RACE in a RACE CAR. Not Street Car Stuff? This is just how I see it.

If I'm ever lucky enough to compete in any of these events, I'll bring all the safety items available to the road course, including a full roll cage. And at that point I'll probably have a High HP motor, with a Straight Cut Gear Transmission box and all the bad ass Suspension possible. After all I love the competition and I know what it's going to take to win.

- joel