This whole thread comes up every year, It just gets long each year. We attended last year with the Chevelle, It was an extremely well ran event. I still don't understand even why we got an invite. Since we are really rookies to the event, we ran with the all show class. We can't pass and you just go parade around behind the slow car that unknowingly leads the parade. We paid them nothing and they never used any footage from us on TV. They just gave away space to let attempt to make a fool of ourselves with a 1970 Chevelle magazine cover car. They could have let guys who were way more serious participate for a bigger benefit for them selves. But they let us attend. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, we had a ball.
By the way we took my 1 year old daughter on the road rally with my wife in the back seat. If you can do that you truly have a street car.
Obviously like anything that is supposed to be fun, everyone gets really serious and wants a leg up on the competition. So as more people realize they would rather win then look cool in a stock suspension 1 gen Camaro. I have said this for years, Pro-touring is going to create to kinds of people, those who build race cars for the street and guys who think their car is capable of racing. People are now realizing that a stock C6 Vette is just as fast as well modded 1st gen Camaro. And cheaper. You don't build winning race cars with bolt on parts for very long, as some one will out think you with their welder pretty soon. If they don't make what is needed for the advantage some will make it.
Optima is trying to have an event to give these guys of different skill levels a place to kinda race. Its really not a race when there are other style and taste elements involved. But its alot of fun, but you can't have cars and track with guys you like to compete for long before some one rolls out some money to have an advantage if its allowed. USCA's job is to promote events people will attend and keep people safe and try to make a profit so they can support their own families. Rules are meant to level the playing field and try to keep people as safe as they can and their insurance requires.
Like a read in Jackass 2.0 yesterday, Stielow did not want build a muscle car on the level that it would now take to compete. I get that, the testing time and design time would kill any social life that guy might want as it will raise the bar so high. That is why you see guys running basically the same old car as that is probably now getting really well sorted after all these years.
Everyone would be much better suited to spend their money on training first. Go to every driving school you can and just drive what ever you have until it aint gonna go any faster ever. This aint Nascar, or any type of real professional racing. Heck just look at the grass roots drag racing these days. Those so called "STREET CARS" are going 3.87 in the 1/8 mile on a drag radials. But those guys will build and do what ever is needed.
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