Spec racing is some of the best in the world. Looks @ GT3 cup or supercup. SOOOOO good.
Should be interesting. Might have to buy one of these now
Should be interesting. Might have to buy one of these now
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Love the way you think... keep you postedDear Vettish,
Quite a few of those Spec Series have Co-Drivers , so after you get the car give me a call, I would be happy to Co-Drive with you, ha!
Sold through multimatic so add 100kHad heard rumors of the price months back and it convinced me to take a similar road to Biggsy. Not near that price range, but had the car been around 115K max. I might have just robbed a bit more of my retirement savings than I should. Concerned about the weight , the actual price, since I figure it will be quite bare and by the time one adds color, extra wheels and more , $160K might be more of the price.
Even if not as fast , the Boss 302S was one fun car and the old stick axle is proving to many it is far from dead!
I just read your post and laughed. I was chatting with the guy that I bought my car from. He's a Ford sales manager and said if I ever wanted to upgrade he would buy the car back and get me a deal. This was my reply.Maybe I am just a cheapo dinosaur type who is stuck in the past... For me, even a stock S197 plus 40.000 grand in a new engine, transmission, wheels and a Cortex setup would probably be faster. And when some one crashes into you, you will not feel so terrible....
Those single car series might be fun for the drivers, but really don't like watching them. Much more fun watching different platforms fighting it out on the track.
Not to mention.... Dark Horse... really?? Must be better names out there.
Reading this, I sound like one of those old Muppets at the theaterStatler and Waldorf
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I "identify" with he taller one.
I’m actually most excited about this graphic in the flyer - basically confirming the DH-S is still in the works for club racing, and I assume to be the Performance School car. The DH-R seems a bit exclusive with priority going to teams that will be racing the Mustang Challenge, which is east-coast biased for now. Hopefully the DH-S will be available in larger numbers and more readily available.
this is my hope as well.It's definitely going to be a fun series to watch! On a side note, they will be running Michelin 295 30 19. Depending on the extent of funding for the teams, maybe that will open up the used slick market for the HPDE guys that have 19 x 11s!
Im at the gt4 cost on my 350 and i still dont have motec/sequential….but mines faster than a gt4Without knowing how complicated the S650 electronics will be, this could be the only option to put something on track that you can tinker with. I agree that most can't just dump $150k in one shot for trackdays, but a lot have probably put that into a car over the years when you add up time, parts, failures- and those expenses related to going to the track when something failed. Yes buying a built race car and building it yourself put people in two very different brackets, but in todays world building it yourself is becoming harder and harder with new cars. I hope this may lead to a similar amount of parts and pieces from Ford Performance like for the Boss S/R that people could build their own cars up with, but you may not be able to do that one piece at a time like so many have done with S197s. Will be interesting to see what is in the Darkhorse S.
On the lack of aero on the car - I think its awesome and what is needed for its purpose of a single make series. Every other series either has seqentials and/or aero and the cars look too easy to drive. The looks and manual transmission reminds me of a Boss302R level car. 10 years later - that price isn't too bad considering everything else.
To be fair is easier to be faster when not complaining to a racing rules or doing insane BOP like the GT4. Also in BOP form GT4's are 450 whp (very close to what we are building here on the forum power wise) so it's understandable.Im at the gt4 cost on my 350 and i still dont have motec/sequential….but mines faster than a gt4
Oh trust me, id want a gt4 over building one myself. It sucksTo be fair is easier to be faster when not complaining to a racing rules or doing insane BOP like the GT4. Also in BOP form GT4's are 450 whp (very close to what we are building here on the forum power wise) so it's understandable.
These costs are insane. No wonder there are so few cars racing now. Back in the 90s we had 100 - 150 cars for regional races. Now they're lucky to get 50.
Track days are a laugh though, we get everything from guys driving in with a totally stock car, running 6 sessions and heading home on the bottom end all the way up to tractor trailers puking out 4 or 5 rent a race cars for well heeled kids spending dad's money. I often wonder who has more fun....the rent a racers are so serious, as if they're heading for F1 stardom or something. Dreamers.
I unloaded my trailer last month and a whole pile of other track junk. Going to drive the Mach 1 to the track, run a few sessions and drive it home. It will be kept street legal and stock, only wheels and tires will be changed. Way simpler than what I was doing with the old car.
Used to take me half a day to load up and then unload all the crap after a track day. That was not fun, and if it's not fun what the hell is the point in doing it?