12-03-2006, 03:01 PM
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When I got in to this whole road racing thing, I was certain I wanted to run in Honda-Challenge's H1 (hybrid/s2000/nsx) group. Guys were driving their low cost home-built vehicles to the track, running great times, and even winning races!
Shortly after I picked up my hatch, the class got silly. Engines were being built to the extreme with rebuilds occuring every other race. That is expensive, and totally not what I was looking for.
I really didn't know what I was going to do. I didn't want to sell the hatch, but at the same time there was no way I could or wanted to afford to run for last place.
In come this year's new rules and my car now has a place... I won't even have to do an engine swap! Some motor freshening, quality bolt-ons, and a cage later and I'll be fully H2 legal and hopefully competitive.
NASA got it right with these rule changes, but I just hope it isn't too late. A lot of guys have been getting away from Hondas altogether... With a good H2 turnout this year, I think I'm going to try for my first race in 2008.
Yay NASA!
When I got in to this whole road racing thing, I was certain I wanted to run in Honda-Challenge's H1 (hybrid/s2000/nsx) group. Guys were driving their low cost home-built vehicles to the track, running great times, and even winning races!
Shortly after I picked up my hatch, the class got silly. Engines were being built to the extreme with rebuilds occuring every other race. That is expensive, and totally not what I was looking for.
I really didn't know what I was going to do. I didn't want to sell the hatch, but at the same time there was no way I could or wanted to afford to run for last place.
In come this year's new rules and my car now has a place... I won't even have to do an engine swap! Some motor freshening, quality bolt-ons, and a cage later and I'll be fully H2 legal and hopefully competitive.
NASA got it right with these rule changes, but I just hope it isn't too late. A lot of guys have been getting away from Hondas altogether... With a good H2 turnout this year, I think I'm going to try for my first race in 2008.
Yay NASA!
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.