Events you've always wanted to run

[D_Eclipse9916]

Inspired by a thread on RoadRace, I was wondering what a bunch of MMers could come up with and maybe figure out a way to make it happen.
Anything motorsports related

Targa NewFoundland
OneLapof America
SCCA Runoffs
SCCA SOLO Nationals
A race at Laguna Seca
Pennsylvania Hill Climb

[Jake]

I want to do a Chump Car or Lemons race, but the buy-in cost is astronomical and I can't justify it when I have the E36 already.

One Lap sounds fun. BABE Rally sounds fun. Rallycross is something I want to do, but don't want to use my car for.

Oh, and I want to go to more tracks than just Summit and VIR. Got a friend in NJ who wants to do a NJMP weekend with me this summer, so I guess I'll get up there.

[JPolen01]

Pikes Peak. I can dream.

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WRC, I too can dream.

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Rallycross is something I want to do, but don't want to use my car for.

Just wait til I graduate and I get another car and you can drive my e36 in rallycross :lol: It'll be like repaying you for letting me drive the ST in autocross :wink:

[navin]

Not events per say, but...

- Few laps around the Ring
- Rally School (dirtfish, O'Neil)
- Tracks I'd like to drive: Laguna, Barber, COTA
- One Lap would be awesome -- but I'd like to do a cross-country road trip just as much

[ScottyB]

Targa Newfoundland
Sandblast or Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally....going to try to spectate or work Sandblast next year
Barber Motorsports Park HPDE
SCCA national-level rallyx event
Dirtfish rally school
Chasing The Dragon Hillclimb

[Kaan]

-Isle of Mann (i'll never ever ever qualify... i'll settle for going to watch jimmy the next time he goes)
-Laguna track day would be awesome
-Babe is on the list
-One Lap (once i'm super rich)
-Drive the unused Istanbul F1 track
-Monaco
-Baja 1k
-And that trip from Alaska back home some of us talked about on some motorbikes

[SlimKlim]

-Rallycross
-BABE Rally
-ECTA-LSR (the timed top speed run things)
-One of the long distance high speed rally events they do out west
-LeMons

[Jake]

So... it's sounding like we should come up with a BABE team. And then turn that car into a rallycrosser once we're done.

[V1GiLaNtE]

- Rallycross
- PanAmerican Ride on Dual sport/Expedition vehicle
- The Ring
- Track day on any of the MotoGP circuits

[Mike]

Boston Marathon
Clarendon Cup

[D_Eclipse9916]

Targa Newfoundland
Sandblast or Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally....going to try to spectate or work Sandblast next year
Barber Motorsports Park HPDE
SCCA national-level rallyx event
Dirtfish rally school
Chasing The Dragon Hillclimb

Once you get rich, you shuold sponsor us to go to Targa NewfoundLand. I can provide the car :wink:

With that said, are you interested in doing the Dragon Hillclimb or even a PA hillclimb in my car? Work out costs and it might be doable.

[ScottyB]

[Once you get rich, you shuold sponsor us to go to Targa NewfoundLand. I can provide the car :wink:

yeah about that.... :lol: how much time ya got?

With that said, are you interested in doing the Dragon Hillclimb or even a PA hillclimb in my car? Work out costs and it might be doable.

hock: yeah i'd look really hard at it. they're dangerous events by nature and me being a dad now makes me pause a bit, but in a fully caged car i'd be more willing to try it (thus the "always wanted to" dream aspect). if i get some funds in order someday we'll talk.

a lot of you guys have touched on rallyx. if any of your are willing to spend most of your Sunday driving to middle of nowhere NC, let's talk. I'll try to get you in a seat, either in my car or maybe one of the other regulars if I can't for some reason. The local club has a beater they pass around that is fast in the hands of the experienced and would make a great "arrive and drive" car.

[Evan]

Monaco! (not happening of course)

more rallyX,
Drive sonoma, laguna seca, and nurburgring.
more midO (miss that track)
Drive a winged formula car
do some real (not arrive and drive) kart racing.

[Steve85]

One of the 24hr LeMons/Chump races
Baja 1K
Drive some of the more historic tracks in the country, Laguna, Mid-O, Watkins Glen...
Outlaw car on dirt
Chicken out at an attempt to go 250 at Bonneville
Rallyx - didn't know much about it but reading Scotty's stories has been great.

[G.Irish]

Seems like we have some common themes.

Laguna
Rally of some sort
Nurburgring

We could probably make a group vacation to Laguna happen if we planned far enough in advance. Bike track days would be pretty easy. Just sign up for California Superbike School and rent one of their S1000RR's. For a car track day we'd probably have to rent Spec Miatas. There may be faster cars for rent but we'd probably have to do a fair bit of asking around.

John and Chan did a group trip to Nurburgring a couple of years back. That trip would be pretty easy to coordinate. Could also catch Formula 1, Moto GP or the 24 Hours of Le Mans while we're out there.

Rallying would probably be the hardest to do unless we all went out to one of the rally schools together.

-Drive the unused Istanbul F1 track

Man you and me both. It's such a shame that the Superbike School at that track fell through, it was one of the best tracks on both the F1 and Moto GP calendars.

[G.Irish]

Monaco! (not happening of course)

more rallyX,
Drive sonoma, laguna seca, and nurburgring.
more midO (miss that track)
Drive a winged formula car
do some real (not arrive and drive) kart racing.

I've always wanted to drive something like Formula Mazda as well. I feel like I need to drive some shifters for a bit before I attempt to drive a real FM though (especially the Renesis powered model).

For those who may also be interested, Bondurant's racing school has a pretty hardcore shifter kart curriculum that might be worth a try. They also have some Formula car courses:

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Bertil Roos might also be a decent option, and they have schools at VIR:

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[Goodspeed]

Count me in for BABE shenanigans, whenever MM gets a group to do it. There are a bunch of events I'd like to attend (not necessarily run) - shows all over the place, Hot Rod Power Tour, a european F1 race, drive the 'ring, SEMA (must find a way - I still have some old OG business cards and I hear its not that hard to get in), etc.

Also, I totally want to do some more "real" karting. I did a session of TAG single-speed stuff at Miller in Utah and that was a blast. Makes a ton more sense to me than messing around with full size cars for track stuff, though Miatas are almost as easy.

[Evan]

Monaco! (not happening of course)

more rallyX,
Drive sonoma, laguna seca, and nurburgring.
more midO (miss that track)
Drive a winged formula car
do some real (not arrive and drive) kart racing.

I've always wanted to drive something like Formula Mazda as well. I feel like I need to drive some shifters for a bit before I attempt to drive a real FM though (especially the Renesis powered model).

For those who may also be interested, Bondurant's racing school has a pretty hardcore shifter kart curriculum that might be worth a try. They also have some Formula car courses:

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Bertil Roos might also be a decent option, and they have schools at VIR:

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What Id really like to do now that my time vs. money curve has flipped from when I was younger, is an arrive-and-drive race series, in purpose built race cars (or karts!), for not obscene money.
I toyed pretty hard with the Ariel Atom VIR series last spring, even got wife approval, but the buy-in was a little too steep and I couldnt justify it while being so out of practice.

I really wish there was a good solid formula ford/mazda series in this area. SCCA is too thinly attended even if I had the time to work on the car myself.
I know there is a barber race series, but its way over-priced and way under-talented.