GRM's Ultimate Track Car Challenge
#1
GRM's Ultimate Track Car Challenge
Kinda a different spin on their build a budget racer they do each year. Now it's all about track times. I see a couple Sentra's and a nice 350Z setting up. Not sure who I'll vote for quite yet...
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/new...-challenge.php
http://www.cardomain.com/features/grm
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/new...-challenge.php
http://www.cardomain.com/features/grm
#5
Originally Posted by irish44j
Yeah I saw that too....
you ever hang out on the GBR forums, brian?
you ever hang out on the GBR forums, brian?
I got GRM after I joined NASA northeast after my first track day at Pocono, I went on the forum around then, but that was it. What I do might be too specific for GRM forums though, still enjoy the mag even though I no longer subscribe, and haven't for a while. NASA pissed me off around the time of the whole Konig rim/NASA membership fiasco...then NASA northeast went almost belly up and sold out to PDA.
#6
NASA has its ups and downs, but is overall a pretty good club. they're having a rough time of it, trying to compete on the 'real racing' scene with SCCA, and with the track day guys going to BMWCCA, PCA, Vette clubs, ViperDays, etc. so many places to go.. NASA is trying to help bridge the gap between street car/weekend track toy to dood-to-door racing. So many people think they can't go racing because it's too expensive and the learning curve is so steep. That's where NASA comes in and makes that distinction a bit easier to do..
they also have tons of one-make classes like the SE-R cup, Spec Miata, Spec RX-7, etc.
the problem is, they got a bad rap around here for being lax on rules compared to the SCCA, and many of the Spec Miata racers (which is 50% of our club racing scene) quit NASA in favor of SCCA.
Anyway, I haven't had time to look at the recent GRM stuff. I've subscribed for a couple years, but am considering letting my subscription go. they're always interesting articles that I want to read initially, but they talk like they're going to go "in depth" on a subject, then only touch the surface. I see an article on "Dyno tuning- all the in depth stuff for your dyno day" Then I open up to the article and get pretty much "here's a dyno. make sure your car has plenty of gas to run and the engine is in good condition."
they also have tons of one-make classes like the SE-R cup, Spec Miata, Spec RX-7, etc.
the problem is, they got a bad rap around here for being lax on rules compared to the SCCA, and many of the Spec Miata racers (which is 50% of our club racing scene) quit NASA in favor of SCCA.
Anyway, I haven't had time to look at the recent GRM stuff. I've subscribed for a couple years, but am considering letting my subscription go. they're always interesting articles that I want to read initially, but they talk like they're going to go "in depth" on a subject, then only touch the surface. I see an article on "Dyno tuning- all the in depth stuff for your dyno day" Then I open up to the article and get pretty much "here's a dyno. make sure your car has plenty of gas to run and the engine is in good condition."
#7
Originally Posted by Matt93SE
NASA has its ups and downs, but is overall a pretty good club. they're having a rough time of it, trying to compete on the 'real racing' scene with SCCA, and with the track day guys going to BMWCCA, PCA, Vette clubs, ViperDays, etc. so many places to go.. NASA is trying to help bridge the gap between street car/weekend track toy to dood-to-door racing. So many people think they can't go racing because it's too expensive and the learning curve is so steep. That's where NASA comes in and makes that distinction a bit easier to do..
they also have tons of one-make classes like the SE-R cup, Spec Miata, Spec RX-7, etc.
the problem is, they got a bad rap around here for being lax on rules compared to the SCCA, and many of the Spec Miata racers (which is 50% of our club racing scene) quit NASA in favor of SCCA.
they also have tons of one-make classes like the SE-R cup, Spec Miata, Spec RX-7, etc.
the problem is, they got a bad rap around here for being lax on rules compared to the SCCA, and many of the Spec Miata racers (which is 50% of our club racing scene) quit NASA in favor of SCCA.
#8
I love GRM only because a couple times a year you do find info that won't be published anywhere else and that's worth the price of subscription. (Actually sorry I didn't do the lifetime membership when they offered). I don't spend time online over there as much of it is out of my world.
#9
Originally Posted by BEJAY1
I love GRM only because a couple times a year you do find info that won't be published anywhere else and that's worth the price of subscription. (Actually sorry I didn't do the lifetime membership when they offered). I don't spend time online over there as much of it is out of my world.
#10
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it harbors the underdog which is what makes them special...
someday I want to enter the $2006 challenge...or by then it might be the $2010 challenge with a beater of some sort...maybe a b13 se-r at a junkyard
I just wish they did another tire test comparing some of the newer entries in r compounds and street compounds...they only did that one a long time ago, and it was hugely informative...but they were missing a few keys tires, and now there are even some new entries on the tire scene...
someday I want to enter the $2006 challenge...or by then it might be the $2010 challenge with a beater of some sort...maybe a b13 se-r at a junkyard
I just wish they did another tire test comparing some of the newer entries in r compounds and street compounds...they only did that one a long time ago, and it was hugely informative...but they were missing a few keys tires, and now there are even some new entries on the tire scene...
#11
Originally Posted by michaelnyden
someday I want to enter the $2006 challenge...or by then it might be the $2010 challenge with a beater of some sort...maybe a b13 se-r at a junkyard
Originally Posted by michaelnyden
I just wish they did another tire test comparing some of the newer entries in r compounds and street compounds...they only did that one a long time ago, and it was hugely informative...but they were missing a few keys tires, and now there are even some new entries on the tire scene...
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