Chinkzilla

Vinipux

you can talk about road racing here if you want too, I'm allowing you

Vinipux

Jambo

No, no road racing -- period.

hawkdog

I think he meant road racing, not street racing.

Vinipux

that's what I thought he meant, but I didn't want to say anything about it

gtr_rider

iTrader: (50)

Wasnt there something about "Maxima.org does not condone street racing"

Jambo

It's funny -- a road and a street are pretty much the same thing, yet the meaning of "street racing" vs. "road racing" comes out totally different.

MarkP

To me, "Road course racing" better defines "road racing". For example as in "Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course".
"Road racing" has many meanings. Foot racing, bicycle racing and probably other forms of racing use the term "road racing".
Back when I did SCCA amateur road racing in showroom stock classes, I would refer to it as "road course racing" because some of the people I worked with and non-car friends called their foot racing "road racing" and it got confusing in conversations.

-Mark

MaxedBandit

I think we might be the only 2 people posting about road 'course' racing anyhow...

Nealoc187

iTrader: (23)

I call it road course or circuit racing to avoid confusing people into thinking I am talking about "street racing"

BTW how many people do we have here who have been on a road course in their Maxima? I can think of a few (me included).

MaxedBandit

I have. Have even entered into several wheel-to-wheel competitions before...have yet to win one though.

Chinkzilla

This just goes to prove that road [course] racing is the orphan child of american motorsport. We have to be the only country in the whole world that puts driving 500 laps in a counter clockwise direction ahead of Formula One in our sports programming.

Just a rant

I guess it's understandable though, who in their right mind would road race a FWD family sedan I should be driving a BMW

gtr_rider

iTrader: (50)

Chinkzilla: I do find that funny also, what really is the point of that anyway? I would love to hear the answer for, what were you thinking on lap 297?

The only televised road racing event I would watch is the 24 hours racing, or import draging on ESPN2..

my uncle used to road race with his 92 325IS, that is dropped, exhaust, and some other dodads. He doesnt do it anymore but he now has an e46 m3

BLaZin 2k MaX

What the heck is wrong with street racing you know all you guys do it, we gotta start a forum for street racing.

Chinkzilla

24 hours of lemans is on today on speed channel (nascarvision) yay!
(that is road racing for you uneducated)
Your uncle has a coooool car. I see lots of m3's of every generation on the road course. Vipers and porches out in droves as well!

Chinkzilla

Yes, we all do it, but it's still retarded. If you want to drive your car fast, do it where you can't hurt someone else, in a controlled environment with emergency staff on standby, with saftey controls and equipment and a 2.5 mile track where you can hit 130 and no cop is going to pull you over. Most fun you can have with your clothes on.

Nealoc187

iTrader: (23)

Street racing is illegal and Jamie doesn't want to show support for illegal actions, that's why. If you want a streetracing forum there are plenty of them on the net.

BTW did anyone notice that now that NASCAR has taken over Speedvision, they are not covering the entire 24 Heurs Du Mans, but rather covering only parts of it.

Triple8Sol

iTrader: (29)

is the **** too. I love watching that on tv. Too bad we don't have that here in the US...unless you count wet mall parking lots.

MarkP

If your refering to the FIA World Rally events that SpeedChannel covers, in North America we do have a only slightly tammer version of it in the SCCA ProRally series. They also run on closed roads at maximum speed.
The SpeedChannel showed the Oregon Trail Rally on June 13th which will probably be re-broadcasted. And SpeedChannel will show seven more
of the ProRallys in the comming months. The next one will be on July 11 at 11:30pm ET. Now and then the FIA guys will show up and run the ProRallys since their cars have classes in ProRally to run in and in the past at least one of the ProRallys would be included on the FIA World Rally schedule. I don't know if one will be FIA this year or not. Here is the SCCA ProRally web site that describes the classes, cars and rally event's etc: http://www.scca.org/amateur/performance_rally/

iwannabmw

iTrader: (3)

Very true. I personally like driving on roadcourse because of the elevation changes. I think you'd be surprised how well a decently set-up Max will hold up to a BMW. I agree the BMW is way more fun to drive, but I love the looks on BMW owners faces when they get passed by a Max.

MAX2000JP

I noticed that too. All they show is redneck shows recently, such as NASCAR Garage. They used to have some quality shows, when it was Speedvision.

Chinkzilla

yup, they REALLY hate getting passed oh and that last bit about 'who would drive a family sedan on a road course, i should have a bmw' was in sarcasm. I love my maxima on the road course!

gtr_rider

iTrader: (50)

He told me once that he overtook an M in it once, but it was an E30

DAREN

iTrader: (3)

i dont know about the rest of you but i cannot sit and watch circle/oval/tri-oval track racing. it just bores me.

touring cars formula one and rally are definatly more entertaining. eve the AMA and FIM superbikes and FIM G.P. are pretty good.

iwannabmw

iTrader: (3)

I've passed E30, E36 and E46 M3's as well as other high performance vehicles. Many of them have also eaten me for lunch. What's fun is showing the driver's of some of these cars that while they might have a kick *** car that should be a lot better than mine, they really don't no how to use it.

KLOOGY

iTrader: (12)

One quick question. Isnt this an easy way to wreck your car, while trying to pass another guy on a road course. What if the guy your trying to pass loses control, and smashes into you.. ??

Nealoc187

iTrader: (23)

Then you are out of luck. I've seen plenty of cars wrecked on road courses. I just try to anticipate problems and avoid them.

Driven EF9

Chimes in the Honda guy...


me have, yes sir.

gtr_rider

iTrader: (50)

What I find amazing is those videos where they have 5 cars taking the same turn at the same time at different speeds about 2 inches away from each other and not even touch yet, no one is scared to say the least...

Axel

iTrader: (3)

I road race my Max (Solo 1 instead of Solo 2).
I mostly compete against BMWs (I'm in the BSS2 class). I don't know if the classifications are the same in the US (I'm in Canada).

Anyway, the Max keeps up nicely with the BMWs. Only disadvantage is the FWD vs RWD. Otherwise, the Max is fairly equal. I'm the only Max in my series and I keep surprising everyone. No one sees the Max as a Solo 1 car. They only consider the Sentra. I like surprising them...

Axel

mingo

iTrader: (4)

i wonder what would happen if the released a cop car in there with his lights on and sirens sounding.. i wonder if someone would pull over due to natural instincts... but i know i'de prolly go faster instead..

brianw

iTrader: (3)

Road racing = "track racing"

Street racing = racing on the street

BIG difference.