Why race your supercar

[T Billigen]

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[JoeG]

Well there's the other side of the coin!! Who wants to recieve first? If debates were that simple. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

[Chevy454]

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I have no problem with driving a high dollar, rare performance car, but drag racing it at the dragstrip is for the rich and famous. It's easy to say that anything can be fixed or repaired, but no insurance company is going to cover your car that gets damaged going down the strip.

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So, tell me: what is the difference between doing a burnout or running it through the gears on the street, and doing the same on a drag strip? Dropping a valve, spinning a bearing, slinging a rod, etc., is the same on the street as it is on the strip...you break it, you buy it!

I'm also curious where everyone gets the idea that drag strips are so dangerous? I've raced on the street and strip since I was 16 (I'm 27 now) and I've YET to see an incident at the dragstrip...I wish I could say the same for the street!

At the Supercar Reunion, we worry 100 times more about the cruise than we do about the racing...

[JoeG]

Rob,
There isn't any diference between street racing and racing on a sanctioned strip, except safety[ good diference].Why should you race a supercar?-The topic covers a large area.-IMO--YES-because it is the most fun way to get from point A to point B.
I know I'm gonna regret this but , Should you race a numbers matching supercar? If you can afford the cost to repair any part of the HISTORY of the car[ NOW WAIT-by history of the car I mean the original parts the car came with when built [ not to do with notoriety from accomplishments ]

[JoeG]

HIT THE WRONG BUTTON ON THE MOUSE!!!-----CON'T.-Investment, sport , hobby, whatever I think what we all have in common is the love of cars?--- Like I said broad topic.
JoeG

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Just race 'em at the track instead of the street! Compared to the track, I have broken 10x more stuff and had more fender benders, just driving regular on the street! If it breaks - fix it, if it gets bent - straighten it, they are only cars and can be repaired forever.

It took me one show to get that debacle out of my system - what a farce. The plastic brass trophies, gold spinners, jackets etc... for what? Mark, take that 70Z28 out and drive it. JeffH, when you're car is finished you will wonder what to do next - drive it and race it!

I'm too young to retire the car and babysit it at car shows. I go to shows to see friends and their cars, I own the car so I can drive it and race it, that's the enjoyment for me. Hopefully, in a few years, it will be X2 once the '69 SS gets finished.

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[Jeff H]

I'll drive it on the street, but not at the track if it's not covered by insurance. If you're going down the quarter mile and an axlse snaps, a tie rod breaks, you're gonna be kissing the wall and in for a complete restoration all over again. I've seen it happen and I'm not in a financial situation to do that. Just look a the Hurst Olds Kevin was going to buy. Sh!t happens, but if it happens at the track and your insurance company just laughs at you, then you sure put yourself in a bad situation.

[Chevy454]

Ok, I can *somewhat* see your point on the insurance thing, except if you snap an axle on the track you "kiss the wall" and walk away, but on the street you hit a telephone pole, the ditch, oncomming traffic, or...? And if you sling a rod or drop a valve on the street it's still coming out of YOUR pocket, not the insurance company's. I see people show out on the street all the time, but mention the track and they "I don't want to tear up my car"! Huh?! Shifting at 6,500 is the same on the street as it is on a track.

[Jeff H]

I think some people see a difference between hard street driving and all out drag racing. As one of the guys in our club said when he's shifting his 99 Camaro SS, "shift it like you're trying to break it". Most people don't take that approach on the street. I personally don't race anywhere, but some people do still race on the street and I wouldn't condone it. I watched a guy spin his car into the wall at Englishtown when his brake caliper locked up. Like I said, sh!t happens and that had nothing to do with racing, but his car won't be covered because it happened at the track.

[JoeG]

Good Morning Gentlemen,
My name is Lynn Guini, I am JoeG's attorney and will be answering any future questions on this topic. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]