MikeQuig

Not to hijack this thread in any way..............

But there is a rumor that the Texas Boxster boys will be heading to High Plains Raceway to meet head to head with the California Boxster boys/girls. Any truth to that JR in Tejas?

High Plains is brand new, super smooth, super wide and caters to cars that can handle well and drivers that can drive well.

Mike Q
Old school E class Euro SC

Gary R.

Hey Mike, I assume you are the D guy I raced last year.. why no Watkins this year?

MikeQuig

Gary,

The Watkins Glen race is our fav out here in Colorado. This year we did not organize early to fill the 10-car "Camry-delivery-hauler". The boys that showed, Martin - wreck, then win two sprints, then blow motor, and Petty - run fast, wreck, get helicopter ride and CT scan, were hurtin' cowboys. Our man Speights also decorated the racing surface with 14 quarts. The rest of us were glad we didn't show up after that! That said, Tony Clinton and Chris Cervelli represented us well. See you next year as WG IS the crack pipe of Club Racing. And yes, the thread has been officially hijacked!

BTW - Bill Petty is doing quite well. Just needs to fix car by the HPR race in Aug.


Mike Q
Formally D now E SC,

Gary R.

Gonna miss you in D Mike, I enjoyed running with you. It does seem to be rough on you Colorado boys though! I spent several years in Denver, Evergreen, Arvada, Littleton, and Boulder back in the 80's so there is always a place for the western guys... Now back to our regular programming..

JW in Texas

Mike,
We are talking about it. I'd like to get 6-10 cars together so either one or both trailers can go. We'd love to race with you guys & some of the Cali contingent

blake

Thanks all! Great feedback. I am getting really excited. As usual, the Rennlist community stepped up and answered my questions and then some. You guys rock.

Thanks JR! I can't wait! Thusly threw me the keys to his last summer, but I refused to drive it. I told him and Kent that once I did, it would all be over. A year later, the disposable income is back so I can splurge. Looking forward to joining you guys!

-Blake

mooty

^ you have income that's disposable?
pls dispose of it to my car fund.

TheOtherEric

So is Spec Boxster just a west coast thing? I haven't heard much about it in the midwest, but I'm really interested.

And do they race with other series, or rather conduct their own events?

Weston

As a 944-Spec racer who is quite happy racing in 944-Spec, I have to say that Spec Boxster has a lot of appeal. It would appear that much of the same formula that makes 944 spec racing so successful and popular exists in Spec Boxster as well... it's an affordable Porsche that was a big hit for it's time, it does quite well on the track, limiting the class to the base model keeps the playing field level and costs down, and it seems to be more of a tight-knit group of racers than the typical racing class.

The Boxsters do cost more money, but they're really coming down in price... You can even find them in street trim for under $10k now. I've recently been considering picking up a Boxster as a fun street car, but in the back of my mind, I've been thinking that maybe I really want to get a 2.5L model so that I can make it into a Spec Boxster in a few years. And once their resale value hits bottom, the success of the class is likely to grow even more... that really helps the 944 classes (it's pretty cheap to buy race car candidates and parts cars; blow an engine and it's potentially a $500 fix).

M758

For comparison 944 spec is even cheaper

My last set of front rotor = $65 for the set. Use maybe one set a year. I get 3+ years from rear rotors.

Tires. we run the same R888 as the boxster boys, but in smaller cheaper 225/50 R15 size.

Engines.. Junk yard motors run $1000 or less if there is car attached
Tranny.. Used trannys run $300-500 depending on which one you get.

Any we have 27 944 spec cars singed for the NASA National championships at Miller this september. This is infact MORE than the spec miata count as of now. We are shooting for 40-60 944 spec cars for national. If we get 30 starters Toyo is giving the class $11,000 in prize money. Not bad for a budget class.

Potomac-Greg

Wow. That's enough money to buy TWO 944 spec race cars!

jrgordonsenior

Some of the Spec Box group are going to give NASA a shot the weekend after next at Buttonwillow. I'm taking my GT4S Box out there too....

kgorman

I am really happy I jumped into SPBOX over a year ago. There aren't too many cars in Norcal but it's changing now. The cars are ~25-30k to build, or a bit more for built depending on who did it. They are amazing fun to drive and the idea of spec racing is alive in well. Close competition in equal cars. My car has been dead reliable (knock on wood). I believe these slow(er) cars really teach good driving. But they are not so slow it's boring. We run mid-pack with the SP911 class in our neck of the woods.

You can run SCCA as BSR and NASA and PCA as SPBOX. There is POC too if you are close to SoCal.

thusly

The invitation is still open - come on down to LV/Spring Mountain and try it out!

mooty

not west coast, just the smarter coast.
anyways, spec box is a recongnized class in PCA so you can race it there. i think it's more exciting than the stock classes or the H, G classes that box and cay are in. BSR have NO interior left, that lack of wt is what makes it fun. it's not that fast (coming from GT3's) but it's way more fun.

but most porsche racers are 911 guys so it will take some pushing to get BSR in your region if it's not there all ready. even nor cal is just slowing taking off.