What's Your Favorite Motorsport?

[Liz]

Originally Posted by Greg58

A couple pic for Liz.
My obsession for a time was Demo Derby. Constantly hunting for cars, mostly 71-76 B body wagons.
I think my last was in 2011, stopped because I cracked a rib.

love it. ty

[special-K]

Tyler, pretty cool you did the demolition derby. Great fun I'm sure!

Anyone know about junk car racing? Not demo derby but with similarities. It's an actual race to win, or survive, with defensive tactics (or is it lack of curtesy?). In the mid-90s a friend who was an excavating contractor used to run sprint cars. He had a sweet black & yellow 2-tone 3+3 K30 to match his race car. He did well. But when junk car racing got started up at some local tracks he started racing a '75 Monte Carlo. Said it was the most fun he ever had behind the wheel. This gal I dated (while separated) ran a late-70s Malibu wagon painted like a Holstein cow. Not sure which attracted me more, her long black hair or that wagon. Not a lot of rules on vehicle other than no glass, fuel shut-off switch, and battery in the trunk. The best part is you can bring a passenger! I rode along a few times, insanely fun!!

Check it out:

pagoda junk car race. - YouTube

Pagoda Junk Car Racing - May 7, 2016 - YouTube

[Greg58]

Tim my BIL and I ran something similar called 2 man cruisers.
It was a stock car race where the driver ran the wheel and the brakes, the passenger was the gas man.
Rules were no Chevy cars or motors, 4 door only, 2bbl only, we ran a 70 Cutlass 4 dr that we dropped a 71 455 olds into. Handled terrible, went like hell on the straights. 80s B bodies seemed to do the best, We did finish 2nd one race.
Only did one year, it was great fun, lots of yelling back and forth!

[dieseldawg142]

this kinda stuff gives me a woody...
flip up to the 2 min mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFmFC9StQhI

[67ChevyRedneck]

I really want to try to go to this, this year.

Vintage (20s/30) hot rods and bikes racing in NJ on the beach. They call it T.R.O.G. - traditional race of gentlemen. I believe there is a west coast chapter too somewhere in socal.

If you search for it on youtube there's some pretty neat videos.

https://www.theraceofgentlemen.com/

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Greg58

Tim my BIL and I ran something similar called 2 man cruisers.
It was a stock car race where the driver ran the wheel and the brakes, the passenger was the gas man.
Rules were no Chevy cars or motors, 4 door only, 2bbl only, we ran a 70 Cutlass 4 dr that we dropped a 71 455 olds into. Handled terrible, went like hell on the straights. 80s B bodies seemed to do the best, We did finish 2nd one race.
Only did one year, it was great fun, lots of yelling back and forth!

I'm sorry, but that just sounds like way too much fun

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

this kinda stuff gives me a woody...
flip up to the 2 min mark

Yeah. I'd like to watch it. But I sure can't relate to all that money it would take to run one. Might as well be NASCAR. In PA there is what is called obstacle course races. It's like what that racing you show comes from. Been going on over 50 years now. The greatest thing is about anyone could afford to run it. They have big money trophy trucks show up and they seem to break faster than the home-builts. I guess what I love is the grassroots stuff. Something I can relate to. A member here, Old Chevy 4x runs it in a '69 Blazer... and does really well. It's a great
race to spectate

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Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

I really want to try to go to this, this year.

Vintage (20s/30) hot rods and bikes racing in NJ on the beach. They call it T.R.O.G. - traditional race of gentlemen. I believe there is a west coast chapter too somewhere in socal.

If you search for it on youtube there's some pretty neat videos.

I've heard of that. Would be great to watch. One similar to that I really really want to go see is the Hot Rod Hill Climb in CO

Hot Rod Hill Climb 2019 - YouTube

[CG]

Guys that have been on the board long enough know that my favorite is Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats.



And I have two t-shirts to prove it! Thanks for those and thanks for the great pictures. I hope you can go this year

OK we had a little malfunction with this post lol ... Ill fix it tomorrow =)

[FleetsidePaul]

That chicken reminds me of a girl I knew.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Keep forgetting about bonneville! I really want to make it out there at least once still. It seems a little hard to plan a trip though, because it seems it's been cancelled by rain quite a few times in the past few years?

[Troy Sr]

My favorite was NASCAR but I kind of lost interest for awhile until Kyle Larson and Chase Elliot came along!!! My others are my oldest son's racing. He won the AMA district 36 amateur 450 class flat track championship last year. He also races 500cc Open Winged Outlaw Karts and has raced against Kyle Larson! I road raced 100cc Yamaha Karts at Sears Point, Thunderhill, Button Willow, and Willow Springs. I really miss racing my kart!!

[CG]

Ok lets see if I can fix this post.

My favorite is Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats. I havent been for a few years thanks to Covid, weather issues down there, and dang its a long drive down and back, around 1800 miles give or take. Used to go with my brother and a couple of buddies, but they pooped out on me quite a few years ago. Mostly Ive been going by myself.

I did take one of my sons one year, and my two nephews another. Might try and go again this year and see if my grandson wants to go.

Anyway here are some old pics I have here in my board gallery.

[67ChevyRedneck]

I wonder how those guys get their cars clean/stay nice after? Mike Finnegan claims the OG Roadkill ramp truck was completely rust free and solid until they used it as a push truck at bonneville for a couple days. He's having the entire truck repainted/restored (it's been cummins swapped too) and if I remember right they ended up replacing the entire front clip, all 4 doors, and it needed inner and outer rockers. Maybe it wasn't as rust free as he originally remembered?

[Boog]

How about stock car racing on the salt flats and the asphalt mile? The guys at The Garage Shop in Denver, North Carolina have built a couple of modernized 1969 Wing'd race cars of the year and ran them this year at top speed events like Blytheville, Ark and the Bonneville salt flats. The cars are the Talladega Torino and the Dodge Daytona with the Bobby Isaac livery on it. I think 216 mph for one and 228 for the other. The guys live and breath stock car racing and all of them have substantial car building experience with teams like DEI, Penske and others.
https://www.thegarageshop200.com/

[Ken O.]

Here is the motorsport I'm involved in. Can't afford the big ones but this gets the adrenaline going just the same.

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[CG]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

I wonder how those guys get their cars clean/stay nice after? Mike Finnegan claims the OG Roadkill ramp truck was completely rust free and solid until they used it as a push truck at bonneville for a couple days. He's having the entire truck repainted/restored (it's been cummins swapped too) and if I remember right they ended up replacing the entire front clip, all 4 doors, and it needed inner and outer rockers. Maybe it wasn't as rust free as he originally remembered?

Before I go down I get under whichever vehicle Im taking down and spray every nook and cranny with dollar store PAM. The salt sticks up under your car like sticky snow. Before you leave the salt there is a place usually set up that will spray out the wheel wells and easy to reach areas. No high pressure though. You can also go in to town, Wendover, and go through the Chevron car wash and get that underneath spray. When I get back home I set up the lawn sprinkler under my car, the one that goes back and forth with the wide fan. I let it go for hours.

Ive never had an issue with any of the cars Ive taken down getting rust problems. But I also live in the PNW and we get a lot of rain, so Im sure that is also helpful.

[special-K]

What salt that gets thrown up can't be nearly as bad as the salt thrown up mixed with water that mixes and packs in the nooks and crannies with road grit that hold the moisture

Hey Mark. Glad to see the pictures again!

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by CG

Ok lets see if I can fix this post.

My favorite is Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats. I havent been for a few years thanks to Covid, weather issues down there, and dang its a long drive down and back, around 1800 miles give or take. Used to go with my brother and a couple of buddies, but they pooped out on me quite a few years ago. Mostly Ive been going by myself.

I did take one of my sons one year, and my two nephews another. Might try and go again this year and see if my grandson wants to go.

Anyway here are some old pics I have here in my board gallery.

That is one of my bucket list items. I would have taken my Camaro already except for the one obvious issue. The salt. I’ve read a good bit on some of the other forums about the hell the salt can cause long term on the cars that run at Bonneville. Mine has never seen salt and had no rust any where. I intend to keep it that way. I would still love to go as a spectator some day.

[Boog]

As a non participant one could go in a rental car. Or, I suppose, one could enter a rental car and make some runs, just for fun and bragging rights..

[CG]

Rental car companies in the surrounding area, especially Salt Lake, are well aware of Speed Week. You arent supposed to drive on the salt with their cars. They are all checked on return and if there is salt inside or out you are charged a hefty premium. It takes a vey long time to get all the salt from inside and out

[bnorth]

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[LT7A]

I've only seen magazine coverage of Bonneville. Thanks CG, for the personal pictures. Somehow it makes it seem more real, and those high-speed aero cars even more outlandish. But there are a bunch of other cool cars there too.

[morepwr]

So many motorsports to choose! I am a drag racer first from way back but I have also been into dirt bikes, quads, and the demo derby pics in here made me smile as I have done that several times too! I do help out on a couple of cars that go to Bonneville for speed week and I recommend anyone who can go and see it in person needs to. It is just such a different event than any other motorsport. Very friendly people and so many cool things to see!

[special-K]

Originally Posted by CG

Rental car companies in the surrounding area, especially Salt Lake, are well aware of Speed Week. You arent supposed to drive on the salt with their cars. They are all checked on return and if there is salt inside or out you are charged a hefty premium. It takes a vey long time to get all the salt from inside and out

Rent one farther away

Originally Posted by Troy Sr

My favorite was NASCAR but I kind of lost interest for awhile until Kyle Larson and Chase Elliot came along!!! My others are my oldest son's racing. He won the AMA district 36 amateur 450 class flat track championship last year. He also races 500cc Open Winged Outlaw Karts and has raced against Kyle Larson! I road raced 100cc Yamaha Karts at Sears Point, Thunderhill, Button Willow, and Willow Springs. I really miss racing my kart!!

Cool, a flat tracker!

[PGSigns]

I like to watch lots of motorsports from flat track to IMSA. Went to RIR in Richmond for both races every years for a long time. Stopped going about 10 years ago. I have been a long time drag racer running brackets and super gas. I am building a new 1989 Firebird now for bracket racing. I also crew chief a 1963 Corvette that my engine builder runs in PDRA Pro Outlaw 632. Check us out on Facebook. Coleman motorsports. If you like fast door cars come out to a PDRA race.
Jimmy

[Rowdyaf]

All things dirtbikes but lately its been snow bikes, i have raced rally cross built rock crawlers and done some auto cross not much like the snow bike if you ever get the chance give it a shot.