JThw8 wrote:The0retical wrote:I happen to know that Speedycop (same guy responsible for the red T-bird above) has just procured one of these for sub-$500 and will be racing it in Lemons.Cover the childrens eyes!
I'd rather drive this than a Juke, what moron would actually buy one of those? Oh yeah, my brother 
In reply to Raze:
I would so much rather have a Juke.
My first thought was a Rolls Royce Phantom. It is something so obscenely expensive and oriented towards luxury (ie not performance) that anyone who had the scratch to buy one would rather buy a different car for racing, and its not likely to become affordable for GRM types for many years to come.
pete240z wrote: The Datsun F10 Woody Wagon
I suspect that there's one of these running around in Puerto Rico with a rotary swap. I can't confirm it, but they'll put rotaries in ANYTHING down there.
I'm thinking the opposite side of things. Like a Maybach 64.
pinchvalve wrote:
um... wow... prob shouldn't say this... but never thought i'd like how an aztec looked... but that one I dig...
clownkiller wrote:Smart cars!
There was a guy racing a Smart Car at the last autocross I was at.... 
scardeal wrote: My first thought was a Rolls Royce Phantom. It is something so obscenely expensive and oriented towards luxury (ie not performance) that anyone who had the scratch to buy one would rather buy a different car for racing, and its not likely to become affordable for GRM types for many years to come.
Not a Phantom but still
Never raced.... willys jeep? I know they rockclimb, but....
BobOfTheFuture wrote: Never raced.... willys jeep? I know they rockclimb, but....
Depending on how the Vatican disposes of surplus Popemobiles I would not be surprised to see one show up somewhere with a Sinead O'Connor blow up doll in the back
I remember Car & Driver's land speed Prius. There was also a Prius spec series put on by Toyota at one point. Apparently the electric charge was used up after about a lap, and it was all gas after that.
Which gave me pause to Google image search "Honda Insight race car."
Car guys are amazing.
From what I understand the 1st-gen Insight is a desireable chassis for the FWD drag-race crowd. Super-light (once the hybrid stuff is chucked out) and super-aerodynamic.
ReverendDexter wrote: I'm thinking the opposite side of things. Like a Maybach 64.
Erm... I don't know how far it qualifies, but I drag raced against one in my DSM once many moons ago. It kicked my ass. Come to think of it, so did that guys Phantom.
ReverendDexter wrote: From what I understand the 1st-gen Insight is a desireable chassis for the FWD drag-race crowd. Super-light (once the hybrid stuff is chucked out) and super-aerodynamic.
I know a guy who used to have a 9-second Honda Insight. And that's quarter-mile time.
JThw8 wrote:The0retical wrote:I happen to know that Speedycop (same guy responsible for the red T-bird above) has just procured one of these for sub-$500 and will be racing it in Lemons.
The build thread... I must see it
mr2peak wrote: I actually think the answer here is a Prius. Yes people have brought them to the drag strip, but I don't think they will ever truly be raced. The 240d is a w123, and those have been raced/rallied quite a bit. The Prius chassis, no.
And you will be wrong!
thestig99 wrote: Ssanyong Rodius
I've actually seen one at a track day, complete with a dog box and a roll cage.
donalson wrote:pinchvalve wrote:um... wow... prob shouldn't say this... but never thought i'd like how an aztec looked... but that one I dig...
Um.... +1
The0retical wrote:JThw8 wrote:The build thread... I must see itThe0retical wrote:I happen to know that Speedycop (same guy responsible for the red T-bird above) has just procured one of these for sub-$500 and will be racing it in Lemons.
Speedy's not much on build threads, usually too busy building to document, but it will probably go something like this.
Strip out interior
Whack a cage into it
Go.
This is Lemons we're talking about after all.
Local Insight:
That insight is an impressive piece of kit.
I believe it should be in the nines... haven't followed it in a couple years. Not bad for a little n/a 4 banger. 
So the answer is, we still haven't found one?
How about a Kia whatever they call their minivan?
Bugatti Veyron, unless you count the TG test track and mile-long drag races as racing, of course. the Veyron is just too expensive and rare to be raced imho
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