Rons said:
stroker said:
This sounds an awful lot like the series Bad Obsession Motorsports was involved with...? Or is that me?
The concept seems similar to the endurance series therealpinto participates in.
Bad obsession participated in the citicar cup (if I'm not mistaken), made up of small 60 hp hatchbacks that were all nearly identical. C Spec looks like it will be made up of many different makes and models and they'll try to balance performance with balast, restrictors, or both.
Therealpinto participates in a low-budget enduro league, similar to 24 Hours of Lemons, Champcar, or Lucky Dog Racing League here in the states. I believe they race 4 hour enduros.
If I'm not mistaken C Spec is just going to be an SCCA class like B Spec, Spec Miata, etc. It'll be mostly sprint races, 20 or 30 minutes.
I really like the idea. Don't get me wrong! But when I go to our local SCCA races (Portland) I see SM and SRF with their own run groups (and car counts), maybe all the formula cars in one run group, and then a run group with T1, T2, BS, EP, FP, HP, GTL, STL, STU, T3, T4, ITA, B, C, S, R, etc.etc.etc. and there's only 10-15 cars. To me that's just depressing. I want some variety (like B or C spec) and would like to build and race a car that I like, instead of picking a car with the most numbers (miata, SRF). But who wants to spend $15k to build a car they like, so they can be lumped into a run group like I described above, and not be actually racing anybody but yourself? This logic led me to race with the budget leagues like LDRL (or CC if they're in your region)... run the car you like, and there's plenty of people to race. I would be delighted to be wrong! Certainly wish C spec the best of luck, and I hope it takes off!