NASA's new prototype car/series

http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/you-can-now-buy-a-prototype-race-car-for-the-price-of-a-1669976687/+travis

I walked past the booth eariler and wondered what was under the cover. I can stop by and pry for more details if anyone is interested.

http://www.nationalspeedsportnews.com/road-racing/other-road-racing/nasa-creating-affordable-prototype-series/

How easy is it to backlash the valves on a 2.0L skyactiv? #NASAscrutsdon'tcheck

Chassis is tight for larger drivers but should be safe if you can find your way out of it after a stuff

They look awesome, but power to weight says they're not going to be terribly fast by race car standards. Perhaps the aero will help with that. Running costs should be low.

Those are pretty cool Daytona Prototype RC cars.

Chevy Suburbans are stupid expensive.

Basil Exposition wrote: Chevy Suburbans are stupid expensive.

They are, which sucks because I think the new design is genuinely attractive and there is even a metallic brown I like. I just can't quite stomach the fact that an even moderately equipped Suburban costs more than the V wagon.
As far as the race car goes, I think a lot of it's success will depend on what sort of contingencies Mazda throws at it and what sort of adoption rate it gets. If you can have 10+ car fields in every region and 30+ car fields at nationals, it should be a hit. If it's as reliable as people in the know say it should be, then it's a tires/brakes car for a season. At that point the $60k buy in makes sense vs a lot of other road racing cars.

In reply to mazdeuce:

Nailed it, the operation cost would be less then just about anything above IT class

so a full, dedicated, purpose-built race car for Elise money? sounds like it would make one hell of a trackday car for someone who's experienced enough to not need an instructor, even if they never take it wheel to wheel racing!

Run it on Ovals.