places to speed/ race

firehazard021 · 07-15-2009, 09:11 PM

im a newb but i wanna start racing my v6, either parking lot racing or on a track just for fun, im getting bored just driving it and the speeding tickets are getting to expensive not to mention the points are adding up. lol so does any body know any good place to race near Charleston sc, i head about a nine turn track in savannah?

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socalwrench · 07-16-2009, 01:08 AM

Prepare yourself for this. Most of people on here don't like street racing. Besides, even if there was a good spot- posting it on the internet is a bad idea. Find locals who are into cars as you are and just pay attention. Usually, those hot spots don't last very long as the authorities find them eventually.

Anyway, take it to the track- it's more fun, and usually cheaper after adding up all the tickets. Besides, if you wreck- there's safety personnel to help.

firehazard021 · 07-16-2009, 06:10 AM

sorry, i wasnt looking to street race, i was actually looking for a legal way to go fast, and wanted for infromation, like where there is a good track around me, and stuff, also i know the scca is coming to town in septemper, but i know nothing about it and it looks pretty serious, so as a beginer i just wanted to find a place to go fast and put my car threw its paces.

jayel579 · 07-16-2009, 11:03 AM

www.scca.com

Start here, look up your region and find where your local club runs. Autocross is a great way to learn the basics and learn a lot about car control and setup. Then you can look into track events with anyone, NASA or BMWCCA would be my sugestions. Most of these clubs you do need to be a memeber before you can participate in track events. All autocross events held by the SCCA you do not need to be a member so you get to try it out before you dump a membership fee an do not like it.

socalwrench · 07-16-2009, 11:37 AM

+1

The SCCA would be a great place to start as they have many classes to grow with. And, your Mustang can fit into many of them.

Hopefully, someone near SC will chime in.

limp1969 · 07-16-2009, 12:10 PM

scca does not have many events if you don't have a comp license. Most is solo crap where you dont even race on a track, no passing and the speeds are 60 mph maybe.I socal the real racing is nasa. You need to join in for a hpde 1.

Norm Peterson · 07-20-2009, 08:55 AM

Sounds like you want to find a track day. This would be instructed at least until you are signed off to run solo (no instructor riding in the passenger seat). Don't be in a hurry to get signed off, and don't be afraid to ask an instructor to ride along even after you have been.

Don't know where in SC you are, but VIR may not be an unreasonably far distance to travel at least a couple of times a year.

Also, don't get conned into under-estimating autocross. The skills required are a little different, but I wouldn't necessarily rate the skills required in one activity "higher" than the skills required in the other. Passing in wheel-to-wheel is an important skill. So is the ability to rapidly "read" the course at auto-X, where you've never seen it before and have only three to six or so tries to get it right. 60 mph may sound slow to some, but having the turns only coming at you on average only every 5 to 10 seconds (vs every 2 or maybe 3) sounds like a rather relaxed pace of course following to others.

Norm

firehazard021 · 07-20-2009, 09:20 PM

im just out side of charleston, which is two hours away from Savannah

BlueBloodedPony · 07-23-2009, 10:30 AM

You may also want to check out: SCsportscar They are like the the SC chapter for SCCA. And it looks like they have an event coming up in Sept at the N. Charleston Coliseum Race My brother lives down in Charleston, i only wish I was the lucky lol.