Rent-a-racer?

mr2tim · 06-20-2008, 06:12 PM

Have not gotten very serious offers on my 89 SC Time Trials competition prepared racecar

, and am contemplating starting a mr2 racing school here in Ft Lauderdale/South Florida?

Anybody want to come down to South Florida for a supercharged race weekend with racing Saturday or Sunday or both?

Night Dive the Keys?

chicagoisonfire · 06-21-2008, 08:55 PM

if i wast leaving fl in 2 months and could afford it i would be so down!

2restomod · 08-05-2008, 02:52 PM

Sounds like a great idea. But unfortunately AZ is a long way from FL. I always wondered why there wasn't a "Spec MR2" instead of a "Spec Miata" series? As much money as Toyota puts into racing you'd think that would have really taken off.

Gairloch · 08-05-2008, 03:14 PM

Only problem with that idea is there isn't nearly as many MR2s in the US as there are Miatas.

2restomod · 08-07-2008, 08:18 PM

^I don't know the production #'s but you're probably right. But I know that at the time they started thinking of some spec classes the Mr2 (MKI's) was just fading out of SCCA Class C and the Miata was just coming in. I just think a rear engined spec car would have been a lot "cooler" than the FWD Miata. IMHO. And even though there may have been "more" Miata's, there were "enough" Mr2's to make a class.

SUPAMAN · 08-07-2008, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 2restomod

^I don't know the production #'s but you're probably right. But I know that at the time they started thinking of some spec classes the Mr2 (MKI's) was just fading out of SCCA Class C and the Miata was just coming in. I just think a rear engined spec car would have been a lot "cooler" than the FWD Miata. IMHO. And even though there may have been "more" Miata's, there were "enough" Mr2's to make a class.

fwd miata??? never heard of one lmao...they are definitely rwd

06-20-2008, 06:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
mr2tim SUPERcharZed ToyZ RacZer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 690 Thanks: 2 Thanked 41 Times in 38 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	Rent-a-racer? Have not gotten very serious offers on my 89 SC Time Trials competition prepared racecar , and am contemplating starting a mr2 racing school here in Ft Lauderdale/South Florida? Anybody want to come down to South Florida for a supercharged race weekend with racing Saturday or Sunday or both? Night Dive the Keys?

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Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,848 Thanks: 125 Thanked 258 Times in 228 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	Only problem with that idea is there isn't nearly as many MR2s in the US as there are Miatas. __________________ "Inside the car, the world beyond the driver's immediate horizon ceases to exist. Alone with the solitude of his desire, survival sense numbed by the speed, he's outrun the mediocrity of the outside world, slipped the shackles it tries to clamp on us all. He is running free, chased only by a fear of failure, for failure is to risk ejection into the real world." ~Mark Hughes

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06-21-2008, 08:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
chicagoisonfire lovin it stock (mostly) Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago/Orlando/Albany Posts: 301 Thanks: 22 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	if i wast leaving fl in 2 months and could afford it i would be so down!

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2restomod msnusers.com/mr2projects Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Queen Creek, AZ Posts: 392 Thanks: 23 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	Sounds like a great idea. But unfortunately AZ is a long way from FL. I always wondered why there wasn't a "Spec MR2" instead of a "Spec Miata" series? As much money as Toyota puts into racing you'd think that would have really taken off.

08-07-2008, 08:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
2restomod msnusers.com/mr2projects Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Queen Creek, AZ Posts: 392 Thanks: 23 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	^I don't know the production #'s but you're probably right. But I know that at the time they started thinking of some spec classes the Mr2 (MKI's) was just fading out of SCCA Class C and the Miata was just coming in. I just think a rear engined spec car would have been a lot "cooler" than the FWD Miata. IMHO. And even though there may have been "more" Miata's, there were "enough" Mr2's to make a class.