Comments on: A tale of two race cars, Part 2: Never On Sunday.

By: Jack_Baruth

Jack_Baruth — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:39:32 +0000

Kai: It's not normal for Neons to have problems like this, but as one of the few people trying to optimize a Neon for the Performance Touring class, we are experiencing problems mostly related to the increased power and performance of the car.

By: Kai Noeske

Kai Noeske — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:26:44 +0000

Kudos to your persistence, and thanks for sharing the great stories!

Quick question – is it normal for Neons to break like this? People I asked had no complaints other than the hubs & bearings needing replacement.

Just asking, because I am seriously considering buying a '01 ACR race car

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:29:06 +0000

so when do you guys get a civic?

By: Mark Mitias

Mark Mitias — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:23:56 +0000

@imag: Thanks for the compliments. Stuff like this is part of the game, and everyone goes through some of it at one point or another, though hopefully not as frequently as we have! Our rivals at Pakistan Express had to haul their car to a frame repair shop after a practice crash during NASA Nationals in 2008 to pull out some fairly serious front end damage. They put the car back together that night and were on grid the following morning in a Herculean effort, and went on to fourth in the Championship race. All sports and competition are going to involve a lot of work, sacrifice, perseverance before you succeed, which is part of what makes that success so enjoyable when it finally arrives. Jack won a nail-biter of a race at Putnam this year using a hastily borrowed battery from an even less fortunate fellow racer and on year old R888s, which was a catharsis for our entire team. As the late great college football coach Woody Hayes used to tell his players, "Anything easy ain't worth a damn", and by that logic, the trophy from that race may be the most valuable thing either of us owns!

By: LordByrone

LordByrone — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:05:00 +0000

Garage photo #1 depicts a female. Clearly a shop.

By: imag

imag — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:12:02 +0000

I wish all auto websites had this level of writing. At least you got something good out of all those Sundays.

I have to say though, I don't know how you stick with the racing game. That is just brutal. There has to be a way to race in a series where just getting the car out there isn't the ultimate challenge. FF? Spec Miata? This just seems like no way to live…

By: kimbo305

kimbo305 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:52:30 +0000

tsk tsk texting on the highway