I'm Going to Look at the (Second?) Lowest Form of Race Car Tomorrow

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
08/11/2018 at 20:43 • Filed to: None

That’s right. If the lowest form of race car is a LeMons car, then surely the second lowest form is a sport four circle track car. And that’s what I’m going to see tomorrow.

Its an 80 Celica with a 22R and a stick. Caged, set up for my local circle track, Seekonk Speedway. It looks like its pretty straight, but it’ll at least need a new head because the car was overheated in the last race it ran. I’m also told the driver was a fairly large gentleman like myself, so the seat might fit me/force me to lose a little weight instead of a lot of it.

For the money ($1000/bo, so $700 to me) it looks like a pretty decent little race car. I don’t think it’ll be super quick, lots of guys run Integras and Eclipses now at that track so a 22R might not be the best, but I don’t care much about that. I’ve been trying to get a race car for years, and this looks like about the best shot I’ve had.

What do you malcontents think?

DISCUSSION (10)

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/11/2018 at 20:56

I would rank Lemons above circle track. A handful of them have made it onto lemons circuits and none have done great.

AntiSpeed > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/11/2018 at 21:18

Looks like a blast! I’ve done a bit of street stock racing on iRacing and really want to try it for real.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
08/11/2018 at 21:24

You may be right about that.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/11/2018 at 21:27

Ci rcle track can be some fantastic racing. I'd say go for it although it will be slow.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/11/2018 at 21:49

There’s a guy up the road from me that has a VW Rabbit he races in the same class, I can’t imagine that would be a ton quicker than the Celica. As long as I’m competitive with somebody, that’s all I care about...I don’t need to win (yet).

sdwarf36 > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/12/2018 at 00:09

Congrats! There’s plenty of parts out there to keep it going. Thats the same rear end thats in every Legends + most dwarfcars=same with the front end parts.

Best I advice I could give-make sure the seat fits you well. The only time I ever go hurt in a race car was in someone else’s car with a seat that was too big. Two cars in front of me spun-I pitched it sideways-and the car behind me did the same. We h it nerf bar to nerfbar. No mar k s on the car but my ribs hurt for a week. I got thrown one side of the seat to the other. After that lesson I won’t climb in a car i don’t fit snug in.

shop-teacher > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/12/2018 at 00:43

That's really cool!

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > sdwarf36
08/12/2018 at 08:56

Good call on the seat. The owner told me the current driver was 6 foot 280 lbs, and I’m a little bigger than that, but he had some room in the seat...it would be real lucky if it fits me, haha.

sdwarf36 > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/12/2018 at 20:04

If you aren’t going to be in it this year, swap meet season is coming soon. Thompson is the best in the area.

AntiSpeed > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/12/2018 at 23:05

At least you can swap out a seat, I had to buy an entirely new car because I didn’t fit in my Formula Ford!

If you do get a bigger seat, to get a really good fit one idea is to use 2-part packing foam and a trash bag to mold the seat to your back. It’s what we do in formula cars (well, most teams use the foam beads and resin but the foam is a budget substitute) and I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t work on one of those.