Cheapest from of motorsport?

**Bug_racer** · 18-08-2006, 09:05 AM

I guess you should try everything . I prefer drag racing , still trying to build a car up , the costs are monumental and I hope I get some kind of sponsorship after its run a few times , otherwise it wont be seeing the strip too often . So while I wait for my car to get built I just fix everyone elses cars and prep them up for circuit and drag racing . One day I'll probably build a wicked circuit car , but until then I'll just stick to drag cars

blackgti1.8 · 30-08-2006, 10:33 PM

Yeah, definitely motorkhanas. Khanacross is fun too.
A stock (Mk1) Golf is actually fairly well set up for dirt events, although most opt for stiffening up the rear. Motorkhanas are relatively safe as well, although I have seen the occasional car flip going sideways and hitting a ditch

(rare)

As pointed out, motorkanas are quite cheap - the only hassle is that you get your pride and joy nice and grubby, which doesn't sit well with some folks.

Hillclimbs and circuit events get considerably more expensive (and dangerous), but if you're after an adrenalin high - you can't beat 'em. Just don't use a car that you couldn't stand to see stuffed into a wall, that's all.
The GTI isn't going near a circuit for that reason, but Motorkhanas - you bet

**gtimk5** · 31-08-2006, 07:00 AM

Quite agree with you there. As an entry level fun sport they are fun. You have to be smart and use your head a fair bit but once you get into the flow, it is very satisfying. They are also a lot more sociable than other forms of motorsport, especially circuit racing where people are out to play mind games with you. We also have a fair bit of "backstabbing" that goes on down here.

**worm** · 31-08-2006, 02:02 PM

Less Gunter pics and more bird poop pics

**gtimk5** · 31-08-2006, 03:35 PM

Laugh out VERY loud!!!!!
Not sick of em already are you????!!!! Got hundreds of em
I will wait a bit longer for some more poop to infest the paint! Actually contemplating selling him along with the other golfs I have (no, not the mk5!)
And my camper and twincab ute.

**GoLfMan** · 31-08-2006, 04:04 PM

did you stay infront of that Suby long mate?

**gtimk5** · 31-08-2006, 04:16 PM

7 lapper, rained on lap 4. He eventually got me and won the race by .6 second. 20 odd cars behind having fun on the damp track!

**GoLfMan** · 31-08-2006, 04:52 PM

thats awesome that you held a WRX off for that long

**gtimk5** · 31-08-2006, 05:07 PM

Jap imort STI with sequential and all. He's spent a lot on it too!

blackgti1.8 · 03-09-2006, 07:28 PM

The Subby wouldn't out-handle the GTI, come of it

Just need to hold him off down the straight.
You also need to do the sums on power to weight ratio - WRX's are no light-weights..

I have to say though that either you've a well-sorted suspension or you're
not trying hard enough - I can't see daylight under that inside rear wheel!
(the former, right?)

Grass motorhanas are great (no dust!), as long as they are dry - if there's been any rain recently, a WRX (or a Golf synchro) would come in handy (or a LSD)

I'm going to have to start saving for that Quaife LSD...

I like the dirt cicuit pic too (is it a circuit?). They can be great fun too if you find a good circuit. Probably ( a little) safer than a tarmac circuit too.
It's a real shame that the Amaroo dirt circuit (NW Sydney) disappeared years ago (along with the main circuit and hillclimb)...

More pic please. Love these ones.