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Julian-that car is back on ebay as of a couple days ago. His original ad is what gave me the idea becuase he mentioned "SCCA prepped". That's an expensive car to go banging around a track though. But the thought has crossed my mind (obviously or I wouldn't have posted)

Dave-I have goose bumps from seeing your spec car. I just joined the SoPac (California Sports Car Club-Cal Club) region of SCCA this weekend and spent a little time in the local CSR shop (MBI Racing) looking at his new (new to him) SRF. They fully support all the SRF races at the three tracks Cal club races each year (Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Willow Springs, and Cal Speedway-Fontana). After that I spent the rest of the day flagging on turn 15 at Buttonwillow with the cars only 10-15 feet away. WHAT a rush!!!! Nothing like having a GT1 700 hp Camaro bearing down on you and hard braking into a turn!! The spec classes were definately more competitive than the open classes since it all comes down to driver talent (or lack of it). After talking to a few racers I got the strong impression that the Spec Miata class is not very "Spec". I really like the idea of minimal downtime and max seat time that the Spec classes see. Everyone I talked to said the SRF's are darn near indestructable and easy to fix. And for only a 100hp Focus motor they still motivate around the track nicely. I will check out your site and if possible I would like to talk more about your SRF experiences-good and bad.

I thought of the idea of racing the P-car, probably in GT2 or T2, because I could combine two things I love. I don't have to run at the front. I can't afford to have a Pantera and go racing so I thought if I don't have to make a choice why would I? Classic case of having my cake and eating it too. At this time in my life I think I want to race more than I want the Pantera ownership.

The issue is expense. The number one thing racing has to be is inexpensive (I know that's relative-very relative) but if I have a budget set each year for racing I can get more seat time in a spec car than in the P-car. I think I just figured out my sloution.....

Thanks for all the feedback everyone.

Also I can't imagine what I would do if my exotic Italian was under that pile.......