Is there anybody with any Chumpcar experience out there? I'm thinking about running the series, but will an FC be valued over $500 by their regulations?

 

i'd be surprised if an 86 gxl would be, im pretty sure you'd kill everyone with it lol

 

Yep it is considered a $500 car. . .some friends are running in it at Calgary this year. . .

 

this one isn't rocket science.

Did you pay $500 or less for it? if so, it's a $500 car.

 

The car has to be valued at $500 or under, it doesnt matter what you pay. You could pay $1, or $501. Otherwise everyone would just get their buddies to sell them back their own cars for "$500".

 

I wouldn't mind running one in Ontario.... Project D1: A stock NA is by their regulations $500 all OEM (no non-punishable upgrades)?

 

didn't realize how much the chumpcar rules have changed in the last 12 months. They used to be just like lemons. it's very different now.

I'd say a beater FC will be no problem. If you want to know for sure send chumpcar an email and I'm sure they'll be happy to let you know.

 

I'd have to ask my buddy Conroy about that. . .I'm not too into chumpcar. . .he's building it right now and has been talking about rules/regulations and what they can/cannot get away with. . .

I'll let you know soon. . .

 

Hello! Yes, bring your RX7! I'm one of the west coast staff and my team has an S4. There are a decent number of FCs being built right now and a number that have already run with us. Plus a slew of first gens. It's certainly on the line for value, but I don't think you will have an issue. Keep it as stock as you can for the best shot of making it through without penalties.

We even allow cracking the motor open and replacing worn seals. As long as its oem parts on a factory motor and you aren't doing any fancy porting or machine work, you are good to go.

There are a number of ways the chumpcar rules have diverged from the lemons rules. The core of the differences is that lemons uses receipts and actual money spent (and bribes) to determine a car's $500ness. ChumpCar uses a process called AIV. You prove your car can be had for $500 (by showing ads on craigslist, or ebay, ect) running for $500 and you are good to go. Generally speaking a vast majority of cars that fit into the rules for one, also fit into the rules of the other. If you get it wrong your first time out, you will get some penalty laps. That's not a big deal to most new teams as they are just trying to finish the race.

You are free to use depressed US markets to get your AIV ads too. I have heard from a couple Canadian teams that rx7s are rare up there and thus demand higher pricing. You aren't restricted to the region you will be racing in.

Feel free to hit me up on PM if you have any questions.

 

I think my friends and I would love to run our lemons stratus in chumpcar this year. Lemons has been significantly less fun recently than it used to be... never had a problem in the valuation end, just didn't have much fun because we weren't on track for most of the race due to ridiculous penalties, our car failing tech after passing tech, rules being made up on the spot, etc.

 

chumpcar and lemons are different leagues tho i think....

 

wanna put a vert in that race?.I gots one!

 

is it caged dave?

 

..uh...
no..it is currently TARPED!..(laughin hysterically!)..damn snow!

 

here is the link to the humble beginings of our chump car. we have done alot more work in prep but i havent had time to update the website. check back in a couple weeks and hopfully i will have put up more.

http://www.4kruzn.com/wordpress/?page_id=109

 

im building a chumpcar rx7 1987 its about 85 percent finished.i drove in 2 chumpcar races last year with a team that had a 85 rx7 i built there motor for them.

if there is anyone on here intrested in driving with my team let me know.the average price to drive with my team is 600.00 for a 24hr race and that will give you about 5-6 hours of seat time.i will post pics soon of car

 

coolcars44: Is your avatar still accurate; you're down in N.C.?

 

yes i am