Rallying or Real racing?

[Stace]

Rallying all day long. Proper in the forest at the crack of the sparrows time of day stuff. Get yourselfs to next years Wydean forest event and take in the fumes of rocket fuel from two metres away

[Guest MK1gaz]

But hey if were looking for something shit to waste money on drag racing is the only way forward IMHO

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Power 14 seconds later off the power and on the brakes. Yeehaa.

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errrr £15 to go drag racing in your road car not £50,000 to go rallying and then smash it to bits after 5 minutes . Most circuit cars and rally cars are slow battered heaps anyway P.S. I like rallying better than driving around gay circuits

[Vista]

 

But hey if were looking for something shit to waste money on drag racing is the only way forward IMHO

Lights Red,

Green

Power 14 seconds later off the power and on the brakes. Yeehaa.

haha

 

errrr £15 to go drag racing in your road car not £50,000 to go rallying and then smash it to bits after 5 minutes . Most circuit cars and rally cars are slow battered heaps anyway P.S. I like rallying better than driving around gay circuits

 

Based on Morleys original question though (see below) I'd say he was asking more from the point of view of the spectator. Now drag racing for £15 as opposed to rallying for £50k (depending what level you're talking about it isn't that much anyway) may be a more attractive proposition for Mr Joe average to get a bit of fun in his road car on a limited budget, but IMHO it doesn't offer nearly as much in the way of excitement as either rallying or cicuit racing for 95% of spectators.

 

Plus, reference your statement below I think you'd find that a car set up for drag racing would struggle to keep up with a real race car on a circuit

Most circuit cars and rally cars are slow battered heaps anyway

 

What would you rather see a mk1/mk2 escort modified for? Rallying or proper racing on a proper track where you actually have to overtake someone!?

 

As you might have guessed, i chose circuit!!

[Guest MK1gaz]

But watching circuit racing is more boring than watching drag racing . Seeing a clump of cars crashing and bumping into each other lap after lap is the worst motoring thing ever , absolute shite ( unless your the one doing it ) . Rallyings much better to watch , it's proper driving

[Vista]

But watching circuit racing is more boring than watching drag racing

 

Errrrmmm no it isn't

[Guest MK1gaz]

Well you get more people getting exicted about going up to santa pod to watch the drag racing than rushing off to brands hatch to watch the lapping , that is a fact

[Vista]

Show me some facts to prove it and I'll believe you, until then it remains a Gaz belief

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

i like watching rallying but i think the rally drivers ive met are up there own arses

 

the escort was one of if not the best rally car going

 

but now im into the quauter mile so id rather see one done up for that plus its cheaper do do and enter depending on what spec you do it up to but its open for all kinds of spec (ie just a standard road car can take part)

 

so the budget is set to the owners limits

 

so i voted circuit but more leaning towards the quauter mile

[Guest MK1gaz]

Yep we all love the quarter mile action at £50 for the whole days racing you can stick your shit pot circuit racing up your bum for £300 a pop + a new set of brakes !!!!!!!!

[andypipe]

Yep we all love the quarter mile action at £50 for the whole days racing you can stick your shit pot circuit racing up your bum for £300 a pop + a new set of brakes !!!!!!!!

 

Yet again totaly wrong information supplied by the man with a wealth of wrong information

[andypipe]

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[Guest MK1gaz]

sorry i must be seeing things then when all the trackdays are all £200 before any other expenses are paid ( fuel , tyres , brakes , day off work , smashed up car full of gravel etc ) . Can't wait to go on some £50 trackdays then !!!!!!!

[MightySprocket]

rallying... END OF

[foggyvolki]

There is never going to be an end of this discussion it's like saying what music is better house music or rap, each to there own, both are equally as skilfull but completely different arts. As for drag racing, (as above) I think it's a complete waste of time and money, at the end of the day it may be slightly cheaper to enter an event, but the winner is who has blown the most cash on there car and driver skill plays a very limited part of it. if your into drag racing watch the start of a race, 32 cars going in a streight line when the lights are green all trying to get round the first corner is more exciting than seeing who has spent the most money out of the two cars on a strip. But again sounds like Gaz is the earl of knowledge about these things so he'l be right. For the final nail in the coffin, the Silverstone Grand Prix sold 100,000 tickets this year, not to mention the millions who watched it on TV, Rallying is of a similar nature although physical attendance is not as high there are still millions who watch the T.V. coverage. Is drag racing even televised or is it too dangerous for the camera men falling from the gantry's while sleeping? Sorry to go on a bit, but thats me done now, never looking at this post again!

[andypipe]

sorry i must be seeing things then when all the trackdays are all £200 before any other expenses are paid ( fuel , tyres , brakes , day off work , smashed up car full of gravel etc ) . Can't wait to go on some £50 trackdays then !!!!!!!

 

My race entries are £165 for 2 races per meeting. Add £20 for fuel for the day and £20 fuel to get there and That only comes to £205. The dearest part of racing is the piss up after. My tyres have lasted 15 meeting with 2 races at each. I have only just replaced the rear pads £13 from a local motor factors which were put in at the begining of the season, and the fronts wont need changing to the end of this season after being put in at the begining of 2006.

 

Yet again your maths dont work

[Guest MK1gaz]

Your racing in a proper racing series and need a pucker race car though , we've all got road cars which can only race on expensive trackdays which are usually on a work day = big money for us lot where as drag racing is on a sunday and is cheap

[Retromotorsport]

Your racing in a proper racing series and need a pucker race car though , we've all got road cars which can only race on expensive trackdays which are usually on a work day = big money for us lot where as drag racing is on a sunday and is cheap

 

Gaz we have told you about the TinTops race series that runs along side the series that Andy does.. infact its called the DMN feeder series, car have to be road legal to enter ... and if you do the 2 races for the DMN, you can have another 2 race's in the TINTOPS for under £75 ... tada..

Even if you dont enter the DMN the Tintops 2 races are only £130 to £180 depending on track used.

 

he shoots ..he scores .. yayyyyy

 

As for spending £50 for a days drag racing ... 5 runs at £10 per run ..

 

13 second runs equals 65 seconds of racing for £50 ..

 

so thats 1 1/4 miles of racing for 50 quid .. or £40 a mile ..

 

and he thinks drag racing is cheap

 

 

 

Andy did 33 laps at brands which is 40 miles .. diveded by the costs

 

which equals £4 per mile... looks like circuit racing is cheaper per mile.

[Vista]

Your racing in a proper racing series and need a pucker race car though , we've all got road cars which can only race on expensive trackdays which are usually on a work day = big money for us lot where as drag racing is on a sunday and is cheap

 

Gaz we have told you about the TinTops race series that runs along side the series that Andy does.. infact its called the DMN feeder series, car have to be road legal to enter ... and if you do the 2 races for the DMN, you can have another 2 race's in the TINTOPS for under £75 ... tada..

Even if you dont enter the DMN the Tintops 2 races are only £130 to £180 depending on track used.

 

he shoots ..he scores .. yayyyyy

 

As for spending £50 for a days drag racing ... 5 runs at £10 per run ..

 

13 second runs equals 65 seconds of racing for £50 ..

 

so thats 1 1/4 miles of racing for 50 quid .. or £40 a mile ..

 

and he thinks drag racing is cheap

 

 

 

Andy did 33 laps at brands which is 40 miles .. diveded by the costs

 

which equals £4 per mile... looks like circuit racing is cheaper per mile.

 

Value for money wise, you can't argue with the maths in that. And I still maintain that as the question was aimed at Spectators, i.e. What would you rather see? that with most people drag racing wouldn't get a look in next to either of those two options. Plus it wasn't even one of the options to choose in the first place.

[Guest MK1gaz]

Drag racing is cheap at £50 for a whole day , if i lived nearer it would only cost me £25 . Circuit racing is big money in comparision , and the cars are foooooooking ugly !!!!!!!!

[M11rf]

Have to say, circuit racing for the LOOKS of the car.

 

Rallying for balls out driver skill and excitement.

[Jay_harrier]

All have their merits, Tarmac rallying for me.

 

If you want to use costs as an argument then compare the cost per minute of a days drag racing vs circuit racing.

 

Even if you managed 10 runs in a 15 second car its less than 3 minutes, a circuit race is 20 mins+ and they have these unusual elements called corners (the bits at the end of a straight that go left or right taken at speed...)

[Stavedog]

Circuit racing for me because of the Zakspeed Mk2

It looks right