I thought it might be fun to see what kind of various forms of motorsports hive members have tried.
I'll go first in chronological order
Motorcycle roadracing
Autocross
SCCA roadracing
HPDE / track days.
Drag Racing (in the Datsun.......19.23 1/4)
TSD Rally
Rally-X
Stage Rally (as an organizer driving the course opening car)
Vintage Motocross
Karting
Off Road (motorcycle)
Vintage racing
SCCA Time Trial
Not that many, but:
track days
autox
indoor go-karts
time trial
Whatever you want to call the rally classes at DirtFish (not an actual stage rally, but along those lines)
NASA and SCCA road racing
Karting
Autocross (Edit: Also gymkhana/dexterity and mirrorkhana)
Track days
Offroad TSD
Offroad arena/obstacle course
Drag
RallyX (in a rental car, even better)
Stage rally
TSD
Autox
HPDE
Karting
Drag racing (in a classic Mini)
Keith Tanner said:
RallyX (in a rental car, even better)
Stage rally
TSD
Autox
HPDE
Karting
Drag racing (in a classic Mini)
You can't just say you drag raced the mini without telling us the time...............
Not too many, but I've tried a few:
Autocross
Rallycross
Trackdays
TSD rally, both touring and technical, as a competitor and an event organizer/writer
High-speed all-gravel TSD (stage rally stepping stone)
Drag racing
Drifting
Indoor Karting
Riding dirtbikes (motorsport or recreation?)
I've crewed for Stage rally and endurance road racing
I've been involved in Stage rally as an organizer, stage captain, course marshal, sweep crew, etc.
I'm hoping to add both flat track and motorcycle trackdays to the list this year.
Rallycross
Autocross
Rally (navigator)
Hillclimb (navigator)
Karting (inside & out)
Track days (car)
Track days (motorcycles)
Motocross
Drag racing
Off road racing (motorcycle)
In order of how much I've done them:
Autocross
Drag racing
HPDE
Road racing
Indoor karting
TSD rally
Competitive motorsports:
Bracket racing
SCCA RallyCross
TSD
Non-competitive motorsports:
General drag racing
Track days
Autocross
A note. That is not a dig. I have only entered one SCCA Solo II event, and given that I was the only car in FP, I was not competing with anybody. All other autocrosses I have entered were free-for-all non scoring, non classed, track day style events.
Mid-70s Drag racing – 64 Impala SS
Late-70s – early-80s AutoX – MGB
Early-80s Time Trials – ITB Pinto
Early to mid-80s Road Racing– ITB Pinto
Early to mid-90s Road Racing– H-Production Fiat 850
2005-ish Circle Track – Fox Mustang
2011 Off Road – “Stock” VW Bug
buzzboy
SuperDork
3/15/23 11:32 p.m.
Competitive endurance road racing
Non competitive drag passes
I want to rally cross. Maybe after I finish the Mercedes
Tom1200 said:
Keith Tanner said:
RallyX (in a rental car, even better)
Stage rally
TSD
Autox
HPDE
Karting
Drag racing (in a classic Mini)
You can't just say you drag raced the mini without telling us the time...............
18-something.
It was at a Friday night event and as I launched down the strip in the dark desert, I realized I had no idea 1) what the finish line looked like and 2) where to go after that. Luckily, there was a faster car (a stock 1996 Miata) in the other lane so I was able to follow him :)
In reply to Keith Tanner :
If you hadn't replied, I was going to chime in from personal experience: "he can't give you a time until he's finished. Check back next week..."
Outdoor go karts (surprisingly quick)
Indoor go karts
Sportbike track days
Vehicle track days
Track Days
Road Racing
Autocross
Karting
Rallying (well, just a 5 day rally school)
Offroading
Oh yes, forgot general 4 wheelin'. Lots of that.
TSD Rallying
Ice racing (well, ice time trials, really. Autocross, but with the asphalt replaced with a frozen lake)
HPDE
Autocross
Road Racing
autocross
hillclimb
track days
TSD rallying
offroad TSD rallying
general off roading
stage rallying
general recreational touring with like-minded sportscar nuts
Karting
Formula SAE
trackday
A lot of canyon driving
whomp whomp it's a short list. Sad really. I hope to rectify that. Motorcycle track day is on the list. Porsche track experience as well.
Jerry
PowerDork
3/18/23 8:03 a.m.
Probably leave something out but:
- Road Rally (same as Claff, with my dad late 70s early 80s)
- Go karts, commercial and few years ago won an all day thing with a local legit gokart track, arrive/drive
- Autocross
- Rallycross
- Track days
- Drag racing twice (1st time at Challenge 2017)
- Slot car racing (as child and adult)
Probably it, unless you count a driving experience at Tank Town USA in GA driving an APC around a mud and water course.