# A snap shot of why racing is fun **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 28, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672 "2011-01-28T21:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/1 "2011-01-28T21:05:30Z")
This 1 minute video is the perfect snap shot of how “slow” cars on what some would call a “boring” track had nothing to do with the quality of racing. You don’t have to be racing an Enzo at spa to have fun. :thumbup Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/2 "2011-01-28T21:14:18Z")
Smash Miata. Far better videos of those wacks out there. Often you find one driver thinking he’s the pinball and the others are the bumpers. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/3 "2011-01-28T21:17:18Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNylkt0uvc&playnext=1&list=PL73A57668F1581586](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNylkt0uvc&playnext=1&list=PL73A57668F1581586)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/4 "2011-01-29T18:31:50Z")
> [@Boxersix"](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNylkt0uvc&playnext=1&list=PL73A57668F1581586](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNylkt0uvc&playnext=1&list=PL73A57668F1581586)🙂 LOL, bump drafting is a must with those cars… ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/5 "2011-01-31T12:59:33Z")
> [@Boxersix"](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNylkt0uvc&playnext=1&list=PL73A57668F1581586](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNylkt0uvc&playnext=1&list=PL73A57668F1581586)🙂 those are some heavy hits!!! ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/6 "2011-01-31T13:01:51Z")
Man that looks like an absolute blast. I didn’t have that much fun in the skip barber Miata around LR. ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/7 "2011-01-31T14:04:20Z")
First vid isnt even out of the norm. That’s the status quo for how close and fun Spec racing is. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/8 "2011-01-31T14:07:46Z")
How do different manufacturers end up on the track at the same time in a spec race? ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/9 "2011-01-31T14:09:47Z")
Spec Miata is just one class, there are usually several on track at the same time in most regions. Big races with big fields might get their own race group but its uncommon. Usually it’ll be a few fast classes with a few slow classes, but no one is super close in speed so there’s a better chance the classes wont be racing each other when they get close. The faster cars will just zoom by. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/10 "2011-01-31T14:12:17Z")
> [@Mad leet Drifto #1 for this winter anyone?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mad-leet-drifto-1-for-this-winter-anyone/39179/23): > > Spec Miata is just one class, there are usually several on track at the same time in most regions. Big races with big fields might get their own race group but its uncommon. Usually it’ll be a few fast classes with a few slow classes, but no one is super close in speed so there’s a better chance the classes wont be racing each other when they get close. The faster cars will just zoom by. I just figured Spec Miata being as big as it is, having enough membership on a typical spec race to occupy the whole track. Considering the limitations on the Spec classes I’m surprised the Miatas were passing anybody on the straights :lol ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/11 "2011-01-31T14:22:53Z")
> [@Fuel return line?...ugh, what?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fuel-return-line-ugh-what/39282/9): > > I just figured Spec Miata being as big as it is, having enough membership on a typical spec race to occupy the whole track. > > Considering the limitations on the Spec classes I’m surprised the Miatas were passing anybody on the straights :lol Those got pass are probably SS cars and given the position of those cars being passed they are probably fighting for pos, hence might be losing a lot of momentum going into downhill or even the west bend. ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-snap-shot-of-why-racing-is-fun/256672/12 "2011-01-31T14:58:55Z")
> [@Any One Have A Hook Up On Carpet](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-one-have-a-hook-up-on-carpet/39277/3): > > Man that looks like an absolute blast. > > I didn’t have that much fun in the skip barber Miata around LR. Cuz you were in the passenger seat and only got one or two laps in lol.