# road racing from 1992 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 7, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-racing-from-1992/160077 "2010-09-07T16:04:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-racing-from-1992/160077/1 "2010-09-07T16:04:42Z")
a while back I created a thread regarding cars of the mid 90’s [http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?82952-In-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have](http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?82952-In-1995-what-was-the-car-to-have) someone on SHOforum posted this roadcourse vid form 1992. It looked like a interesting race serise. Is there anything like this today? It might be a highlight video i’m not sure but there is quite a few spin outs. obviously I only know of this vids existence because there are 2 famous (in the SHO world) SHO’s in the race. The ninja turtle SHO and this one [http://www.multimatic.com/motorsports\_history.shtml](http://www.multimatic.com/motorsports_history.shtml) vid from 1992 below [http://www.streetfire.net/video/1992-firestone-firehawk-montreal\_196276.htm](http://www.streetfire.net/video/1992-firestone-firehawk-montreal_196276.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-racing-from-1992/160077/2 "2010-09-07T16:22:36Z")
they have “touring car” racing in europe which is very similar and is huge, you can recognize the cars ect… we have the Miata cup and a lot of other grass roots privateer series, but nothing that gets any serious publicity, nascar gets all the backing sadly. not meant to knock it, but the real “roots” of nascar are long dead and gone. ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-racing-from-1992/160077/3 "2010-09-07T16:55:30Z")
> [@somedude"](#): > > . Is there anything like this today? Yes. Without looking up the specifics of the allowable car modifications for that series it would be something like Touring: T2 _if the cars were stock (for current model year to back ~10 years cars)_: If you wanted to race those cars today (from 1992) they would fit into American Sedan: AS, or Improved Touring: ITS, ITR, or ITE: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYRCre-eJHo) Now if they were tubed frame then that would be higher classing, but there exist classes for those cars to run today. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-racing-from-1992/160077/4 "2010-09-07T17:12:55Z")
watching that made me want an IROC 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-racing-from-1992/160077/5 "2010-09-07T17:38:26Z")
> [@fairgentleman Z](#): > > Yes. > > Without looking up the specifics of the allowable car modifications for that series it would be something like Touring: T2 _if the cars were stock (for current model year to back ~10 years cars)_: > > If you wanted to race those cars today (from 1992) they would fit into American Sedan: AS, or Improved Touring: ITS, ITR, or ITE: > > [https://youtu.be/vYRCre-eJHo](https://youtu.be/vYRCre-eJHo) > > Now if they were tubed frame then that would be higher classing, but there exist classes for those cars to run today. god that looks like fun ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-racing-from-1992/160077/6 "2010-09-07T17:56:08Z")
if only it were more popular with factory teams. ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-racing-from-1992/160077/7 "2010-09-07T18:13:02Z")
Nice vid ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-racing-from-1992/160077/8 "2010-09-07T19:52:43Z")
> [@Spam16v](#): > > if only it were more popular with fans. Fixed. Advertisers and sponsors are only going to go where they can get the largest market share for their dollar. For the U.S. that means bootleggers going around county fair horse tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Inn-Tune](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/inn-tune/32/7588_2.png) [@Inn-Tune](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Inn-Tune)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-racing-from-1992/160077/9 "2010-09-08T06:22:14Z")
SCCA has tons of racing with touring cars. Here are some other US based series that include touring classes: Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Rolex Sports car series ALMS Speed World Challenge There’s more…