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Which B-Spec will be best?

Started by Ernie Jr. , 01-12-2012 09:15 PM

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Ernie Jr.
Posted 01-12-2012 09:15 PM

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Which B-Spec is best?

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Posted 01-13-2012 06:49 AM

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Based on your driving skills the best car will be the one you are driving. Seriously, IMO it's too early to pick any of the cars as having an advantage over the other. It's hard to beat the support from Mazdaspeed Motorsports, so if I were to get into B-spec it would have to be a Mazda2
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Posted 01-13-2012 07:06 AM

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Ok yeah we can't find anything on any of them or stats on most of them.

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Posted 01-13-2012 07:25 AM

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Which B-Spec is best?


Someone else's as a rental. Why spend 30K on a crap box car for a series that may only last one year????
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Posted 01-13-2012 07:30 AM

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Try Google?
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Posted 01-13-2012 08:40 AM

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Posted 01-13-2012 06:18 PM

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:rotfl: Wait...can i pay you to drive a front wheel drive sardine can with no power? :duck:

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Posted 01-13-2012 06:30 PM

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U guys have some good points... :scratchchin:

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Posted 01-20-2012 10:52 AM

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Ernie,

Don't let the man drama get you down. These cars are great to drive on a race track. Ask anyone who has driven one, I do believe it will be cars for the courses. Fast courses one car will have an advantage, Slow technical courses another car will have an advantage. etc. The biggest thing is get our and drive. Spec Miata is a great way to go, but B-spec will have it's advantages.

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Ernie Jr.
Posted 01-20-2012 11:25 AM

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Thank you I think we are going with the Ford.

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Posted 02-26-2012 01:41 PM

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I think the best way to go is with whatever company throws down contingency money towards the effort.If the OEM's decide they want a B spec war you might see some payouts for win's instead of just tire bucks. Besides if there is a clear "car to have" they wiill add weights and plates as needed to balance things out.

I drove a B spec mazda 2 at NJMP. Sure it was way underpowered but still alot of fun to drive. I passed a couple spec miata's, ITB, ITC cars with it. GIven a large enough field I think it would be just as much fun as any other low power class.

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Posted 02-26-2012 06:07 PM

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We actually got a Mazda 2 last week and tested it stock. I got it to within 3 seconds of my SM fastlap on 3 WHEELS!! We are caging it this week and getting it prepped for the Homestead grand-am race.
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Posted 02-26-2012 09:28 PM

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Voytec was7-8 seconds or so off at Road Atlanta, so that sounds pretty fast?

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Posted 02-26-2012 09:33 PM

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Yeah i ran 1.53 flat and I run 1.50 to 1.49 with my SM

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Posted 02-28-2012 03:28 PM

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Probably the Mini
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