Soooo.....is SCCA FF dead?

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Originally Posted by Purple Frog

Fast kids romp on the brakes super hard upon first application and then ease up as the car slows. Us old folks used to street driving tend to slowly ease on the brakes getting progressively harder.

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Hard initial braking after high-speed sectors works best in cars with downforce. In street car based racecars or non-aero racecars (FF, etc.) this may not apply due to the effects of weight transfer, tire and brake pad characteristics, etc.

What does apply in any case is whether one has the ability to modulate the braking force as needed to optimize deceleration w/o lock-up.

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Originally Posted by romoman

Check out Gridlife, drifters, and Lemons. The folks who are financially challenged are still out there, just in different spots. And certainly, the number of options to get on track is huge today compared to what it used to be.

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I'll add my opinion as someone who probably fits in the 'financially challenged' category :ha:.
The number of options for track time is significant. The people that I know have mostly opted for Gridlife, Luckydog, NASA,WRL ... over SCCA. Or if they aren't in the financially challenged category, pro racing of some variety.

For me, the cost to compete in formula cars didn't make sense for what I wanted - competition, non-spec racing, frequency of events. So I went dirt late model racing. I can race as much as I could possibly want, the competition level is high, and the cars are not spec, combine that with the fact there is a return via purse money and that I'm a bit of a short track racer at heart and the dirt late model made sense for me.

Fletcher, I’d love to see your schedule of your next few races.

We’re on Blue Ridge now, and would love to surprise your parents at a race.

PM sent.