[dtfastbear]

Two words for those who want to go w2w quickly: spec miata!

Let me preface that by saying, for those who don't mind if they aren't driving a Porsche and are just more concerned about driving and might not have deep pockets, THEN spec miata is the way to go.

I would love to be racing a 911 with all my friends in the Porsche Racing Club Toyo spec series, but $$ and time were against me. While several of my friends spent big bucks and hundreds of hours building 911 race cars from scratch, I paid $7500 for a fully set up spec miata and went racing two weeks later. More than a year later, those guys are just now turning the wheels on their project 911 race cars while I've got a full season of racing under my belt.

If you're curious about the spec miata route, I'd really recommend that you try renting, first. For $500 a day, all in, you can run in a fully prepared SM car and see if it is for you.

Better yet, leave SoCal early this Sunday morning and let my wife or I take you for a ride in our spec miata at Infineon Sunday afternoon, and you can judge for yourself if it is something that you want to get into.

Dean