path to W2W in CA: how to get there?

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Originally posted by emcon5
RE: "near-disposable" race cars, they all are, even a brand new GT3 RSR. Bad things happen, sometimes they are someone's fault, sometimes just bad luck

Understood. However, there's a difference between "well I can survive writing off the car so I will go to the track" and "I can always get another one for $1500 and swap my parts over, so I'll make a banzai pass every corner"...

Glad to hear the reputation is (somewhat, at least) overblown.

Hey, and we haven't yet heard the obligatory "place on the roll cage to hang your purse" joke!!!

--DD

[rich22]

Another avenue to consider is BMW club racing. At least you won't have to drive a Miata.

BMWCCA has similar 13/13 rules to the Porsche clubs, and there are Stock and Prepared classes where the cars are semi-street drivable. That means you can probably drive it to the races, but you won't want to daily drive it. A guy with a SpecE30 with slightly bigger tires and a chip has turned 1:37 laps at Big Willow. If it were prepped to the limit of BMW Prepared or even Stock rules, it would be faster yet.

You can start with a $1000 e30 or an M3, with everything in between.