SCCA American Sedan Series?

[Alf]

I've been looking into this lately for the sole reason that I have basically everything I need to build a car and I realy dig the 60's style trans am vibe this series has. Has anyone had any experience with something like this? I know that it is a pretty serious racing series and the cars are true race cars and take alot of work to make ready (I've already read the rules twice and it seems very doable) which I am prepared for. I also know that you must have a licence to run in American Sedan. How difficult is it to obtain a licence? Expenses of licence? Just thought I'de shoot it by you guys as I know many of you race SCCA. Thanks for any info.

[JMortensen]

The guys I used to race with are now in this series. http://www.maximummotorsports.com When I was racing against them I could beat their Mustang by a good couple seconds. Last time we were at the same time trial I think I had 4 seconds over their car. This is no longer the case. They are now beating my old time by over 10 seconds! They've gotten a hell of a lot faster, and have a lot of aero mods that they didn't have back in the day.

 

I don't think that it is too hard to get a license. I think you just have to attend a couple schools. Should be able to find that info on the SCCA website. To make the car competitive I think you'll be looking at a pretty good chunk of change, and many many weekends in the garage.

 

All that said, it does look like a lot of fun! I'd go with the Mustang, and I'd use a lot of Maximum Motorsports parts. Those guys were really able to do some amazing things with their Stangs.

[Alf]

Thanks for the reply.

 

A nice light Fox body Mustang would probably run good, but I already have three third generation Camaros, one of which is a 84 hard top Z/28 HO which I plan on using. The rules on engine specs seem pretty basic, they even give casting numbers of blocks and heads that can be used which should keep the cost down, plus you can only run 305's which nobody wants anyway. All said I will not be doing this alone, a good friend of mine whos been racing a Corvette in autocross for three or four years is going to team up with me. He's got some pretty extensive knowledge on chassis setup, I'm fairly good at building and tuning carbed SBC's, and were both good at fab work, so I think we can do it. Plus we have access to a full shop, complete with lifts, lathes, presses, welders, and a full engine room and dyno, so we have the resources. Not saying that we'll be competitive at first, but who cares, I just want to build a race car and run around a track, sounds fun.