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Originally Posted by OldSkoolToys (Post 3952)

Drag Racing is the ultimate automotive show sport in my book. The outcome is more based off deep pockets than driving skill. Its more reliant on how well you can tune an engine than how well you can 'drive' the car.

I have to disagree with this assessment. I'm no drag monkey (not with a WRX and a glass tranny), but drag racing clearly involves plenty of skill with respect to reaction time, and achieving the perfect launch with skilled use of clutch, brake, and gas. I agree that after the launch, most of it is pretty autopilot, but a lot goes into that launch. And unlike drifting (which I highly admire), it's quantitative.

They're all forms of motorsport in my opinion. I don't belong in one camp more than another, but I do agree that an S2000 is for tracking, not dragging. Just like how an F-body Firebird/Camaro is more for dragging than anything else, though I bet it would make pretty smoke were it drifted. :)

Drag racing is like sprinting; drifting is like gynmastics. There are unique skills required both for driving and tuning for each.

I need to get back into auto crossing if I get this car... I guess that would be my plan for it other than a DD.

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Originally Posted by White Comet (Post 3943)

It was a CR, too? :confused0068:
Oh, wow... that guy must be kicking himself.
Repeatedly.
Hard.
Like, really hard.

that guy lives off the dragon so he drives it everyday...after driving the dragon everyday...its about time for him to crash

I'd be tracking the car as soon as it comes off the lot...probably stripped soon after....no drifting for me...no autocrossing either...

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Originally Posted by OldSkoolToys (Post 3952)

To each their own. Some people are enthusiast drivers and some people are enthusiasts.

And I would call that s2000 a waste of a car. I call any drag car, a waste of car....well, with few a exceptions. I find it funny that most people call drifting a "show" motorsport, mainly because its not a race. Drag Racing is the ultimate automotive show sport in my book. The outcome is more based off deep pockets than driving skill. Its more reliant on how well you can tune an engine than how well you can 'drive' the car.

But all of that is meaningless anyways. The entire argument that started with my comment is pretty silly, considering it was started on a matter of opinion.

I think it's more about proving that it can be done with a car that was built for a track. When the car came out, even hitting 400 whp was incredibly hard, and now people are hitting 700+ reliably on a daily basis, so it's gotten to be proving a point that it can be done now out of that little 4 banger.

Granted, people use cars every day for a purpose other than what it was intended for. :iono:

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Originally Posted by White Comet (Post 3954)

Reaction timing and clutch use in regards to hard-launching are tough skills to hone, indeed.