SRinc.'s Favorite Race Car/Racer Thread

[SRinc.]

Hey, dudes and dudettes, I threw this little thread out to give everyone an opportunity to post your all time favorite race car and race car driver if the need to. Now there isn't any regulations other than know your stuff basically. So to start it off here is mine.

Jeff Gordon and the DuPont Chevrolet. Since 1994 I've been rooting for 'the number 24 car!'. And yes I've been watching NASCAR since 7 and 8, I love cars and watching 40 plus on and oval with the chance of a wreck kept even my attention at 7. Lucky pick back then though, because the guy in the 24 car turned out to be great and one of the better NASCAR drivers we've seen in the sport.

'95 Monte Carlo DuPont Chevy

'09 Impala SS DuPont Chevy.

There you have it. I am now and have been a fan of Hendricks Motorsports and the entire team through out the years. I am actually glad to see where the sports has gone and grew into. So what's your favorite race car or race cars if you have multiples you like. If you have a favorite driver you'd like to mention along with your race car go head, as long as we keep it clean and positive there wont be any disarrays or dilemmas.

 

[BuzzOrHowl]

Ayrton Senna. 'nuff said.

 

[SRinc.]

Any pics?


My favorite race car i saw in action is the Audi R8. I love using it on GT4 as well as it's my purchased car with the most miles on it and usually my go-to race car for endurance races.

 

[Jim Prower]

Monster truck: Bigfoot

Always has been, always will be.

and I like the color.

Sports Cars: Nissan Team Calsonic

All the good of the Factory NISMO Squad, None of the stigma of supporting a factory squad.

and I like the color.

Stock cars/Oval Track: Petty Enterprises/#43

I used to like the Hendrick boys, then Dodge entered, and I liked the Evernham works team, but I remember, long ago, being asked who my favorite driver was. I said "Richard Petty."

and I like the color.

Formula cars: anything from the '67 season of Formula 1.

Before there were Wings, before there were Cosworths, before there were electronics and Ground effects and Turbos and major sponsorships and banning turbos and political power and eventually two grumpy guys at the top who act like rulers of their own country...

There were men, racing cars. and what cars they were.

and I like the (national) Colors.

Drifting: Blitz URAS Dunlop ER34

I don't particularly care if he's not the best...Nomura is a character. I like his ER34 better than the GT-R, it was entirely different from anything.

and I do like the colors. at least, the paint scheme.

 

[SRinc.]

Jim I think you out did me on my own post here, I like what I'm seeing though, the Calsonic R35 looks SICK and must have drawn out a 370Z Calsonic racer I hope. Nice work dude.

I did like Dodge in stock car racing back when the number 9 was driven by Bill Elliot...

JGTC or Japan Super GT, Takata Dome with their NSX

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

1995 Subaru Impreza WRC

Nissan GTP

Lancia 037

Ferrari 312 T4

Lancia Delta S4

Jaguar D-Type

All Auto Unions, most the Streamliner and Hill CLimb version

Porsche 917

Rothmans 911

My favorite driver is Henri Toivonen

 

[SRinc.]

Figured I'd throw in some drifters as well. No favorite here just anything Silvia, I love watching them get sideways!

Youichi Imamura in a S15.

Team M.O.V.E. always puts on a show.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

1995 Subaru Impreza WRC

I nearly got run over by Carlos Sainz's old Impreza L555REP yesterday i was less than 30cm from it good to see its still being used.




good to see colin mcrae's old sierra still being used too

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Ah you guys are so lucky over in England and Scotland. We barely get any rally here. The best we get is Rally America and that only comes close to us twice a year. I would love to see some real rally cars, well WRC real, Rally America is good no compliants on them.

 

[SRinc.]

That's cool, I'd love to see Rally live, it has to be better than NCAA and WNBA basketball games live.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

That's cool, I'd love to see Rally live, it has to be better than NCAA and WNBA basketball games live.

its really not all its cracked up to be,hanging around in a frost in the freezing rain and wind plus there was a 45 min wait between the 2wd and 4wd cars when someone wanted to see if you could dislodge a tree with a nova (btw you can't) and you basicly have 1 attempt to get the picture you want.

But then again NOTHING beats the feeling of an evo flat out going past you so close you could touch it which the wastegates chirping and the anti-lag banging away

 

[daan]

Moved to the correct forum

 

[SRinc.]

its really not all its cracked up to be,hanging around in a frost in the freezing rain and wind plus there was a 45 min wait between the 2wd and 4wd cars when someone wanted to see if you could dislodge a tree with a nova (btw you can't) and you basicly have 1 attempt to get the picture you want.

But then again NOTHING beats the feeling of an evo flat out going past you so close you could touch it which the wastegates chirping and the anti-lag banging away

Sounds like it has all the right remedies to be better than basketball live. I seriously didn't know it was such a boring sport to witness live. Even the Harlem Globetrotters were boring live. I'll take speeding WRC's every 45 mins over shoes chirpping and grunts up and down a court in absolute frigid arenas.

Moved to the correct forum

Thanks.

 

[84SSccc]

Road Racing

Favorite Cars:
1989 Sauber C9

1998 Panoz Esperante GTR-1

1976 Dekon Chevrolet Monza

1971 Lotus 72 "John Player Special Gold Leaf"

Favorite Drivers:

Jim Clark

Stirling Moss

Dan Gurney

NASCAR

Favorite Cars:

1975 AMC Matador

Fireball Roberts/Smokey Yunick 1962 Pontiac

Bobby Allison's 1988 Miller High-Life Buick

Favorite Drivers:
Richard Petty- I got to meet him, Kyle, and Adam Petty once when I was a kid. They all were some of the nicest race car driver's I've ever met. Kyle and my Dad talked about motorcycles for a long time

David Pearson

Rally

Favorite Cars:
Ford RS200

Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2

Favorite Drivers:

Stig Blomqvist

Michèle Mouton

Drag Racing

Favorite Cars:

Blue Max Ford Mustang II Funny Car

Jungle Jim Chevy Vega Funny Car

"Dyno" Don Nicholson Eliminator II Cyclone Funny Car

Arnie Beswick Boss Bird Firebird Funny car

Arnie Beswick Tameless Tiger 1964 Pontiac GTO

Dick Landy's A/FX Dodge

Favorite Drivers:
Arnie Beswick- Nice guy. Met him at a car show a few years ago. Amazing to see him still racing at 78 years old.

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Oh I forgot about rally,

Ohio George's Mr. Gasket Gasser. A Mustang body on a 1933 Willys frame.

 

[84SSccc]

Man that's a cool car.

Reminds me of Gas Ronda's funny cars.

 

[SRinc.]

Dido