Race Shops

[Case IH]

I have noticed alot of the people on here are racers of some sort or another...so what do all of your race shops look like and what do you race? i'll post some of mine later once were all done maneuvering stuff around and our car is done.

 

[Red Green]

My shop has so much junk in it that most of the time I back the racecar out of the enclosed trailer and work on it in the driveway.

 

[Case IH]

What do you race?

 

[Red Green]

I have a Sportsman/LLM that I race at a few differnt paved oval tracks. Here in Michigan.

Here is a truck that I was running in a local tour series.

My sportsman car.

Same Car with the old body.

 

[Case IH]

Nice I have raced karts for the last 7-8 years and next year I'm getting an IMCA Hobby Stock

 

[cbennett]

Mine Not much to look at on the outside but gets the job done on the inside. Once I finish my house the plan is to add on.

The super stock I ran this past year.

inside the garage with the second car Im putting together for this year

And my gokart I race sometimes

 

[Andy4639]

I race Golf carts and work out of my 2 car garage and 20' inclosed trailer.

 

[Dragster Racer]

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9507/dragsteri.jpg
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Mine is a 40X40 with 15' ceilings.
It's a work in progress..and probably always will be.
Dragster is a 235" that uses a 383 small block chevy. It has run 8.06 seconds in the quarter so far. Going back to racing after a 3 year hiatus to build new house and shop.

 

[qwickm3]

The new garage is still in progress but here is my spec e30 right after the new paint. Got stickered up right after this pic

 

[Red Green]

Nice I have raced karts for the last 7-8 years and next year I'm getting an IMCA Hobby Stock

My dad and I built several street stocks/pure stock type cars if you need some advice let me know I will try to help you out.

 

[ZRX61]

First time I visited my neighbors garage after I bought my house the conversation went:

Me: Damn, you have a chassis plate in your garage???

Neighbor: Doesn't everyone?

 

[dcovey]

Here is a picture of what I race:



Here is my shop build..Currently do not have the inside finished, but it is usable but a mess.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1128118#post1128118

Dave

 

[e-tek]

Our effort was a while back, but thought I'd help pad the thread!! We'll be getting back into it at the end of the year. Woo-hoo!

It's a 1971 Datsun 240Z shell, 280Z motor, 5 speed, with poly-bushings & a 10pt cage.

E-tek Racing & Restorations:

Plus the spare - getting it's turn on the spit...

 

[SpeedCoach]

I race a kart out of my 2 car...

 

[M-technik-3]

I kart as well and do HPDE with my street car.

 

[Red Green]

I kart as well and do HPDE with my street car.

Thats a good idea for transporting the cart around. I like the number also.

 

[Case IH]

My dad and I built several street stocks/pure stock type cars if you need some advice let me know I will try to help you out.

Thanks we have alot of friends who race, used to race, or were alaways around racing including my dad who wrenched on tons of stock cars but im sure we could alaways use your help so thanks and mabey i will PM you later in the season

 

[JBL]

Pics of my shop.

 

[blackice]

you mean everyone else doesn't work on there race cars in the driveway , like me? I'll have walls and a roof one day haha

 

[RAPID49]

I'm in the process of building a new garage to maintain and race two limited mods . The inside is still unfinished and we have yet to move in any equipment or tools. everything is currently on hold while I recover from surgery on my arm. I hope to be back racing and working on the shop in a couple of months.
Evan

 

[Case IH]

Pics of my shop.

Do you race SCCA? im a fan of that and one of our friends used to race spec fords bu then his kids were bigger into karting so his car just sits

 

[crewchief888]

only pic i can find from our sponsors (then) brand new 40x60 shop.
reassembling the truck after a complete teardown, sandblasting, painting, replumbing, rewiring, rewelding and "every nut and bolt" overhaul.
after the seaosn started we moved the truck to the drivers garage that was much closer to home for both of us, since we spent many long hours in the garage working between race weekends
2nd pic taken @ crandon raceway in '00, crewchiefs and crew that supported a sportsman stock, and sportsman 2 CORR short course off road trucks.

 

[gasgas17]

Our shop is in a 15'x20' room in the house. It would be nice to have more space but it works pretty good. It's fairly organized, so it's easy to get things done. I'm in here about 10-15 hours a week during race season.

 

[BBDakota]

Here's my shop and my toys

 

[rt dak]

Need more info on the Dakota!

 

[Case IH]

only pic i can find from our sponsors (then) brand new 40x60 shop.
reassembling the truck after a complete teardown, sandblasting, painting, replumbing, rewiring, rewelding and "every nut and bolt" overhaul.
after the seaosn started we moved the truck to the drivers garage that was much closer to home for both of us, since we spent many long hours in the garage working between race weekends
2nd pic taken @ crandon raceway in '00, crewchiefs and crew that supported a sportsman stock, and sportsman 2 CORR short course off road trucks.

Man, I ave alays loved to watch those short corse trucks and it is my dream to race those pro but i get a stock car next year but someday

 

[crewchief888]

Man, I ave alays loved to watch those short corse trucks and it is my dream to race those pro but i get a stock car next year but someday

short course is a lot of fun, watching the pro 2 & pro 4 trucks is an amazing sight. small block screaming at high RPM , 750hp on pump gas through a single carb is awesome.
some of the engineering is amazing.
one of the greatest things,(for me at least) was to literally rub elbows with some of the biggest names in off road racing.
the pits were open, spectators were free to walk down rows of pro haulers, talk to drivers and crews, then parked right across from them you might see a one man buggy racer.

one big downfall is the cost of even building a sporstman divison stock truck,
even with a base truck as a "gift", it was easy to drop $20k-$30k to make it race ready and competitive. add in travel expenses, tires, broken & damaged parts, a spare everything, hauler and tow vehicle. we budgeted $10k/ season for operating expenses. it never seemed like enough.
the last race we went to, we had enough money for fuel in the tow rig, hot dogs, and
the driver rolled the truck end over end several times on sunday morning in practice ended with a mangled mess, and no parts, or time to swap out the twisted i beam, bent spindle, and broken cage .

 

[BBDakota]

Need more info on the Dakota!

lots of mods. 470 stroker big block, firewall moved back 6", 8-3/4" rear with 32 x 14 slicks, front tires moved in board 2" to allow the drop, 12 point roll cage, all glass in tack. runs 6.40s in the full 1/8th with mid 1.30 sixty foot. The only thing I didn't do was the paint and body. Heck, I can't afford to pay someone to do it. LOL!

 

[JBL]

Case yes we race with SCCA and intend to run some select Pro2000 events this coming season. We generally visit Elkhart Lake a few times each season. The Runoffs are at RA again this September. If you enjoy sports car racing this is a great event. 24 races over 3 days and probably ~600 cars.

 

[NUTTSGT]

My race garage is nothing more than what in my sig. I got to make a couple of passes last year after destroying my block and T5 a few years ago. I generally run True Street class in the NMRA/NMCA when I do race.

 

[ormachine]

GasGas17, White plates with red numbers, are you racing Hare Scrambles, Enduros ?

Ron

 

[Case IH]

short course is a lot of fun, watching the pro 2 & pro 4 trucks is an amazing sight. small block screaming at high RPM , 750hp on pump gas through a single carb is awesome.
some of the engineering is amazing.
one of the greatest things,(for me at least) was to literally rub elbows with some of the biggest names in off road racing.
the pits were open, spectators were free to walk down rows of pro haulers, talk to drivers and crews, then parked right across from them you might see a one man buggy racer.

one big downfall is the cost of even building a sporstman divison stock truck,
even with a base truck as a "gift", it was easy to drop $20k-$30k to make it race ready and competitive. add in travel expenses, tires, broken & damaged parts, a spare everything, hauler and tow vehicle. we budgeted $10k/ season for operating expenses. it never seemed like enough.
the last race we went to, we had enough money for fuel in the tow rig, hot dogs, and
the driver rolled the truck end over end several times on sunday morning in practice ended with a mangled mess, and no parts, or time to swap out the twisted i beam, bent spindle, and broken cage .

You mean those trucks get smashed up? noooo way!!!! ha ha just kidding........Are those buggies expensive i have looked at those recentaly too

 

[Bare Bones Racing]

I kart as well and do HPDE with my street car.

Rotary valve. Kinda hard to tell what kind it is. I used to race K78's and K30's on local dirt ovals. Till I started road racing...bought a Reedjet and ran nation wide enduro's.

Bare Bones Racing