Well after winning 5 in a row my local track bought my car for $750. It was a 95 cav. 5 speed with 85000 miles. If I did not sell it, I would have lost my points and win for that night. Also I could not race for 2 weeks. The kid who ended up with it has not done better than 4th. I had a 90 something mazda mx3 that could not do any better than 4th. I built a 95 neon auto and finished second before doing a motor swap on the mazda. Boy its a rocket now. Now that I've won 3 in a row, the track is treatening to buy this one. If anyone is interested in checking this out. Visit ospracing.net and click on results. My number is 7 in the 440 class. Does anyone elses track have this buy-out rule? I know about car claims by other drivers but by the track?
My local track has a buy rule. $300 for a no cage car, $400 for a cage car. The rule only pertains to a couple of classes though, mostly those considered amateur classes.
We plan on running a "stock" Ecotec in our local 4 cylinder class. If we win a couple times we'll just drop back a bit and take a few 3rds or 4ths. All that matters to me is that season points title.
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5K PB: 24:50
10K PB: 54:26
yeah thats why stock car racing is retarded.
nobody can just build a fast car, you must be cheating.
Cheaters get caught, until then you're just creatively using the rules.
I agree to just sandbag once and awhile and get a 2nd or 3rd. Plus, I grew up around dirt tracks and have never heard of this car buyout thing, that is retarded.
were im at in central pa i live about 2 hours away from about 10 different dirt tracks. and i think just about all of them have a driver claim rule for the stock cars. a driver can buy your engine after a race for X amount of money. but i never heard of the track buying it
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Hey! Congratulations on winning! Now give us your f'ing car or we shoot you....
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why do people participate in race classes like this?
makes no sense to me... they essentially steal your car and give you chump change for it because you win?
thats horse@!#$
http://www.ospracing.net/rules/2008%20Rulebook.htm
20. OSP reserves the right to purchase any of the top five finishing cars for $750. If the car is purchased,
the driver may keep the safety seat, harness and other safety equipment (i.e. window net, fire
extinguisher). Everything else goes with the car.
21. If any driver wins more than four (4) feature races during the race season, the track has the option to
Purchase the competitor’s car in it’s race ready condition for $750
wow, thats super lame! screw that!
try n see them take my car ill run them over and drag them down the quarter mile. or ill just tell chuck norris. problem solved
A lot of tracks will offer to let you keep the car as long as you don't bring it back....EVER.
The rule is in effect to keep one person from running a car that has a decided advantage in a class thats more about learning how to race than actually winning. If no one has a chance to even come close people stop showing up to race, thus costing the track money.
I used to race cars, now I race myself.
5K PB: 24:50
10K PB: 54:26
they do this to keep cost down. so everyone aint spending a fortune to keep up with someone else that has money
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Cool to keep it competitive, but buy out is lame.
Competition is cool and buy out keeps the competition. So by default...Buy out is cool LOL.
If anyone doesn't like it, don't race in a buy out class. Those of us who do know the risk before we start and we plan ahead for it.
I used to race cars, now I race myself.
5K PB: 24:50
10K PB: 54:26
The rule is there to keep things low budget, and more about the racing than the racecars. If you want to put your heart, soul, and bags of cash into a racecar, find another class to race in.
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this is the whole reason i have never raced in my local 4cyl/6cyl class. ive pondered it so many time, it would be so fun. but whats the point when you put some time and money into something and they can just claim your car (minus racing seat and fuel cell where im from). its crap, but it does help to keep cars cheap and everyone kinda on the same level
I think the buy price is way to low and most likely has not been updated to modern prices.
-Chris
They should do what other types of race does, add weight to the winner's car.
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