Rumor has it, there are a couple of NSX's and S2K's planning to compete in this season's Honda Challenge. Is this true? If so, does anyone have any pics or info on these cars?

 

i think they were just rumors.

also with the WCHC giving all of 2 weeks notice before the first race
they may not be fully legal for the HC rulebook.

 

I think it was the midwest guys saying there are some S2Ks and NSXs being built for 03.

 

I know of 2 S2000s being built, but no NSXs.

LM

 

I was approached by a racer @ the Thunderhill NorCal event. He was considering preping his NSX for Honda Challenge.

 

i think they said they were in the process of building another car first and were having problems getting that done anyway.

 

There will be at least one s2k in MWHC, although not at the beginning of the schedule. It's being built... got paint today and getting a cage this week.

 

We were considering building an S2K for ECHC, SCCA, and GAC, but the GAC officials have S2K classing issues. They basically told us that we could build it, and race it, but he could "promise it would never be competitive". Maybe that's part of the reason some of those rumors/plans died, it caused us to switch to an RSX...

 

S2000 in the Honda Challenge!?!? Thats CRAZY TALK I Tell ya! Crazy Talk!!

 

They needed to sort out Jim's fuel delivery problem in his CRX (?). Last I talked to him, it turned out to be a bad fuel pump.

Once that was going, they were considering the NSX. IIRC.

 

Was that Andrie?

 

I thought about the S2000 in GAC a bit too and pretty much figured that it would not be competitive. Its an inbetween car, too fast for ST1 too slow for GSII. On paper it seems like it could do alright in GSII but when you realize the NSX is classed in there and that there's not a whole lot more power you could get out of the S2000's engine, you realize you will never win.

Still, it'll be interested to see the stook and NSX in HC. I'm especially interested in seeing what kind of speed people can get out of the S2000.

 

boo on S2K and NSX.

A properly built and well driven hybrid should be able to take care of them

-kam who is not a fan of S2K or NSXs

 

Why are you hating on S2000's and NSX's? Bad experience with them?

 

Well the rules as they are written now certainly favor the hybrids, but it would have to be a very well built hybrid to roll a decently prepped nsx or stook. For the money the hybrid is a better bargain but I'd still rather see Honda's ONLY rear wheel drive cars racing than yet another hybrid hatch.

 

Yep.