Why is it that there are so many Mazda Rx8s on the track and you dont see that many s2k?

I just find it odd since the S2000 is much more reliable and arguably a faster car on the track.



Can anyone in racing chime in?

 

well the rx8 is a more popular car so there are alot more out there so the chance of more people tracking them are higher. I'm sure there are more reasons then that i just dont know them

 

Where do you see that? Mainly miatae and s2ks here. Most track cars exc for the miata are not picked for raw performance value, but have originally fit other needs and came ito it by default. (Exc for some NSX/PCar/Ferraris/Loti.)

The only reason why I would go for an 8 is for the outstanding factory support, which is why I run miata, instead of nothing from Honda.

 

I've never seen an RX8 on track. Ever. I have seen a few at autocrosses, but not nearly as many as S2000s at autocrosses.

There are some "RX8"s (really, tubeframe factory-built race cars) that run in Grand-Am, but that's a whole different story.

 

the RX8 was more mass-market. So the yuppies who bought it initially with an automatic for the "looks" factor finally realized what fun racing is and got out with that.

S2000s are more of a boutique thing since they never came automatic, plus there aren't as many on the road IIRC.

Either way, it's pretty competitive between them....but on my last autocross (my first one) I still beat one rx8 that wasn't a complete novice driver like me.

 

Never seen one at the track. Seen plenty of S2's though.

Not sure what crack you're on.

 

only rx8s ive seen is the gt cars from speedvision. but theyre there because of factory support

never seen any rx8's at the track personally myself. Ive seen a bunch of miata's though

 

I think he's talking about the Grand Am series. There are several factory RX-8's racing there. I don't think they have much in common with the street versions, though. There are so many of them simply because Mazda USA chooses to spend money on it, and Honda America Race Team chooses to race Accords and Civics.

 

They have almost nothing in common with them. They are "prep 2" cars, Grand-Am's code for a street-looking skin put over a tube-frame race car. The "prep 1" cars are the ones that are actually built around the chassis of an OEM car.

 

Really? On the street?