Yup... Most of my life :wink:
You probably remember a thread Richard had on the 1911 Forum that showed the racecar, still have it, although it's been years since the last time it was out for any tracktime.
Career, Family, other things have been more the priority, but someday soon, I'd like to get back into it.
I personally think the best production performance car is made by BMW. The M3 has been something I wanted for many years now, but I know that if I got one, it'd be a full-caged track whore, and convincing the wife to let me cut up a $35k Beemer hasn't gone very far. The M5 is even nicer, and harder to justify.
I keep telling her though that when I sell the house, I am buying a Viper GT-R, but it's still doubtful, the boss will probably Veto that one too...
Probably the biggest thing that has kept me vasilating on the issue is 'Production' vs. 'Purpose Built'. It's hard to justify dumping $35-80k into hotrodding a production car, and making it go fast, when I can spend the same money on a Spec/Sports Racer, Formula Continental/Atlantic, or even an old ARCA/Winston West or Cup car, and have a solid, purpose built car that will out-perform any production car in a comparable class...
Then, when it's all said and done, what do you do with it... Many Production cars only remain competition legal for a short time, and it's years until they qualify for 'Historics' status.
Ahhh.... Decisions, decisions...
Suppose the most fun would be to get an SCCA DSR car, and start running Regionals/Nationals. The DSR's are fast, and relatively inexpensive to operate. Guess we'll just have to see how things go :wink: