*Idea* The370z.com Motorsports Section
 

i'm looking for some feedback on idea i'm considering. i've already spoken with AK and he likes the idea, i'm just looking to expand it into a "make it what we want" idea.

therefore, i'm looking to you the members to find out what you would like to see in a dedicated professional motorsports section. the idea is simple. we are discussing a new section for the site that will simply be all about professional racing that involves the 370z world wide. this will be for press releases, team info, car info, driver interviews, (hopefully) part reviews from the teams, as well as pictures and profiles of the drivers. also, this will be where info about upcoming races in the various events the 370z is participating in as well as info on how to buy tickets, a place to post your pictures and share them with the other users, etc.

what do you think? i feel like a dedicated section would help these pro teams stand out on our forum, make them more accessible and get more information to the users where it doesn't get lost in the shuffle of all the other threads in the current Track/AutoX/Drag section.

if you'd like to see a good example of this, check NAGTROC - The Nissan GT-R Owners Club - News Portal and see how MC does his front page news articles. :tup:

Sounds like a good idea to me :tup:

Should make it a lot easier to follow how the Z has done in professional motorsports. Should definitely have a thread that shows all the races the Z has participated in and the results of those races.

I think it's a great idea, all the professional Z teams in one place :thumbsup:

that's exactly the idea

I would like it too. I don't race but like reading about it and race footage is always nice.
Sub'd if you get it going. :tup:

im digging it.. and can we have maybe a sub forum for the semi-pro, and what not aswell?

what would define "semi-pro"? as in racing but not sponsored? SCCA/NASA non-pro level i guess? T2's etc? i'm not sure if would want to put all of that in there. i'll have to think about that...

because I am trying to do some entry level stuff this upcoming summer, at Road America.. and I would like to see other people who do stuff like that, not just track days type of stuff

i would think that would be ok for the Track/AutoX/Drag section we already have honestly. but i'm open to options

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This section should be for the pros and the race teams. The regular track section is fine for that stuff Mu, IMO.

any other ideas, thoughts, comments or concerns?

if you are interested, please say so! the more feedback, the quicker (and better) this will come to fruition! :tiphat:

I guess I willl wait till I get my track time and semi-pro status.. till then screw this idea.. it can go as a thread in the track section... just sayin :stirthepot:




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Are we talking like a whole 'Section' Like the Prem section or the Lounge, or a sub-section like placed inside the Tech Area, or under the track/autox section, since that's Technically where it would go...

i believe we were talking about a dedicated section, that way it shows up on the main forum listing

How many "Pros" posts regularly? I think this a new section would be seriously lacking content.

that's a valid question. this won't be a section for "pro's" to post in as much as a section dedicated to professional motorsport involving the Z. whoever is in charge of the section will be making regular posts with updates, info, specs and interviews of any information about any team that has been received. the pros are then welcome to respond in the threads to answer questions and encourage patronage at their upcoming events. BJ (Downshft) and Brian Kleeman (bkleeman) post semi-regularly in the current Track/AutoX/Drag section. there's another team from europe that started a thread not too long ago as well. this might encourage more to join and be active since the section would be dedicated to what they are doing :tup:

Ooh. Awesome idea, Patrick!

great idea. I'm in support of it.

I think it's a great idea. :tup:

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Great idea. This would definitely be helpful so I don't have to sift through hundreds of threads just to find info on Doran and the WC Teams.

Honestly, how many Z racing teams are out there that we know of? Just curious...

Three!
1. Doran Racing (Grand-Am Conti Challenge)
2. DWW Motorsports (WC)
3. SFR (WC)

Next year could bring even more with the way the Doran car is performing in Grand-Am.

With not that many teams, and even fewer actually consistently posting, I don't think it needs it's own Sub-Forum. But I think it would be nice to have a 'Professionals' area in the AutoX/Strip/Track section, which is where they should be considering...

As more and more publicity grows, then it could be looked at giving it it's own sub-section, then eventually maybe a sub-forum.

i'm talking about in japan and europe as well. there's more stuff going on elsewhere too.

thanks for the support guys :tiphat:

I like what I see and hear so far. Lets get it going...:tup:

Are they on here? How can we contact them and get them :postwhore: ?

I like your idea pat... forget the naysayer cwiz... he is just jealous he can't haz racecar! :tup:
but seriously... maybe you should post up the teams you know of, worldwide? so people can see what you are talking about

damn you double posts! lol

um....... about that :wtf2:

i'll get dustin@z1 to help with that task. it'd be good to get an idea of who all is out there in pro racing and i bet dustin at least knows of most of them or can find out :tiphat:

winning! tell Dustin I said whats up!

Uh, no? :ugh2:


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:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl: hater

Do you have a licesne?

where there's a will, there's a way. i think there needs to be a "how do i get started" thread in the Track/AutoX/Drag section explaining how to get into HPDE's, how SCCA/NASA works and what mods you should have before hitting up a track.

That would probably be a good idea. It should be stickied as well since we see threads like that popping up all the time.

yes! this is great idea...I am still working toward getting my license.

for my track day at road america, I don't need a license.. I know a guy.. who runs it.. lol

So what do you actually have to do in order to get a racing license? I know how to do it in Gran Turismo, but I doubt that's how it works IRL :rofl2:

you have to pass some tests... I know if you do a school, like skip barber, and you pass, you leave with your scca license.. and you can take advanced classes as well..

Sounds like fun. I'd love to do a racing school thing some day.