Mirage Racing Series Proposed

[AtomicPunk]

...AND they don't make fun of the car for once.

https://jalopnik.com/dancing-is-how-...ing-1836923871

[Cobrajet]

Jalopnik, unlike most car sites, has never hated the Mirage. And they have wanted to see a "Mirage Cup" race for a long time now.

[AtomicPunk]

The R5 in the picture does look pretty sharp, I must say.

[RyanGreener]

As an active racer, I love this idea.

[Subcompact Culture]

I would 1000% support this!

For those that aren't familiar, there's the Micra Cup in Canada (or at least there was). There was also the Yaris cup, too. They already race Mirages in SE Asia: https://www.subcompactculture.com/20...mirage-in.html

I would so love to see Mitsubishi get back into racing like they used to, especially in the Mirage. But it doesn't seem many automakers go racing anymore in any official matter.

[RyanGreener]

I would 1000% support this!

For those that aren't familiar, there's the Micra Cup in Canada (or at least there was). There was also the Yaris cup, too. They already race Mirages in SE Asia: https://www.subcompactculture.com/20...mirage-in.html

I would so love to see Mitsubishi get back into racing like they used to, especially in the Mirage. But it doesn't seem many automakers go racing anymore in any official matter.

Manufacturers still race quite a bit actually. There's a lot of doom and gloom but marketing statistics suggest other wise, especially in the grassroots amateur scene.

[Subcompact Culture]

Manufacturers still race quite a bit actually. There's a lot of doom and gloom but marketing statistics suggest other wise, especially in the grassroots amateur scene.

At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old 41 year old, they certainly don't race like they used to! There seems to be far fewer factory-backed race teams in most series than there used to be. Heck, even in WRC: It's Citroen, Ford, Hyundai, and Toyota. No Mitsubishi, no Subaru, no Renault, no Audi/VW, etc. But so be it.

[dspace9]

At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old 41 year old, they certainly don't race like they used to! There seems to be far fewer factory-backed race teams in most series than there used to be. Heck, even in WRC: It's Citroen, Ford, Hyundai, and Toyota. No Mitsubishi, no Subaru, no Renault, no Audi/VW, etc. But so be it.

I think that the Mirage would be an ok race car, and not tipsy like I believe Eggman said above. It's just the electronic stability control does work in your car. So you have to go extreme to cause wheels to go bop. Not on my work's 80's forklift with a load. That thing will tip on a dime of the hand or foot.

Like the Mirage isn't a 1992 Geo Metro.

[Eggman]

I think that the Mirage would be an ok race car, and not tipsy like I believe Eggman said above.

Perhaps you haven't been following Loren's posts on his Mirage that he modified for parking lot racing. He has given up on racing his Mirage, and has years of experience doing it.

It's just the electronic stability control does work in your car. So you have to go extreme to cause wheels to go bop.

I think you might be underestimating what racing is about. Automobile racing is all about using a car's abilities to go through a course as fast as possible. This means using acceleration, braking, and road adhesion to their limits and even a bit beyond.

Personally, I wouldn't count on electronic stability controls to avoid trouble in a racing environment.

[RyanGreener]

At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old 41 year old, they certainly don't race like they used to! There seems to be far fewer factory-backed race teams in most series than there used to be. Heck, even in WRC: It's Citroen, Ford, Hyundai, and Toyota. No Mitsubishi, no Subaru, no Renault, no Audi/VW, etc. But so be it.

Definitely a different landscape, but if you're looking in the right places they are still doing it