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Originally posted by mfpmax
I don't get to talk about cars here...so duh I'm gonna leave it open 
1.) SpeedVision(back when it was cool) showed all sorts of races from other countries...Such as the UK and Aussie V8 Supercar races...they also show Semi truck races, WRC, Go-Kart(in the UK). The only thing I haven't seen is JGTC racing from Japan...oh god do I want to.
2.) Grassroots Motorsports Challenge, you take one car and compete in 3 different events...Drag Racing, Car Show, and Road Course. 1 Car.
3.) Our AutoX isn't Solo2, its SCCA, but not big time. I don't speak for Solo2 cause thats the good stuff.
4.) Bracket racing requires money to go faster...but in the end its driver dependent. Same goes for AutoX, a guy has a tricked out Civic hatch with a Integra Type R engine...he is the fastest out there...I bet he didn't get there by being cheap though.
5.) Thats why NASCAR sucks now...you can't be different. AutoX and Drag Racing you can almost run anything you want. Back in the 70s Everybody but GM got something banned because they were different. The HEMIs were banned, the Big Wing Birds were banned. NASCAR sucks cause they want you to conform.
AutoX can be summed up as "Turn, don't hit cone, push pedal, Turn" But its not that simple, i've ridden with people in AutoX, and it requires more, which is why I don't AutoX. Cause Drag Racing a 200HP car is "Push Pedal, keep straight" Above 300HP and you've got more work to do. Same goes for AutoX, cause when you've got a 120HP car kicking your but and you've got a tricked out 400HP car...you've got to do a little better on the next go around.
Can I have a sneak picture please? 
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I wouldnt rely on SpeedTV or for all your Sports goodness. I post in many F1 and WRC forums and we often get on the topic of local sports in the different countries.. there is much you dont see on NascarTV ..err SpeedTV
Umm Check the SCCA deffinition for Solo2, its AutoCross. Now running AutoX's outside of Solo2 classifications and rules happens a lot. so I guess it comes down to Any Solo2 is an AutoX, but All AutoX's do not have to use the solo2 rules and classifications. All the events I participate in are Solo2 and SCCA controled which is nice.
Someone with a 500$ Go Kart could spank a INtegra Type R on an AutoX course. Same thing with a stock beat up MR2, if the drivers good. it all comes back to driver skill NOT money put into the car. a 2.5L 165Hp Impreza 2.5RS can HAMMER a 300 Hp Modified WRX with Tarmac suspension and wider wheels. I have seen it happen quite often. All cause the guy in the RS is damn good and the guy in the WRX is OK. When the good driver took the WRX for a spin he clocked damn near 6 seconds faster on the course than the other guys fastest time in only 1 run. Money is involved in the starting but once you build a stable base that doesnt need to be the best out there, you work on perfecting what you can on it instead of trying to cover for the driving handicap you have by spending more and more more money. Which is what you have to do any way in a Drag since its all about power and none about driver. It may take a driver a season to learn a car and perfect it in club racing, but in a drag, give it 3 runs and the drivers learned all there is.
You ever get to an autoX early enough to see the drivers walking the course planning lines and braking points? Putting thought into the drive and building plans of attack? good AutoX drivers dont see the cones, they see the line and they perfect the line and try to run it as smooth as possible. Same goes for any sport where there is a line that needs to be planned out and perfected. This would be a more accurate description of how to AutoX "build a plan, trail brake through the turn, control ballance of the car, left foot brake, accelerate at the apex of the turn"
Which is much more complex than just trying to keep those big 2 ft wide tires from spinning on the back of the mullet mobile
BTW I have witnessed a mid 80's VW GTI (preped) eat a '01 Porsche 911 Turbo on an autoX course
Umm maybe you fail to understand the meaning of "STOCK cars" "Stock" These are cars that all fit into one SPEC. What you need to do is look at a series like American LeMans for multi Class racing, where cars CAN and ARE different but still all within Specs of eachother.
100% Spec racing like F1, IRL, CART, NASCAR, all the Feeder series, Star Mazda, Karts, etc... all restrict the race machine so the focus is on the race driver. Since thats whats important, who is the best driver not just who can buy the fastest car. ( in theory... most spec classes when you get to the insane price tags of F1 and such get around the spec restrictions and find loop holes for small advantages... look at Ferrari this year... but Schumacher is an awesome driver in any car hes in.)