It has recently come to my attention that certain people don't have a clue as to what they are talking about when it comes to various forms of auto racing.  As a general rule, most people consider the Mustang, in all of its forms and beastly glory, to be a car built only to go in a straight line.  This was not the sole purpose for the mustang since it was built, and several versions were put out to make use of the Mustang's excellent ability to cut corners and road race with the best of them.  (The Cobra R's and the Boss Mustangs come to mind)  In all honesty, i don't think that drag racing is very exciting, its way too short and the only time something interesting happens is when things blow up(don't get me wrong, this kicks serious heinie).  Not to mention the fact that when watching interviews with those drivers who win events you can't go 2 seconds without them saying something about their sponsors and helpers and whatnot MULTIPLE TIMES!

  Rallying is by far the most underrated form of Mustang Racing, since its often not commercialized.  not ProRally, since that is quite commercialized, but ClubRally.  Many many 5.0 and 4.6 mustangs compete in Group 5 of the SCCA rallying circuit, and i believe that it should be known that there is pride among these drivers and what they have accomplished as well.  Not only do these cars keep up and often beat small import cars like WRX's and Evo's, but every last one of them can easily run low 13s or high 12s. 

  And lets not forget the major cojones it takes to race like that.  Hey straight liners...put that in your pipe and smoke it.

good point but you can make an old beater stang like an early 80's 5.0 into a rallycar for cheap...all that is mandatory for rallying in most regions is a rollcage, safety harnesses and seats, and an intercom.

That's good information.

But...go take a ride in a Camaro or TA. Especially an Iroc-z or 3rdgen WS6 if you can.

Speaking from owning one, and now owning a 2002 GT...my Iroc-z would make pitiful laughing stock out of my GT. Stock for stock it, it slides, the rear dances, major body roll, mushy steering and terrible traction...but ride quality is great.

With a F-body..it's a stiff ride, but you can bomb corners at speeds you couldn't even dream about in a Mustang, the rear doesn't dance around corners, the front end just GLUES itself to the ground, barely ANY body roll on a STOCK suspension..

Check out the CMC Challenge. It's called the Camaro Mustang Challenge. They travel to several road courses...and the F-bodies (especially 3rd gens) just run away from the rest of the field.

Granted, if rules aren't strict you can dump twice the money into a good Mustang suspension to get it to handle like a mildly modified F-body, but if you spent that money in the F-body...it'd be total slaughter ;)

If anyone here is involved with any road course racing series, many of them can testify to VERY LIGHTLY modified F-body's passing Vipers & Porsche's without much effort!!!!!!

I knew someone would get offended

I got rid of it because I've never owned a new car before, the motor had a cam in it that wouldn't pass emissions - I burned my drag radials down to cords & I was tired of laying on my back in the garage more than sitting in the drivers seat.

In the 1/4 mile, my GT would of laid it down on my Iroc-z, it ran low 14's.

Besides, I just got the fever to have a new car & a warranty...

Now karts are fun!  I got a Margay chassis kart with an alky briggs motor runnin now, it suks I don't have a shifter motor on it, Im lookin for a yz125 if anyone comes across one, or maybe even a 600cc street bike engine.... wohhooooooo!  It's like drivin an indy car!  Heres a pic of my kart in the garage collecting dust, I don't even race it, but I do terrorize the neighbors on occasion when Im feelin froggy

Check out how much it costs to enter a NASCAR race, i mean even a hobby stock, or bomber class. yes that is nascar too.  now find out about SCCA races, how much they are for entrance fee's rule books etc. Look at open road races, like the silver state classic in nevada or the Sandhills classic in Nebraska. Then look at drag racing. test and tune nights are usually about $15 and races where you can WIN $500-$1000 are $30 -50 for an entrance fee. Plus you can run your daily driver (done it) or even your tow vehicle if you have a semi race only car (done it)  Drag racing is far cheaper, and its far cheaper to go to the drags than any other racing. Yes two hours on the track is fun and exciting, but it also costs ya more.

I loved all sorts of racing, including driving my 2nd gen WS6 TA WAAAAY to fast for the tires and roads I was on. It will cut a corner like few other cars. It'll knock your fillings out, but it was fun. I am into cheap thrills, so drags are what I do.