The ChumpCar World Series

What We're About

Welcome to ChumpCar – North America’s home for $500 race cars and 24 hour endurance road racing. This series is for gear-heads; for people who love driving and driving fast. It’s for grassroots race teams and almost-race-ready cars. ChumpCar is a throw-back to the era when racing was fun and cheap… when Bondo beat carbon-fiber; when a crescent wrench was the most valuable tool in your box; when home-made engineering made everyone sit up and take notice; and when adding a little theme to your car didn’t get you laughed out of the pit. Those were good times… and they’re back.

So, do you think you’ve got what it takes, chump?
If so, join us.

Rules

• Not including the required safety equipment, your car must be valued at less than $500.
• Safety gear includes roll-cage, harness, fire bottle and other important stuff… plus helmet and driver's gear.
• Wheels and brakes are subject to the "2X" rule: that is, if the OEM cost of any part is "X," then you can spend "2X" on wheels and brakes. Just wheels and brakes… not springs and shocks.
• Tires are up to you… as long as they’re DOT legal and rated at 190 or higher for treadwear.
• ChumpCar has two (2) race formats: 24-hour endurance races or Double 7-hour Enduros. Your entry fee covers both Enduros and these are separate races, with separate winners.
• Want to make sure that you get in the race? Better come up with some creative theme or some really off-the-wall engineering.
• If you screw-up… you'll either be docked laps or you’ll have to face "The Wrecking Crew." We hope that you’re as good at fixin' cars as they are at dismantling them.
• If you really screw-up, we may claim your car. We’ll pay you $1,500 for it as it sits. Then, we’ll auction it off with the starting bid at $1,750. Any money we raise over $1,500 goes to charity. And, yes, you can bid to buy your car back.

There are additional rules… so download the file and read them.

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