We cannot be satiated. Our lust for the batshit and idiotic will not be contained or filled.

You ever have a dumb idea for a race car? Me too. Quite often actually. Apparently so have some of the MSIMA staff. Here’s what lingers in our minds, the intrusive thoughts held back by our current Finacial situation and lack of a race shop…

1. 2004 Ford Thunder Bird – Touring Car

I wanna see this stupid slice of cushy boomer bait turned into a touring car. It’d be like those Italian made Chrysler 300 race cars, but it’d look like a thunderbird. Imagine the sight of one of those, flared fenders and port hole window, doing battle with e46’s, flames shooting outta some side dump exhaust all while looking like grandpa got lost and wound up on track. I want this to happen, someone humor me.

2. Rear Engined Alfa Spider using a 1.3L Alfasud flat 4 – LeMons Abomination

Why? Fuck you, I don’t need a reason. Why an anemic carb’ed NA flat 4, then go through the trouble of making a custom rear subframe to hold the engine, and probably some FWD transmission turned backward, add a fuel cell up front, and churn out a heavier and slower car that’ll probably die after three laps of thunder hill? How else are you gonna win the Index of Effluency?

3. Toyota Camry – Nascar Homologation Special

Ok, so it’s not a race car, but it’s race car adjacent. You’re welcome to write to msima.contact@gmail.com to bitch about it. Anyways, Toyota runs the “TRD Camry” in the nascar cup series as a RWD, v8 coupe. I wish someone had the balls to demand a road going “homologation” car. Toyota did it with the GR Yaris and then GR Corolla (and gr super sport…RIP), so give the Americans what they want need and satiate my fantasy. The same feeling for a v8 z4 m, but it doesn’t race any more .

4. Smart Roadster Coupe – Hillclimb

It’s little toy of a car based on a lengthened SmartFor2 chassis and has a engine smaller than your average water jug. Imagine if Mercedes, riding the high of debuting the first flying car at Le Mans, threw their engineering effort at turning the Smart Roadster into something truly terrifying. These cars have already been used in European hillclimbs, just through caution to the wind, widen the thing, lengthen the car a bit more, shove in one of those hayabusa derived v8’s, and send your ass up a mountain with a deathwish. It could be sold as the modern 906 for the masses no one asked for.

5. Aston Martin Valkyrie – LeMans Hypercar

Aston Martin had a fucking glorious endurance racing program that they gave up to merge their way into F1. And while I’m sure the “F1 Edition” Vantage is just such a phenomenal car that I’ll totally get my hands on, the Aston Martin Valkyrie that would’ve got to Le Mans was actually developed… and then scrapped into a useless track toy for the 0.1%. And look if I have the money I would have an AMR pro, but knowing that this screeching v12 could’ve actually inspired some makes to stick to the whole “road homologation” bs the class could’ve had from the start… plus v12 at Le Mans again… leaves me just a little disappointed.

6. Ford Mustang – Le Mans Hypercar

Ford is really running high on the new mustang! Ecoboost, v8, dark horse, GTD, dark horse spec car, gt4, gt3, LMGT3, NASCAR, v8 super car… they’ve gone all in! The new mustang is slowly filling in very sporting and Motorsports category Ford could want in road racing. All except the top class in LMDH/LMH. They should snort a line of 80’s GTP nostalgia and bring back the front-mid engined Mustang GTP! I don’t think much more needs to be explained.

7. Turbine Powered Miata – Pikes Peak

I’m not sure where this would race honestly, but Pikes Peak would be a fun try! Two versions of this exist on the drawing boards at MSIMA HQ #6 (the clubhouse at Eagle Landing Apartments). One involves an S duct in place of a passenger seat and a single helicopter turbo shaft engine powering the rear wheels. The other involves over 200 RC plane ducted fans. The choice is yours dear consumer.

8. Pontiac Fiero – GTP car

Who doesn’t like 80’s prototypes? But who can actually afford one? We have a solution. Take a fiero, now cut into it and start redesigning until the front and rear are entirely made outta steel tubes. Give it pushrods and wheels off a Buick GTP car from the 80’s. Since you’ve completely redone the font and rear, you will give the car pushrods as well. The v6? Turbo. Fuck it, twin turbo. I want 930 levels of lag. Finish it with a body a good foot wider than stock and an underbody treatment to make a late 962c blush, and you’re golden with this abomination hatched from the mind of my roommate. Thank you.

9. Lamborghini Espada – Baja 1000 Buggy

The Espada has always intrigued me, and I feel like it would kick ass on the whoops with the long body and wide stance. Think of it like putting a class 5 buggy bottom half on an Espada top half. Keep the V12, of course. There are enough of those forgotten Lamborghini’s around, why not make one exciting?

10. Fire Fighter Drill Team Truck – Short Track Oval Racing

The day you find out these monsters exist is the day you’ve found god. What chassis is it? I don’t know. What engine does it have? Some kind of V8. The biggest shame is that these vehicles are made to accelerate up to 45 and then coast to a stop, and that’s it. Why not do more? It’s got a solid rear axle, big V8 and wide sticky Hoosiers. Throw this thing on an asphalt oval and let them rip wheel-to-wheel. There is so much crazy stuff going on and there are so many more fundraising opportunities with them! Bonus points if we you find something for the guys hanging off the back of it to do with the ladder ramp.