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Originally Posted by broadrun96
I was surpised I haven't seen many Scion or Subaru racing in SCCA or NASA events. I've seen a few on entry lists but fewer than I would have expected but then it is one of the newer cars with the computer systems that may not lend itself to homebuilts and the bigger names in racing have aftermarket parts networks.
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I can tell you why. There's 28 years of Miatas and around 5 for the 86 platform. Just because you make a neat car, it doesn't mean that it'll be on the Miata level in a short period of time. Top it off the 86 owners are not rich like the Porsche ones. If you want to race a recent year Cayman with a PDK, it's easy because everything you need is there and already developed. That because Porsche owners pay, 86 owners do not. Even with Miatas, most are from 1990 - 2000 and were bought for around $1K then turned into a racecar.
People stick with what is popular and cheap.