Exotics Racing Offers Arrive-And-Drive Racing: Video

Racing isn't cheap. It is, however, something that a lot of us wish we could do. Sure, you can prep a car and take it to your local track day. You could get a crew together and run an inexpensive car at LeMons, ChumpCar, or an AER event. Maybe you just want to go autocrossing or hit a Time Attack? All of that is obtainable and easy enough to accomplish. Real racing with fully prepped and purpose built race cars, however, is another thing entirely, and it's typically on the prohibitive side of expensive. Exotics Racing is looking to change that.

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We were invited out to Fontana's Auto Club Speedway to sample the latest in spec racing excitement, and it's called the LV02. This is a tube-chassis race car wearing a fiberglass body shaped to look like a number of DTM series competitors. Under the skin sits a 2.0-liter four-cylinder Renault engine, which is good for 230 horsepower. It's paired with a six-speed SADEV sequential gearbox, so you only need a clutch to get the 1,600-pound machine rolling forward. After that it's just a tug of the paddle and you're in the next gear.

There's no power steering. There's no traction control. There's just you nestled within the roll cage and chassis left to stare at a RacePack dash and the twisting circuit in front of you. This is racing, and you're going to be out there with any number of other folks staring at the same display and the same circuit. You're wheel to wheel, mano-a-mano, and you're able to do so for around $5,000.

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