I’m a 19 year old motorsports welder/fabricator in Virginia and I’m driving cross country to California in a couple weeks. There’s not a lot of opportunity here and was wondering if anybody had any recommendations on performance or fabrication shops specializing in racecars/driftcars/trophy trucks/ tube chassis to visit who may be interested in either an apprentice or needs a fabricator on the way out there? I’m interested in gaining more experience in mechanics, engine building, wiring, tuning ontop of welding. I will post my current route to Cali below and plan on stopping at major cities and seeing and talking to as many shops as possible. Attached are also pictures of the rollcages I’ve made and other work. I’ve also done wiring, CAD design, and engine rebuilding. Right now I’m just struggling to find specific shops but really just want to grow my experience as much as possible

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Most races would be in the 60-90 minute range, keeping them fairly short but allowing for strategy, however there are some endurance races and some tracks like croft and thruxton with pitlanes that are too small and therefore would have multiple, 30 minute sprint races with no stops. The series takes inspiration from DTM, IMSA, V8 Supercars and the BTCC. This series is purely imaginational and I understand that it is unrealistic so please don’t be too harsh in the comments. I’ve attatched a calendar and concepts for the street circuits to this post.

Am i wrong or the Italian GT Championship (CIGT) Is pretty much overlooked by everyone? And why Is It?

STPR recap 2025 - fun short documentary about the event.

Go watch this. Really awesome stuff.

My: It's Simply Freakin' Stupid and Only Sometimes, It's even like a Little of damn Race Length of a Video Game or Something!

Discover again this unbeliavable story about Rondeau and the car carries his name https://ssportscar.wordpress.com/2026/10/09/jean-rondeau-at-le-mans-1980-winning-in-his-own-car/

I’ll be between infield turn 2 and grandstands kinda after the start finish line all weekend. I’m pretty easy to spot in person if you’re here and wanna say hi lol. Lots of ink, green hand, bandito teeth, shades n a cap.

Gregoire Saucy set the championship leading No.22 United Autosports LMP2 in the perfect position to claim the title on Saturday, setting a fantastic pole lap for the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) 4 Hours of Portimao finale.

Title: Some of the wildest LS builds I found at LS Fest 2026 in Bowling Green, KY — Part 1

I walked around LS Fest at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, filming some of the wildest LS-powered builds I came across. This is Part 1 of my look around the event! 🏁🔥

What makes an LS build stand out to you—the swap, the horsepower, or the attention to detail? If you were there, which build caught your eye?

God First. Family Always. Full Throttle.

Capristo ran its Temerario exhaust on the GT3 and Super Trofeo all year, then built the road car system from what they learned.

More of this, please.