Why are we racing so much?

Sometimes people ask us, sometimes we ask ourselves that as we drive weekend after weekend to events. We spend a lot of time developing our cars, servicing customer cars for club events and troubleshooting issues under pressure at the track. We feel very strongly that these experiences help us to understand what exactly a high performance car endures during these events, what the most popular failure modes are, how to avoid them and finally how do build�a cohesive relationship with our work (the cars) and our customers who we frequently see and help at events, and eachother learning to work efficiently and purposefully to produce the best quality work possible.

Picture it as practice, or study.

What if we have customers who never plan on racing? How does this research parlay into a better performing street car?

We see racing as an exaggerated, multiplied wear cycle on parts. Sometimes this is beneficial to the customer who has no racing aspirations. We know what will “eventually” fail first because it happens in a short period at the track. We also know from these experiences that certain items are for racing only, and after using, tuning and experiencing these parts we can avoid misplacing them on a street car. We are essentially exposed to more parts, more technology and troubleshooting opportunities when involved in racing that that makes us better mechanics.

-DSG Team