Thank you for your interest! We will definitely try to keep everyone up to date. The best thing everyone can do is follow us at http://www.facebook.com/ORCSeries. Currently, our priority is preparing for our upcoming fundraising campaign, which should start later this month.

ENDWELL, NY – A new type of circle track racing is to come to the NY/PA area for the 2018 season. The Open Racing Challenge Series or O.R.C.S. will be a ‘Run What Ya Brung’ type series. This is a direct response to the ever increasing regulation and spec nature of motorsports. The goal is to offer an alternative premier support class for racers and fans who are looking for something different than ‘crate’ racing.

The O.R.C.S. rules are simples. Any car or truck that is safely built and maintained, weighs at least 3000 lbs and utilizes our specified tire (Hoosier G60-15) will be allowed to compete. Beyond that, the skies are the limit. You can use any engine, any chassis, any body and any drivetrain.
This will give the out of the box thinkers and the shade tree mechanics of the racing world an opportunity to shine. There is no turn-key  answer to winning in a class where your biggest limitation is your imagination.

It is anticipated that this class can be quite affordable. Many modern street engines can easily make the same horsepower as current purpose  built racing engines, but are not allowed under most track and series rules. Alternatively, If you do have an expensive purpose built engine, you don’t have to worry about it being torn apart at the races or deemed illegal. There is no need to spend a big portion of your racing budget trying to hide trick parts.

For the fans, they will have the opportunity to see the true ingenuity and personality of their favorite race teams. No more confusion and monotony of seeing race after race of nearly identical cars. The average fan with little to no knowledge of the competitors can easily choose if they want to cheer for the car that looks like their daily driver, the one that looks like it is out of a Johnny Cash song or the one that looks like a team of NASA engineers built it. This series is about having fun and bringing entertainment to the fans.

While no races are currently scheduled, the plan for the 2018 season is to hold a minimum of five races centered around the Binghamton, NY area (within 1 ½ hours). The class will be treated as a premier support class with all due respect and notoriety.  All races will pay a minimum of $1000 to win and $100 to start. Fundraising will be starting shortly and we are currently pursuing any possible publicity.

For the latest information on the Open Racing Challenge Series please Like and Follow our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ORCSeries/ or contact the series organizer, Nathan Stevens, at Nate@JALD.net.

Here's a question for you all.  You spend lap after lap getting chopped by the leader, backing out in the corners to avoid being driven into the tires.  A lot of those laps you were well past their back tire, up into their door.  Eventually, you get a solid enough run that you can't back out.  They don't give you the line, so you door them out of the way.  You get past them but over drive the next corner and they are back underneath you.  Do you give them the line in the corner like the rule of thumb states or do you drive them like they drove you and hope they don't take you out?  Mind you, you know you should be faster than them, but are your tires starting to go or did you mess up your handle when you made contact?  There are only a couple laps left...

I know this class has basically gotten to this point, but what makes it a stock car?  Tube chassis, aftermarket body, aftermarket control arms, racing rearends, racing shocks, racing transmission, etc.  Where is your street stock?  It sure sounds like an underpaid Late Model to me.  Let's make it better.  I've always liked to be different, so I'm going to make an old Mustang.  Since you guys can use a full tube chassis, so can I.  Hey look I've got the front end out of a dirt late model.  At least it has been a few years since someone has won the World on leaf springs.  Do you think I can sneak a 4 link by?  Maybe if I complain you guys have an advantage over me...   Where did I put Barry Wright's phone number??

We could just make this easier and invite any late models that want to race for a street stock purse.  I suppose to be fair you can put them on the same tires and make them weigh the same.

Proper R&D and testing costs money and that adds to the price of them, and don't a bunch use carbon fiber, which is still a expensive specialty material.

Ooops...I thought the Hobby Stocks were on the IMCA tire also.

Toughness isn't really a physical thing, it is more of a mental thing.