S. Svendsen Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Yes, there actually was a short lived North American Touring car series back in the '90's. It used cars very similar to Japanese and European Touring Cars that ran as an undercard to the Indy cars on road racing courses. My build is a fictional "what if" factory Honda effort for the series. You can see more pics and read all about it on my site at the link. http://www.svensworldofwheels.com/accordpage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Looks good, nice photo's too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitforbattle Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 OMG why didn't this exist? I love B/WTCC especially the 90s. This car is gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan 191 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I love it!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin T Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Excellent build Sven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Way cooler than my buddy Cory's Accord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan 191 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Holy smokes your Stratus is amazing too. I always wished that series would have been successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator-Fox Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Best looking Accord I've seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Sharp build.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roncla Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Thats creative. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Great build, as every one you do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Yes superb build Sven. We have various workshops near here on the Silverstone race circuit site. A number of teams prepared and sold cars to USA based teams for that series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Svendsen Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) I believe the series only ran two years. Chrysler had the only real US factory effort with their two car Dodge Stratus team. Other cars run were the BWM 3 series, Mazda Enous, and Ford Mondeo which were all imported from other countries. I saw the cars run at Mid-Ohio in '95 and I thought they were pretty neat. It's a shame they didn't catch on. Edited June 24, 2014 by S. Svendsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 NEAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Looks like it has been well thought out and executed, great job and nicely detailed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Awesome Accord and your Pics are delicios. Very very nice color and decals! Great car Sven. A point i am missing....a color to the turnsignallights on the fenders Edited June 24, 2014 by Dominik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Svendsen Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 Awesome Accord and your Pics are delicios. Very very nice color and decals! Great car Sven. A point i am missing....a color to the turnsignallights on the fenders I sorta missed that detail when I built the car. American Accords don't have signal lights there and I didn't know what the little lump was. Guess I could still paint it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 wow amazing build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan 191 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I sorta missed that detail when I built the car. American Accords don't have signal lights there and I didn't know what the little lump was. Guess I could still paint it. Some U.S. spec versions of foreign cars have body-colored "plugs" in those spaces. You could pretend that's what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Spectacular, Sean! And the graphics are absolutely believable and very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I believe the series only ran two years. Chrysler had the only real US factory effort with their two car Dodge Stratus team. Other cars run were the BWM 3 series, Mazda Enous, and Ford Mondeo which were all imported from other countries.I saw the cars run at Mid-Ohio in '95 and I thought they were pretty neat. It's a shame they didn't catch on.There were a few Accords as well, both the Euro and US/Japanese spec.The idea was neat, but there were too few entries (around 10 cars each race), and only the Stratus and the Accord were competitive.Probably not the best idea to tack them on as CART's sideshow either. It would have been much better if it was run by, say, SCCA as a separate series. Which really is a shame because the European and Japanese series provided some very good racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitforbattle Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) There were a few Accords as well, both the Euro and US/Japanese spec. The idea was neat, but there were too few entries (around 10 cars each race), and only the Stratus and the Accord were competitive. Probably not the best idea to tack them on as CART's sideshow either. It would have been much better if it was run by, say, SCCA as a separate series. Which really is a shame because the European and Japanese series provided some very good racing.It could probably have been something in North America if the BTCC supertouring wasn't slaughtered by Alfa Romeo's entrance. Alfa came with a car full of aerodynamic enhancements. All homologated and thereby legal in the class. This of course making the Alfa's superior, the other teams had to match the Aero and the prices of producing the cars rose from a couple of thousands per season to many thousands per race. Killing off team after team. Edited June 26, 2014 by fitforbattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davewilly Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Great looking Honda! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 that's a sweet looking Honda. where did you get that front tow ring, or did you make it? jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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