If you have any specific questions about any information regarding 5x Racing please contact us by email first. We are on online business and do not have office staffing available to answer phones. Email is the best way to contact us and get the answers you need, we check our emails at least twice a day for order input and processing, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. We even check emails on the weekends! If you need a physical contact and have to talk to us on the phone and email will not suffice, please send us an email with your phone number and a good time to call you back.

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5XR Team

Registering for a NASA Spec Miata Challenge event is very easy, and it is all done on the NASA Racing website. With the SCCA, registering for an event is very confusing, as they employ several different 3rd party event registration websites (or some just require mail in's) and it is different from region to region. Below you will find the exact step-by-step instructions to registering for a NASA Spec Miata Challenge race. Hope to see you on track soon!

1. Ensure you car meets the NASA rules. The only difference between NASA and the SCCA spec miata rules is the addition of a center net (right side net) for non-head restraint seats. If you have a head restraint (halo) seat there is no center net required. The NASA Rulebook and Spec Miata Rules can be found using these links:
http://www.nasaproracing.com/rules/ccr.pdf
http://www.nasaproracing.com/rules/spec_miata_rules.pdf

2. Ensure you have a HANS type device. NASA rules state every racer must have a hans or similar type head and neck restraint system.

3. Register for event on NASA Racings website. You can register before becoming a member and submitting you license requirements. Just choose the "Event Registration" link within the right side panel on any webpage within the NASA site. Search for the region you will be racing in and choose the event from the listings. For example: "Event #1116: June 19-20, 2010 - Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL"

4. While on the registration page for the event you chose, navigate to the bottom and choose the first option "Racing", and select "Spec Miata Challenge" from the drop down menu

5. Click continue after choosing the previous options.

6. This will bring you to the checkout page, where you will be prompted to "login". You can also click, "continue checkout" to continue the checkout process. Enter your email address and choose "no, help me login"

7. Fill out the required "racer profile" information to create an account, then click continue

8. Choose your membership (ie: Single 1 year) and it will bring you to the event listings. Just click "shopping cart" on the left side panel to go to your shopping cart contents. In your shopping cart you will see the event (# and description), NASA membership, and National Admin fee.

9. Fill out the required information and click continue at the bottom of the page

10. Proceed filling out the required information on the following pages until you reach the final checkout. Pay for the event.

After you have successfully registered for the event you will need to complete some forms to submit to apply for your NASA Competition racing license, please download the following forms:

1. Medical Info: http://www.nasaproracing.com/images/rules-forms/form_medical.pdf
2. Provisional License Form: http://www.nasaproracing.com/images/rules-forms/form_comp_license.pdf

Print out the complete the medical form, then on the Comp License form fill out the section called "NASA Competition License "School Requirement" Waiver". Follow the instructions on the lower part of the license application to fax the documents to NASA headquarters as soon as possible. Also, it is a good idea to "check in" with your local region's registrar or related official, this is a courtesy email and they can help you if needed. You can most likely find the email addresses of your local regions officials on their webpages.

That's about it! Let us know if you are interested and if you need anymore help.

Full treads if you are on a budget, both if you have the money.

Aren't the full treads slower though?
I would not really worry about the full treads being slower as seconds off of laps will not really be seen until you are consistently fast in your car. After 3 years of racing I can finally run consistent fast laps in my car, so for me the full treads are 2-3 seconds slower a lap (more at some tracks), for a beginning racer they will be fine and more cost effective as they will last longer and you will not need a set of rain tires just yet, the full treads work as rain tires too.
If you have the cash to spend, it is ideal to have multiple sets of wheels and tires. You will need at least two sets of wheels and tires when you get deep into racing, a set of shaved newer tires and a set of full tread rains, because sometimes it rains and we race in it, and it is absolutely impossible to race in the rain on shaved tires. I prefer to have three sets, one newer set of shaved tires, one older set of used shaved tires, and a set of rains. The older tires are faster on tracks that have been recently paved as the compound is harder from the age and heat cycles, and the newer grippy tires are faster on tracks with less traction like Sebring.

5X Racing is a family run online business and trackside retail business. We do not have a phone line open as of now because we are not staffed to fulfill phone orders. Our hours of operation online are 24/7, but we work on the business sporadically throughout the day and night. All orders and inquiry emails are processed from 5am-9am, and again at 4pm-7pm. The middle of the normal work day is unfortunately unavailable due to other work commitments. We do not commit ourselves to processing orders or inquiries on the weekends because we are usually out racing, and orders cannot be fulfilled until the next business day anyways, which is Monday.
If you ever feel the need to call us, please send us an inquiry with your phone number, and a good time to call back.

Thanks,
5XR Team