Glossary / General

spec series

14 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

In a spec series, every racer has the same kind of car, so who wins depends more on how well they drive.

Technical Definition

A spec series is a racing format where all competitors use identical or highly standardized equipment, reducing costs and focusing competition on driver skill.

Hear It Discussed

"Especially, I mean, the spec series helps with that, but it's cool that there's so much shuffling even though it's a spec series."
Ferrari Luce; My Indy500 Trip; '27 Aston DB12S Review The Smoking Tire 23:38

"well there is a bunch of older cars but there is a spec series I mean it's rich guy shit but I ... it's like 9-11 two liter or 2.0 cup or something like that and it's these cars but they're you..."
Early 911s Just Hit Different - DWA! Podcast Ep. #936 Driving While Awesome 11:30

"So you, you were in that series. It's like a spec series. Very competitive."
Sir Chris Hoy on Resilience and Reinvention from Olympic Gold to Le Mans DRIVE with Jim Farley 21:18