• Feb 25, 2008  Our normal definition of "fun" doesn't involve
making a last-minute trek across the soul-sucking expanse of I-5
in California... twice... in less than 12 hours... through a
monsoon. But in our illusive pursuit of fun, that's exactly what
we did to get some seat time in a Fun Cup car: a tube-framed,
mid-engine, FRP-bodied track car that could be the next big
thing in amateur racing.  The Fun Cup began in Belgium back in
1997 as a way for aspiring racers to get their wheel-to-wheel
kicks without mortgaging their souls for track time. Since then,
the series has spread across Europe with almost a dozen
different countries hosting five events each. The culmination of
last year's Cup involved 175 identical Fun Cup cars competing in
a 25-hour event at the Spa circuit in Belgium. With 30,000 fans
cheering on the teams in person and countless others watching
the event in bars and homes across the continent, the Fun Cup
has turned into a series to rival some of the mainstays of
motorsports in Europe.  W