M3EvoBR

Well done, some really cool cars out there.

Randy is the richest guy I know

Izzone

1st, racing doesn't make you rich, but it sure is fun

2nd, racing an antique beetle is not nearly as expensive as taking a GT3/GT2street car to a DE

and a full blown race car built correct is much safer than a street car

M3EvoBR

Easy, easy ...

Racing every other weekend sure is expensive, that's why the comment about my rich friend.
Not saying DE is not, can't loose the joke

TRAKCAR

Racing is a great way to be be become poor LOL.
Is it cheaper than $1000 a day?

007DT

NO...

It may start off looking to be ~ the same as a DE but it A Lot more. One of the most $$ Items are constant fresh tires. because .3 - .6 sec is a lot. Race weekend even in a light balanced, square E36 is ~$3k.. You end up just pushing the car so hard that **** breaks.

M3EvoBR

Even if you're racing a wheel chair, you will pay big $$$.

Nick Wong

I spend about $1.2k/weekend racing karts on big tracks. One weekend will consist of Friday practice (eight 12 minute sessions), and one race on Saturday and Sunday with two practice sessions on the race days. One set of tires for the weekend- $240, entry fees and practice fee- $330, fuel and oil ($120, 10 gallons plus 80 ounces of oil), hotel ($225@$75/day), gas and food to and from ($200). If I break anything that's amortized over the season, plus engine refresh/rebuilds @$500 complete every 10 hours on my yamaha or 25 hours on my TaG. The laydown can run three weekends on the same set of tires but the sprinter needs a new set every weekend, or stickers every race if I'm running for points and am serious about winning.

That is why I race karts. Far cheaper than racing cars and more competitive racing at high speeds only dedicated race cars can achieve while using far less power in machines that are uniquely American (the laydown kart) and sport specific.

Izzone

Interesting, $3k per weekend in tires?

My antique is not rough on them, Ron Zitza and I co drive the antique in endures, and he is quick....still tires last a long time

I raced this weekend on a set of fronts with 42 HC

007DT

No.. 1 Set/Weekend. I rotate a new set in with the old Practice (old)
Qualy/Race New. $1K

Entry Fees, Fuel, Travel, Breaking **** amortized $2k (depending on location, event, etc...

jenk12m

Randy what happened on the spin

Izzone

ummm oil

jenk12m

figured it was something rather slippery as you were going straight

Mvez

Sweet jesus....

mdrums

That spin was scary! Lucky the wall did not come near you...glad for that!

What happened the next lap around? Was there a debris flag out on the straight?

scott40

Looks like a couple of unlucky ones were just south of you into the wall