ajcjr

I think SRF hold their value better than SM, both fields are very large.

DTMiller

II' be very surprised if there are $100k cars in SM I would not be surprised if some of the guys running SM spend $100k a year doing so.

ajcjr

LuigiVampa

+1

Between maintenance, tires, travel, transport, support, etc., it would be easy to spend that amount of money in total, but I don't see how that could just be the car.

I think I spend the value of my car each year between racing and other track days.

Kevin Fennell

GTS4 cars or ST1/2 cars cost $100k minimum to win and the fastest car in ST2/GTS4 was a $250k+? BMW GTR. To beat the time set in ST2 with my TT2 car I need to spend another $30k so I would be just over $100k doing all the work myself.

YaNi

ST2 winner was a fairly stock NSX driven by my co-worker. Even with just safety equipment, different springs, an aux fuel cell, and a basic aero kit it's still probably about $200k.

Kevin Fennell

Your friend was the best racer that day, but his qualifying times were not as fast as the GTR's. in terms of lap times for the 8-1 power to weight cars there it was the two GTR's, the NSX my Exige, then a C5 that had everything done to it and was seeingly changing all consumables every day. Top 3 times were by cars over $200k Top 2 by cars that were probably over $300k and how many thousands an hour to run those race motors and sequential.

AMT Motorsport

RossP

Notice how I said GTS3.

If I had wanted to step up to GTS4 and keep my same car it would have pushed it well north of $100K with the weight reduction and motor work needed.

ajcjr

Hey its awesome you guys can spend that money, have you ever thought about running a pro car for that money? I choose srf because the buy in was mid 30k's for a gen3, you didnt need the trick of week to win, upgrades would come out but for everyone and it came down to the best driver (setup as well) would win. How much a year are you guys spending to race the car as well as the buy in?

Kevin Fennell

SRF aren't fast comparitively speaking, and they look like a nightmare to drive from what I have seen of them on the track.

My car costs $170 an hour to run 2:26 at cota. $450 ish an hour to run 2:23. Pro cars are going to cost way more then that.

Also I cant speak for others but I just go to events that I want to when I want to. Not too interested in the schedule of a series.

YaNi

That's a Honda perk, for sure. He has a sweet gig as one of the suspension test engineers on the NSX development. Honda paid to enter the HART NSX GT3 team last year at Daytona 24 and Sebring 12 and he got to drive.

Here's your target:
Mid-Ohio (Pro Course) Chad Gilsinger Acura NSX 1:28.827 04/21/18
Mid-Ohio (Club Course) Chad Gilsinger Acura NSX 1:31.130
04/22/18
The scheming has already begun; 10 months to extract every ounce of talent and grip at a track we know.

AMT Motorsport

Yeah those are fast times for sure. Don't know if I have any chance with 380whp at Mid O. I might need to power and ballast up. I got a bunch of laps there in an AER E36 but it's a 10 hour haul, so I'm not exactly gonna be able to test setups there very much. Hoping to race there in April and then in September for the big show. I know it's a long shot but hey you gotta take the shot!

PLNewman

On subject, please.