JW in Texas

I just think everything is up in general. Seems like race fuel stayed artificially low then jumped last year. They definitely lagged behind street price hikes. Then, when Michelin went from Yellow Cups to Blues, they jumped $ 300+. They were already up from when I started before the switch. Support's up over the last couple of years as well. It's all tied to the economy. Everything's just more expensive these days, especially stuff tied to oil. The cup is still a bullet-proof, reasonable platform to operate for what it is. Hard to beat the bang for the buck for a pure race car. I just want something I can really rack the miles up on for cheap.

TR6

Here ya go, chief....

jrgordonsenior

Jay to run a Cup on a reasonable budget you have to have a source of takeoffs available. Without a doubt slicks are the largest component of cup car racing. I have 2 IMSA Cup racers near me that have been very generous with their takeoffs.

I still profess that outside of slicks my Cup car has not been unreasonably expensive to run. In 2-1/2 years of racing I've blown 1 clutch/pressure plate, 1 tranny mount, rebuilt my Sachs once, replaced all my radiators once, and had 2minor accidents totalling less than $8k in repairs. I've put around 60 hours on the Cup during this period and along with the 15 hours it came with. I could probably sell it for almost what I paid back in Oct. 05'

At Las Vegas last weekend I raced the new Yokohama slicks in the Yoko Cup Series, and Michelin Yellows in the POC qual. and race. My times were almost identical throughout the weekend though ironically I had my fastest lap of the weekend on takeoffs. The same was true for my fastest competitor. The new Yokes were $1,575. per set mounted and balanced. I reversed them on the rims for Sunday's race after 3 cycles since we were on 21 degree banking at WOT. They worked great and probably have 6 more good practice cycles on them....

M758

That is very similar what my 5-6 sets of RA-1's did. It was like this if there were shaved or not.