How much to get started. Realy!

[dj10]

Since I hear you had another birthday and knowing your current age..I can see where you are coming from. :P [/b]

My advice especially goes for you too!! Hell I had a great Birthday........they hung Saddam on it and I got shit faced.

[dickita15]

I had spent quite a few years as a worker before I went to driver’s school and I was amazed at the advantage I had at the school in just understanding the culture of an SCCA event. Others in the school had no idea how things worked and I was happy not to have learn that as well as everything else that day.

[gprodracer]

Dick,

Kudos to you! You said a mouthfull when you said " the culture of SCCA" . Many people don't have a clue as to the many aspects of what it takes to allow us to go racing. Without question, I firmly believe that working a corner should manditory before receiving a competion license. There are too many drivers out there that have no idea what it takes to do F&C for a day, much less the knowledge they'll gain from watching any specific corner up close.
Again, just MHO.

Mark

[Racy-Stacey]

Dick,

Kudos to you! You said a mouthfull when you said " the culture of SCCA" . Many people don't have a clue as to the many aspects of what it takes to allow us to go racing. Without question, I firmly believe that working a corner should manditory before receiving a competion license. There are too many drivers out there that have no idea what it takes to do F&C for a day, much less the knowledge they'll gain from watching any specific corner up close.
Again, just MHO.

Mark
[/b]

I agree that you get a real perspective of whats its like out there. I worked a couple corners at Buttonwillow, I've done timing and scoring and worked grid. I even had a chance to run the pace car a few times. All these jobs really give you a firm grounding on what it takes and how much is involved for your $300. Oh almost forgot, if you really want to dig into how the club works spend some time on the council.

Also I spent:
Car $950
Ign: 150
Roll Cage
250+install 300
Safty gear 750
exhaust 150
header 200
suspension 650
tires (6) 420
wheels free
fire extingisher 200
other stuff kill switch etc. 200
paint: 200
ack... wow .. but not all at the same time. My car took me about 3yrs to build.
I generally tell people about $5000 to go racing.