I feel your pain and sympathize greatly! My son and I are not racing at HPT this weekend due to a budget crunch. We spent the better part of this year chasing points and it has been 1200 or so each time not counting broken car parts. Pretty tough to do on our shoestring budget. The spike in towing costs has essentially doubled our weekend expenses. To the credit of the SCCA Midwest division regions, they have not increased entry fees much, if at all, to help out.

Having said all of that we are taking a break till October and the last race of the year at Gateway. I also keep wondering if its worth it but each time my son comes off the track and I see his smile answers that every time for me. I'll keep finding a way to get our fix even if it means getting back into the autocross scene more often. Damn, this racing stuff is worse than crack or cocaine................so I've been told.