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Originally Posted by C3L1CA
How much if you had to guess would it cost for like a season of racing? Also do you have to be a good driver or past racing (turning racing) experience?
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It's only as expensive as you want it to be. You can find a full racing suit and helmet for around $600 if you find a deal (
http://cs-gear.com/ and
http://www.profoxracing.com/ have package deals). The car can be only be worth up to $500, so what you actually pay for it is up to you. Cost for a cage, harness, window net, fire extinguisher, fuel cans, etc. etc. Race entry is $1000 or so then goes down $100 each additional race you do in a season. We rent radios for each race, like $100 or something. A 31' RV to tow the car is $150 a day plus gas.
Our team of 5 guys had nothing more than autocross experience, a couple guys who had less than a dozen events between the two of them. Myself, Shawn and Brandon are all autocross regulars. None of us ever drove on a road course until we went to the Chump Car race at BIR last year. The entire time our car has been running we were consistently in the top 6, so while seat time surely helps it isn't a defining factor. It's an endurance race after all.