Want to race for real??

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Originally Posted by scheides

Hrm, so team four, that's $5000/4 ~~$1300 / 12 months ~~$125/month.

How crazy do people go for spare parts? Seems like you'd want to have spare axles, brakes, alternators...fuck, a whole spare engine/trans?

Wonder how much renting a race trailer and filling it with car/spares would end up costing. Does anyone just drive the car to the track and then drink beer and AAA it home when it breaks?

I have a spot on the side of my garage that I parked my bro's DSM in for a while...no room to work on it back there though. I suppose it's 'in the theme' to just buy a POS, race it, and then park it outside the rest of the year though, eh?

I don't think i've ever seen anyone drive their chumpcar to the track. A lot of people park their cars outside and/or in fields over the winter. But most people are doing work on their cars, if they are competitive. It depents on how seriously you want to take it. Personlly, I think if i'm gonna take the time to prep a car and race, i want to do it right and be competitive.

We bring a spare engine with trans if ours goes bad. But if we have to swap an engine, we won't be competitive, at that point we're just doing it to get more seat time.