Absolutely Jason. More power to you.
I've been racing one thing or another since I was fifteen years old. I've done
it the hard way, with less than no bucks. It's just as fun. I'm not a silver
spooner, I started with absolutely nothing and earned every nickel I have.
I've been a lot poorer than you probably are. I don't have any problem
remembering when I showed up in Santa Clara, CA to take a new job at a
motorcycle shop with $39 to my name and a bunch of tools in a uhaul. Slept in
my car until the first payday when I could rent an apartment. Other times I
lived in my crappy van (paid $150 bucks for it) for more than a year, pressed
my pants by sticking them under a mattress. Drove crap cars, built my own
motorcycles and made do. Never missed a child support payment. Worked 14 hour
days for years to build a business. Still raced.
Right now my knuckles are skinned and my hands are filthy from rebuilding
calipers and a grungy TR4 steering rack for a TR3 street car I'm building in a
one and a half car garage. Trying to do it with a minimum of new parts.
Because I can. I don't waste money just because I have it. Besides, it's more
fun to do it yourself.
I chose to have Horizon Racing maintain Peyote because I'm simplifying my life
a bit. Moving from a big house and shop to a much smaller one. I don't have
room to maintain a race car and do all the projects I have. In the process I
discovered how nice it is to have pros take care of your car--the economics
even work out in my case, but I did pretty much everything on my race cars and
motorcycles for years and years. Mostly just me, and mostly working alone. So
yeah, I've got more money now, but believe me, I understand.
My points about accusumps are that they save you money. 70 bucks for a
barebones accusump and twelve bucks for a valve can save you crank wear,
bearings, cams, and catastrophic engine damage. I really can't think of
anything that does more for less.
All the best,
Bill
On Sep 16, 2010, at 12:20 AM, Jason Ostrowski wrote:
> Bill,
> Going out on a limb here.
> All you actually need to race is a well prepped car, some way to get the car
to the track, a cooler, some stuff to put in the cooler to eat and drink. Some
money for an entry fee and race fuel. AND BEER. All the other stuff...
luxuries that don't necessarily make you go any faster or have more fun.
> ...
> Wish me luck at Blachawk Farms.
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing GT6
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