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1. Re: Nascar & the COST OF RACING Back in the Golden Years (score: 1): Author: Want1937hd@aol.com; Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:03:32 EDT; If anyone wants to know what it cost to run an INDY car in 1925 I have an itemized bill for the expences involved for running a Miller on the board track in Altoonah, Pa. Everything is listed from fr; /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00168.html (7,630 bytes)
2. Re: Nascar & the COST OF RACING Back in the Golden Years (score: 1): Author: "Ed Weldon" <23.weldon@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:34:57 -0700; What a PITA that car owner must have been to work for!! What was a Model T in those days? Maybe $275. A plain vanilla new car today is about $15K. That's about 50:1. Harry Miller sold his rear drive; /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00174.html (8,602 bytes)
3. Re: Nascar & the COST OF RACING Back in the Golden Years (score: 1): Author: Doug Odom <dlodom@charter.net>; Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:47:10 -0700; Racing costs the same today as it always. Every penny you are willing to spend. Speed costs money --How fast can you afford to go? Doug Odom in big ditch; /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00175.html (8,106 bytes)
4. Re: Nascar & the COST OF RACING Back in the Golden Years (score: 1): Author: Want1937hd@aol.com; Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:03:57 EDT; Ed, Thanks for doing the dollar compairison then vs. now. The Miller in question a blown 122 cost $6,500 after finishing 8th at Indy in 1924. Some day I'll have to write something based on this stack; /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00176.html (7,317 bytes)
5. Re: Nascar & the COST OF RACING Back in the Golden Years (score: 1): Author: Sssaddlaw@aol.com; Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:12:41 EDT; The Consumer Price Index (showing inflation / cost of living) from May '26 to today, went from a factor of 17 then to a factor of 205 NOW (2006). About roughly 12 times the "price". Adjust those pric; /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00177.html (7,343 bytes)

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