Those are from our actual records.
38 events including 8 national events with two drivers in 2002.
I think your signature says it all.
----- Original Message -----
From: <racer93@prodigy.net>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: New Car Classing
> Snip:
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> <<Re: Our prep costs: shocks - $3K
> 5 sets of racing tires, mounting and balancing - 3.5K
> 3 sets of racing wheels -1.6K
> 5 alignments -.5K
> entry fees, travel costs, lost income, T&T schools, etc. to get enough
seat
> time to get familiar with the car through the 2002 season for 2 drivers
>6K,
> so actually 10K was an underestimate.
> Charles>>
>
> First of all, do you really need Penske or Ohlins shocks in GS?? I'm
going
> to take a wild stab and say no. A nice set of Koni sport yellows and more
> seat time would be money better spent.
>
> FIVE sets of tires and 3 sets of wheels???? Good Lord! Do you really
need
> all of that?? Again, I'm going to have to say no. How about one or two
> and just reorder tires as needed?? As a single driver in a very heavy car
> (read: tire hungry), I only had one extra set of wheels and I used 2 1/2
> sets of tires per season, and that was running on some very sticky
concrete
> here in the midwest.
>
> I think if you watch your purse strings closely, you can have a nationally
> competitive car and driver combination for at most $3k.
>
> Daniel
> '92 Miata (a virgin to racing)
> formerly '99 mitsu eclipse (something less than a virgin to racing)
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