RacerBowie wrote:
I reached as hard as I could to run the Indy Runoffs last year, because Indy.
This year the car probably will never leave the garage. Money. My original plan was a race or two this year just having fun, then another push for VIR Runoffs. Not sure that's going to be able to happen.
It has all gotten so damn expensive...
Edit: and I've been doing this on a shoestring since 1999. I'm 40, have a decent career, make ok money... and the shoestring is as tight around my neck as it has ever been. Maybe I'm just not cut out for this game?
Same boat here, but I haven't been to runoffs yet and can't even begin to afford to go. I make decent engineering salary, but have a family of 4 to feed and a daughter in kid karts that's showing promise regionally. My annual racing budget is what many Prod racers spend on a single weekend. Not complaining, but the whole SuperDuper Tour and the annhiliation of the regional racing program has shot my SCCA love in the foot. Every time I turn around, the races are fewer, farther away, and more expensive. SCCA is not making it easy for the shoestring racer to be able to compete, let alone be remotely successful.
Maybe we should leave the wine & Cheese SCCA and create a the Po Folks' Kinda-Sporty Car Club of America? PFKSCCA?