By that I mean actual wheel to wheel competition organized by a major sanctioning body.

Solo 2, Solo 1, Solo Trials, lap days and driving schools don't count.

 

First race will be 08/03/2002

Jason-
whose rear end will be hurting from getting kicked by Vipers at VIR this Friday

 

I still need a cage for my hatchcrap.

Then I'll be out there.

 

SCCA Club Racing, Pro racing or NASA?

 

no longer do ****. selling my cars. I'm really kinda over competition.. it's fun but too much $$ when I have other **** to pay for.. once I'm edit done paying off **** /edit I think I'll go and finish building my new ka (SPU Sentra) or make it a NASA Sentra Cup car.. but first I have other **** to pay off and buy.


[Modified by Dave-ROR, 4:00 PM 7/16/2002]

 

NASA, possibly SCCA in the future if I like it enough and hit the lottery

 

Yeah getting into Club Racing is expensive. The liscensing alone is almost prohibitive.

 

huh? how do you figure?

 

The cost of the safety stuff was pretty damn high for me. Then again, I was able to "shape up" by cutting my eating habits in half

 

"Safety Stuff" has absolutely nothing to do with licensing. The cost of building a race car can be prohibitive, I agree, but the cost of getting a license? No.

 

Well you have to attend acredited schools which makes cost somewhat of an issue if you're not sure you want to take the plunge.

 

You are incorrect, Dave. NASA will not allow one to be observed, ie: attempt to obtain a license, without having ALL of the required safety equipment IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF OBSERVATION. If you plan to do the ECHC, be ready for this fact.

 

Dude, for SCCA club racing you need 2 days of schools (or one combo school) at $130 (about) per school.

 

Jason, never said they did. I would never expect a organisation like SCCA or NASA to allow a student to get a license in a street car. Building a race car can be very expensive, getting a license is not. There's absolutely no way to argue that. And I don't plan to do ECHC, a friend does, we're bringing up his car, and he's a SCCA licensed driver so he doesn't have to do NASA schools to get his NASA license.

 

two schools that are accredited by the SCCA.

The ones listed on the SCCAs website all charge over $1000 for a weekend school and that's if you bring your own car. Even the local school here in Denver (Go4it racing) charges 300 a day plus any track fees and of course your own car.

Maybe there's a cheaper way I don't know about?

 

Gotcha, but the part in bold suxor

Jason-
who was looking forward to Dave r0lling out on track with him

 

SCCA Driving schools. There's one this weekend at Daytona. $130. The new madrevs IT7 co-driver is finishing up his license there. Two SCCA schools = ~$260. Now if you don't pass them or don't get 6 hours of time in two events, then you'd need a third.. but...

 

I would need to do schools to get a NASA license though And I only want to drink in NC in sept, not drive. And my integra is no longer caged... and I'm selling it.. and...

Honda-Challenge is a cool *** idea, but it doesn't interest me enough because of the drive I'd have to make for each race.. that would suck ***

 

I kind of figured there had to be a cheaper way. I'm sure the SCCA likes to support the schools that sponser them so they don't advertise alternate methods as much.

 

Street racing only for me

 

me too now! I need that shirt marc has..

"Hell Yeah I Street Race!"

 

Damn ... If you hit a telephone poles head on it may mess up your front bumper.


[Modified by slowassR, 4:32 PM 7/16/2002]

 

by the way...you still owe me twenty bucks after i waxed your VX POS at the illegals with "black beauty"

cable clutch ownz you......especially with the 80 shot in the glovebox that you didn't even see

 

OWNED

 

you probably didn't spend enough time at the SCCA web site. Three clicks took me to the "Guide to obtaining an SCCA competition license for club racing" page at http://scca.org/amateur/club_racing/guide.html. Step 3 of their 5 step program tells you to attend an SCCA Driver School with entry fees from "$100 to $200".

Like others have said, road racing is a relatively expensive hobby. However there are still inexpensive ways of doing it. For about $5000, you can build a decent Spec Miata race car. Spread the amount and build time over a summer or a year and it won't be as hard on the wallet. When you are done, the cost will be similar to what it would cost to upgrade an Integra with a super charger and Mugen goodies such suspension/brakes.

Answering the original question, I plan to start road racing in September. My race car is still under construction.

jmb