>want to get into serious racing
>be 20
>no job
>no car
>never touched a kart in my life
How fucked am i? i hate to know that unless you constantly race karts since age 6 you will be fucked to try and become a pro in later stages of your life.
Living in southamerica, by the way. Thinking about moving to the US.
>move to US
>get license
>buy a shitbox you wouldn't mind wrapping around a tree
>consult local SCCA for events near you
>profit
Seriously the best way to into racecar. Don't even think about racing professionally unless you've got tons of money.
>Living in southamerica, by the way. Thinking about moving to the US.
think again
You're done. If you aren't a national champion in your EARLY teens, there's no chance. Even RICH AS FUCK people who started to race on their own dime are BARELY mid pack level racers at mid pack level races. You can do faggot shit like drag racing still. MAYBE rally if you are ungodly natural, start right now, and have about a million in the bank and nothing but free time to practice.
Legally moving.
Is it very hard to get enough money to start into actual amateur race car classes in civilian events? Or do i have to literally do that for experience and get a lot of money in another job to pay for it?
Are you retarded? Do you have enough money to move to America? Cool. Can you get a jobmaking +$60k a year? Cool. Can you spend ALL your free time and money racing and repairing shitty miatas? Can you travel all around the states to go to as many races as possible while making money? Cool. Are you better than the 100,000 kids that have been doing it 10 years longer than you and are only 15? Cool. Then maybe, you can race low level scca and never make money.
>Are you retarded?
dunno lol
>Do you have enough money to move to America?
not exactly but i can ask pops for money. I dont mind staying in the streets or in a cheat hotel finding any job i can find
>Can you get a jobmaking +$60k a year?
No idea
>Can you spend ALL your free time and money racing and repairing shitty miatas?
I am basically studying to do exactly that, so yes.
>Can you travel all around the states to go to as many races as possible while making money?
I dont mind roadtrips so i dont see why not
>Are you better than the 100,000 kids that have been doing it 10 years longer than you and are only 15?
This is the issue i talked about. The big kick in the balls to me.
What about autocross or rally? i really have a thing for that.
Professionally racing anything is very expensive, whether it's cars, animals, etc. For cars, you need to purchase a vehicle, all the parts you'd need should it break down, all the tools used to get those parts replaced, a place to wrench at, something to tow it to and from races, and in some cases people to serve as a pit crew. It adds up, and I haven't even touched the fees for accidents or even for showing up.
With a local autocross, for example, you buy a car, read a 30-page rulebook, pay a fee to race for the day, and that's pretty much it.
Don't look to racing as a viable profession.
>autocross or rally
Perfect. You won't be getting first place as easily as the vidya suggests unless you sink a lot of money into your car, though. If it's just a hobby or experience thing though, go ahead.
you literally are not even close to making it and have no IDEA what it takes to race. If the earth was a poor baby child born with downs, and pluto was a professional race car driver, you are standing on the couch.