Is racing only for rich people and those who want to make a career out of it?

Is racing only for rich people and those who want to make a career out of it?

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If you want to drive those, then yes.

If you want to drive a miata around cones, then very much no.

There are tiers of racing, each one representing a different price bracket. Autocross is probably the cheapest followed by track days. Club racing (SCCA/NASA/etc) can be done somewhat cheaply, but you will likely need a tow rig. Karting is another cheaper option, or even sim racing (iracing, pCars, AC, etc.).

But, at the end of the day, if you're eligible for food stamps, it's probably not a good idea for you to go racing much at all.

If you're young, look into getting involved with Formula SAE at college, and you'll be racing on other people's dime

I'm a conefag.

I raced a $250 Ford escort 6 times then sold it for $75.

Just raced my 300 dollar pickup.

Next is the Volvo wagon.
It's fun.

I wrote a long ass wall of text but then i saw the user above me and his post pretty much sums up what I was going to say.

pic related is a dude i know and he works at Boston Dynamics as his full time job. But he attends hillclimbs and time attack events over the summer on the weekends. You don't need to be ballin out of control to do what he does but decently paid job to partake in something like that.

if you think autocross is fun, wait till you get a car you can throw around a track.

Early model Minis are getting cheap enough that I'm tempted to buy one and do some rallycross cone-fagging with the local club.

That's the evo guy right? There was a cool video somebody posted of him doing the climb to the clouds

you don't have to shit tons of money to join a race with whatever vehicles.
Just stop eating crap and buying soytendo video games, save some cash and start joining some local kart championship, they (mostly) have a cheap fee to maintain the calendar.

I've taken a 2001 Cooper S (supercharged) to 2 track days with RE-71R's. Would highly recommend. They handle great once you get used to the short wheelbase. Going up on the curbing doesn't seem to upset it at all.

Depends on what you classify as rich.
Most basic organized motorsports are going to require at least a few grand per year to participate.
That might seem like a lot to a part-time Starbucks cashier, but anybody with a steady full-time job could swing it with proper budgeting.

Have an uncle who used to race competitively on some local and regional tracks. He never won anything like enough money to cover all the costs and endless hours of work. Hobby.

Not rich, but ran his own garage and so had enough spare income and access to tools and car friends and stuff to make a go of a bit of an expensive hobby.

I have a few friends who conefagged for a bit an liked it. Casual, low cost of entry. One went on to rent some track time for kicks.

I'm an old hat at shitbox hooning so I doubt I'll have too steep of a learning curve with a Mini. I used to tear up gravel service roads in my old Super Beetle back when I was a fresh-faced insurance risk and that was a great primary class on unpredictable handling.
I also really want to get some friends together and do a 24 Hours of Lemons/Chump Car Challenge.

Damn, I should lurk on lemons/chumpcar forums and find a team. I'd love to do something like that, and I'm more than mechanically skilled enough to pull my own weight. Only problem is I live in NYC, which is just about the worst place to be for car enthusiasts.

>That's the evo guy right?

well he's driving an Evo isn't he? Pleasure Evo

> There was a cool video somebody posted of him doing the climb to the clouds

Yeah Tommy posted a video of it.

>Go Karting
A lot cheaper, feels just as fast.

yeah but growing up whenever there was a kid who did go karting or dirt track you knew they had a rich ass dad

Is go karting even comparable to real racing though?

Who cares? It's fun as fuck.

Absolutely.
You make a mistake, you scrub speed. Takes a long time (relatively speaking) to make up for it, but your mistakes are forgiven safety wise with karting. Perfect for teaching fundamentals. Gotta crawl before you walk, then run.

watch this and you tell me. starts at 1:58

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Shitty amusement park karts, no but real ones yes

Motorsport of any kind requires money. Karting just requires less.

I've spent a lot on my shitbox and i regularly go to trackdays and some amateur racing events. It's quite a bill, but nowhere near what the pros spend it.

Track days are best. Compare lap times but passing is basically done as a courtesy to the faster car. Essentially the risk of damage is lower than on a road.

Nycfag here too, just a kiddo but would love to be involved in something like 24hrs lemons