Testing and Race Budget
Discussion
Hi Guys, Reading thru the threads i notice some talk about costs, as a new boy last year, and runing in class C i thought some of my experience might be of help.
Per race weekend i recond you are loking at the princely sum of about a grand or just under, as the others have stated. However, this does go in chunks over the period of a few weeks/month and does vastly depend on how you are running(with race support??)
Team prep is expensive, and i am yet to scare myself by digging the bills out, but i did finish every race, and had the car spannered before every outing, bills varying from £100-£????, but again we finished, i am not the most mechanicaly minded guy so am beter off going to work and paying someone elso to prep the car.
With regards to testing, i always tried to get a track day in at the venue a few weeks before race day, providing you dont want to time(nudge nudge) this was a great way to learn the circuits at your own pace, i would then try and book afternoon testing on race day. Generally i found open pit lane track days about the same as afternoon testing!! All in all not the cheapest way to go, but it does give you a chance, at the end of the day, we are all extreemely lucky to be able to go racing, you have to give yourself the best chance you can, otherwise you will still spend a lot of money and get nothing back.
See most of you on fri at autospud
Regards
Sam
Per race weekend i recond you are loking at the princely sum of about a grand or just under, as the others have stated. However, this does go in chunks over the period of a few weeks/month and does vastly depend on how you are running(with race support??)
Team prep is expensive, and i am yet to scare myself by digging the bills out, but i did finish every race, and had the car spannered before every outing, bills varying from £100-£????, but again we finished, i am not the most mechanicaly minded guy so am beter off going to work and paying someone elso to prep the car.
With regards to testing, i always tried to get a track day in at the venue a few weeks before race day, providing you dont want to time(nudge nudge) this was a great way to learn the circuits at your own pace, i would then try and book afternoon testing on race day. Generally i found open pit lane track days about the same as afternoon testing!! All in all not the cheapest way to go, but it does give you a chance, at the end of the day, we are all extreemely lucky to be able to go racing, you have to give yourself the best chance you can, otherwise you will still spend a lot of money and get nothing back.
See most of you on fri at autospud
Regards
Sam
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