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2nd June 2012, 23:24 #61
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race aficionado: You're welcome for my part in that, haha.
John: You're right about that one--autocross would probably drive me a little insane, because it's such a short course and you can't really go that fast.
MrJan: You're also right; driving the course would be pretty exciting, even if I only got the car up to about 70 mph. My issue would be that I would have about five minutes of seat time total in the whole day at an autocross, maybe even less. If it's the only option, I'll do it, but I'd rather do kart racing or something. Just... money. Gah.
driveace: I can post a picture of my ID up here (with my ID number scrambled or blacked out, of course).
MrJan and Mark: Thanks.
Zico: I'm glad they haven't, because if they did it thinking I was this Wade dude, they'd be incorrect.
And I do want to try a shifter. I'm going to contact LIKA--Long Island Karting Association--to see if they have a course I could take to learn.
Whatever happens, I want to make a living out of driving, and I believe I can do it if I try hard enough. It will take a long time, lots of effort, and every cent I have, but I believe it's possible.
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4th June 2012, 13:42 #62Originally Posted by pkeegsYou're so beige, you probably think this signature is about someone else.
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4th June 2012, 13:45 #63Originally Posted by pkeegsYou're so beige, you probably think this signature is about someone else.
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4th June 2012, 14:59 #64
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Originally Posted by MrJan
And even entry-level karting can be a financial commitment of several thousand $’s per year“If everything's under control, you're going too slow.” Mario Andretti
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4th June 2012, 20:01 #65Originally Posted by schmenke
The problem is that there is a lot of competition for a very, very small percentage of paid seats, even the 24 guys in F1 aren't all there purely on driving merit. A big national series like the British Touring Car Championship consists mostly of chequebook racers and as for rallying...well there's only about 4 in the World Championship that take a wage...and one of them had to fund himself last season.You're so beige, you probably think this signature is about someone else.
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4th June 2012, 20:10 #66
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Indeed even in Formula 1 how much of the field actually earn money in their own right and how many are 'ride buyers', mostly because they have the backing of a major sponsor, but the fact is that they aren't employed on merit.
Certainly true about BTCC too. There might be a couple who get paid, at most. Even the drivers at the top have to do other jobs such as being a racing instructor.Please 'like' our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/motorsportforums
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4th June 2012, 22:54 #67
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Originally Posted by MrJan
Better money than anything else I ever did.
Motorsports does include things other than CARS,John Vanlandingham
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Vive le Prole-le-ralliat
Wet conditions. Portuguese Autosport brought something to the table... the WRC2 crews are using a WRC spec tyre that is harder than the spec Meeke and other CPR runners are using.
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