In a message dated 10/12/2000 8:32:06 AM Central Daylight Time,
dave@wcsllc.net writes:
<< How much do you have in your car/tires/shocks?
I haven't researched CM, but you can get a competitive BM car for $15000
that wouldn't need a whole lot of work to be nationally competitive. (except
driver in my case) Plus, once you build the motor, you are set for a long
time since these cars are built for road racing...they barely warm up in an
auto-x. Of course you can't finance/lease this...
For a mod car, a tow vehicle isn't an issue. These cars weight 1100#, so
you don't need a huge trailer. You could probably even tow one with a neon
:)
This issue will never get solved, as some people just like prepared/mod and
some just like stock cars. Some like to tinker/change and some don't. No
negatives either way, just what people choose to do. I could dispute your
"stock" car figures all day, and you could dispute my "prepared" car ones
all day, too... >>
Yes I know to set up a stock class car to national competitive prep levels
can be somewhat expensive depending on what you buy. I bought my car already
prepped so it didn't cost any extra. I also got wheels and tires so that
wasn't an issue. The only real expenses has been tires and that's the same
expense any racer would have anyway. I raced my car nearly every weekend for
two years and never broke anything. I'm sure that if I had a mod car and did
that much racing I'd be looking at several dollars in broken something or
other.
Expense aside as a reason to race stock class, I can see another good reason
and that's storage. Since I race my daily driver I don't need (OK have) a
storage facility for when it's not being raced.
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