WTW racing does not have to cost you a fortune. For $10,000 you can buy a
250 shifter kart that will beat everything but Formula Atlantic and up. If
you don't want to spend that much, then you can have lots of fun in a Rotax
Max, or 80 or 125 shifter for about $5k. If you don't want to go 100+ mph,
you can race at your local sprint track and go 70-85. Believe me, even at 85
you will satisfy your need for speed. BTW, a year's membership at a kart
track is 150 to 200 dollars a year. Yes, that's one year not one day. You
will now have the key to the track...
-Vernon
12/20/01 10:38 AM, Larrybsp@aol.com at Larrybsp@aol.com wrote:
> from:larrybsp@aol.com (Larry Stark)
>
> Seth,
> After autocrossing for 20 some odd years I've
> transitioned to road racing. The two are not comparible. Road
> racing is much more physically draining than any autocross.
> After twenty minutes in a fire suit, balaclava, gloves and shoes
> strapped in a racing seat running flat out at Thunderhill on a
> 100+ degree day you'll under stand the meaning of dehydration.
> Dehydration effects your mental acuity so you have to really be
> mentally alert. Your traveling 100mph with a car in front of you,
> behind you or next to you. There is no room for error. In Solo II
> if you spin you take out a few cones. In road racing if you spin
> you can take out yourself, others and a $100,000 dollars worth
> of machinery. Believe me with the cost of road racing what it is
> I have met no knuckle draggers. They couldn't afford it. Yes you
> work up to speed as your tires and brake warm up. But once
> your at speed if your going fast your pushing the limit the whole
> time your on the course. Having made a mistake or been forced
> off course I've taken a few 100 mph trips into the sage brush. It
> happens so fast you don't realize it happened until after its over.
> If your not in the mud you put it in gear and get back on course.
> Solo II and road racing are truely different. They are not directly
> comparible. I can say this. Someone with Solo II experience
> can transition to road racing much faster than someone who
> has never autocrossed. You just have to break some Solo II
> habits. Enough said. FWIW.
>
> Larry
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