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RE: Time Trial at Thunderhill

To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Time Trial at Thunderhill
From: "Corey Smith" <smythe@abac.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 10:46:49 -0800
That depends on what class your in and what car you're driving!!  With the
amount Sharon and I spent in 2001 (on upgrades, and lots of Hoosiers), we
probably coulda road raced a spec Miata all year long!

Corey

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Kelly, Katie
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:38 AM
To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Time Trial at Thunderhill


I thought the basic rule of budgeting roadracing, is that one year of
autocross is about the equivalent of one roadrace.

Katie

-----Original Message-----
From: James Creasy [mailto:black94pgt@pacbell.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:29 AM
To: Navid Kahangi; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Time Trial at Thunderhill


please may i borrow your calculator, sir?  the one i have reports only
extremely depressing figures regarding the cost of road racing...

-james c

----- Original Message -----
From: Navid Kahangi <navid@interwoven.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:55 PM
Subject: RE: Time Trial at Thunderhill


> > Unfortunately in your enthusiasm you've neglected to include ALL the
costs
> > of road racing. Most noticeably missing is the maintenance costs on your
> > car. Even BMWs wear out parts. In what little I know about BMW parts,
they
> > are VERY expensive. Having the same installed will cost you money and/or
> > time.
> > And like all forms of automotive competition,
> > Speed costs Money.
> > How fast do you want to go?
> >
> > --John Kelly
>
> I'll be the last one to argue that road racing is cheap, but as you recall
> this conversation started as a price comparison between autox and road
> racing.  So, let's do compare ALL the costs, shall we?
>
> A set of Hoosiers last me about 40 autox laps.  That's 35 minutes of autox
> driving.  The same set last me about 4 hours of track time.  Tire
advantage,
> road racing.
>
> I do much more threshold braking in autox than I do on track.  Brake
> advantage, road racing.
>
> I spend much more time on the rev-limiter in an autox course than I do in
50
> seconds of track.  Engine advantage, road racing.
>
> I do shift gears a lot more on track than I do in autox.  Tranny
advantage,
> autox.  But then again, I've been on the same tranny for 145,000 miles
> without a problem.
>
> Then there are these bonus autox expenses like running at 3Com.  I broke 3
> different things on my car last time I autoxed at 3Com.
>
> --Navid

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