Remember when Auto-x was cheap?

[Yardjass]

Originally Posted by Uplink

I know what it was like back then. My dad used to run a '69 Motion Phase III 427 Camaro at Westhampton. I've also been to watch a few times but it doesn't do much for me. I will never get the exorbitant amount of money involved in less than 13 seconds of going straight. But to each their own.

Also had a buddy running a Mustang in Outlaw 10.5 and he was sinking boatloads of money, like house down payments, into his car for roughly 5 minutes of driving an entire season.

I think they do it because there's a lot of money in that sport if you do well. I know a guy who just drives for other people because he's that good. Dude won't even get in a driver's seat for less than a grand. If he loses, car blows up, crashes, etc. he still keeps the money and it is someone else's problem. He gets even more if he wins. I'm sure the actual owners of the cars are making much more themselves so they see it as a worthwhile investment.

[dem00n]

A little update on this.

I've move to Ohio temporarily for graduate studies and I signed up for a recent Auto-X event.

Wanna guess how much?

$35 for a non member.

Track days are still the same price around here though.

[DoomsdayJesus]

NY/NJ cost of running a business is insane. Not ruling out the track being at fault, but the extra taxes are a killer in NY, and the cost of labor for track maintenance has got to be really high compared to other states too.