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Originally Posted by M23
Will do! 
It will still be a while. Maybe by winter hopefully. I still need to get the new car, get accustomed to it on a regular basis as a normal street car, prepare a little (fluid, pads, tires & helmet). But I will pm you when I am all sorted and ready.
btw: How much money do you actually need and usually spend per track day event? Since signing-up is paid well in advance, I think you just need cash for gas, food, drinks for a day at the track, yes?
How many full tanks do you usually go through for 1 track day field trip (the gas used at the track and also the trip to and from the track). I see willow springs, buttonwillow and chuckawalla are 130-170 miles away from me. I would think you need 3 full tanks per track day trip (1 tank to and from, 1 tank at the track, and another 1 tank if needed). So maybe $130-200 for gas expenditures per track day trip? |
Theoretical expenditure if I were driving a full track day in a FRS (which I haven't done in years):
- $90-200 entry fee (most days are in the low 100's)
- $100 gas (2.5 tanks of gas, including the entire drive to and from the track)
- $125-150 race pads and rotors (wear and tear on the pads and rotors)
- $150 tires (wear and tear on the oem tires with oem alignment)
- $20 lunch/drinks
Probable expenditure for a novice:
- $90-200 entry fee (most days are in the 90-140 range)
- $50-70 gas (1.5 tanks, including the drive there and back)
- $10-20 pads (wear and tear on race pads; OEM pads are a sunk cost of $0)
- $20-40 tires (wear and tear on oem tires)
- $20 lunch/drinks
That brake cost, is why we went to a BBK immediately. It reduces our operating cost by a TON. But, until you're going through pads and rotors at a high rate (~4-5 days per set of pads), you don't need a BBK.