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Originally Posted by series.trackday
Depending on the area of the country you live in, you may be able to find a "cheap" cagebuilder who'll do a spec-compliant cage for $2500-3000. Or you can get a multi-series compliant cage by a very reputable builder and only be out $7000.
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I was quoted $4K for cage only if I prepped the interior like 4-5 years ago. That was a decent deal by a known builder in my area. I could probably have done it myself and had one of my high end manufacturing welder/fab buddies help me but I don’t think the cost offset was really that much different and being such a safety item, I didn’t want to mess around when it comes w2w.
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Originally Posted by foshjowler
Even "cheap" racing isn't cheap. Just to do some Lemons racing you're looking at probably $5k+ just for the car once you get it running ok and minimum safety, plus another couple thousand in personal safety gear, plus entry fees. All in, you're probably looking at close to $10k to do the first race. After that you can amortize the initial costs, but it's not exactly cheap to keep whatever piece of garbage car running.
You can casually autocross for relatively cheap (I typically account $100 - $150 per local event), but to be nationally competitive, it's still expensive. When I've done the math, I spend somewhere in the neighborhood of $10k a year on it.
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Yeah, Lemons is pretty pricy, especially knowing you have 50/50 odds to even finish the race in whatever hooptie you come across. I still want to try it, just a big back burner item. Plus some track days orgs won’t let people run lemons cars
$10K a year is what I used to spend playing paintball lol