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Originally Posted by King Tut
Haha. I do NASA race WEEKENDS for $600 to $800 in my SpecE30, and the closest track to me is 3.5 hours away, most are 6 to 9 hours. You might want to rework that math and it is almost always more cost effective to do a whole weekend versus one day. $500 in wear and maintenance for one day eh.  |
You have a cheap race car with which I assume you go often. I was driving a 4000lbs BMW 550i on $1500 tires and going out twice a year. Each day on the track took about 25% of the tires' lives. Oil changes were 80 bucks on special. Transmission fluid? Don't even ask. Brake fluid had to be changed before every time because the fluid had absorbed water in between. Stock front pads would die in a single day so I had to put on race pads. Mine were $400+ for a set of PFCs that, judging by wear, could do 5-7 days before wearing down. Granted, I overbrake, especially on those pads that grip so much better. The rotors warped on the very first session and were brand new. They also wear down real quick on that car. I got about 6.5mpg on the track according to the computer. That meant I was really getting more like 5.5mpg. Buying gas at the track is a ripoff, but it supports the track. So track days are cheap?
