[Rob Hood]

What do you guys/gals spend for your annual racing budget? I'm interested in knowing what it costs to race per event. Things like entry fees, fuel, tires, lodging, food, etc. I'm trying to plan a budget to present to the Finance Committee (wife) so she has an idea what we need to spend. I am not including any expenses relating to initial vehicle purchase or preparation.

I am using a value of 10 races in a season, some local, some not. I do realize that I may end up in a region that could have more or less races, so I just decided to use 10 as a nice even number.

[CMC#5]

You know, a lot of it is controllable: do you buy the bitchin $90 spark plug wire set or the $40 OEM replacement? (its just going to burn up when you install it incorrectly anyway (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) ) Do you camp at the track or get a hotel? Do you go to practice days, or just the event days? It also depends a lot on how fast you are: ie the more you push your car, the more you wear consumables and the more likely you'll break things.

To run a full west coast CMC season (8 weekends), I'd say you're looking at a minimum of $4.5k for fees, fuel, tires, brake pads. Once you add repairs, upgrades, and other wear/tear items, more like $6.5k. If you really go first class on everything, replace things just in case (not because they need it) etc more like $8k.

Hope that helps, now delete it before my wife sees it! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

"was" Mitch??