[mitchntx]

Just curious how many have scaled back, scaled back considerably or outright had to park your car because of the economy?

And along with that, how many have done any of the above, not based on actual events, but fear of something happening that would make curtailing your "fix" inevitable?

For me, my regional race schedule hasn't changed, but the TnT days and out of region events have been scratched. And not because of being laid off or anything, just burying my coffee cans in the backyard in case I do.

If I didn't have a great group of sponsors and wasn't able to trade instructing for registration, then the story would probably be differnet.

[GaryK]

I haven't roadraced since '06. I've been saving some money and 'investing' in some other things. The bug has been biting me and rather than go roadracing, I decided to do some autocrossing this year. Started out looking to buy a C5 Z06 because they're getting so damn cheap, but ended up going for what I think is the biggest bang for the buck in a rwd v8 car...another Camaro. I'll still have at most 1/3 the cost of the vette into this thing, and I just sold a more expensive car anyway. I hope I can keep myself entertained with mostly local events, because if I'm gonna trailer a car all over the east coast I might as well be going to the track.

I'm getting worried about losing my job now. My company is already doing furloughs and shutdowns at three of their plants. I'm not a factory worker, but my job is at risk if money gets tight. Already got hit in a layoff at this company several years ago. I've had some work to fall back on up until lately, as business is bad for everybody around here right now.