[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.

[rhit_rs]

Being in college right now seems to be a good thing. I'm graduating in May and going to grad school in the fall. Most of my friends are having a hard time finding full time jobs. Racing-wise, I'll be doing the normal auto-xing this spring thanks to the income tax return I'll be getting, and this summer will by covered by an internship. The number of track days I do will depend on what kind of funding I get for grad school. Thankfully the company I interned at last summer picked me up again this summer. Several companies that normally hire interns in the area are on a hiring freeze. Caterpillar actually retracted a bunch of intern and full time job offers several months after the people had accepted them. Ouch, right! They gave the full time offers that they backed out on $1000 for their troubles, but completely stiffed the interns. My school normally has a 95%+ placement rate...I'm curious to find out what it will be this year.