[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.

[pknowles]

My racing season is being cut back because with the fall in prices, my wife and I can finally afford to buy a decent house. For the last 2 weeks I've been unemployed, but it was planned unemployment. I'm using the time off to finish my dissertation before I start my new job in March. Because I'm starting in March, I won't have any vacation time to go to a lot of the big events like Nationals this year. I can take a cutback in racing for all the great things that are happening. The new job is a dream job and our family income will double, so I'll be back in full force next year. The only real events I'm not going to go to are Nationals and a ProSolo or two. I'm running two local series, that will keep me busy racing.

I may be bias on the subject because Washington DC is very materialistic and right of entitlement kind of city, but the only people that are having trouble are the ones that bought the crazy big house and spent money like crazy. I feel that if you are a hard worker with a good skill set and didn't spend money to your wits end, you will be fine in this economy. Corporations will always need skilled workers\contractors that bring value to the company.