[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.

[koserv]

Glad to hear most all are still working and planning on racing. I'm the poster boy for the "new" economy.... a small business owner who's gross sales went from around 35k/month to...wait for it....0. Well that's not entirely true. I did bill $287 for January. For me, that has translated into a complete rebuild of the race car this winter (my labor and lots of "paint it and it looks pretty" parts). I still plan on running all the NASA Midwest events, but making it to SLC in September will depend upon things turning around. I'm pretty well set for an extended "vacation", but I'll be bummed if racing needs to go back to Sunday morning F1 and the local roundy-round tracks. I waited 50 years to do this...I sure hope I can find something to do to keep the dream going....

KO