[mitchntx]

After this weekend's carnage with my F-Buds, I am giving serious consideration to just quitting.

It seems most are caught up in FTD and willing to spend what it takes to get internet bragging rights. I just can't do that.

The costs associated with it, the time required to create it and the effort put forth into it is so great that it appears daunting ... and especially no fun.

When I first began doing this with Chuck, it was a blast. We hung out, laughed, joked, did a little maintenance ... it was fun.

Now, we all seem to work so hard at keeping these damn cars running, that the fun part is gone.

Don't misunderstand ... I cherish my friendship with all those I run with. But looking back at the last few times we have run together ... we always seem to be thrashing on someone's car.

If I were racing, then the expectation set would be differnet. But this is just OT. There is no prize for first.

I guess it's time for me to decide on what my priorities are.

[231go]

I agree with the above. Half the fun of racing is being able to put yourself against others in the same league as you to compare whos the best driver with the best setup. In regular OT events there really isnt any of this. Granted there is a lot to learn at a HPDE, but once your level of improvement starts to slow from event to event you can start to lose the thrill. Thats the case with me so now its time to step up to something that falls in a bracket that actually has some people racing in it that are at the same or close level as me. Why not look into building a spec car and running SCCA/NASA events? It would be a shame to have such a nice tow truck and nothing to tow.