Just to add my 2 cents --- I spend 2K per race weekend and have for all national events. My fully loaded cost includes practice day, repairs, normal upkeep, travel and accommodations. It does add up when you look at it all.
______ Andrew Brenkus, Project Manager Priority Partners Voice: 410-685-7200 Fax: 410-685-1411 Voice: 301-931-3700 Fax: 301-931-3096 Technical Support Center 1-888-837-4267 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Technology. Solutions. Support. Success. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 12/3/2006 9:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [F500] F500 Costs I would estimate at least $ 1,200 per race to be competitive on a national level. Eight races, one engine rebuild on ave. for me per season. More if you add a trip to the Runoffs. Renting a top finishing car makes sense to some. Oh, and Mark, It's "Beer, then Food and Lodging". I'm sure that was a Typo. Eric Hellerstedt Atl Region -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 11:27 AM Subject: RE: [F500] F500 coverage If you calculated it that way in business you'd be out of business in a short while. You have to amortize it all over a period of time. If you simply drive the car on the trailer after the race and then take it to the next race with no maintenance and only do a couple of races a year, then you could possibly do it for that. Here are a list of things that will always require money to be spent at some point. * Fluids, cleaners, tools * Brakes, fluid and cleaner * Oil * Plugs * Tire wear/replacement * Bearing wear * Body and paint wear * Clutch rebuilds and wear * Belt replacements and wear * Belts every 2 years * Safety gear wear * Helmet replacement to latest SA date * Food/beer/lodging * Chassis repairs, tie rod ends * Radio repairs, batteries, scanners * Crash and material failure repairs * Trailer repairs, tires, inspections, insurance * Entry and practice fees. $1,000/weekend over the long haul is a reasonable estimate. Mark S. Lindsey, AIA Principal Baskervill architecture + engineering + interior design 804 343 1010 P.O. Box 400 Ship to or visit fax 343 0909 Richmond, VA 101 S 15th St baskervill.com 23218 . 0400 Ste 200 . 23219 ask + listen + create -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [F500] F500 coverage Race Budget 10 miles per gallon @80 miles @ 2.20 gallon 17.00 Entry fee 1 day practice 1 day racing 165.00 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [F500] F500 coverage They did a good job with the "Bang for the buck" message . . . until JB tried to actually put some numbers to it! He mentioned several costs - tires, entry fees, then estimated "$2k per race". Ain't it more like $1k per weekend? . . . and even less. I'm often way under that for two races at a DN weekend. But then again, I'm cheap. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Kirkland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [F500] F500 coverage > Jan, > > Yeah, I caught that "Rotax only" implication, too. I > have to give them props for hammering on the "bang for > the buck" advantages of F5. > > It looks like I caught a good DVD recording of this > afternoon's airing. Copies could be arranged if > anybody misses both airtimes. > > Kenneth Kirkland > #18 MiDiv > 1991 KBS Mk. V > www.kirklandracing.com > > --- Jan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Just got finished watching the race! Awesome! >> However Chapparal, >> Kawasaki and AMW were slighted when they were >> talking about the engines. >> They said someing about "Mandatory Rotax snowmobile >> engines." Maybe we >> can write the script for them next year? On a >> different subject, what >> happened to Jim Libecco in the race? I didnt see or >> hear of any >> incidents on the TV coverage, involving him. Jimbo, >> you out there? >> Bill Schmidt 88 RD Kawi >> ________________________________ >> FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula >> 500 >> The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car >> Racing >> Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or >> 519-624-2003 [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
