Cheap racing besides crapcan?

I raced an entire season in TaG karts for $2500 once.

Don't cheap out like I did - occasionally camping and trying to do the whole season on one set of tires - and you'll be able to get ten wheel-to-wheel weekends for $4000-5000.

Buy a kart that's a couple years old with a Parilla Leopard. While both the kart and the engine can be totalled in the blink of an eye, they probably won't be.

The chance for race ending contact in Legends/Dwarf cars is far greater than in Lemons/Chump Car. Did you factor that price in?

I think this horse is dead.

I have taken a few points from this thread:

1) roundy round is cheap and fun

2) Karts are cheap and fun

3) LeChump is cheap and fun)

4) None of them are cheap! (they seem like they are in relation to other motorsport)

Rob R.

By George I think he got it!

You want cheap? Try racing in one of the "special events" many small tracks hold.

I've raced in the figure 8 Schoolbus races at Crash-A-Rama a number of times, and it is total, ridiculous fun. I'm sure organizations vary, but all I had to do was get one of their broken down busses to run again--- no fees, no cost! Call the organizer of the event, and see what your options are.

I've also raced in the same event's "endurance" race. I paid $500 for the car, maybe another $200 to prep it, and ran with 50 other cars (and trucks) in total mayhem. Again-- no cost to race, just a ticket in. ($30 IIRC)

Keep in mind this is "rough and tumble" racing. Lots of contact, very little (if any) tech and safety concerns, and a good chance of a fist-fight when the racing is done.

There is usually prize money to be had it you do well enough. (hence the fistfights)

It is the cheapest way I've seen to go wheel to wheel --- although you are taking your life into your hands.

just my .02

Since the OP said this was dead, I wanted to throw out NOLA Motorsports Parks $65 a week series. About an hour behind the wheel and all you have to do is show up, and they give you a kart, helmet, neck brace, and you go racing.

It is a series so points do accumulate for the end of the year. Nice package.

Karting is fast, fun, and fairly inexpensive......

Up north we have ice racing. From your DD with four Blizzaks to super modified.

Joe Gearin wrote: You want cheap? Try racing in one of the "special events" many small tracks hold. I've raced in the figure 8 Schoolbus races at Crash-A-Rama a number of times, and it is total, ridiculous fun. I'm sure organizations vary, but all I had to do was get one of their broken down busses to run again--- no fees, no cost! Call the organizer of the event, and see what your options are. I've also raced in the same event's "endurance" race. I paid $500 for the car, maybe another $200 to prep it, and ran with 50 other cars (and trucks) in total mayhem. Again-- no cost to race, just a ticket in. ($30 IIRC) Keep in mind this is "rough and tumble" racing. Lots of contact, very little (if any) tech and safety concerns, and a good chance of a fist-fight when the racing is done. There is usually prize money to be had it you do well enough. (hence the fistfights) It is the cheapest way I've seen to go wheel to wheel --- although you are taking your life into your hands. just my .02

Why is this not an article?

Teh E36 M3 wrote:

Joe Gearin wrote: You want cheap? Try racing in one of the "special events" many small tracks hold. I've raced in the figure 8 Schoolbus races at Crash-A-Rama a number of times, and it is total, ridiculous fun. I'm sure organizations vary, but all I had to do was get one of their broken down busses to run again--- no fees, no cost! Call the organizer of the event, and see what your options are. I've also raced in the same event's "endurance" race. I paid $500 for the car, maybe another $200 to prep it, and ran with 50 other cars (and trucks) in total mayhem. Again-- no cost to race, just a ticket in. ($30 IIRC) Keep in mind this is "rough and tumble" racing. Lots of contact, very little (if any) tech and safety concerns, and a good chance of a fist-fight when the racing is done. There is usually prize money to be had it you do well enough. (hence the fistfights) It is the cheapest way I've seen to go wheel to wheel --- although you are taking your life into your hands. just my .02

Why is this not an article?

Yes, please! If that's the cheapest way to go wheel to wheel, I want to know about it.

We have this at the same place I do my autocrossing

http://www.sdka.com/

But karting language is a bit greek to me. I would like to get my daughter into it when she is old enough

This is also about an hour away maybe hour and half

http://www.adamsmotorsportspark.com/racing/kart-racing/

and same here

http://www.calspeedkarting.com/

Kart racing is only cheap if you race clone karts which are still super fun! Then you get to know the other karting guys and buy their stuff to move into faster classes.

clone karts? IE china knockoffs or something? TaG or whatever sounds nice. E start, water cooled less hassle?

chaparral wrote: I raced an entire season in TaG karts for $2500 once.

I made that much in profit racing ministock one year.

I don't know what tracks you guys are racing, but I haven't seen a fight at an oval track since the 70's, and don't think there's any more drama than any other kinds of racing.

I used to go to dirt track racing years ago and one class seemed pretty cheap but I think I'd just as soon rather avoid getting beat up by a bunch of rednecks when I win.

I'm not sure how many dirt tracks are left operating around these parts

Flight Service wrote: In reply to wvumtnbkr: The Lemons promoter isn't a charity. For a one shot deal, I think Lemons/crapcan is great. Do it, have stories to tell, and go home. For the one race, you are in very cheap. For multiple races, I don't think it was ever designed for that. My local roundy round, did 2 heats and a main, plus testing. Probably close to an hour a night. Being they run one set of street tires a season, or 2 sets if the cut them down. 10 races a year at the track. So $35 * 10=$350 plus consumables = 10 hours seat time.

"plus consumables," that would contain about 90% of the cost, so maybe $3500 in total? Entry fees are just the beginning in all forms of racing.

The plus consumables would have been for either type of racing so it was left out of the equation.

Rob R.

Good point. So comparing entry fees to entry fees. That makes sense.

Lemons is around $1000 for 16 hours of racing. Not cheap but also not much more expensive than the roundy round on a per hour basis. And I would rather drive on a road course.

If you want dirt track, you can race all weekend around here.