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Re: Recession going to affect how often you race next y
[Re: Jacob Pitt]
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12/20/08 08:29 PM
12/20/08 08:29 PM
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Mt. Vernon, Ohio
dartman366
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last year wasn't so much money as it was new a job and concentrating on getting thru my probationary period, got thru that then got hurt at work and was off 10 week's,,and I made it thru that, now I started another new job on Dec 8th back with the company that I took a severance package from and it look's as tho I will be able to race a little more since I work a lot closer to home, want to make most of the CC Event's and do a little more at Pacemaker's right here at home, not doing very much to the car this winter so I can save up some entry and fuel money this winter. 
Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.
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Re: Recession going to affect how often you race next y
[Re: Bigbeep]
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12/21/08 10:54 AM
12/21/08 10:54 AM
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Akron, Ohio
ProSport
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I usually plan several races each year, this year I'm only planning on hitting the Norwalk Chrysler classic in September. Anything that happens before that is cool but I'm not gonna stress out over trying to afford to hit every big race. I'm also done with constantly spending to go faster, I just want to get my car back together and enjoy it, have it sitting in the garage ready for anything like the DartSport always was.
If I'd known money was gonna get so tight these days I probably would have never sold the DartSport or upgraded the motor in the Dart. But hopefully it will be worth it!
1970 Challenger, all aluminum 528 Hemi, HDK suspension, Tremec 5 speed manual
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Re: Recession going to affect how often you race next y
[Re: ProSport]
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12/21/08 12:07 PM
12/21/08 12:07 PM
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Walton's Mountain, Pa
Steve1118
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I'll probably run a bit more.....my kids are grown and I have more time and disposable income than I have had for a lot of years, for that reason alone. I am also in better health than I have been for a long, long, time. At this station in life, though, I don't have the fortitude to pound it every week. I'll hit a couple of the CC events, the Nostalgia races at Beaver Springs, and some other special events. When the mood strikes me, I'll run the weekly show at PRP. My youngest son will run the points at PRP, as well as Ronnie McClelland's youngest son. I look for Kyle to run his red 64 maxie a bit more this year, too. About the "economy", I just don't know. I honestly don't think that things are as bad as the media portrays it. I think they have folks scared to death, and sometimes I think they want it to be bad. I'm not saying that it is good, it is obviously not, but I really think I have seen things worse. When a guy gets crushed to death at Wal Mart in a rush for a plasma TV, one wonders if we aren't being played for suckers just a bit. 
"Old age and treachery trumps youth and enthusiasm, every time!" East Central Director / Chrysler Power Magazine www.reasbeckracing.webs.com
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Re: Recession going to affect how often you race next y
[Re: Steve1118]
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12/21/08 12:41 PM
12/21/08 12:41 PM
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Central,Ohio
FASTFISH420
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Central,Ohio
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I did not race abit in 08.had some engine issues and decided to dump the whole thing and start from scratch with a new motor.I am also in the auto industry(AKA dealership tech)We are not selling any cars but our service work is up I plan on running some of Milans all/motor class this year, would like to be in the points program there,but the track is a 3 hour drive from my house,and it is hard to get off on Friday and take off sometimes. I would also like to see the diesel fuel come down abit,to help with the tow bill 
1969 Barracuda 8 second all/motor small block
2014 Shelby GT500 Mustang
Uratchko Racing Engines
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Re: Recession going to affect how often you race next y
[Re: Irun5snd8th]
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12/21/08 01:13 PM
12/21/08 01:13 PM
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Renton Washington
Triple Threat
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My set up is pretty much low budget to begin with, Drive the car to the track, no need for truck or trailer. So I wasn't affected by the recession or high gas prices this year.I still raced as much as I could, and even with 4 or 5 of our races getting rained out I still got exactly 100 passes in.
With gas prices lower, and likely to stay there through the summer, I plan on racing every chance I get.
I graduate from college here after summer quarter, so I will be looking for a career and don't know if said career is going to give me weekends and the time off I would like to race, so might as well have fun while I know I can.
-Dustin
67 Dart, 9 second, 392" G3 Hemi
68 Barracuda 340 F/SA
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Re: Recession going to affect how often you race next year?
[Re: dustergirl340]
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12/21/08 03:05 PM
12/21/08 03:05 PM
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las vegas
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i am only 8 miles from the LVMS, so towing is no problems.
we raced only one car last year due to engine problems with my barracuda, everything is fixed and ready to go.
even have some spare short blocks now.
my oldest daughter drives the 71 dart...and i am working on something for my youngest daughter to start racing later next year.
so we are probably stepping up our effort....
Tony
70 AARCuda Vitamin C
71 Dart Swinger 360 10.318 @ 128.22(10-04-14 Bakersfield)
71 Demon 360 10.666 @122.41 (01-29-17 @ Las Vegas)
71 Duster 408 (10.29 @ 127.86 3/16/19 Las Vegas)
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Re: Recession going to affect how often you race next year?
[Re: 70AARcuda]
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12/22/08 11:11 AM
12/22/08 11:11 AM
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Newark,Ohio
kissmyaspen
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Newark,Ohio
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last year i only went out a couple times, just because thats all i felt like and then the new job stopped me from going too.. but with one track 10 miles and the other 20 miles i know i wonna do more racing this year.. i missed not seeing everyone at the track.. its like going to a family reunion with peole u like lol
79 Dodge Aspen
12.265 at 109.75 MPH
67 Satellite NSS/E
11.83 @ 110
1968 Plymouth Road Runner 472 Hemi
3 time MOPAR NATIONALS CHAMP '03 FWD and '06 & '09 Street.
'07, '10, '12 Mopar Nats runner-up Street.
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Re: Recession going to affect how often you race next y
[Re: Streetwize]
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12/22/08 11:44 AM
12/22/08 11:44 AM
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Ontario Canada
MattW
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I hope to actually do more racing, my time is freed up but with a stock block 360 it'll be a real low buck , low maintenance high fun factor car....I can't see how guys dump more and more into cars every year when the fields are tightening and purses potentially dropping.
For every guy laid-off this year there are probably 10 people who make good salaries but are either tightening their belts (prioritzing on essentials and "putting up nuts for winter" or they are justifyably worried about the next shoe to drop. The real 800 pound gorilla in the economy is that "fact of Business" there are way too high a percentage of people in the USA employed in non-essential goods and service industries (compared to generations past). Many more jobs are more vulnerable than people realize. 
If it effects racing i think what will happen is you will see people moving to more basic, less exotic combos that they can get al ot more laps out of with less maintenence.....many of the high end exotic "must have" parts are already turning up in droves on the used parts lists....A lot of these guys are in peak earning years and more and more are thinking about retiring in the not too distant future...and the younger guys financing everything on credit cards are getting pinched too....now most of these guys won't get out of racing but they might settle for say a reliable low maintenence 10.90 car instead of trying to throw $$$ after $$$$ trying to go 9.90 or 10 flat....when you're bracket racing there's really not much more payback going faster past a certain point and if you factor in the costs and the hit you take trying to sell the high end stuff the exrtra cost doesn't justify the extra outlay to many people...the hobby gets a little more fun but A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE...at least that's what it looks like to me to me.
There's a lot of scary stuff going on....of course you know there is still a RISING WORLD Demand for Petroleum.....did you know that companies like Royal dutch are BUILDING STORAGE FACILIES to stockpile as much of this 32/barrel oil as they can???? Think about that amoment...what does that tell you? Even with the recession demand continues to go up based on population growth alone.....the PERFECT STORM is when all the stimulus eventually takes hold tro drive the economy forward and then gas prices inevitably SPIKE again.....buy oil stocks while thety are out of favor....even with trillions of dollars of stimulus it will take at least 8-10 years before alternative fuel technologies would make a significant dent in the rising Fossil fuel demand.
For those who think that the economy will get better in the next few years, Your dreaming! I HOPE I am wrong but there are two more so called sub prime mortages failures coming. I think stuff is going to tank after New Years. Matt
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