You can’t take money with you when you die , life is short . My father raced up until his early 20’s . Then all he talked about was his next race car . He got as far as getting a power glide . He died at 42 . That’s not happening to me , no matter how much I have to work extra I’m racing and spending whatever it takes . Even Monty died early 50’s , life is for LIVING, as long as your family is fed and has a roof over their head ……spend it on HP !

I just had this conversation the other night. LOL My uncle used to give me grief when I started to race. I slowly turned a car that I used to drive into a race only car. When I bought a trailer, he said I was wasting my money "playing". So I took him down to his own garage. He lifts the door and there sits his "big lake boat". A pretty good size blue, sparkly painted fishing boat with about a 5,000 hp outboard on it. It had a trolling motor up front, some big arm thingys that keep it from drifting, live well, radios, etc. Right next to it was his "little lake boat", with a small outboard on the back, trolling motor up front and all the other stuff. There must have been 50 poles on the wall, 4 or 5 tackle boxes, and a better refrigerator than I had in the house, just for bait. I told him "you don't need all that crap just to fish. All you need is a stick, some string, a hook, and a worm". He didn't quite see it that way. Point being, you can spend all you can stand on whatever you want for recreation.

This sport is such a drain on cash, its amazing

I've always got a kick out the stigma, that "Racing is a waste of money" when talking with coworkers. Here in Minnesota, we are surrounded by lakes everywhere. Almost everyone owns a boat, fish house, side by side, snowmobile, cabin, etc... ALL of those are looked at as OK to own, but a race car isn't. I once had a coworker tell me, "It must be rough owning a race car." [censored]??? We made the same amount of money hourly. He smoked, and go to bars every weekend. I choose not to do those things, and spend my money on the car instead. I also do ALL my work, unless it comes to machining parts. It's all about priorities.

I got hit up for my IHRA license this year...So I signed up for another 3 years only to find out my local track switched and won't honor it after this year. $300 somthing for that. Plus next year I have switch to somthing else.

Our pit spaces we rent went up $50/ea...to $200 each now

Looks like my belts are out.....There goes another $130

My GoPro Session died and I can't seem to find another

Trailer door fell off.......$$$$$

New Slicks were $950

New wedge engine.....$$$$$

Rebuild the Hemi $$$$

Trailer registration $167/yr x2 trailers

Diesel fuel still $5/g

New truck tires were $1400

Is just me? But I don't get that much of a thrill driving my car much more than a couple miles on the street. Most of my friends have gone the street route or gave up on old cars.

I just stopped doing as much racing. Going from naturally aspirated to nitrous was the worst financial decision ever.
I even had another car I put together to do some "cheap and easy" footbrake racing. Realized I have no time for a second car, barely enough for one. So I sold it.
I'm going to the Rockingham Mopar race on April 8th...it's one I never miss. Going to run the KOS class. It will likely be the only race I do w/ the car this year though.

It’s not exclusive to racing. Life in general is a drain on cash these days.

Is just me? But I don't get that much of a thrill driving my car much more than a couple miles on the street. Most of my friends have gone the street route or gave up on old cars.