Yea, I sit down and figure the costs as well, as you said fuel for the car, truck, gate fees,belts, food, either there at the track or you take from home, still adds up. I like the races, but things arn't what they used to be. I have a street car that I almost have finished, needs a few small things, and have thought about selling the race car then putting some of the money in a nice smallblock for the street car and run it once in a while. I don't want to race the original motor or trans. because it's numbers matching. Now it takes a small fortune just to get to the track. I have other interests as well, motorcycles, hunting, which all cost money, but at this point I think the wow factor in me building another motor doesn't excite me as much, heck I hope I'm not getting old yet.