Hello all, got a few questions for you guys.
Ive been wanting to try my hand at racing since before I started driving cars, and well now Im finally getting near the point I can think about actually doing it. Well not now, but in a couple seasons. Im flat broke now I just want to figure out if it would be a mistake to get involved at this point.
I was poking around recently, and it looks like the hornet class is the place to start out without the money and experience to run with the big dogs. Also definately a way to tinker with a car and learn. As of now, well Im not exactly an expert mechanic. Took some auto shop back in high school, and thats as far as I went. But Ive done things like put together machines, rebuild hydrolic pumps, and other wrench-turning so Im pretty mechanically inclined and learning and tinkering is kinda half the reason I want to race. I guess you could describe my skill level like this: I know how an engine works, but I wouldnt want to build one at the moment. That could get ugly. I could do all the work stripping a car down (so much easier taking things apart ya know) and I feel like when something needs to be done, I could spend some time and learn how to do it right. But Ive only pulled a motor once in my life...so its kinda imposing. Not scary, just a real big job for me.
SO, I guess I would be biting off more than I can chew, but do ya think Id have a chance of 'chewing' eventually or would it be a total waste of my time and money to pick up a car and a trailer, and start doing surgery and making a mess of things? What kind of a budget should I have to get set up and be able to make it through a few races? *gulp* And generally, what car models do people run? What are some decent types to start out with? Like do I just go find a beat up sunbird, rip out all the heavy crap the rules let me remove, paint it up to make it faster, and go run? Im pretty clueless, so any advice would be appreciated, including "you are nuts"
Well, naah you dont need to tell me that I already kinda know it.
anyway, thanks for letting me barge in and fire off some questions.
-Joe
Ive been wanting to try my hand at racing since before I started driving cars, and well now Im finally getting near the point I can think about actually doing it. Well not now, but in a couple seasons. Im flat broke now I just want to figure out if it would be a mistake to get involved at this point.
I was poking around recently, and it looks like the hornet class is the place to start out without the money and experience to run with the big dogs. Also definately a way to tinker with a car and learn. As of now, well Im not exactly an expert mechanic. Took some auto shop back in high school, and thats as far as I went. But Ive done things like put together machines, rebuild hydrolic pumps, and other wrench-turning so Im pretty mechanically inclined and learning and tinkering is kinda half the reason I want to race. I guess you could describe my skill level like this: I know how an engine works, but I wouldnt want to build one at the moment. That could get ugly. I could do all the work stripping a car down (so much easier taking things apart ya know) and I feel like when something needs to be done, I could spend some time and learn how to do it right. But Ive only pulled a motor once in my life...so its kinda imposing. Not scary, just a real big job for me.
SO, I guess I would be biting off more than I can chew, but do ya think Id have a chance of 'chewing' eventually or would it be a total waste of my time and money to pick up a car and a trailer, and start doing surgery and making a mess of things? What kind of a budget should I have to get set up and be able to make it through a few races? *gulp* And generally, what car models do people run? What are some decent types to start out with? Like do I just go find a beat up sunbird, rip out all the heavy crap the rules let me remove, paint it up to make it faster, and go run? Im pretty clueless, so any advice would be appreciated, including "you are nuts"
Well, naah you dont need to tell me that I already kinda know it.
anyway, thanks for letting me barge in and fire off some questions.
-Joe