What your cost per run down the track

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by C and W Racing

Some people have motorhome and/or trailer payments, cost of fuel to get to the track, wear and tear on the equipment, maintainance, entries, race fuel, tires, crew expences, etc. So anyone that thinks that it only costs 30 to 40 dollars per run is fooling themselves.

I have a pickup, open trailer, and race car that are completely paid for, build durable low-maintainance combinations, get 2-3 times the mileage of the big fancy rigs, split hotel rooms, and numerous other details that make it possible. I run my racing operation as a business, so I am very well aware of what my expenses are each and every season, and I keep a logbook to track runs. Just because most people choose not to race cheap, don't assume that it can't be done. When I raced locally, my expenses were far lower still.

Some years the cost per run may be a little higher, some a little lower. It depends on if a given year is a maintainance year, which car(s) I'm racing, what type of event you're running, etc. Since travel is a large component of a given weekend's cost, NHRA class racing is going to have the highest cost-per-run when it takes 3-4 days to make 7 runs, whereas double-entering in 3-4 races over the course of 3 days at a big money bracket race you can easily chalk up over 30 runs.

I can actually get under this number for a year... But then again I can make 20 runs on 5 gallons of C12!

Turismo: 22 laps on a smidge over 2 gallons!


Perhaps the best question would be, "How do I LOWER my cost per run?"

[dartman]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Perhaps the best question would be, "How do I LOWER my cost per run?"

staying home

[James Perrone]

I was once told..
To be a dragracer you have to HATE YOUR MONEY.!.....jim marshall
Now racing and meeting people like Jim and Pam and all the other Homies .....PRICELESS!
You cant put a number on fun..Now anyone thinking its about the money..get another hobby.

[Bob Don]

Originally Posted by james perrone

you cant put a number on fun..now anyone thinking its about the money..get another hobby.

Bingo!