Passion

[djm670]

Originally Posted by Andy Friar

Another good one John. Drag racing is like addictions, IMO. (Been in/around AA for ~12yrs and just under 6 yrs sober) Once you get deep enough into drag racing you become hard pressed to explain to someone not into racing why you spend up to $30k (or more) on a class car that 'only' does 11's and it costs ~$1000 (or more) all in to go to a pts meet, where IF you win the purse is $1500, plus some contingency. If you loose 1st rd or rain hits, you may make 2 or 3 runs over 3 days after driving 8 or more hours each way too.That you spend lots of waking hours working on the car, trailer, motorhome or tow vehicle to get it all better, but then you don't want to go bracket race and practice b/c you will wear out your motor. That you don't buy a bigger house or newer daily driver so you can pour more money into your race car, trailer and motorhome. It may affect your jobs choices too, ones that fit around your racing habit.

To us in the game it is just life priorities that make sense as we love drag racing. That the track and garage with our race car is our happy place. To a bunch of disgruntled wives and ex-wives our stupid race car didn't make much sense. Tell your wife you don't want to put on new siding or a nice deck with screened in portion with outdoor kitchen because you want new trick heads and intake for your race car. Some may be cool with that logic, I would suspect a lot wouldn't. Class racing is a hard sell for a lot of bracket racers and I believe a harder sell to understand the $$ per 'fun unit' math for non racers. We in the game have the bug that most of us can't shake. I am ok with that addiction.

Hi, I'm Andy, and I am a drag racer....

Andy you have me rolling on the floor laughing! Probably not a laughing matter either!

I finally walked away because I had to win, and I no longer had the desire to do all of the work or go to as many races as required to win on a regular basis. That said, I still text and talk to the buds who are still racing at Pts meets and national events while watching the streamed events online (most of them are now). A lot cleaner, quieter and more comfortable from a desk chair or couch than being there. Sure I miss the tension, the acceleration etc.. But it is a whole lot cheaper this way! Good luck as you continue the good fight!

[Andy Friar]

Originally Posted by djm670

Andy you have me rolling on the floor laughing! Probably not a laughing matter either!

I finally walked away because I had to win, and I no longer had the desire to do all of the work or go to as many races as required to win on a regular basis. That said, I still text and talk to the buds who are still racing at Pts meets and national events while watching the streamed events online (most of them are now). A lot cleaner, quieter and more comfortable from a desk chair or couch than being there. Sure I miss the tension, the acceleration etc.. But it is a whole lot cheaper this way! Good luck as you continue the good fight!

Glad you got a chuckle out of it. I take racing serious but it is still supposed to be fun. My Dad has to remind me of that fact when I get pissed off that I am not clicking off .00X lights and turning on the win light every round. If it was easy than it would probably not be any fun. I totally understand how it can get to the point that it wasn't that fun for you. Thanks for the well wishes. If all goes right we will make the jump to GT/HA with our Chevelle in a few years. Fingers crossed!