What your cost per run down the track

[Dwight Southerland]

Before they allowed Jericos in Stock Elim, I documented that it cost me $20 per run in transmission maintenance alone on my A/Stock Camaro.

[dartman]

Originally Posted by C and W Racing

I think he laid out how he figured his costs. Some responses are only factoring entries and race fuel. He is factoring everything it costs. 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.
Chuck

this is what it cost me to race @ reading for two weekends last Oct.


race fuel $200.00
diesel $1000.00 (3200 KM)
two races $450.00 fee
new slicks $450.00
beer $200.00 for two people for 10 days @ .60 a beer
Off work $2000.00
food $0 have to eat anyways
crap $400.00.

went 11 rounds over the two weekends(not including TT and class)

$427.27 a round

.also does not including $80,000 for the truck and trailer or insurance. $30,000 for the car,$10,000 for a spare motor.

to race local it would cost
fuel 30 don't use race fuel (car is faster with street gas)
diesel 150
fee 60 plus 20 for a gamblers race
tires 30
beer 30
off work 0
food 0
crap 50


If I went a 11 round over the weekend,it would cost me $33.64(not including TT)

also does not including $80,000 for the truck and trailer or insurance. $30,000 for the car,$10,000 for a spare motor and much,much more crap.

And I'll do it again and again and again because it what I do

[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.

[SuperCarFan]

Originally Posted by dartman

Not surprised,just don't want to know the cost of it.and if my wife ever figured it out,crap may hit the fan.

Years ago, my buddy bought a nice racecar cheap. He said it was a "divorce car". Asked him what that meant. Said the seller had a shoebox with each and every receipt. He had told his wife we had $10K or so in the car total. One day, the wife found the magic box. Half-way through counting the receipts, she was well over $40K. The crap DID hit the fan...

Can't remember the exact figures per above or we he sold / bought it for, but, it was definitely a fire sale. I am quite confident the money did not go back to the ex-racer.

[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!

[Frank Bialas]

Originally Posted by Mike Gray

Ron's got it right if you have a problem with the cost of a race car ask someone who has an ocean fishing boat. The race car will seem cheap in comparison. I remind my wife about the cost of the boat we use to have and she has no problems with building a new race car.

We are only talking gas/fuel here: the ocean boat, probably 1,100.00 to fill it, the bay boat 50.00, and the race car 70.00 to 120.00 depending on how many rounds. I don't know why I feel this way but sadly we lost our ocean boat during the hurricane SANDY, so looks like we'll be using the hell outta the bay boat this year. BARGAIN

[67chevygary]

Kelly; according to my calculations $200 for beer for 2 people is 15 beers a day. Looks like my cost per round just went way up!

[STEVEN NOVOSEL]

Why would you ever want to check the cost per run.....that's like checking fuel mileage...when it needs gas ...stop at the gas station and buy gas...Steve