Well, if nothing else it's nice to know that I'm not the only one that's extremely concerned about my racing plans for the year. I WAS planning on hitting quite a few events, but now that gas is up about a buck per gallon over the last couple of months, that may change. On average, I use about 160 to 180 gallons per trip in the motorhome for a weekend (that's on average a tow of about 360 miles one way, plus gas for the generator all weekend). That means it's now going to cost me about $160 to $180 more per weekend to race. Again, averaging out two races per month, and now I'm going to have to spend about $350 more per month to race. That's not an easy expense to cover when you're working for the man and have to support a wife and 3 kids....
I guess we'll see how the finances hold out, but I just might be doing more local bracket racing than I had planned. Now if I could only figure out a way to dump my motorhome without coming up with the $10K to pay off the remainder of the loan that I'd be short by selling it...
Jason Oldfield
S/G & S/ST 1838
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