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Costs of racing are above the possible New racers.
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I didn't go class racing overnight. I bracket raced for years, learning the trade, and then got into class racing with a dime rocket thanks to help from Billy Nees. (still have it, still competitive)
I got my 'second start' in class racing with a borrowed car, and eventually bought my own car, a crate motor Stocker that I got for $9K turnkey. Many years later, I made it a Super Stocker just by changing the engine and fuel system. I've upgraded it a little bit at a time, by choice. You could build my car from scratch for under $30K (so long as you don't mind going slow). Could I go spend $30K on a car today? No! Again, I started out small and worked my way up a little bit at a time. For example, when I started bending the rear end housing, I elected to have the car back-halfed and 4-linked. Within a few months, winnings paid for the project.
Can you do it "cheap"? Absolutely. Most people just don't want to.
Another thread a while back bemoaned how there's no new blood in drag racing, to which I replied with a lengthy list of young guns in the sport. People have been claiming "there's no new blood!" since I was a kid, which unfortunately was a long time ago now.
