Making a profit in drag racing ????

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Bobby DiDomenico

You've got it Jeff.

In the latest Dragster there is a blurb about a new SS/AH car. To keep the math simple, if the cars costs $50,000, the engine costs $50,000, the truck and trailer costs $50,000, and to run it for 5 years costs $50,000 with all maintenance, food, lodging, fuel, tax, lic., etc. what 5th business class would even dream of breaking even? (Let alone having a paper profit...)

$50,000 for a SS/AH Chassis and $50,000 for an engine...........Thats way to cheap. Some chassis builders charge in excess of $100,000 to do the chassis AFTER you supply a decent car. Last track I had on a "Winning" fast SS/AH Hemi engine (might last 10 or 12 runs) was in the $75,000 range. I guess you could cut corners and tow it with an old pick up and a wooden flat bed trailer or use towing hubs and a tow bar.....lol.