Why Aren't You Racing?

treessavoy · 07-03-2010, 01:28 PM

Jim,

For me it's the money to finish the car.

I'm a disabled vet with a fixed pay day, I haven't had a pay raise in 3 years and I won't get another for who knows when. that means that I have lost 3% of my pay each year due to inflation.

Converting the car to legal Stock has cost more than I estimated.

Other costs: new roof on house, new well pump, someone vandalized and totaled my '99 Dodge truck so I had to buy a new truck, Max the Wonder dog almost died from an infection and that cost $800.00, lawn tractor died, and a hundred other expensive little things just ate away at my budget.

Once done I will still only race with the SSSSA even though the car will be IHRA legal due to the expense of long distance travel.

Note: for those that think spending $800.00 on my dog is dumb I would point out that I'd throw away the race car before I'd let Max down.......Jim knows about that.

JimR

07-03-2010, 01:28 PM	#27
treessavoy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dunnellon,FL Posts: 1,103 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Why Aren't You Racing? Jim, For me it's the money to finish the car. I'm a disabled vet with a fixed pay day, I haven't had a pay raise in 3 years and I won't get another for who knows when. that means that I have lost 3% of my pay each year due to inflation. Converting the car to legal Stock has cost more than I estimated. Other costs: new roof on house, new well pump, someone vandalized and totaled my '99 Dodge truck so I had to buy a new truck, Max the Wonder dog almost died from an infection and that cost $800.00, lawn tractor died, and a hundred other expensive little things just ate away at my budget. Once done I will still only race with the SSSSA even though the car will be IHRA legal due to the expense of long distance travel. Note: for those that think spending $800.00 on my dog is dumb I would point out that I'd throw away the race car before I'd let Max down.......Jim knows about that. JimR __________________ Jim Rountree