Fuel Prices & Car Counts

[Mike Gray]

Don't come to California. Gas at the Freeway by my house in Murrieta $5.99 Diesel $6.39. Two weeks ago I was in Colorado both were $3.89.

[MRE 7171]

Correct Mike, has anyone ever heard of a homeless politician?

[John Winslow Jr]

Mean tweets or this, you pick?? Just the facts

[John Winslow Jr]

My damn business gas bill is $64,000.00 a month I can’t recoup the add I have to pay fast enough, we are in a damn mess and Washington is pushing through crap that helps no one, jokes on us

[Doug Hoven]

I'm wondering if we may see a slight change in the amount of bigger motorhomes at the tracks this year with the fuel prices. A typical 3/4 ton gas pickup will probably get about 10 mpg give or take a few numbers depending on the age of the truck. If you drive 1000 miles round trip, with gas around $4 a gallon in the northeast here, it will be about $400 round trip for gas. Add in 3 nights for a mid range hotel around $100 per night, that's about $700 total for fuel and lodging. With diesel priced closer to $5-6 a gallon, that turns into at least $1000 in fuel alone at a typical 5mpg. For the financially conscious racer, that $300 saved can get you an entry plus some race gas at your next event.

[Steve Stasko]

The financially conscious racer does not own a motorhome.

[cad]

I bought my first diesel pickup in 2007 when fuel was 4.55 per gallon here in Nebr/Iowa. I always use the GasBuddy app on my phone. It is crowd sourced for the current station prices. It is useful everywhere, and I always attempt to fill up at the lowest priced, quality station.

Clark

[James Perrone]

Originally Posted by Steve Stasko

The financially conscious racer does not own a motorhome.

Really
But I don’t need a hotel. An restaurant a bathroom
And I don’t need to buy racetrack food
I like to be as comfortable as possible
That’s why I work to race and piss my$$$ away

Enjoy the rain when your sitting in you trailer or pick up truck
I will had you a towel

[Steve Stasko]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Really
But I don’t need a hotel. An restaurant a bathroom
And I don’t need to buy racetrack food
I like to be as comfortable as possible
That’s why I work to race and piss my$$$ away

Enjoy the rain when your sitting in you trailer or pick up truck
I will had you a towel

That's fine, and you're absolutely entitled to that. It's America, we have that freedom (for now?).

I also don't doubt that "common folks" have motorhomes.

We're not financially conscious racers though. We've got cars that were specifically built to compete in a certain class. We travels hundreds of miles from home, to spend 3-4 days at a track to compete in one race for that class we built a car for. We pay $200 for an entry, to maybe win $1500 and some contingency if we're lucky enough to go that far.

It's a lot more financially conscious to leave a bracket car parked in a trailer all year at Maple Grove, enter the Money Trail for $75/race, and run for the $2000 payout. What fun would that be though?

[ssracer3821]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Really
But I don’t need a hotel. An restaurant a bathroom
And I don’t need to buy racetrack food
I like to be as comfortable as possible
That’s why I work to race and piss my$$$ away

Enjoy the rain when your sitting in you trailer or pick up truck
I will had you a towel

The last year we raced with a truck and not a motorhome we spent over $6600 in motel rooms - that made the payments for a year on the motorhome.