On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 01:47:28PM -0600, William Robb wrote: > I suspect there is a lot more money flowing through the hands of > motorsports people. They have access to fairly major sponsors once they get > past the club racing level, and races do attract paying spectators. Auto > racing strikes me as a sport for the wealthy, every dog breeder that I know
When I first got my racing license, one of the first things mentioned in the classroom session is how to make a small fortune in auto racing: Start with a big one. Once you have the car, for a cheap class to run, figure $400-1,000 per race weekend, and 8-12 race weekends a year. I think that I could mount a creditable effort of the 25 hours at Thunderhill in a Spec Miata for under $6,000. It isn't cheap, but it's easy to spend as much on photo gear as you spend on low budget racing. However, there seems to be no limit as to how much it is possible to spend on a race effot. > is what one of the more successful breeders I know calls "dog poor". > I doubt very much if the situation is different for horse enthusiasts. I will note that at one point the Chevy Suburban had the "richest demographic" of any production car, because it was the most comfortable vehicle that would tow a horse trailer. Although, most of the folks I know with horses, aren't at that end of the financial spectrum. > > William Robb > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
