aeronca65t
Great Pumpkin
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Dave Russell's most recent comment about getting into racing and the cost of it, reminded me of something...
I started by building a race Sprite and it took me quite a while and was expensive. I eventually got into enduro bikes because the cost and space-needs of a race car were beyond me.
If I were to do it all over again, I start with Karting. This is a much better, easier and simpler way to get into wheel-to-wheel racing and you will get lots of seat time and experience. You won't need a big storage area and a kart will fit in a minivan.
Later, after a few years of karting, if you move up to real cars, you'll be much better for it (I've seen it time and time again).
Also, many of these karts are much faster than our LBCs.
So, if you are young (and for me, that would mean under 40....and don't worry, there are plenty of 50+ age karters), I'd say get into karts first....I think it's even a better route than autocross. I'd still be racing Spridget today, but if I'd started with karts, I would have had a better "education".
More info:
https://www.worldkarting.com/
I started by building a race Sprite and it took me quite a while and was expensive. I eventually got into enduro bikes because the cost and space-needs of a race car were beyond me.
If I were to do it all over again, I start with Karting. This is a much better, easier and simpler way to get into wheel-to-wheel racing and you will get lots of seat time and experience. You won't need a big storage area and a kart will fit in a minivan.
Later, after a few years of karting, if you move up to real cars, you'll be much better for it (I've seen it time and time again).
Also, many of these karts are much faster than our LBCs.
So, if you are young (and for me, that would mean under 40....and don't worry, there are plenty of 50+ age karters), I'd say get into karts first....I think it's even a better route than autocross. I'd still be racing Spridget today, but if I'd started with karts, I would have had a better "education".
More info:
https://www.worldkarting.com/