Cost of running open wheel modified?

[steveshawjr]

haha i rember when we first got mods at our track it was just as cheep to run as a ss (15 years ago) now some have more than our lm in there car big dollor haulers just to pull to the local track and 1 or 2 times a year to try to make a show at eldora ,

it WAS the hole point about the modified to begain with to have a cheep class ,

its said to say we have 4 classes at our track and not one is near stock you can go get a lm chassis and run anyone if you know what to do with is

mini stocks are now mod4s we use lm chassis wit ha mustang rear end abd a 3 link pinto front

superstocks lm chassis camaro clip 9" floaters wit ha 3 link

modified are just lm with a stock clilp

and lates

some ministock guys got 10k plus in a car
supers 15k plus
lm/mods 20k plus

now that i ranted about my track a bit lol ive been looking at the southren sportmods class and would realy like to get them up hear it is a street stock with a modified body with a big engine set back let em run a crate or a spec engine rule give them part numbers for everything if you go spec that whay it even and bring the driver back into the mix of things

mandate a tire buying rule like a lot of pavement tracks have 8 befor the season than only 1 a night its the track that got to take controll of the cost maybe just get rid of a santion and make your own rules alot of guy cant run 50+nights a year and could care less about winning a ump division tital or national tital

just a few ideas


but for the one looking into cost i put it this way "Racing is a hole just to lose a bunch of money"

hey i spend my money racing i dont booze , do drugs , or anything that is boaring like stamps and coins

and as the king would say "To make a million in racing , Start with 2 and know when to quit")

[mr.slidewayz]

Ran Legend cars on asphalt for a little bit and dirt karts a few years before that. Got out of racing due to college and now looking to get back into it again after a few months of selling the legend car (this bug just won't go away..)

Looking into running a dirt modified, but would like to get a feel for the cost. Could anyone give some rough figures for stuff like tires, fuel, weekly maintenance, ect.?

Will be racing in Florida if that helps (Ocala, Volusia)

Thanks

there are some tracks that are taking the big money factor out of the equasion . they are adding up to 400 dollars (along with added money to 2nd and 3rd) to the top finisher in a sport mod with their 602 crate engine (basically a hand-me-down a-mod with a $3000 engine) running on a A-compound tire . a local g.m dealer added the money , so this isnt happening everywhere . but these guys have my undivided attention . as it turns out ...... the 602 is winning these races . so tack on another $250. bucks for a total of 650 and the evening would be a good one . other tracks nearby have the same rules but dont have the added top pay for the 602). im going to join them . level playing feild , inexpensive , reliable , with a deasent payout . it gives a lowbuck guy a chance to have fun and not go broke in the process . lets hope this catches onn across the country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[frontrunner]

Well one of my cars is a 94 leafspring car I paid 2,500 dollars 4 this car 10 years ago & it still runs up front & I can run up front with all the guys with the new cars 4bar or what not we build r oun motors but I got the block dne and just bought the new rotating asembly and balanced & just bought the heads & sent them away & redone when dne I have 3,000 dollars in the motor its a strocker with 575 hp... all I worry about the most is the setup.. And it costs me around 125.00 to 150dollars a night to go racing & I do keep good maint.. up on the car & do not have to spend much money in this car..Sooo I think it can be done if you dnt want to spend a arm & a leg.......

[racin6mod]

I built my own chassis for this year and I've got 1800 in it as a roller with a 9 inch rearend that I got at an auction everything else is new.the aluminum is another $350 to $400.I also build my own engines after machine work and parts they cost around 2 grand for a steel headed engine and my aluminum headed engine was around 5 grand.

[frontrunner]

And it is fun runnin with the guys that has 20k or more in there car so that shows ya u dnt need 2 spend all that money for all that good stuff.........

[zachmckenzieracing]

costs

To be straight forward, you can count on spending atleast $10,000 to run a season, and thats not including the purchase of equipment. When it comes to equipment, you get what you pay for. You have to consider travel expenses, fuel, pit passes, food, tires, oil and other fluids, general upkeep and repair. Last year I spent over $40,000 purchasing a car, motor, rear end, extra parts, tires, fuel, ect. You can spend much more if you choose, and there are people out there that do spend more than that. Much more than that.

[frontrunner]

Well one of my cars is a 94 leafspring car I paid 2,500 dollars 4 this car 10 years ago & it still runs up front & I can run up front with all the guys with the new cars 4bar or what not we build r oun motors but I got the block dne and just bought the new rotating asembly and balanced & just bought the heads & sent them away & redone when dne I have 3,000 dollars in the motor its a strocker with 575 hp... all I worry about the most is the setup.. And it costs me around 125.00 to 150dollars a night to go racing & I do keep good maint.. up on the car & do not have to spend much money in this car..Sooo I think it can be done if you dnt want to spend a arm & a leg.......

Like I said in my messg. it can be dne without spending alot of money, The car counts are mostly around 20 and we can still run up front with guys with high dollars in there car soo i dnt think you have to wast ur money to run with the guys that they think they have to put all that money in the car just to make them look good, becouse u will fill brtter when u go out there and look good without all that money in the car...Knowing ur not spendig near the money on the car & it always fills good when ya dnt have much money in the car or dnt have the money to spend and still beat the guys with 20k plus in there car..........