I'm glad to see somebody approaching this topic with a rational cost analysis relative to the cost of regular club-type track days. For autocross time (plus speed-stop, if you don't mind burning up your equipment in the stop box), USCA offers good stuff, so long as you're not paying for the full weekend. As for the track experience, so long as you live within reasonable distance of a track or two, the price (of participating in a USCA event) is just not all that great. Sometimes, people's competitive nature just creates a grotesquely mediocre fight to be king of the dipsticks (there's another, better
16 Candles term, but it would be dirty); when you come to this conclusion, and you're not one of those who's determined to put a dog in the cock fight, you find a more realistic venue for having fun speeding (like a regular track day, which usually offers more track time than most people/cars can take) . . .
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Originally Posted by 71RS/SS396
Mark my words... the lightweight awd's are going to own this series. I've already moved on from attending these as several of the other "regular attendees" have as well. It just doesn't make economic sense to me to attend to be mid pack since I have double the cost with Deb participating as well. I can run for the fun of it and spend $4700 for my membership for the entire season at VIR, have 20 track days (with a top shelf catered lunch) and get a minimum of 2.5 hours (usually more) of actual seat time and have maybe 10 cars to run with on a 3.25 mile track that is one of the best in the country. That works out to less than $250 a day for both cars. I only have to travel 1 hour, can sleep in my own bed, and eat at home, pretty easy decision for me. I'll save my out of town excursions to hang out with my friends for Goodguys where the savings in entry fees will pay for most of my food and lodging for the trip.
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