![]() High estimate of 4 gallons means $72 per race $24/2 gallons and oil at $12 for 16oz = $36 for 2 gallons of mixed race gas. Gas: depends on the club, some use pump gas but I’ll assume race gas. Race entry: $65 a raceday for entry and pit pass Suit, shoes, helmet, neck brace, gloves, and rib protector Lets say this driver wanted spends $500 for all their gear. Used frame, couple seasons old but still in good shape - $1,500ĭriver gear can be found used. ![]() Okay, lets look at a 12-race club series, first year getting in. Regional racing totals out around $8,000 for 5 weekends of driving, 10 racedays in total. Essentially, club racing is about $4,000 to compete in given you have the equipment already. At that point the driver was competing both in both regional and local competitions. TL DR: I had to calculate 4 seasons of racing to finally find a point where an individual racing in X30 senior would be spending over $10,000 a year on karting. I’m also interesting in finding out how other people’s experiences relate to what I simulated. Now, I didn’t buy that for a second, so I tried doing some math to figure out average costs for running the first few years of karting. There was a claim that it costs $10,000 per year to run at a club level. ![]() So, basically, I got into an discussion about how much it costs to start racing. ![]()
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