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Originally Posted by 1979-930 View Post
Funny, I deleted that whole part of my post about testing the waters in Miata and then shipping him to Europe for F3; if he shows potential. Otherwise it's off to college and let the dream go. Europe is about 25% less than here to run F3.
We talked with a team owner about Formula Mazda a couple weeks ago. But there really isn't a lot of competition on the west coast.IMO.
I think the Miata is the cheapest testing ground to find out if racing is worth pursuing. I don't think it is, but it's not my life.

Joey Hand ended up making a decent carer, and living, out of racing in the GT classes.
He's got a win at Le Mans and Platinum ranking.
Joey had to get a factory ride and run in DTM for a few years first though.

Let me do a little homework and ping you privately. There's a new open wheel spec class coming up and I've got some contacts in CA who are involved. I don't remember what it's called and I don't know how far along they are on it, but they are looking to campaign 3-4 cars in 2020 or 2021 depending on how long they take to get up to speed. There will be seats.
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