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Originally Posted by juanbenae
spoke with one of my buddies who still races in the series a couple weeks ago and now that they've moved to hooiser for the class the guys you reference are new set every weekend guys. at least with the RA-1 a couple sets if on a budget could last you a whole season with the many heat cycles they would endure. im being told the hoo-hoo's are pretty much a single weekend tire as much past 7-8 heat cycles they fall off drastically.
I look back on the years I spent building and racing my car with much fondness, but the money it took to even remain the least bit competitive was far beyond what I could justify in the end. all ive got now is hours of race videos and memories... I do miss the people I raced with, but many of the grassroot "privateers" that I shared paddock space with have left for much the same reason I did. and I never could bring myself to go racing a miata. 
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The tire changes suck and kill the sport. There has been a lot of talk about Karting at the club level being dead because of soft tires that last one race. There used to be 15-20 Karts 10 years ago. Now some races have 6 Karts. You have to run Pro Kart to get a 25 Kart class.
To be competitive at KPX races we have to run a new set on practice day and race day. That’s $450.00 a weekend for tires. It’s BS.
But without them you’re 2 tenths off and that’s a mile when 1st and 2nd are sometimes separated by a couple thousands.
We will be moving to the teen Miata challenge mid season next year while running Pro Kart series. And try to get competitive in Miata by 2021 season.
I’ve been struggling with the fact I may never get to build my 74 because of racing costs. I may set on it for a couple more years until we figure out if he has real talent. Otherwise I’ll be selling to fund F3.
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