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Originally Posted by Dueller

All it takes is rectangular dollars.

A few years ago Car & Driver had a really good article that followed the rise of several drivers up through different forms of racing, I believe one was dirt and the other sports car. It was simply staggering the amount of money and commitment that was required, starting way back when they were kids. Even with the substantial investment the odds were drastically against them ever racing professionally.