I've seen the #111 car and it is unbelievably clean well set up…And, Allan Faragallah at Aase Motors is the premier engine builder. That motor rebuild will save $15K-$20K for the buyer. That's a good fresh start to racing.
17 years is a long time racing. The average racing tenure with the POC is just over five years. No excuse for selling required...probably just boredom, or tired of not using the Cota de Coza golf membership.
Buying the race car is the easy part. Here is the cost of a typical PCA, POC, or Vara race weekend (to be competitive, you need a new set of tires for every weekend).
$500 Entry Fee
$200 Track prep/Tech
$250 Race Gas
$1,200 Tires
$100 Mounting
$200 Hotel
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$2,450
That is JUST the race weekend. To get started:
Car Trailer $2,000 open-$10,000 Enclosed
Tow Vehicle $5,000-$50,000
Nomex Race suit $650-$2000
Race shoes $100-$250
Helmet $$500-$2000
Spare set or wheels $2000
Jack, torque wrench, spare fluids, etc ($500)
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Minimum $10,500
Now factor the annual cost of repairs. Most commonly: Clutch, Syncros, (maybe yearly) - Motor Rebuild (every 3 years likely) - brake pads, fluid changes, master cylinder rebuilds (constant). etc etc etc. You can figure racing one weekend a month will average about $40,000 per year…If you don't crash!
