Turnkey CSR or DSR Wanted
Daddy wants to buy a reliable and slightly competitive car for daughter who just earned her SCCA Regional license. Prefer Southeast; we live 12 miles from Road Atlanta.
And now for the 64K question - How much does Daddy have to spend? Reasonably competetive? How good is the driver?
marco381
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(8/16/01 5:31 pm)
CSR Wanted
Driver is an essentially unknown quantity. But at RA last December was doing 1:50s in a Panoz GTRA with 250 bhp when a certain, experienced, female Venezualan racer type was doing 1:44s with 385 bhp in the same chassis.
Daddy will pony up maybe $20k for a complete package (trailer, spares, etc.)
Re: CSR Wanted
I'm going to assume RA=Road Atlanta, not America. I also assume enclosed trailer. That means around 15K for a car + spares. 20K might be a little light. If you found a car with spares for 15K it may not be what you want. What kind of spares? A spare motor, nose, wheels, and suspension can be 5K by itself.
I don't want to scare you away and would love to have more drivers in D or C, but a CFF might be a better choice if you absolutely want turnkey and want to race now. A lot of sports racers are not turn key for what you have to spend. How much can you spend on a race weekend? What is the goal of the driver, to some day make it big? If that is so, something with open wheels might be a better choice. Sponsors don't really understand fendered cars, so getting money might be difficult. Not impossible though. The biggest deal with a C or D is the entry price. Maitenance costs are not that high compared to tin tops. My best advice is to determine how many races you could realistically run in a season. If you can't afford what you want or are finding, save the money that would have been spent on the race weekend towards the car purchase. Spending more up front "usually" pays dividends down the road.
Did she run the WGT try outs?
If you're interested in a DSR rental, give me a cal or emaill. I'm in CA. 408-739-2847. ted47dsr@mindspring.com
Good luck.
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