Rich,
For the amount of racing you did this year you did pretty well with what you spent. I feel racing has always been expensive, and has stayed pretty much with the times on cost-of-living vs: cost-of-racing.
We are not a big buck family and would have never raced pro 125 ICC this year without our sponsors. Who knows what next season will offer as far as sponsors and personal budgets will go. Wait and see I guess.
Be careful on bulk buying tires, fuel… to save a few bucks. It’s always better racing on fresh stuff rather than something that has been sitting in a box in someone’s garage for 4-6 months. Going back to the durometer (sp) rule on tires might give us racers some buying power with discounts pitting the different mfg’s against one another.
Anyway, I’m impressed with your 2005 budget. We spent that in Vegas last year and are still paying for it. 👿
See you later,
Curt
PS: Chuck, that one set a season rumor is just about as wacky as shifters going 125MPH. Still haven’t seen either one happen.