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Racing is always expensive, but it's not all F1. There's a well known racing series where nobody is allowed to spend more than $500 on their car (excluding saf
by perl4ever 6y ago
Racing is always expensive, but it's not all F1.
There's a well known racing series where nobody is allowed to spend more than $500 on their car (excluding safety equipment), and someone actually entered an Aston Martin once (sort of):
https://24hoursoflemons.com/blog/aston-martin-db7-the-half-asston-is-a-lemons-supercar/ https://24hoursoflemons.com/blog/aston-martin-db7-the-half-a...
General background:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Hours_of_LeMons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Hours_of_LeMons
- mywittyname 6y agoThe Lemons rule is more in spirit than enforced. Someone on the team finds a great deal on the $250 timing belt kit they need for the car, it was only $1. The seller just happens to be another team mate. Or, you know, they find a DB7 shell in a storage facility, spend the maximum amount allowed on it while also getting a bunch of "extras" they can sell at a profit, then bolt it up to the frame of an existing racecar.
- perl4ever 6y agoWell, originally your car could be claimed for $500, so I guess the trick is to build something nobody wants to buy for that much. However, the stuff underneath obviously looks like it's worth way more than $500 and I'm not sure what's going on there. Maybe it isn't what it used to be. Maybe if you don't drive aggressively, they look the other way.