I do Lemons with a few friends . I've done 3 races, and don't plan on ever stopping; probably building a second car in the next year or two. It is an incredible

I do Lemons with a few friends . I've done 3 races, and don't plan on ever stopping; probably building a second car in the next year or two. It is an incredible amount of fun, and easily the "cheapest" way to get a considerable amount of seat time doing real wheel to wheel racing. Like others said, "$500 car" is not indicative of your costs. The "$500 car" rule is to control the type and quality of cars being entered, the spirit of the event is "cheap cars that aren't all that fast in the grand scheme of things". you'll easily spend $5k building a car, probably more like 8 or 10. Lemons is real racing, and requires a complete safety setup in every car (full cage, fire suppression, full fireproof race gear for every driver, etc...) We run in the middle of group B in a very non -cheaty car. When we have 3 drivers cost per driver per event is in the $700 range includ ing entry fees and brakes/tires/gas. Thats an amazing vakue for ~5 hours of seat time per driver, if you are on track the whole time.