If I add up what it costs me to do one National class starting from scratch with all the gear I need, then it works out at £40 a heat/final in the first year!!
With the car, radio, etc. paid for it is still £12 a heat/final for a season's costs excluding travel/accommodation, and in 12th I get eight minutes of joy for that, not five!
No wonder people are liking GT12, my costs for that in this year's Nationals are only £8 a race and the tyres look like being usable all next year too. That brings it down to about £7 a race.
Ted Toleman (as in The Toleman F1 team that gave Senna his first F1 drive) was also big into offshore power boating. When asked what it was like, he said "It's like standing in the shower tearing up £10 notes!" Sometimes it is best not to think too deeply about the things we do for fun...
