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June 2004
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Re: Go cart racing
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Tue, 29 March 2005 09:46
 
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| rb20det wrote on Tue, 29 March 2005 19:15 |
went to carts because he thought it would be cheaper and safer. cost him $60000 in his first season (which he won international class) and he ended up having a different chassis tuned to each track.
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That's INSANE !
I'll admit the top couple of classes are heller-expensive, just coz of the constant need to buy new tyres, but $60,000 is absolutely ludicrous! You could run a Formula Ford or Formula 3 nationally for half that !
I was a member at oakleigh last year, and I'm back at Rochester (in the middle of Victoria) this year. I buy 1 set of tyres per year, and rebuild the engine once a year too. I clean out the chain and sprockets in petrol between each race meet, and hopefully get 4 race meets out of a chain and sprockets. Always replace chain and sprockets together, 'coz if one's worn, it'll chew the other new component out straight away.
Licence + insurance + club membership is $350+ per year.
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