as a guy with a "disposable shell" car (sprite) I can say that after 5 years
of racing I put together a new car (another sprite) spending over a year
doing a ground up and spending many many times the value of the car to get
it well prepared it hurt like hell when at VARA last month the rookee
"seeing red" in a Pantera bumped into my side and cost me $600.00 in body
and paint work, (he was dismissed from the event) and he didnt even offer an
apology. My cheap old car is the best I can do and to me is worth as much as
a rare Ferrari because my heart is built it.
I really enjoy being on the track with exotic old racecars as the experience
of being passed by the likes of Peter Giddings in a thundering old Maserati
is wonderful.
I'm sure in my sprite is a bigger part of my gross assets than some million
dollar Ferrari is to its' owner, who in some cases can barely check the oil,
(I only wish I had a income like his race budget)
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