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Originally Posted by Rogue Leader
The problem with getting a track car to practice in is it is a lot of money to spend on something that will be vastly different from what you are racing, better off learning in what you need to race.
Skip Barber has a damage deductable, when I went, during the school the deductable is waived, meaning you can wreck a car and its covered. Once you start racing with them the deductable starts at $1k, and goes up to $5k and then $10k depending on how many wrecks you have and how dangerous you are. They can give you the full chart. Eventually if you keep wrecking you will get an OSB license (OSB meaning "Other Sports Beckon"). I heard they actually gave a guy a tennis racket once after he wrecked his 5th or 6th car. All those amateur series have something like that.
Skip Barber National Championship is still definitely the way to go if you're looking for NASCAR too. After that, everything we have discussed is useable, but you may have a better chance to go NASCAR if you go short track racing. Buy a used stock car or see if there are any teams looking for a pay drive and cut your teeth in that. The TDi cup can be a steppingstone as well and is a bit higher profile because its national. But if you're lookin to run NASCAR the SCCA is generally a bad direction to spend your money and buying any sort of Track car, Lotus, Z06, etc is a waste too. Buy yourself a stock car, DuPont Registry, Racer, even Autoweek always have a ton for sale, Racingjunk.com as well.
As for Practice, you're a kart guy.... Ask any pro driver whats the best way to hone racecraft? a Kart. Sounds like you have the cash to get a really nice one. I would do that. Thats where all the top drivers started, and all of them go back to at some point.
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I'm got tired of karts, though. Sold mine a year and a half ago, and I really don't want to go back. They bore me.
So how is the deductible covered, since I've never raced professionally. Is there insurance that I buy, or do I have to give them that amount of money?
Also, do you know if I will be able to buy a stock car like the ones that they use in NASCAR, or would I have to buy one of them ugly ass ones that they use in short track?