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Topic: ASCS Cost and WOO payout
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August 29, 2018 at
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Posted By: Nickules on August 29 2018 at 01:00:29 PM
Good tips and I was gonna suggest Ohio to the OP. You have lots of optins in a tight geographic locale. If it's Eatern OH you could mix in Sharon, Lernerville, etc. Ohio you have 305s too. That'd be a good region. In addition, outside of Eldora you've got smaller, slick tracks in OH which theoretically could be easier on engines and you wouldn't need a big banger of an engine like you might in Central PA if you run Port and WG.
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Yeah ok! I wasn’t to sure about that like what area had tracks that maybe weren’t so hard on motors. Obviously somewhere such as Knoxville I knew wouldn’t be ideal for budget motors, and have wondered about those PA tracks because some of them look huge! Lol
Thankyou!
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August 29, 2018 at
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Posted By: egras on August 29 2018 at 10:21:53 AM
Good luck kid. Looks like you are at least starting out the right way-----gather some info, draw up a budget, do some networking, and then it either works out or it doesn't. Need more 20 year olds with some drive and initiative anyways. And hey, if you figure it all out and it doesn't pencil out to work for you, then at least you looked into it and did it the right way.
Someone brought up an excellent point about Shark Racing with 2 haulers in the trailer. Know anyone else thinking of trying it out? Share hauler, crew, spare motors, etc.
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Thankyou! Really appreciate that!! 
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August 29, 2018 at
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August 29, 2018 at
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Posted By: blazer00 on August 29 2018 at 10:45:54 AM
Don't mean to be a downer, but the road will eat your lunch. What you really need is to find an area where you can race a minimum of two nights a week and gain the initial experience needed to have a successful full time racing career. It starts with desire, but ends with knowledge and experience. I'm sure wherever you would go to set up a new racing home (if needed) you will find those with experience that are willing to help with the learning curve. Don't get in too big of a hurry. Pace yourself, and as you find yourself picking up the pace at race time you will build the confidence you need to climb the ladder and branch out in whatever direction you feel you can be successful at. I think you'll find that those who are willing to put out the dollars neccessary to invest in your future, are going to first want a past they believe warrants the investment. Don't ruin that chance by risking failure right off the bat. Good luck!
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What Blazer said. Except there's no shame in going to college, getting a 2 or 4 year degree, working a job that pays better with benefits, using your own money to invest in better sprint car engines/chassis/torsion bars/shocks/etc. while gaining valuable seat/track time to become a better racer in your home area and then deciding to come to the US and pursuing your racing dreams on a national or regional level and doing well enough to hope that a sprint car owner will hire you to drive their own sprint car. If the racing thing doesn't work out, at least you've got a degree and a job to fall back on....and what are you age wise? 19 years old??? I'm sure you'd be ok if you started seriously racing at the age of 21 or 23 after 2-4 years of college. Did you not read your other post? Brian Smith left a great story about him racing full time with the AllStars AND working a full time job at the same time! Do you think he could've made it work unless he had a decent full-time job back home? You could do the same too in Austrailia before coming to the US. Good look kid!
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