NPC: Anyone here ever raced Formula Vee?, i'm interested... Options

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just wondering. around the time i finish my phd, i'd like to get my race liscence and run a form-v car. competitive cars look to be in the $8-12k range, and it would seem that running costs are relatively low. in other words, a logical place to spend a couple years honing skills before moving onto bigger and badder things.

just looking for any experience, running costs, anecdotes, advice, etc.

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QUOTE (Brett W @ May 23 2005, 09:05 PM)

Don't waste your time. Talk about stepping backwards. If you want to run a formula car get a Formula Mazda or Formula Ford. Run some modern tech instead of the worst of the worst.

I was thinking the same thing. Formula Mazda seems to be a fairly affordable way to go, but not nearly as cheap as Formula V. I'm assuming drivers are a little better on the average. I still cant get that rotory engine noise out of my head from when I drove one around Infineon for 15 laps or so! Those cars are wicked! I was chasing a couple of professional drivers and hanging with them for the entire session. For a moment I thought "hey this would be fun", but then reality of the $$$ and commitment hit me.

But why not do Spec Miata racing? Very popular, relatively cheap to get into one, they're relatively bullet proof mechanically. A little slower speeds and decent safety factor