one week to go so time to spend some money

The first race is nearly here... 1 week from now I will be at the Friday test session at Silverstone Race Circuit ready for the races on Saturday and Sunday... I can't wait!

After all the frustration of not managing to get enough spondoliks to do a full season of racing it is just nice to know I will finally be getting in the car and can just enjoy a race.

Because I am only doing 3 races now the cost per race has risen considerably. When I was hoping to pay for everything up front for the year I had managed to get some tasty discounts, as soon as I went to a race-by-race basis all the prices went back up.

It was going to cost roughly £900 per race... it is now a fair bit more.


Costs for Silverstone:

• Race Day Car Hire: £400


• Race Car Test Day Hire: £150


• Race Fees: £330


• Insurance: £250


• Travel Costs: £100

Total for the race: £1,230



I have also had to pay for my annual fees to the BMWRDC, BARC and the MSA. This little lot have relieved me of a further £500.

Not a cheap week!!!